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RIG VEDA - BOOK THE NINTH

HYMN I. Soma Pavamana.1. In sweetest and most gladdening stream

flow pure, O Soma, on thy way,

Pressed out for Indra, for his drink.2 Fiend-queller, Friend of all men, he hath with the wood attained unto

is pla!e, his iron-fashioned home." #e thou $est %rtra-slayer, $est granter of $liss, most li$eral&

Promote our wealthy prin!es' gifts.

( Flow onward with thy )ui!e unto the $anquet of the *ighty +ods&Flow $ither for our strength and fame.

O Indu, we draw nigh to thee, with this one o$)e!t day $y day&

o thee alone our prayers are said

#y means of this eternal flee!e may Surya's /aughter purifyhy Soma that is foaming forth.

0 en sister maids of slender form seie him within the press and holdim firmly on the final day. he 3irgins send him forth& they $low the the skin musi!ian-like and fuse

he triple foe-repelling meath.

4 In3iola$le mil!h-kine round a$out him $lend for Indra's drink,he fresh young Soma with their milk.

15 In the wild raptures of this draught, Indra slays all the %rtras& he,

he ero, pours his wealth on us.

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HYMN II. Soma Pavamana.1. Soma, flow on, in3iting +ods, speed to the purifying !loth&

Pass into Indra, as a #ull.

2 :s mighty food speed hitherward, Indu, as a most splendid Steer&Sit in thy pla!e as one with strength.

" he well-lo3ed meath was made to flow, the stream of the !reati3e )ui!e

ne Sage drew waters to himself.( he mighty waters, yea, the floods a!!ompany thee *ighty One,

6hen thou wilt !lothe thee with the milk.

he lake is $rightened in the floods. Soma, our Friend, hea3en's prop and stay,

Falls on the purifying !loth.

he tawny #ull hath $ellowed, fair as mighty *itra to $ehold&e shines together with the Sun.

0 Songs, Indu, a!ti3e in their might are $eautified for thee, wherewithhou de!kest thee for our delight.

o thee who gi3est ample room we pray, to win the )oyous draught&

+reat are the praise; due to thee.4 Indu as, Indra's Friend, on us pour with a stream of sweetness, like

Par)anya sender of the rain.


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15 6inner of kine, Indu, art thou, winner of heroes, steeds, and strength

Prime3al Soul of sa!rifi!e.



HYMN III. Soma Pavamana.1.


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4 #y worship, Pa3amana@ men ha3e strengthened thee to prop the >aw&

*ake thou us $etter than we are.

15 O Indu, $ring us wealth in steeds, manifold. qui!kening all life?:nd mate us $etter than we are.



HYMN V Apris.1. ord, sends forth his light on, e3ery side

In friendly show, the $ellowing #ull.

2 e, Pa3amana, Self-produ!ed, speeds onward sharpening his horns&

e glitters through the firmament." #rilliant like wealth, adora$le, with splendour Pa3amana shines,

*ightily with the streams of meath.

( he tawny Pa3amana, who strews from of old the grass with might,Is worshipped, +od amid the +ods.

he golden, the 7elestial /oors are lifted with their frames on high,#y Pa3amana glorified. 6ith passion Pa3amana longs for the great lofty pair, well-formed

>ike $eauteous maidens, Aight and /awn

0 #oth +ods who look on men I !all, 7elestial eralds& Indra's Self

Is Pa3amana, yea, the #ull. his, Pa3amana's sa!rifi!e, shall the three $eauteous +oddesses,

Saras3ati and #harati and Ila, *ighty One, attend.

4 1 summon 3astar hither, our prote!tor, !hampion, earliest-$orn,Indu is Indra, tawny Steer? Pa3amana is Pra)apati.

15 O Pa3amana, with the meath in streams anoint %anaspati,

he e3er-green. the golden-hued, refulgent, with a thousand $oughs.11 7ome to the !onse!rating rite of Pa3amana, all ye +ods,-

%ayu, Surya, #rhaspati, Indra, and :gni, in a!!ord.

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HYMN VI. Soma Pavamana.1. SO*:, flow on with pleasant stream, a #ull de3oted to the +ods,Our Friend, unto the woollen sie3e.

2 Pour hitherward, as Indra's Self, Indu, that gladdening stream of thine,

:nd send us !oursers full of strength." Flow to the filter hitherward, pouring that an!ient gladdening )ui!e,

Streaming forth power and high renown.

( ither the sparkling drops ha3e flowed, like waters down a steep des!enthey ha3e rea!hed Indra purified.

6hom, ha3ing passed the filter, ten dames !leanse, as 'twere a 3igorous steed,

6hile he disports him in the wood,-

he steer-strong )ui!e with milk pour forth, for feast and ser3i!e of the +ods,o him who $ears away the draught.


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Send down the rain from hea3en, a stream of opulen!e from earth. +i3e us,

O Soma, 3i!tory in war.

4 *ay we o$tain thee, Indra's drink, who 3iewest men and findest light,+ain thee, and progeny and food.



HYMN IX. Soma Pavamana.I. < Sage of ea3en whose heart is wise, when laid $etween $oth hands and pressed,

Sends us delightful powers of life.

2 On, onward to a glorious home? dear to the people 3oid of guile,

6ith eC!ellent en)oyment, flow." e, the $right Son, when $orn illumed his Parents who had sprung to life,

+reat Son great Strengtheners of >aw.

( Drged $y the se3en de3otions he hath stirred the guileless ri3ers whi!ha3e magnified the Single


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4 he Sun with his dear eye $eholds that quarter of the hea3ens whi!h priests

a3e pla!ed within the sa!red !ell.



HYMN XL Soma Pavamana.1. SIA+ forth to Indu, O ye men, to him who is purified,Fain to pay worship to the +ods.2 ogether with thy pleasant )ui!e the :thar3ans ha3e !ommingled milk,

/i3ine, de3oted to the +od.

" #ring, $y thy flowing, weal to kine, weal to the people, weal to steeds.

6eal, O thou Bing, to growing plants( Sing a praise-song to Soma $rown of hue, of independent might.

he =ed, who rea!hes up to hea3en.

Purify Soma when effused with stones whi!h $ands mo3e rapidly,:nd pour the sweet milk in the meath.

6ith hum$le homage draw ye nigh? $lend the li$ation with the !urds&o Indra offer Indu up.0 Soma, foe-que !hief o'er men, doing the will of pour forth

Prosperity upon our kine.

eart-knower, So3ran of the heart, thou art effused, O Soma, that Indra may drink thee

and re)oi!e.4 O Soma Pa3amana, gi3e us ri!hes and heroi! strength,-

Indu@ with. Indra for ally.



HYMN XII. Soma Pavamana.1. o Indra ha3e the Soma drops, eC!eeding ri!h in sweets, $een poured,Shed in the seat of sa!rifi!e.

2 :s mother kine low to their !al3es, to Indra ha3e the sages !alled,7alled him to drink the Soma )ui!e.

" In the stream's wa3e wise Soma dwells, distilling rapture, in his seat,

=esting upon a wiId-!ow's hide.

( Far-sighted Soma, Sage and Seer, is worshipped in the !entral pointOf hea3en, the straining-!loth of wool.

In !lose em$ra!es Indu holds Soma when

poured within the )ars.:nd on the. purifying sie3e.

Indu sends forth a 3oi!e on high to regions of the sea of air,

Shaking the 3ase that drops with meath.0 he ree whose praises ne3er fail yields hea3enly milk among our hymns,

Drging men's generations on.

he 6ise One, with the Sage's stream, the Soma urged to speed, flows on

o the dear pla!es of the sky.4 O Pa3amana, $ring us wealth $right with a thousand splendours. 9ea.


