Rig Veda · Mandala 9 · Sukta 82
Rig Veda 9.82 — 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 9.82.1
असावि सोमो अरुषो वर्षा हरी राजेव दस्मो अभि गा अचिक्रदत | पुनानो वारं पर्येत्यव्ययं शयेनो न योनिं घर्तवन्तमासदम
asāvi somo aruṣo vṛṣā harī rājeva dasmo abhi ghā acikradat | punāno vāraṃ paryetyavyayaṃ śyeno na yoniṃ ghṛtavantamāsadam
Rig Veda 9.82.2
कविर्वेधस्या पर्येषि माहिनमत्यो न मर्ष्टो अभि वाजमर्षसि | अपसेधन दुरिता सोम मर्ळय घर्तं वसानः परियासि निर्णिजम
kavirvedhasyā paryeṣi māhinamatyo na mṛṣṭo abhi vājamarṣasi | apasedhan duritā soma mṛḷaya ghṛtaṃ vasānaḥ pariyāsi nirṇijam
Rig Veda 9.82.3
पर्जन्यः पिता महिषस्य पर्णिनो नाभा पर्थिव्या गिरिषुक्षयं दधे | सवसार आपो अभि गा उतासरन सं गरावभिर्नसते वीते अध्वरे
parjanyaḥ pitā mahiṣasya parṇino nābhā pṛthivyā ghiriṣukṣayaṃ dadhe | svasāra āpo abhi ghā utāsaran saṃ ghrāvabhirnasate vīte adhvare
Parjanya is the Father of the Mighty Bird: on mountains, in earth's centre hath he made his home. The waters too have flowed, the Sisters, to the kine: he meets the pressing-stones at the beloved rite.
Rig Veda 9.82.4
जायेव पत्यावधि शेव मंहसे पज्राया गर्भ शर्णुहि बरवीमि ते | अन्तर्वाणीषु पर चरा सु जीवसे.अनिन्द्यो वर्जने सोम जाग्र्हि
jāyeva patyāvadhi śeva maṃhase pajrāyā gharbha śṛṇuhi bravīmi te | antarvāṇīṣu pra carā su jīvase.anindyo vṛjane soma jāghṛhi
Thou givest pleasure as a wife delights her lord. Listen, O Child of Pajri, for to thee I speak. Amid the holy songs go on that we may live: in time of trouble, Soma, watch thou free from blame.
Rig Veda 9.82.5
यथा पूर्वेभ्यः शतसा अम्र्ध्रः सहस्रसाः पर्यया वाजमिन्दो | एवा पवस्व सुविताय नव्यसे तव वरतमन्वापः सचन्ते
yathā pūrvebhyaḥ śatasā amṛdhraḥ sahasrasāḥ paryayā vājamindo | evā pavasva suvitāya navyase tava vratamanvāpaḥ sacante
As to the men of old thou camest, Indu unharmed, to strengthen, winning hundreds, thousands, So now for new felicity flow onward: the waters follow as thy law ordaineth.
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