Rig Veda · Mandala 9 · Sukta 39
Rig Veda 9.39 — HYMN XXXIX Soma Pavamana
Rishi family (Mandala 9): Hymns from multiple lineages. This Sukta contains 6 verses presented below in Devanagari Sanskrit, IAST romanisation, and Ralph T. H. Griffith's English translation. Click any verse to read a fuller explanation.
Verses
Rig Veda 9.39.1
आशुरर्ष बर्हन्मते परि परियेण धाम्ना | यत्र देवा इतिब्रवन
āśurarṣa bṛhanmate pari priyeṇa dhāmnā | yatra devā itibravan
Rig Veda 9.39.2
परिष्क्र्ण्वन्ननिष्क्र्तं जनाय यातयन्निषः | वर्ष्टिन्दिवः परि सरव
pariṣkṛṇvannaniṣkṛtaṃ janāya yātayanniṣaḥ | vṛṣṭindivaḥ pari srava
Preparing what is unprepared, and bringing store of food to man, Make thou the rain descend from heaven.
Rig Veda 9.39.3
सुत एति पवित्र आ तविषिं दधान ओजसा | विचक्षाणो विरोचयन
suta eti pavitra ā tviṣiṃ dadhāna ojasā | vicakṣāṇo virocayan
With might, bestowing power, thejuice enters the purifying sieve, Far-seeing, sending forth its light.
Rig Veda 9.39.4
अयं स यो दिवस परि रघुयामा पवित्र आ | सिन्धोरूर्मा वयक्षरत
ayaṃ sa yo divas pari raghuyāmā pavitra ā | sindhorūrmā vyakṣarat
This is it which in rapid course hath with the river's wave flowed down From heaven upon the straining cloth.
Rig Veda 9.39.5
आविवासन परावतो अथो अर्वावतः सुतः | इन्द्राय सिच्यतेमधु
āvivāsan parāvato atho arvāvataḥ sutaḥ | indrāya sicyatemadhu
Inviting him frorh far away, and even from near at hand, the juice For Indra is poured forth as meath.
Rig Veda 9.39.6
समीचीना अनूषत हरिं हिन्वन्त्यद्रिभिः | योनाव रतस्य सीदत
samīcīnā anūṣata hariṃ hinvantyadribhiḥ | yonāv ṛtasya sīdata
In union they have sung the hymn: with stones they urge the Tawny One. Sit in the place of sacrifice.
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