Rig Veda · Mandala 9 · Sukta 41
Rig Veda 9.41 — Soma Pavamana
Deity: 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 9.41.1
पर ये गावो न भूर्णयस्त्वेषा अयासो अक्रमुः | घनन्तः कर्ष्णामप तवचम
pra ye ghāvo na bhūrṇayastveṣā ayāso akramuḥ | ghnantaḥ kṛṣṇāmapa tvacam
Rig Veda 9.41.2
सुवितस्य मनामहे.अति सेतुं दुराव्यम | साह्वांसो दस्युमव्रतम
suvitasya manāmahe.ati setuṃ durāvyam | sāhvāṃso dasyumavratam
Quelling the riteless Dasyu, may we think upon the bridge of bliss, Leaving the bridge of woe behind.
Rig Veda 9.41.3
शर्ण्वे वर्ष्टेरिव सवनः पवमानस्य शुष्मिणः | चरन्तिविद्युतो दिवि
śṛṇve vṛṣṭeriva svanaḥ pavamānasya śuṣmiṇaḥ | carantividyuto divi
The mighty Pavamana's roar is heard as ’twere the rush of rain Lightnings are flashing to the sky.
Rig Veda 9.41.4
आ पवस्व महीमिषं गोमदिन्दो हिरण्यवत | अश्वावद वाजवत सुतः
ā pavasva mahīmiṣaṃ ghomadindo hiraṇyavat | aśvāvad vājavat sutaḥ
Pour out on us abundant food, when thou art pressed, O Indu wealth In kine and gold and steeds and spoil.
Rig Veda 9.41.5
स पवस्व विचर्षण आ मही रोदसी पर्ण | उषाः सूर्यो न रश्मिभिः
sa pavasva vicarṣaṇa ā mahī rodasī pṛṇa | uṣāḥ sūryo na raśmibhiḥ
Flow on thy way, Most Active, thou. fill full the mighty heavens and earth, As Dawn, as Sūrya with his beams.
Rig Veda 9.41.6
परि णः शर्मयन्त्या धारया सोम विश्वतः | सरा रसेव विष्टपम
pari ṇaḥ śarmayantyā dhārayā soma viśvataḥ | sarā raseva viṣṭapam
On every side, O Soma, flow round us with thy protecting stream, As Rasā flows around the world.
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