Rig Veda · Mandala 9 · Sukta 49
Rig Veda 9.49 — 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 9.49.1
पवस्व वर्ष्टिमा सु नो.अपामूर्मिं दिवस परि | अयक्ष्मा बर्हतीरिषः
pavasva vṛṣṭimā su no.apāmūrmiṃ divas pari | ayakṣmā bṛhatīriṣaḥ
Rig Veda 9.49.2
तया पवस्व धारया यया गाव इहागमन | जन्यास उप नो गर्हम
tayā pavasva dhārayā yayā ghāva ihāghaman | janyāsa upa no ghṛham
Flow onward with that stream of thine, whereby the cows have come to us, The kine of strangers to our home.
Rig Veda 9.49.3
घर्तं पवस्व धारया यज्ञेषु देववीतमः | अस्मभ्यं वर्ष्टिमा पव
ghṛtaṃ pavasva dhārayā yajñeṣu devavītamaḥ | asmabhyaṃ vṛṣṭimā pava
Chief Friend of Gods in sacred rites, pour on us fatness with thy stream, Ppur down on us a flood of rain.
Rig Veda 9.49.4
स न ऊर्जे वयव्ययं पवित्रं धाव धारया | देवासः शर्णवन हि कम
sa na ūrje vyavyayaṃ pavitraṃ dhāva dhārayā | devāsaḥ śṛṇavan hi kam
To give us vigour, with thy stream run through the fleecy straining-cloth For verily the Gods will bear.
Rig Veda 9.49.5
पवमानो असिष्यदद रक्षांस्यपजङघनत | परत्नवद रोचयन रुचः
pavamāno asiṣyadad rakṣāṃsyapajaṅghanat | pratnavad rocayan rucaḥ
Onward hath Pavamana flowed and beaten off the Rākṣasas, Flashing out splendour as of old.
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