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O Indu, gi3e us ready help.



HYMN XIII. Soma Pavamana.

1. P:SSord of Strength&

hey grasp the 3igorous 7ourser's $a!k. 7omprising all the treasures that are in the hea3ens and on the earth,

7ome, Soma, as our faithful Friend.




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HYMN XV. Soma Pavamana.1. =OD+ the fine fingers, with the song, this ero !omes with rapid ears,

+oing to Indra's spe!ial pla!e.2 In holy thought he ponders mu!h for the great worship of the +ods.

6here the Immortals ha3e their seat.

" >ike a good horse is he led out, when on the path that shines with lighthe mettled steeds eCert their strength.

( e $randishes his horns on high, and whets them #ull who leads the herd,

/oing with might heroi! deeds. e mo3es, a 3igorous Steed, adorned with $eauteous rays of shining gold,

#e!oming So3ran of the streams.

e, o3er pla!es rough to pass, $ringing ri!h treasures !losely pa!ked./es!ends into the reser3oirs.

0 *en $eautify him in the 3ats, him worthy to $e $eautified,

im who $rings forth a$undant food.

im, e3en him, the fingers ten and the se3en songs make $eautiful,

6ell-weaponed, $est of gladdeners.



HYMN XVI. Soma Pavamana.1. < pressers from the Soma-press send forth thy )ui!e for rapturous )oy

he spe!kled sap runs like a flood.

2 6ith strength we follow through the sie3e him who $rings might and wins the kine,

IB< ri3ers down a steep des!ent, slaying the %rtras, full of eal,

he rapid Soma-streams ha3e flowed.

2 he drops of Soma )ui!e effused fall like the rain upon the earth&o Indra flow the Soma-streams.

" 6ith swelling wa3e the gladdening drink, the Soma, flows into.the sie3e,


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>o3ing the +ods and slaying fiends.

( It hastens to the pit!hers, poured upon the sie3e it waCes strong

:t sa!rifi!es through the lauds. Soma, thou shinest mounting hea3en as 'twere a$o3e light's triple realm,

:nd mo3ing se!m'st to speed the Sun.

o him, the head of sa!nfi!e, singers and $ards ha3e sung their songs,Offering what he lo3es to see.

0 he men, the sages with their hymns, eager for help, de!k thee strong ;teed,

/e!k thee for ser3i!e of the +ods. Flow onward to the stream of meath rest effi!a!ious in thy home,

Fair, to $e drunk at sa!rifi!e.



HYMN XVIII. Soma Pavamana.1. OD, Soma, dweller on the hills, effused, hast flowed into the sie3e,&

:ll-$ounteous art thou in !arouse.2 hou art a sa!red #ard, a Sage? the meath is offipring of thy sap&:ll-$ount!ous art thou in !arouse.

" :ll /eities of one a!!ord ha3e !ome that they may drink of thee&

:ll-$ounteous art thou in !arouse.

( e who !ontaineth in his hands all treasures mu!h to $e desired&:ll-$ounteous art thou in !arouse.

6ho milketh out this mighty Pair, the


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6hether he $e afar or near.



HYMN XX Soma Pavamana.

1. FO= through the straining-!loth the Sage flows to the $anquet of the +ods,Su$duing all our enemies.

2 For he, as Pa3amana, sends thousandfold treasure in the shapeOf !attle to the singing-men.

" hou graspest all things with thy mind, and purifiest thee with thoughts

:s su!h, O Soma, find us fame.

( Pour lofty glory on us, send sure ri!hes to our li$eral lords,#ring food to those who sing thy praise.

:s thou art !leansed, O 6ondrous Steed, O Soma, thou hast entered, like

: pious Bing, into the songs. e, Soma, like a !ourser in the floods in3in!i$le, made !lean

6ith hands, is resting in the )ars.0 /isporting, like a li$eral !hief, thou goest, Soma, to the sie3e,>ending the laud a ero's strength.



HYMN XXI. Soma Pavamana.1. o Indra flow these running drops, these Somas froli!some in mood.


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a3e gained $y song their hearts'desire.

( Immortal, !leansed, these drops, sin!e first they flowed, ha3e ne3er wearied, fain

o rea!h the regions and their paths. :d3an!ing they ha3e tra3elled o'er the ridges of the earth and hea3en,

:nd this the highest realm of all.

O3er the heights ha3e they attained the highest thread that is spun out,:nd this whi!h must $e deemed most high.

0 hou, Soma, $oldest wealth in kine whi!h thou hast seied from niggard !hurls&

hou !alledst forth the outspun thread.



HYMN XXIII. Soma Pavamana.1. S6IF Soma drops ha3e $een effused in streams of meath, the gladdening drink,

For sa!red lore of e3ery kind.2 ither to newer. resting-pla!e the an!ient >i3ing Ones are !ome.

hey made the Sun that he might shine." O Pa3amana, $ring to us the unsa!rifi!ing foeman's wealth,:nd gi3e us food with progeny.

( he li3ing Somas $eing !leansed diffuse eChilarating drink,

urned to the 3at whi!h drips with meath.

Soma gows on intelligent, possessing sap and mighty strength,#ra3e ero who repels the !urse.

For Indra, Soma@ thou art !leansed, a feast-!ompanion for the +ods&

1ndu, thou fain wilt win us strength0 6hen he had drunken draughts of this, Indra smote down resistless foes&

9ea, smote them, and shall smite them still.



HYMN XXIV.Soma Pavamana.1. I


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his Indu, $eing purified.



HYMN XXVIII. Soma Pavamana.

1. D=+ord of the mind, Omnis!ient,=uns to the woollen straining-!loth.

2 6ithin the filter hath he flowed, this Soma for the +ods effused,


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O Indu, to $e Indra's drink.

For Indra, for the hunderer press the Soma 3ery ri!h in sweets,

>o3ely, inspiriting, for strength.


HYMN XXXI. Soma Pavamana.1. IB< wa3es of waters, skilled in song the )ui!es of the Soma speedOnward, as $uffaloes to woods.

2 6ith stream of sa!rifi!e the $rown $right drops ha3e flowed with strength in store

Of kine into the wooden 3ats.

" o Indra, %ayu, %aruna, to %isnu, and the *aruts, flowhe drops of Soma )ui!e effused.

( hree se3eral words are uttered& kine are owing, !ows who gi3e their milk&


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he awny-hued goes $ellowing on.

he young and sa!red mothers of the holy rite ha3e uttered praise&

hey de!orate the 7hild of ea3en. From e3ery side, O Soma, for our profit, pour thou forth four seas

Filled full of ri!hes thousandfold.



HYMN XXXIV. Som Pavamana.1. < drop of Soma )ui!e effused flows onward with this stream impelled.

=ending strong pla!es with its might.

2 Poured forth to Indra, %aruna, to %ayu and the *arut hosts,o %isnu, flows the Soma )ui!e.

" 6ith stones they press the Soma forth, the Strong !ondu!ted $y the strong&

hey milk the liquor out with skill.( 'is he whom rita must refine, 'tis he who shall make Indra glad&

he awny One is de!ked with tints. im do the Sons of Prsni milk, the dwelling-pla!e of sa!rifi!e,O$lation lo3ely and most dear.

o him in one unit!d stream th-,se songs flow on straight forward. he,

>oud 3oi!ed, hath made the mil!h-kine low.



HYMN XXXV. Soma Pavamana.1. Pour forth on us a$undant wealth, O Pa3amana, with thy stream.

