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9,61 Soma Pavamana

9.LXI Soma Pavamana

ayā́ vītī́ pári srava yás ta indo mádeṣu ā́ |
avā́han navatī́r náva ||

1 FLOW onward, Indu, with this food for him who in thy wild delight Battered the nine-and-ninety down,

púraḥ sadyá itthā́dhiye dívodāsāya śámbaram |
ádha tyáṃ turváśaṃ yádum ||

2 Smote swiftly forts, and gambara, then Yadu and that Turvaga, For pious Divodāsa's sake.

pári ṇo áśvam aśvavíd gómad indo híraṇyavat |
kṣárā sahasríṇīr íṣaḥ ||

3 Finder of horses, pour on us horses and wealth in kine and gold, And, Indu, food in boundless store.

pávamānasya te vayám pavítram abhiundatáḥ |
sakhitvám ā́ vr̥ṇīmahe ||

4 We seek to win thy friendly love, even Pavamana's flowing o’er The limit of the cleansing sieve.

yé te pavítram ūrmáyo abhikṣáranti dhā́rayā |
tébhir naḥ soma mr̥̄ḷaya+ ||

5 With those same waves which in their stream oyerflow the purifying sieve, Soma; be gracious unto us.

sá naḥ punāná ā́ bhara rayíṃ vīrávatīm íṣam |
ī́śānaḥ soma viśvátaḥ ||

6 O Soma, being purified, bring us from all sides, —for thou canst, —Riches and food with hero sons.

etám u tyáṃ dáśa kṣípo mr̥jánti síndhumātaram |
sám ādityébhir akhyata ||

7 Him here, the Child whom streams have borne, the ten swift fingers beautify With the Ādityas is he seen.

sám índreṇotá vāyúnā sutá eti pavítra ā́ |
sáṃ sū́riyasya raśmíbhiḥ ||

8 With Indra and with Vāyu he, effused, flows onward with, the beams Of Sūrya to the cleansing sieve.

sá no bhágāya vāyáve pūṣṇé pavasva mádhumān |
cā́rur mitré váruṇe ca ||

9 Flow rich in sweets and lovely for our Bhaga, Vāyu, Pūṣan flow For Mitra and for Varuṇa.

uccā́ te jātám ándhaso diví ṣád bhū́mi ā́ dade |
ugráṃ śárma máhi śrávaḥ ||

10 High is thy juice's birth: though set in heaven, on earth it hath obtained Strong sheltering power and great renown.

enā́ víśvāni aryá ā́ dyumnā́ni mā́nuṣāṇãm |
síṣāsanto vanāmahe ||

11 Striving to win, with him we gain all wealth from the ungodly man, Yea, all the glories of mankind.

sá na índrāya yájyave váruṇāya marúdbhiyaḥ |
varivovít pári srava ||

12 Finder of room and freedom, flow for Indra whom we must adore, For Varuṇa and the Marut host.

úpo ṣú jātám aptúraṃ góbhir bhaṅgám páriṣkr̥tam |
índuṃ devā́ ayāsiṣuḥ ||

13 The Gods have come to Indu well-descended, beautified with milk, The active crusher of the foe.

tám íd vardhantu no gíro vatsáṃ saṃśíśvarīr iva |
yá índrasya hr̥daṃsániḥ ||

14 Even as mother cows their calf, so let our praise-songs strengthen him, Yea, him who winneth Indra's heart.

árṣā ṇaḥ soma śáṃ gáve dhukṣásva pipyúṣīm íṣam |
várdhā samudrám ukthíyam ||

15 Soma, pour blessings on our kine, pour forth the food that streams with milk Increase the sea that merits laud.

pávamāno ajījanad diváś citráṃ ná tanyatúm |
jyótir vaiśvānarám br̥hát ||

16 From heaven hath Pavamana made, as ’twere, the marvellous thunder, and The lofty light of all mankind.

pávamānasya te ráso mádo rājann aduchunáḥ |
ví vā́ram ávyam arṣati ||

17 The gladdening and auspicious juice of thee, of Pavamana, King! Flows o’er the woollen straining-cloth.

pávamāna rásas táva dákṣo ví rājati dyumā́n |
jyótir víśvaṃ súvar dr̥śé ||

18 Thy juice, O Pavamana, sends its rays abroad like splendid skill, Like lustre, all heaven's light, to see.

yás te mádo váreṇiyas ténā pavasva ándhasā |
devāvī́r aghaśaṃsahā́ ||

19 Flow onward with that juice of thine most excellent, that brings delight, Slaying the wicked, dear to Gods.

jághnir vr̥trám amitríyaṃ sásnir vā́jaṃ divé-dive |
goṣā́ u aśvasā́ asi ||

20 Killing the foeman and his hate, and winning booty every day, Gainer art thou of steeds and kine.

sámmiślo aruṣó bhava sūpasthā́bhir ná dhenúbhiḥ |
sī́dañ chyenó ná yónim ā́ ||

21 Red-hued, be blended with the milk that seems to yield its lovely breast, Falcon-like resting in thine home.

sá pavasva yá ā́vitha índraṃ vr̥trā́ya hántave |
vavrivā́ṃsam mahī́r apáḥ ||

22 Flow onward thou who strengthenedst Indra to slaughter Vṛtra who Compassed and stayed the mighty floods.

suvī́rāso vayáṃ dhánā jáyema soma mīḍhuvaḥ |
punānó vardha no gíraḥ ||

23 Soma who rainest gifts, may we win riches with our hero sons: Strengthen, as thou art cleansed, our hymns.

tuvótāsas távā́vasā syā́ma vanvánta āmúraḥ |
sóma vratéṣu jāgr̥hi ||

24 Aided by thee, and through thy grace, may we be slayers when we war: Watch, Soma, at our solemn rites.

apaghnán pavate mŕ̥dho ápa sómo árāvaṇaḥ |
gáchann índrasya niṣkr̥tám ||

25 Chasing our foemen, driving off the godless, Soma flowcth on, Going to Indra's special place.

mahó no rāyá ā́ bhara pávamāna jahī́ mŕ̥dhaḥ |
rā́svendo vīrávad yáśaḥ ||

26 O Pavamana, hither bring great riches, and destroy our foes: O Indu, grant heroic fame.

ná tvā śatáṃ caná hrúto rā́dho dítsantam ā́ minan |
yát punānó makhasyáse ||

27 A hundred obstacles have ne’er checked thee when fain to give thy boons, When, being cleansed, thou combatest.

pávasvendo vŕ̥ṣā sutáḥ kr̥dhī́ no yaśáso jáne |
víśvā ápa dvíṣo jahi ||

28 Indu, flow on, a mighty juice; glorify us among the folk: Drive all our enemies away.

ásya te sakhiyé vayáṃ távendo dyumná uttamé |
sāsahyā́ma pr̥tanyatáḥ ||

29 Indu, in this thy friendship most lofty and glorious may we Subdue all those who war with us.

yā́ te bhīmā́ni ā́yudhā tigmā́ni sánti dhū́rvaṇe |
rákṣā samasya no nidáḥ ||

30 Those awful weapons that thou hast, sharpened at point to strike men down-Guard us therewith from every foe.

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