Rig Veda · Mandala 9 · Sukta 59
Rig Veda 9.59 — 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 9.59.1
पवस्व गोजिदश्वजिद विश्वजित सोम रण्यजित | परजावद रत्नमा भर
pavasva ghojidaśvajid viśvajit soma raṇyajit | prajāvad ratnamā bhara
Rig Veda 9.59.2
पवस्वाद्भ्यो अदाभ्यः पवस्वौषधीभ्यः | पवस्व धिषणाभ्यः
pavasvādbhyo adābhyaḥ pavasvauṣadhībhyaḥ | pavasva dhiṣaṇābhyaḥ
Flow onward from the waters, flow, inviolable, from the plants: Flow onward from the pressing-boards.
Rig Veda 9.59.3
तवं सोम पवमानो विश्वानि दुरिता तर | कविः सीद नि बर्हिषि
tvaṃ soma pavamāno viśvāni duritā tara | kaviḥ sīda ni barhiṣi
Soma, as Pavamana, pass over all trouble and distress: Sit on the sacred grass, a Sage.
Rig Veda 9.59.4
पवमान सवर्विदो जायमानो.अभवो महान | इन्दो विश्वानभीदसि
pavamāna svarvido jāyamāno.abhavo mahān | indo viśvānabhīdasi
Thou, Pavamana, foundest light; thou at thy birth becamest great: O Indu, thou art over all.
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