6herewith thou mayest find us light

2 O Indu, swayer of the sea, shaker of all things, flow thou on,#earer of wealth to us with might.

" 6ith thee for ero, %aliant One@ may we su$due our enemies&

>et what is pre!ious flow to us.( Indu arouses strength the Sage who stri3es for 3i!tory, winning power,

/is!o3ering holy works and means.

*o3er of spee!h, we ro$e him with our songs as he is purified

Soma, the +uardian of the folk? On whose way, >ord of oly >aw, most ri!hi as he is purified.

he people all ha3e set their hearts.



HYMN XXXVI. Soma Pavamana.1. FO= from the mortar is the )ui!e sent, like a !ar-horse, to the sie3e&

he Steed steps forward to the goal.

2 hus, Soma, wat!hful, $earing well, !heering the +ods, flow past the sie3e,urned to the 3at that drops with meath.

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Speed us to mental power and skill.

( e, $eautified $y pious men, and !oming from their hands adorned,

Flows through the flee!y straining-!loth. *ay Soma pour all treasures of the hea3ens, the earth, the firmament

Dpon the li$eral worshipper.

hou mountest to the height of hea3en, O Soma, seeking steeds and kine,:nd seeking heroes, >ord of Strength@


HYMN XXXVII. Soma Pavamana.1. SO*:, the Steer, effused for draught, flows to the purifying sie3e,Slaying the fiends, lo3ing the +ods.

2 Far-sighted, tawny-!oloured, he flows to the sie3e, intelligent,

#ellowing, to his pla!e of rest." his 3igorous Pa3amana runs forth to the luminous realm of hea3en,

Fiend-slayer, through the flee!y sie3e.( his Payamana up a$o3e rita's high ridge hath made the Sun,ogether with the Sisters, shine.

his %rtra-slaying Steer, effused, Soma room-gi3er, ne'er de!ei3ed,

ath gone, as 'twere, to win the spoil.

Drged onward $y the sage, the +od speeds forward to the !asks of wood,Indu to Indra willingly.


HYMN XXXVIII. Soma Pavamana.

1. IS Steer, this 7hariot, rushes through the woollen filter, as he goeso war that wins a thousand spoils.

2 he /ames of rita with the stones onward impel this awny One

Indu to Indra for his drink." en a!ti3e fingers !arefully adorn him here? they make him $right

:nd $eauteous for the gladdening draught.

( e like a fal!on settles down amid the families of men.

Speeding like lo3er to his lo3e. his young eChilarating )ui!e looks downward from its pla!e in hea3en,

his Soma-drop that pier!ed the sie3e.

Poured for the draught, this tawny )ui!eflows forth, intelligent, !rying out,

Dnto the well-$elo3ed pla!e.



HYMN XXXIX Soma Pavamana.1. F>O6 On, O thou of lofty thought, flow swift in thy $elo3ed form,

Saying, I go where dwell the +ods.


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2 Preparing what is unprepared, and $ringing store of food to man,

*ake thou the rain des!end from hea3en.

" 6ith might, $estowing power, the)ui!e enters the purifying sie3e,Far-seeing, sending forth its light.

( his is it whi!h in rapid !ourse hath with the ri3er's wa3e flowed down

From hea3en upon the straining !loth. In3iting him frorh far away, and e3en from near at hand, the )ui!e

For Indra is poured forth as meath.

In union they ha3e sung the hymn& with stones they urge the awny One.Sit in the pla!e of sa!rifi!e.


HYMN XL. Soma Pavamana.1. < %ery :!ti3e hath assailed, while purified, all enemies&hey de!k the Sage with holy songs.

2 he =ed hath mounted to his pla!e? to India, goes the mighty )ui!e&e settles in his firm a$ode." O Indu, Soma, send us now great opulen!e from e3ery side, Pour on us treasures

thousandfold.

( O Soma Pa3amana, $ring, Indu, all spl!ndours hitherward&

Find for us food in $oundless store. :s thou art !leansed, $ring hero strength and ri!hes to thy worshipper,

:nd prosper thou the singer's hymns.

O Indu, Soma, $eing !leansed, $ring hither ri!hes dou$lypiled,6ealth, mighty Indu, meet for lauds.


HYMN XLI. Soma Pavamana.1. :7I%< and $right ha3e they !ome forth, impetuous in speed like $ulls,/ri3ing the $la!k skin far away.

2 Guelling the riteless /asyu, may we think upon the $ridge of $liss,

>ea3ing the $ridge of woe $ehind.

" he mighty Pa3amana's roar is heard as 'twere the rush of rain>ightnings are flashing to the sky.

( Pour out on us a$undant food, when thou art pressed, O Indu wealth

In kine and gold and steeds and spoil. Flow on thy way, *ost :!ti3e, thou. fill full the mighty hea3ens and earth,

:s /awn, as Surya with his $eams.

On e3ery side, O Soma, flow round us with thy prote!ting stream,:s =asa flows around the world.



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HYMN XLV. Soma Pavamana.1. F>O6, thou who 3iewest men, to gi3e delight, to entertain the +ods,

Indu, to Indra for his drink.

2 Stream to thine em$assy for us& thou hastenest, for Indra, tohe +ods, O $etter than our friends.

" 6e $alm thee, red of hue, with milk to fit thee for the rapturous )oy&

Dn$ar for us the doors of wealth.( e through the sie3e hath passed, as !omes a !ourser to the pole, to run

Indu $elongs unto the +ods.

:ll friends ha3e lauded him as he sports in the wood, $eyond the flee!e&Singers ha3e !hanted Indu's praise.

Flow, Indu, with that stream wherein steeped thou announ!est to the man

6ho worships thee heroi! strength.


HYMN XLVI. Soma Pavamana.1. >IB< a$le !oursers they ha3e $een sent forth to $e the feast of +ods,

)oying in mountains, flowing on.2 o %ayu flow the Soma-streams, the drops of )ui!e made $eautiful

>ike a $ride dowered $y her sire.

" Pressed in the mortar, these, the drops of

)ui!e, the Somas ri!h in food,+i3e strength to Indra with their work.

( /eft-handed men, run hither, seie the $rilliant )ui!es $lent with meal,

:nd !ook with milk the gladdening draught. hus, Soma, 7onqueror of wealth@ flow, finding furtheran!e for us,

+i3er oF ample opulen!e.

his Pa3amana, meet to $e adorned, the fingers ten adorn,he draught that shall make Indra glad.



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HYMN XLVIII. Soma Pavamana.1. 6I sa!rifi!e we seek to thee kind 7herisher of manly might

In mansions of the lofty hea3ens?

2 +laddening !rusher of the $old, ruling with 3ery mighty sway,/estroyer of a hundred forts.

" en!e, Sapient One@ the Fal!on, strong of wing, unwearied, $rought thee down,

>ord o3er ri!hes, from the sky.( hat ea!h may see the light, the #ird $rought us the guard of >aw, the Friend

Of all, the speeder through the air.

:nd now, sent forth, it hath attained to mighty power and ma)esty,*ost a!ti3e, ready to assist.


HYMN XLIX. Soma Pavamana.1. Poust down the rain upon us, pour a wa3e of waters from the sky,:nd plenteous store of wholesome f$od.

2 Flow onward with that stream of thine, where$y the !ows ha3e !ome to us,

he kine of strangers to our home." 7hief Friend of +ods in sa!red rites, pour on us fatness with thy stream,

Ppur down on us a flood of rain.

( o gi3e us 3igour, with thy stream run through the flee!y straining-!loth

For 3erily the +ods will $ear. Onward hath Pa3amana flowed and $eaten off the =aksasas,

Flashing out splendour as of old.



