Rig Veda · Mandala 9 · Sukta 5
Rig Veda 9.5 — HYMN V Āprīs
Rishi family (Mandala 9): Hymns from multiple lineages. This Sukta contains 11 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 9.5.1
समिद्धो विश्वतस पतिः पवमानो वि राजति | परीणन वर्षा कनिक्रदत
samiddho viśvatas patiḥ pavamāno vi rājati | prīṇan vṛṣā kanikradat
Rig Veda 9.5.2
तनूनपात पवमानः शर्ङगे शिशानो अर्षति | अन्तरिक्षेण रारजत
tanūnapāt pavamānaḥ śṛṅghe śiśāno arṣati | antarikṣeṇa rārajat
He, Pavamana, Self-produced, speeds onward sharpening his horns: He glitters through the firmament.
Rig Veda 9.5.3
ईळेन्यः पवमानो रयिर्वि राजति दयुमान | मधोर्धाराभिरोजसा
īḷenyaḥ pavamāno rayirvi rājati dyumān | madhordhārābhirojasā
Brilliant like wealth, adorable, with splendour Pavamana shines, Mightily with the streams of meath.
Rig Veda 9.5.4
बर्हिः पराचीनमोजसा पवमान सत्र्णन हरिः | देवेषु देव ईयते
barhiḥ prācīnamojasā pavamāna stṛṇan hariḥ | deveṣu deva īyate
The tawny Pavamana, who strews from of old the grass with might, Is worshipped, God amid the Gods.
Rig Veda 9.5.5
उदातैर्जिहते बर्हद दवारो देवीर्हिरण्ययीः | पवमानेन सुष्टुताः
udātairjihate bṛhad dvāro devīrhiraṇyayīḥ | pavamānena suṣṭutāḥ
The golden, the Celestial Doors are lifted with their frames on high, By Pavamana glorified.
Rig Veda 9.5.6
सुशिल्पे बर्हती मही पवमानो वर्षण्यति | नक्तोषासा नदर्शते
suśilpe bṛhatī mahī pavamāno vṛṣaṇyati | naktoṣāsā nadarśate
With passion Pavamana longs for the great lofty pair, well-formed Like beauteous maidens, Night and Dawn
Rig Veda 9.5.7
उभा देवा नर्चक्षसा होतारा दैव्या हुवे | पवमान इन्द्रोव्र्षा
ubhā devā nṛcakṣasā hotārā daivyā huve | pavamāna indrovṛṣā
Both Gods who look on men I call, Celestial Heralds: Indra's Self Is Pavamana, yea, the Bull.
Rig Veda 9.5.8
भारती पवमानस्य सरस्वतीळा मही | इमं नो यज्ञमा गमन तिस्रो देवीः सुपेशसः
bhāratī pavamānasya sarasvatīḷā mahī | imaṃ no yajñamā ghaman tisro devīḥ supeśasaḥ
This, Pavamana's sacrifice, shall the three beauteous Goddesses, Sarasvatī and Bhāratī and Iḷā, Mighty One, attend.
Rig Veda 9.5.9
तवष्टारमग्रजां गोपां पुरोयावानमा हुवे | इन्दुरिन्द्रो वर्षा हरिः पवमानः परजापतिः
tvaṣṭāramaghrajāṃ ghopāṃ puroyāvānamā huve | indurindro vṛṣā hariḥ pavamānaḥ prajāpatiḥ
1 summon Tvaṣṭar hither, our protector, champion, earliest-born, Indu is Indra, tawny Steer; Pavamana is Prajāpati.
Rig Veda 9.5.10
वनस्पतिं पवमान मध्वा समङगधि धारया | सहस्रवल्शं हरितं भराजमानं हिरण्ययम
vanaspatiṃ pavamāna madhvā samaṅghdhi dhārayā | sahasravalśaṃ haritaṃ bhrājamānaṃ hiraṇyayam
O Pavamana, with the meath in streams anoint Vanaspati, The ever-green. the golden-hued, refulgent, with a thousand boughs.
Rig Veda 9.5.11
विश्वे देवाः सवाहाक्र्तिं पवमानस्या गत | वायुर्ब्र्हस्पतिः सूर्यो.अग्निरिन्द्रः सजोषसः
viśve devāḥ svāhākṛtiṃ pavamānasyā ghata | vāyurbṛhaspatiḥ sūryo.aghnirindraḥ sajoṣasaḥ
Come to the consecrating rite of Pavamana, all ye Gods,— Vāyu, Sūrya, Bṛhaspati, Indra, and Agni, in accord.
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