Rig Veda · Mandala 9 · Sukta 56
Rig Veda 9.56 — 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 9.56.1
परि सोम रतं बर्हदाशुः पवित्रे अर्षति | विघ्नन रक्षांसि देवयुः
pari soma ṛtaṃ bṛhadāśuḥ pavitre arṣati | vighnan rakṣāṃsi devayuḥ
Rig Veda 9.56.2
यत सोमो वाजमर्षति शतं धारा अपस्युवः | इन्द्रस्यसख्यमाविशन
yat somo vājamarṣati śataṃ dhārā apasyuvaḥ | indrasyasakhyamāviśan
When Soma pours the strengthening food a hundred ever-active streams To Indra's friendship win theirway.
Rig Veda 9.56.3
अभि तवा योषणो दश जारं न कन्यानूषत | मर्ज्यसे सोम सातये
abhi tvā yoṣaṇo daśa jāraṃ na kanyānūṣata | mṛjyase soma sātaye
Ten Dames have sung to welcome thee, even as a maiden greets her love: O Soma, thou art decked to win.
Rig Veda 9.56.4
तवमिन्द्राय विष्णवे सवादुरिन्दो परि सरव | नॄन सतोतॄन्पाह्यंहसः
tvamindrāya viṣṇave svādurindo pari srava | nṝn stotṝnpāhyaṃhasaḥ
Flow hitherward, O Indu, sweet to Indra and to Viṣṇu: guard The men, the singers, from distress.
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