HYMN L. Soma Pavamana.1. >OD/ as a ri3er's roaring wa3e thy powers ha3e lifted up themsel3es&

Drge on thine arrow's sharpened point.

2 :t thine effusion upward rise three 3oi!es full of )oy, when thou

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:nd make it pure for Indra's drink.

2 Pour out for Indra, hunder-armed, the milk of hea3en,, the Soma's )ui!e,

*ost eC!ellent, most ri!h in sweets." hese +ods and all the *arut host, Indu en)oy this )ui!e of thine,

his Pa3amana's flowing meath.

( For, Soma, thou hast $een effused, strengthening for the wild !arouse,O Steer, the singer, for our help.

Flow with thy stream, Far-sighted One, effused, into the !leansing sie3e&

Flow on to gi3e us strength and fame.



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( hou, Indu, in thy $rillian!y, pourest on us, as Indra's Friend,

6ealth from the kine to feast the +ods.



HYMN LV. Soma Pavamana.1. POD= on us with thy )ui!e all kinds of !orn, ea!h sort of nourishment,:nd, Soma, all feli!ities.2 :s thine, O Indu, is the praise, and thine what springeth from the )ui!e,

Seat thee on the dear sa!red grass.

" :nd, finding for us kine and steeds, O Soma, with thy )ui!e flow on

hrough days that fly most rapidly.( :s one who !onquers, ne'er su$dued, atta!ks and stays the enemy,

hus, %anquisher of thousands@ flow.



HYMN LVI. Soma Pavamana.1. S6IF to the purifying sie3e flows Soma as eCalted >aw,

Slaying the fiends, lo3ing the +ods.

2 6hen Soma pours the strengthening food a hundred e3er-a!ti3e streams

o Indra's friendship win theirway." en /ames ha3e sung to wel!ome thee, e3en as a maiden greets her lo3e&

O Soma, thou art de!ked to win.

( Flow hitherward, O Indu, sweet to Indra and to %isnu& guardhe men, the singers, from distress.



HYMN LVII. Soma Pavamana.1. 9 streams that ne3er fail or waste flow forth like showers of rain from hea3en,o $ring a thousand stores of strength.

2 e flows $eholding on his way all well$elo3ed sa!red lore,

+reen-tinted, $randishing his, arms." e, when the people de!k him like a do!ile king of elephants.

Sits as a fal!on in the, wood.

( So $ring thou hitherward to us, Indu, while thou art purified,:ll treasures $oth of hea3en and earth.


HYMN LVIII. Soma Pavamana.1. S6IF runs this gi3er of delight, e3en the stream of flowing )ui!e&

Swift runs this gi3er of delight.2 he *orning knows all pre!ious things, the +oddess knows her gra!e to man&

Swift runs this gi3er of delight.


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" 6e ha3e a!!epted thousands from /h3asra's and Purusanti's hands&

Swift runs this gi3er of delight.

( From whom we ha3e a!!epted thus thousands and three times ten $eside&Swift runs this gi3er of delight.



HYMN LIX. Soma Pavamana.1. F>O6 onward, Soma, winning kine, and steeds, and all that gi3es delight&

#ring hither wealth with progeny.

2 Flow onward from the waters, flow, in3iola$le, from the plants&

Flow onward from the pressing-$oards." Soma, as Pa3amana, pass o3er all trou$le and distress&

Sit on the sa!red grass, a Sage.

( hou, Pa3amana, foundest light? thou at thy $irth $e!amest great&O Indu, thou art o3er all.


HYMN LX. Soma Pavamana.1. SIA+ forth and laud with sa!red song most a!ti3e Pa3amana, laud

Indu who sees with thousand eyes.2 hee who hast thousand eyes to see, $earer of thousand $urthens, they

a3e filtered through the flee!y !loth.

" e, Pa3amana, hath streamed through the flee!e then& he runs into the )ars,Finding his way to Indra's heart.

( hat Indra may $e $ounteous, flow, most a!ti3e Soma, for our weal&

#ring genial seed with progeny.



HYMN LXI. Soma Pavamana.1. F>O6 onward, Indu, with this food for him who in thy wild delight

#attered the nine-and-ninety down,2 Smote swiftly forts, and gam$ara, then 9adu and that ur3aga,

For pious /i3odasa's sake.

" Finder of horses, pour on us horses andwealth in kine and gold,

:nd, Indu, food in $oundless store.

( 6e seek to win thy friendly lo3e, e3en Pa3amana's flowing o'erhe limit of the !leansing sie3e.

6ith those same wa3es whi!h in their stream oyerflow the purifying sie3e,

Soma? $e gra!ious unto us.

O Soma, $eing purified, $ring us from all sides,-for thou !anst,-=i!hes and food with hero sons.

0 im here, the 7hild whom streams ha3e $orne, the ten swift fingers $eautify


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6ith the :dityas is he seen.

6ith Indra and with %ayu he, effused, flows onward with,the $eams

Of Surya to the !leansing sie3e.4 Flow ri!h in sweets and lo3ely for our #haga, %ayu, Pusan flow

For *itra and for %aruna.

15 igh is thy )ui!e's $irth& though set in hea3en, on earth it hath o$tainedStrong sheltering power and great renown.

11 Stri3ing to win, with him we gain all wealth from the ungodly man,

9ea, all the glories of mankind.12 Finder of room and freedom, flow for Indra whom we must adore,

For %aruna and the *arut host.

1" he +ods ha3e !ome to Indu well-des!ended, $eautified with milk,

he a!ti3e !rusher of the foe.1(


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"5 hose awful weapons that thou hast, sharpened at point to strike men down-

+uard us therewith from e3ery foe.



HYMN LXII. Soma Pavamana.1.


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25 Indu, the li3ing men milk out the )ui!e to make the rapturous draught&

+ods for the +ods milk out the meath.

21 Pour for the +ods into the sie3e our Soma 3ery ri!h in sweets,im whom the +ods most gladly hear.

22 Into his stream who gladdens $est these Soma )ui!es ha3e $een poured,

>auded with songs for lofty fame.2" hou flowest to en)oy the milk, and $ringest 3alour, $eing !leansed&

6inning the spoil flow hitherward.

2( :nd, hymned $y Hamadagnis, let all nourishment that kine supply,:nd general praises, flow to us.

2 Soma, as leader of the song flow onward with thy wondrous aids,

For holy lore of e3ery kind.

2 /o thou as leader of the song, stirring the waters of the sea,Flow onward, thou who mo3est all.

20 O Soma, O thou Sage, these worlds stand ready to attest thy might&

For thy $ehoof the ri3ers flow.

2 >ike showers of rain that fall from hea3en thy streams perpetually flowo the $right flee!e spread under them.

24 For potent Indra purify Indu effe!tual and strong,ord.

"5 Soma, true, Pa3amana, Sage, is seated in the !leansing sie3e,

+i3ing his praiser hero strength.



HYMN LXIII. Soma Pavanana.1. POD= hitherward, O Soma, wealth in thousands and heroi! strength,

:nd keep renown se!ure for us.2 hou makest food and 3igour swell for Indra, $est of gladdeners@

6ithin the !ups thou seatest thee.

" For Indra and for %isnu poured, Soma hath flowed into the )ar&*ay %ayu find it ri!h in sweets.

( hese Somas swift and $rown of hue, in stream of solemn sa!rifi!e

a3e flowed through twisted o$sta!les,

Performing e3ery no$le work, a!ti3e, augmenting Indra's strength,/ri3ing away the godless ones.

