Rig Veda · Mandala 9 · Sukta 42
Rig Veda 9.42 — 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 9.42.1
जनयन रोचना दिवो जनयन्नप्सु सूर्यम | वसानो गा अपोहरिः
janayan rocanā divo janayannapsu sūryam | vasāno ghā apohariḥ
Rig Veda 9.42.2
एष परत्नेन मन्मना देवो देवेभ्यस परि | धारया पवते सुतः
eṣa pratnena manmanā devo devebhyas pari | dhārayā pavate sutaḥ
According to primeval plan this Soma, with his stream, effused Flows purely on, a God for Gods.
Rig Veda 9.42.3
वाव्र्धानाय तूर्वये पवन्ते वाजसातये | सोमाः सहस्रपाजसः
vāvṛdhānāya tūrvaye pavante vājasātaye | somāḥ sahasrapājasaḥ
For him victorious, waxen great, the juices with a thousand powers Are purified for winning spoil.
Rig Veda 9.42.4
दुहानः परत्नमित पयः पवित्रे परि षिच्यते | करन्दन देवानजीजनत
duhānaḥ pratnamit payaḥ pavitre pari ṣicyate | krandan devānajījanat
Shedding the ancient fluid he is poured into the cleansing sieve: He, thundering, hath produced the Gods.
Rig Veda 9.42.5
अभि विश्वानि वार्याभि देवान रताव्र्धः | सोमः पुनानोर्षति
abhi viśvāni vāryābhi devān ṛtāvṛdhaḥ | somaḥ punānoarṣati
Soma, while purifying, sends hither all things to be desired, He sends the Gods who strengthen Law.
Rig Veda 9.42.6
गोमन नः सोम वीरवदश्वावद वाजवत सुतः | पवस्व बर्हतीरिषः
ghoman naḥ soma vīravadaśvāvad vājavat sutaḥ | pavasva bṛhatīriṣaḥ
Soma, effused, pour on us wealth in kine, in heroes, steeds, and spoil, Send us abundant store of food.
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