Rig Veda · Mandala 9 · Sukta 45
Rig Veda 9.45 — 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 9.45.1
स पवस्व मदाय कं नर्चक्षा देववीतये | इन्दविन्द्रायपीतये
sa pavasva madāya kaṃ nṛcakṣā devavītaye | indavindrāyapītaye
Rig Veda 9.45.2
स नो अर्षाभि दूत्यं तवमिन्द्राय तोशसे | देवान सखिभ्य आ वरम
sa no arṣābhi dūtyaṃ tvamindrāya tośase | devān sakhibhya ā varam
Stream to thine embassy for us: thou hastenest, for Indra, to The Gods, O better than our friends.
Rig Veda 9.45.3
उत तवामरुणं वयं गोभिरञ्ज्मो मदाय कम | वि नो राये दुरो वर्धि
uta tvāmaruṇaṃ vayaṃ ghobhirañjmo madāya kam | vi no rāye duro vṛdhi
We balm thee, red of hue, with milk to fit thee for the rapturous joy: Unbar for us the doors of wealth.
Rig Veda 9.45.4
अत्यू पवित्रमक्रमीद वाजी धुरं न यामनि | इन्दुर्देवेषु पत्यते
atyū pavitramakramīd vājī dhuraṃ na yāmani | indurdeveṣu patyate
He through the sieve hath passed, as comes a courser to the pole, to run Indu belongs unto the Gods.
Rig Veda 9.45.5
समी सखायो अस्वरन वने करीळन्तमत्यविम | इन्दुं नावा अनूषत
samī sakhāyo asvaran vane krīḷantamatyavim | induṃ nāvā anūṣata
All friends have lauded him as he sports in the wood, beyond the fleece: Singers have chanted Indu's praise.
Rig Veda 9.45.6
तया पवस्व धारया यया पीतो विचक्षसे | इन्दो सतोत्रे सुवीर्यम
tayā pavasva dhārayā yayā pīto vicakṣase | indo stotre suvīryam
Flow, Indu, with that stream wherein steeped thou announcest to the man Who worships thee heroic strength.
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