Rig Veda · Mandala 9 · Sukta 47
Rig Veda 9.47 — Soma Pavamana
Deity: Soma Pavamana. Rishi family (Mandala 9): Hymns from multiple lineages. This Sukta contains 5 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 9.47.1
अया सोमः सुक्र्त्यया महश्चिदभ्यवर्धत | मन्दान उद्व्र्षायते
ayā somaḥ sukṛtyayā mahaścidabhyavardhata | mandāna udvṛṣāyate
Rig Veda 9.47.2
कर्तानीदस्य कर्त्वा चेतन्ते दस्युतर्हणा | रणा च धर्ष्णुश्चयते
kṛtānīdasya kartvā cetante dasyutarhaṇā | ṛṇā ca dhṛṣṇuścayate
His task is done: his crushings of the Dasyus are made manifest: He sternly reckoneth their debts.
Rig Veda 9.47.3
आत सोम इन्द्रियो रसो वज्रः सहस्रसा भुवत | उक्थं यदस्य जायते
āt soma indriyo raso vajraḥ sahasrasā bhuvat | ukthaṃ yadasya jāyate
Soon as his song of praise is born, the Soma, Indra's juice, becomes A thousand-winning thunderbolt.
Rig Veda 9.47.4
सवयं कविर्विधर्तरि विप्राय रत्नमिछति | यदी मर्म्र्ज्यते धियः
svayaṃ kavirvidhartari viprāya ratnamichati | yadī marmṛjyate dhiyaḥ
Seer and Sustainer, he himself desireth riches for the sage When he embellisheth his songs.
Rig Veda 9.47.5
सिषासतू रयीणां वाजेष्वर्वतामिव | भरेषु जिग्युषामसि
siṣāsatū rayīṇāṃ vājeṣvarvatāmiva | bhareṣu jighyuṣāmasi
Fain would they both win riches as in races of the steeds. In war Thou art upon the conquerors' side.
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