Rig Veda · Mandala 9 · Sukta 53
Rig Veda 9.53 — Soma Pavamana
Deity: Soma Pavamana. Rishi family (Mandala 9): Hymns from multiple lineages. This Sukta contains 4 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 9.53.1
उत ते शुष्मासो अस्थू रक्षो भिन्दन्तो अद्रिवः | नुदस्व याः परिस्प्र्धः
ut te śuṣmāso asthū rakṣo bhindanto adrivaḥ | nudasva yāḥ parispṛdhaḥ
Rig Veda 9.53.2
अया निजघ्निरोजसा रथसंगे धने हिते | सतवा अबिभ्युषा हर्दा
ayā nijaghnirojasā rathasaṃghe dhane hite | stavā abibhyuṣā hṛdā
Thou conquerest thus with might when car meets car, and when the prize is staked: With fearless heart will I sing praise.
Rig Veda 9.53.3
अस्य वरतानि नाध्र्षे पवमानस्य दूढ्या | रुज यस्त्वाप्र्तन्यति
asya vratāni nādhṛṣe pavamānasya dūḍhyā | ruja yastvāpṛtanyati
No one with evil thought assails this Pavamana's holy laws: Crush him who fain would fight with thee.
Rig Veda 9.53.4
तं हिन्वन्ति मदच्युतं हरिं नदीषु वाजिनम | इन्दुमिन्द्राय मत्सरम
taṃ hinvanti madacyutaṃ hariṃ nadīṣu vājinam | indumindrāya matsaram
For Indra to the streams they drive the tawny rapture-dropping Steed, Indu the bringer of delight.
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