#rown Soma-drops, effused that seek Indra, to their appropriate pla!e

Flow through the region hitherward.0 Flow onward with that stream of thine wherewith thou ga3est Surya light,

Drging on waters good to men.

e, Pa3amana, high o'er man yoked the Sun's !ourser


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11 O Soma Pa3amana, find wealth for us not to $e assailed,

6ealth whi!h the foeman may not win.

12 Send ri!hes hither with thy stream in thousands, $oth of steeds and kine,Send spoil of war and high renown.

1" Soma the +od, eCpressed with stones, like Surya, floweth on his way,

Pouring the )ui!e within the )ar.1( hese $rilliant drops ha3e poured for us, in stream of solemn sa!rifi!e,

6orshipful laws and strength in kine.

1 O3er the !leansing sie3e ha3e flowed the Somas, $lent with !urdled milk,oud $ellowing the Steer !omes on,

21 he singers with their thoughts and hymns ha3e, in the stream of sa!rifi!e,

7aused Soma, a!ti3e Steer, to roar.22 +od, working with mankind, flow on? to Indra go thy gladdening )ui!e&

o %ayu mount as >aw !ommands

2" O Soma, Pa3amana, thou pourest out wealth that $rings renown&


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2 Steer-strong thy might is as a steer's, steerstrong thywood, steer-like thy drink

: Steer indeed, O Steer, art thou.

" hou, Indu, as a 3igorous horse, hast neighed together steeds and kine&Dn$ar for us the doors to wealth.

( Out of desire of !ows and steeds and horses. potent Soma-drops,

#rilliant and swift, ha3e $een effused. hey purified in $oth the hands, made $eautiful $y holy men,

Flow onward to the flee!y !loth.

hese Soma )ui!es shall pour forth all treasures for the worshipperFrom hea3en and earth and firmament.

0 he streams of Pa3amana, thine, Finder of all, ha3e $een effused,

aw.

12 Flow to our sie3e, a gladdening draught that hath most inter!ourse with +ods,

Indu, to Indra for his drink.1" Flow onward with a stream for food, made $eautiful $y sapient men&

Indu with sheen approa!h the milk.

1( 6hile thou art !leansed, Song->o3er, $ring !omfort and 3igour to the folk,

Poured, awny One@ on milk and !urds.1 Purified for the feast of +ods, go thou to Indra's spe!ial pla!e,

=esplendent, guided $y the strong.

1 :!!elerated $y the hymn, the rapid drops of Soma )ui!ea3e flowed, urged onward, to the lake.

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2 O Soma, Indu, thou while thou art purified urgest onward spee!h.

housandfold, with the lore of hymns.

2 9ea, Soma, Indu, while thou art purified do thou $ring to usSpee!h thousandfold that longs for war.

20 O Indu, *u!h-in3oked, while thou art purifying, as the Friend.

Of these men enter thou the lake.2 #right are these Somas $lent with milk, with light that flashes $rilliantly. :nd form

that utters loud a!!laim.

24 >ed $y his dri3ers, and sent forth, the Strong Steed hath !ome nigh for spoil,>ike warriors when they stand arrayed.

"5 Spe!ially, Soma, !oming as a Sage from hea3en to prosper us,

Flow like the Sun for us to see.



HYMN LXV. Soma Pavamana.

1. ord.2 Per3ade, O Pa3amana, all our treasures with repeated light,

+od, !oming hither from the +ods.

" Pour on us, Pa3amana, rain, as ser3i!e and rain praise for +ods&

Pour all to $e our nourishment.( hou art a Steer $y lustre& we, O Pa3amana, faithfully

7all upon thee the Splendid One.

/o thou, re)oi!ing, no$ly-armed@ pour upon us heroi! strength&O Indu, !ome thou $itherward.

6hen thou art !leansed with $oth the hands and dipped in waters, with the wood.

hou !omest to the gathering-pla!e.0 Sing forth your songs, as %yas3a sang, to Soma Pa3amana, to,

he *ighty One with thousand eyes?

6hose !oloured sap they dri3e with stones, the yellow meath-distilling )ui!e,Indu for Indra, for his drink.

4 6e seek to gain the friendly lo3e of thee that Strong and *ighty One,

Of thee the winner of all wealth.

15 Flow onward with thy stream, a Steer, inspiriting the *aruts' >ord,6inning all ri!hes $y thy might.

11 I send thee forth to $attle from the press, O Pa3amana, Strong,

Sustainer, looker on the light.12 :!knowledged $y this song of mine, flow, tawny-!oloured, with thy stream

In!ite to $attle thine ally.

1" O Indu, 3isi$le to all pour out for us a$undant food&Soma, $e thou our prosperer.

1( he pit!hers, Indu, with thy streams ha3e sung aloud in 3igorous might


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1 Bing Pa3amana is implored with holy songs, on man's $ehalf,

o tra3el through the firmament.

10 #ring us, O Indu, hundredfold in!rease of kine, and no$le steeds,he gift of fortune for our help.

1 Pressed for the $anquet of the +ods, O Soma, $ring us might, and speed,

>ike $eauty for a $rilliant show.14 Soma, flow on eC!eeding $right with loud roar to the wooden 3ats,

Fal!on-like resting in thine home.

25 Soma, the 6ater-winner flows to Indra, %ayu, %aruna,o %isnu and the *arut host.

21 Soma , $estowing food upon our progeny, from e3ery sides,

Pour on us ri!hes thousandfold

22 he Soma )ui!es whi!h ha3e $een eCpressed afar or near at hand,Or there on Saryana3an's $ank,

2" hose pressed among :r)ikas, pressed among the a!ti3e, in men's homes,

Or pressed among the =a!es Fi3e-

2( *ay these !elestial drops, eCpressed, pour forth upon us, as they flow,=ain from the hea3ens apd hero strength.

2 Drged forward o'er the oC-hide flows the >o3ely One of tawny hue,>auded $y Hamadagni's song.

2 >ike horses urged to speed, the drops, $right, stirring 3ital power, when $lent

6ith milk, are $eautified in streams.20 So they who toil with )ui!es send thee forward for the +ods' repast&

So with this splendour flow thou on.

2 6e !hoose to-day that !hariot-steed of thine, the Strong, that $rings us $liss,

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0 Flow onward, Soma in a stream, effused to gladden Indra's heart,

#ringing imperisha$le fame.

/ri3ing thee in %i3as3an's !ourse, the Se3en Sisters with their hymns*ade melody round thee the Sage.

4 he 3irgins de!k thee o'er fresh streams to dri3e thee to the sie3e when thou,

: singer, $athest in the wood.15 he streams of Pa3amana, thine, Sage, *ighty One, ha3e pouredthem forth.

>ike !oursers eager for renown.

11 hey ha3e $een poured upon the flee!e towards the meath-distilling 3at&he holy songs ha3e sounded forth.

12 >ike mil!h-kine !oming home, the drops of Soma )ui!e ha3e rea!hed the lake,

a3e rea!hed the pla!e of sa!rifi!e.

1" O Indu, to our great delight the running waters flow to us,6hen thou wilt ro$e thyself in milk.

1( In this thy friendship, and with thee to help us, fain to sa!rifi!e,

Indu, we !ra3e thy friendly lo3e.

1 Flow on, O Soma, for the great %iewer of men, for gain of Idne


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"5 O Pa3amana, $less us, so that we may li3e, with that $right milk

Of thine whi!h hath $een $rought from hea3en.



HYMN LXVII. Soma an! O"#rs.1. OD, Soma, hast a running stream, )oyous, most strong at sa!rifi!e&Flow $ounteously $estowing wealth.2


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*ost a!ti3e purifying Priest.

