Rig Veda · 9.96.17
Rig Veda 9.96.17 — Soma Pavamana
Verse 17 of 24 from Sukta 9.96 (Soma Pavamana) in Mandala 9 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 9.96.17
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
शिशुं जज्ञानं हर्यतं मर्जन्ति शुम्भन्ति वह्निं मरुतो गणेन | कविर्गीर्भिः काव्येना कविः सन सोमः पवित्रमत्येति रेभन
IAST Romanisation
śiśuṃ jajñānaṃ haryataṃ mṛjanti śumbhanti vahniṃ maruto ghaṇena | kavirghīrbhiḥ kāvyenā kaviḥ san somaḥ pavitramatyeti rebhan
English Translation (Griffith)
They deck him at his birth, the lovely Infant, the Maruts with their troop adorn the Car-horse. By songs a Poet and a Sage by wisdom, Soma joes singing through the cleansing filter.
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