2" O :gni, with the !leansing light diffused through all thy fiery glow,

Purify thou this prayer of ours.2( 7leanse us with thine own !leansing power, O :gni, that is $right with flame,

:nd $y li$ations poured to thee.

2 Sa3itar, +od, $y $oth of these, li$ation, purifying power,Purify me on e3ery side.

2 7leanse us, +od Sa3itar, with hree, O Soma, with su$limest forms,

:gni, with forms of power and might.20 *ay the +ods' !ompany make me !lean, and %asus make rue pure $y song.

Purify me, ye +eneral +ods? O Hata3edas, make me pure.

2 Fill thyself full of )ui!e, flow forth, O Soma, thou with all thy stalks,

he $est o$lation to the +ods.24 6e with our homage ha3e approa!hed the Friend who seeks our wondering praise,

9oung, strengthener of the solemn rite.

"5 >ost is :layya's aCe. O Soma, +od do thou send it $a!k hither in thy flow


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im who assures su!!ess they $eautified in streams, the stalk who yearned therefor,

mighty and meet for praise.

0 ogether with the =sis, with their prayers and hymns ten women de!k thee, Soma,friendly when effused.

>ed $y the men, with in3o!ations of the +ods, through the flee!e, thou hast gi3en us

strength to win the spoil. Songs resonant with praise ha3e !ele$rated him. Soma, Friend, springing forth with his

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0 :s down the steep slope of a ri3er to the 3ale, drawn from the Steer the swift strong

draughts ha3e found a way.

6ell $e it with the men and !attle in our home. *ay powers, O Soma, may the peoplestay with us.

Pour out upon us wealth in goods, in gold, in steeds, in !attle and in !orn, and great

heroi! strength.9e, Soma, are my Fathers, lifted up on high as heads of hea3en and makers of the

strength of life.

4 hese Pa3amanas here, these drops of Soma, to Indra ha3e sped forth like !ars to $ooty.


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#right, making pure his $ody free from spot and stain, on the sheep's $a!k the +olden-

!oloured hath flowed down.

:!!epta$le to *itra, %ayu, %aruna, he is prepared as threefold meal $y skilful men.4 Flow on for the +od's $anquet, Soma, as a Steer, and enter Indra's heart, the Soma's

reser3oir.

#ear us $eyond misfortune ere we $e oppres. sed. the man who knows the land dire!ts theman who asks.

15 Drged like a !ar-steed flow to strength, O Soma& Indu, flow onward to the throat of

Indra.Skilled, $ear us past, as in a $oat o'er water& as $attling ero sa3e us from the foeman.


HYMN LXXI. Soma Pavamana$1. < guerdon is $estowed& the *ighty takes his Seat, and, e3er-6at!hful, guards fromfiend and e3il sprite.

+old-hued, he makes the !loud his diadem, the milk his !arpet in $oth worlds, and prayerhis ro$e of state.2 Strong, $ellowing, he goes, like one who slays the folk? he lets this hue of :suras flow

off from him,

hrows off his !o3ering, seeks his father's meeting-pla!e, and thus makes for himself the

$right ro$e he assumes." Onward he flows, from $oth the hands, pressed out with stones& eC!ited $y the prayer,

the water makes him wild.

e froli!s and draws near, !ompletes his work with song, and $athes in streams to satisfythe worshipper.

( hey pour out meath around the *aster of the house, 7elestial Strengthener of the

mountain that gi3es might?In whom, through his great powers, o$lation-eating !ows in their uplifted udder miC their

!hoi!est milk.

hey, the ten sisters, on the lap of :diti, ha3e sent him forward like a !ar from $oth thearms.

e wanders and !omes near the 7ow's mysterious pla!e, e3en the pla!e whi!h his

in3entions ha3e produ!ed.

>ike as a fal!on to his home, so speeds the +od to his own golden wisely-tashionedpla!e to rest.

6ith song they urge the darling to the sa!red grass& the oly One goes like a !ourser to

the +ods.0 From far away, from hea3en, the redhued noted Sage, Steer of the triple height, hath

sung unto the kine.

6ith thousand guidings he, leading this way and that, shines, as a singer, splendidlythrough many a morn.

is !o3ering assumes a radiant hue? where'er he !omes into the fight he dri3es the foe

afar.

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4 >ike a $ull roaming round the herds he $ellows& he hath assumed the $rillian!y of

Surya.

/own to the earth hath looked the hea3enly Fal!on& Soma with wisdom 3iews all li3ing!reatures.



HYMN LXXII. Soma Pavamana.1. ord of

!attle from of old,*ost li$eral, !ompleting sa!rifi!e for men, O Indra, pure $right Soma, Indu, flows for

thee.

O Indra, urged $y arms of men and poured in streams, Soma flows on for thee after.his+odlike kind.

Plans thou fulfillest, gatherest thoughts for sa!rifi!e& in the $owls sits the +old-hued like

a roosting $ird. Sages well-skilled in work, intelligent, drain out the stalk that roars, the Sage, the


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HYMN LXXIII. Soma Pavamana.1.


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way.

e shall $ring $oth these great worlds while the rite pro!eeds& the Sage holds these who

mo3e@ together and all food." 6ide spa!e hath he who follows :diti's right path, and mighty, well-made food, meath

$lent with Soma )ui!e?

e who from hen!e !ommands the rain, Steer of the kine, >eader of floods, who helps ushen!e, who !laims our laud.

( #utter and milk are drawn from animated !loud? then!e :mrta is produ!ed, !entre of

sa!rifi!e.ini the *ost #ounteous Ones, e3er united, lo3e? him as ouir Friend the *en who make

all swell rain down.

he Soma-stalk hath roared, following with the wa3e& he swells with sap for man the

skin whi!h +ods en)oy.Dpon the lap of :diti he lays the germ, $y means whereof we gain !hildren and progeny.

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Parents, ea3en and ike as a $ull to herds, thou flowest to the pail, $ellowing as a steer upon the water'slap.

So, $est of 7heerers, thou for Indra flowest on that we, with thy prote!tion, may o'er!ome

in fight.



HYMN LXXVII. Soma Pavamana.1. *O=< $eauteous than the $eautiful, as Indra's $olt, this Soma, ri!h in sweets, hath

!lamoured in the 3at.

/ropping with oil, a$undant, streams of sa!rifi!e flow unto him like mil!h-kine, lowing,with their milk.

2 On flows that :n!ient One whom, hitherward, from hea3en, sped through the region of

the air, the Fal!on snat!hed.e, qui3ering with alarm and terrified in heart $efore $ow-armed Brsanu, holdeth fast the

sweet.

" *ay those first freshest drops of Soma )ui!e effused flow on, their way to $ring us

mighty strength in kine.#eauteous as serpents, worthy to $e looked upon, they whom ea!h sa!red gift and all our


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prayers ha3e pleased.

( *ay that mu!h-lauded Indu, with a heart in!lined to us, well-knowing, fight against our

enemies.e who hath $rought the germ $eside the Strong One's seat mo3es onward to the widely-

op!ned stall of kine.

he a!ti3e potent )ui!e of hea3en is flowing on, great %aruna whom the forward man!an ne'er de!ei3e.

*itra, the oly, hath $een pressed for trou$led times, neighing like an impatient horse

amid the herd,



HYMN LXXVIII. Soma Pavamana.1. =:ISIA+ his 3oi!e the Bing hath flowed upon his way& in3ested with the waters he

would win the kine.he flee!e retains his solid parts as though impure, and $right and !leansed he seeks the

spe!ial pla!e of +ods.2 hou, Soma, art effused for Indra $y the men, $almed in the wood as wa3e, Sage,%iewer of mankind.

Full many are the paths whereon thou mayest go& a thousand $ay steeds hast thou resting

in the $owls.

" :psarases who dwell in waters of the sea, sitting within, ha3e flowed to Soma wise ofheart.

hey urge the *aster of the house upon his way, and to the


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( Aear kin to thee is he, raised loftiest in the hea3ens& upon the earth's high ridge thy

s!ions ha3e grown forth.

he press-stones !hew and !run!h thee on the oC's hide& sages ha3e milked thee withtheir hands into the streams.

So do they hurry on thy strong and $eauteous )ui!e, O Indu, as the first ingredient of the

draught.#ring low, thou Pa3amana, e3ery single foe, and $e thy might shown forth as sweet and

gladdening drink.



HYMN LXXX. Soma Pavamana.1. OA flows the stream of Soma who $eholds mankind& $y e3erlasting >aw he !alls the

+ods from hea3en.

e lightens with the roaring of #r aspati& h the lakes ha3e not !ontained the pourings of)ui!e.

2 hou, powerful Soma, thou to whom the !ows ha3e -lowed, as!endest $right withsheen, thine iron-fashioned home.hou, lengthening our prin!es' life and high renown, flowest for Indra as his might to

gladdening drink.

" #est gi3er of delight, he flows to Indra's throat, ro$ing himself in might, :uspi!ious

One, for fame.e spreads himself a$road to meet all things that $e& the 3igorous awny Steed flows

sporting on his way.

( he men, the ten swift fingers, milk thee out for +ods, e3en thee most ri!h in meath,with thousand flowing streams.

Soma who winnest thousands, dri3en $y the men, eCpressed with stones, $ring, as thou

flowest, all the +ods. /eft-handed men with stones, the ten swift fingers, drain thee into waters, thee, the

Steer enri!hed with sweets.

hou, Soma, gladdening Indra, and the ea3enly ost, flowest as Pa3amana like a ri3er'swa3e.



HYMN LXXXI. Soma Pavamana.1. OA6:=/ to Indra's throat mo3e, $eauteously adorned, the wa3es of Soma as he

purifies himself,6hen they, $rought forward with the lo3ely !urd of kine, effused, ha3e !heered the ero

to $estow his gifts.

2 ither hath Soma flowed unto the $eakers, like a !hariot-horse, a stallion swift upon hisway.

hus, knowing $oth the generations, he o$tains the rights and dues of +ods from yonder

and from hen!e.

" 6hile thou art !leansed, O Soma, s!atter wealth on us? Indu, $estow great $ounty as ali$eral Prin!e.


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+i3er of life, with wisdom help to opulen!e? strew not our home possessions far away

from us.

( ither let Pusan Pa3amana !ome to us, %aruna, *itra, $ountiful, of one a!!ord,he *aruts, :s3ins, %ayu, and #rhaspati, Sa3itar, 3astar, tra!ta$le Saras3ati.

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laid down the germ,

( +andhar3a 3erily prote!ts his dwellingpla!e? 6ondrous, he guards the generations of

the +ods.>ord of the snare, he takes the foeman with the snare& those who are most de3out ha3e

gained a share of meath.

=i!h in o$lations@ ro$ed in !loud, thou !orapassest o$lation, sa!rifi!e, the mighty seatof +ods.

Bing, on thy !hariot-sie3e thou goest up to war, and with a thousand weapons winnest

lofty fame.



HYMN LXXXIV. Soma Pavamana.1. F>O6, !heering +ods, most a!ti3e, winner of the flood, for Indra, and for %ayu, and

for %aruna.#estow on us to-day wide room with happiness, and in t$ine ample dwelling laud the

ost of ea3en.2 e who hath !ome anear to !reatures that ha3e life, Immortal Soma flows onward to allof them.

O6 on to Indra, Soma, !arefully effused& let si!kness stay afar together with thefiends.

>et not the dou$le-tongued delight them with thy )ui!e. here $e thy flowing drops laden

with opulen!e.2 O Pa3amana, urge us forward in the fight thou art the 3igour of the +ods, the well-

lo3ed drink.

Smite thou our enemies who raise the shout of )oy& Indra, drink Soma )ui!e, and dri3e

away our foes." Dnharmed, $est 7heerer, thou, O Indu, flowest on& thou, e3en thou thyself, art Indra's


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no$lest food.

Full many a wise man lifts to thee the song of praise, and hails thee with a kiss as So3ran

of this world.( 6ondrous, with hundred streams, hymned in a thousand songs, Indu pours out for Indra

his delightrul meath.

6inning us land and waters, flow thou hitherward& =ainer of $ounties, Soma, make $roadway for us.

=oaring within the $eaker thou art $almed with milk& thou passest through the flee!y

filter all at on!e.7arefully !leansed and de!ked like a priewinning steed, O Soma, thou hast flowed down

within Indra's throat.

Flow onward sweet of fla3our for the ea3enly =a!e, for Indra sweet, whose name is

easily in3oked&Flow sweet for *itra, %aruna, and %ayu, ri!h in meath, in3iola$le for #rhaspati.

0 en rapid fingers de!k the 7ourser in the )ar& with hymns the holy singers send their

3oi!es forth.

he filtering )ui!es hasten to their eulogy, the drops that gladden find their way to Indra'sheart.

6hile thou art purified pour on us hero strength, great, far-eCtended shelter, spa!iouspasturage.

>et no oppression master this our holy work& may we, O Indu, gain all opulen!e through

thee.4 he Steer who sees afar hath risen a$o3e the sky& the Sage hath !aused the lights of

hea3en to gi3e their shine.

he. Bing is passing through the filter with a roar& they drain the milk of hea3en from

him who looks on men.15 igh in the 3ault of hea3en, un!easing, honey-tongued, the >o3ing Ones drain out the

mountain-haunting Steer,-

he drop that hath grown great in waters, in the lake meath-ri!h, in the stream's wa3e andin the !leansing sie3e.

11 he >o3ing Ones $esought with many 3oi!es the


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2 :s rapid !hariot-steeds, so turned in se3eral ways ha3e thine eChilarating )ui!es darted

forth,

Soma-drops ri!h in meath, wa3es, to the hunder-armed, to Indra, like mil!h-kine whoseek their !alf with milk.

" >ike a steed urged to $attle, finder of the light? speed onward to the !loud-$orn

reser3oir of hea3en,: Steer that o'er the woolly surfa!e seeks the sie3e, Soma while purified for Indra's

nourishment.

( Fleet as swift steeds, thy drops, di3ine, thought-swift, ha3e $een, O Pa3amana, pouredwith milk into the 3at.

he =sis ha3e poured in !ontinuous Soma drops, ordainers who adorn thee, Friend whom

=sis lo3e.

O thou who seest all things, So3ran as thou art and passing strong, thy rays en!ompassall a$odes.

Per3ading with thy natural powers thou flowest on, and as the whole world's >ord, O

Soma, thou art Bing.

he $eams of Pa3amana, sent from earth and hea3en, his ensigns who is e3er steadfast,tra3el round.

6hen on the sie3e the +olden-hued is !leansed, he rests within the 3ats as one who seatshim in his pla!e.

0 Ser3ed with fair rites he flows, ensign of sa!rifi!e& Soma ad3an!es to the spe!ial pla!e

of +ods.e speeds with thousand !urrents to the reser3oir, and passes through the filter $ellowing

as a $ull.

he So3ran dips him in the seain and the streams, and set in ri3ers with the waters'

wa3e mo3es on.igh hea3en's Sustainer at the !entral point of earth, raised on the flee!y surfa!e

Pa3amana stands.

4 e on whose high de!ree the hea3ens and earth depend nath roared and thundered likethe summit of the sky.

Soma flows on o$taining Indra's friendly lo3e, and, as they purify him, settles in the )ars.

15 e, light of sa!rifi!e distils deli!ious meath, most wealthy, Father and $egetter of the+ods.

e, gladdening, $est of 7heerers, )ui!e@hat Indra lo3es, enri!hes with mysterious treasure

earth and hea3en.

11 he 3igorous and far-seeing one, the >ord of hea3en, flows, shouting to the $eaker,with his thousand streams.

7oloured like gold he rests in seats where *itra dwells, the Steer made $eautiful $y

ri3ers and $y sheep.12 In forefront of the ri3ers Pa3amana speeds, in forefront of the hymn, foremost among

the kine.

e shares the mighty $ooty in the 3an of war& the well-armed Steer is purified $yworshippers.

1" his heedful Pa3amana, like a $ird sent forth, hath with his wa3e flowed onward to

the flee!y sie3e.

O Indra, through thy wisdom, $ thy thought, O Sage, Soma flows $right and pure


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$etween the earth and hea3en.

1( e, !lad in mail that rea!hes hea3en, the oly One, filling the firmament stationed

amid the worlds,Bnowing. the realm of light, hath !ome to us in rain& he summons to himself his own

prime3al Sire.

1 e who was first of all to penetrate his form $estowed upon his ra!e wide shelter anddefen!e.

From that high station whi!h he hath in loftiest hea3en he !omes 3i!torious to all

en!ounters here.1 Indu hath started for Indra's spe!ial pla!e and slights not as a Friend the promise of his

Friend.

Soma speeds onward like a youth to youtlitial maids, and gains the $eaker $y a !ourse of

$undred paths.10 9our songs, eChilarating, tuneful, uttering praise, are !ome into the pla!ns where the

people meet.

6orshippers ha3e eCalted Soma with their hymns, and mil!h kine ha3e !ome near to

meet him with their milk.1 O Soma, Indu, while they !leanse thee, pour on us a!!umulateds Plentiful, nutritious

food,6hi!h, !easeless, thri!e a day shall yield us hero power enri!hed with store of

nourishment, and strength, and *eath.

14 Far-seeing Soma flows, the Steer, the >ord of hymns, the Furtherer of day, of morning,and of hea3en.

*iCt with the streams he !aused the $eakers to resound, and with the singers' aid they

entered Indra's heart.

25 On, with the prudent singers, flows the an!ient Sage and guided $y the men hathroared a$out the 3ats.

Produ!ing rita's name, may he pour forth the meath, that %ayu and that Indra may

$e!ome his Friends.21 e, $eing purified, hath made the *ornings shine& this, e3en this is he who ga3e the

ri3ers room.

e made the hree imes Se3en pour out the milky flow& Soma, the 7heerer, yieldswhate'er the heart finds sweet.

22 Flow, onward, Soma, in thine own !elestial forms, flow, Indu, poured within the

$eaker and the sie3e.

Sinking into the throat of Indra with a roar, led $y the men thou madest Surya mount tohea3en.

2" Pressed out with stones thou flowest onward to the sie3e, O Indu, entering the depths

of Indra's throat.Far-sighted Soma, now thou lookest on mankind& thou didst un$ar the !owstall for the

:ngirases.

2( In thee, O Soma, while thou purifitedst thee, high-thoughted sages, seeking fa3our,ha3e re)oi!ed.

/own from the hea3ens the Fal!on $rought thee hitherward, e3en thee, O Indu, thee

whom all our hymns adorn.

2 Se3en *il!h-kine glorify the awny-!oloured One while with his wa3e in wool he


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purifies himself.

he li3ing men, the mighty, ha3e impelled the Sage into the waters' lap, the pla!e of

sa!rifi!e.2 Indu, attaining purity, plunges through the foe, making Ilis ways all easy for the pious

man.

*aking the kine his mantle, he, the lo3ely Sage, runs like a sporting !ourser onwardthrough the flee!e.

20 he !easeless watery fountains with their hundred streams sing, as they hasten near, to

him the +olden-huedim, !lad in ro$es of milk, swift fingers $eautify on the third height and in the luminous

realm of hea3en.

2 hese are thy generations of !elestial seed thou art the So3ran >ord of all the world of

life.his uni3erse, O Pa3amana, owns thy sway? thou, Indu, art the first esta$lisher of >aw.

24 hou art the sea, O Sage who $ringest alf to light& under thy >aw are these fi3e

regions of the world.

lou rea!hest out $eyond the earth, $eyond the hea3ens& thine are the lights, OPa3amana, thine the Sun.

"5 hou in the filter, Soma Pa3amana, art purified to support the region for the +ods.he !hief, the longing ones ha3e sought to hold thee fast, and all these li3ing !reatures

ha3e $een turned to thee.

"1 Onward the Singer tra3els o'er the flee!y sie3e. the awny Steer hath $ellowed in thewooden 3ats.

ymns ha3e $een sung aloud in resonant harmony, and holy songs kiss him, the 7hild

who !laims our praise.

"2 e hath assumed the rays of Surya for his ro$e, spinning, as he knows $ow, the triply-twisted thread.

e, guiding to the newest rules of oly >aw, !omes as the 6omen's 7onsort to the

spe!ial pla!e."" On flows the Bing of ri3ers and the >ord of hea3en& he follows with a shout the paths

of oly >aw.

he +olden-hued is poured forth, with his hundred streams, 6ealth-$ringer, lifting up his3oi!e while purified.

"( Fain to $e !leansed, thou, Pa3amana, pourest out, like wondrous Surya, through the

flee!e, an ample sea.

Purified with the hands, pressed $y the men with stones, thou speedest on to mighty$ooty-$ringing war.

" hou, Pa3amana, sendest food and power in streams. thou sittest in the $eakers as a

hawk on trees,For Indra poured as !heering )ui!e to make him glad, as nearest and farseeing $earer-up

of hea3en.

" he Sisters Se3en, the *others, stand around the #a$e, the no$le, new-$orn Infant,skilled in holy song,

+andhar3a of the floods, di3ine, $eholding men, Soma, that he may reign as Bing of all

the world.

"0 :s So3ran >ord thereof thou Passest through these worlds, O Indu, harnessing thy


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tawny well-winged *ares.

*ay they pour forth for thee milk and oil ri!h in sweets& O Soma, let the folk a$ide in thy

de!ree." O Soma, thou $eholdest men from e3ery side& O Pa3amana, Steer, thou wanderest

through these.

Pour out upon us wealth in treasure and in gold& may we ha3e strength to li3e among thethings that $e.

"4 6inner of gold and goods and !attle flow thou on, set as impregner, Indu, mid the

worlds of life.=i!h in $ra3e men art thou, Soma, who winnest all& these holy singers wait upon thee

with the song.

(5 he wa3e of flowing meath hath wakened up desires& the Steer enro$ed in milk

plunges into the streams.#orne on his !hariot-sie3e the Bing hath risen to war, and with a thousand rays hath won

him high renown.

(1 /ear to all life, he sends triumphant praises forth, a$undant, $ringing offspring, ea!h

su!!eeding day.From Indra !ra3e for us, Indu, when thou art quaffed, the $lessing that gi3es !hildren,

wealth that har$ours steeds.(2 6hen days $egin, the strong )ui!e, lo3ely, golden-hued, is re!ognied $y wisdom

more and more ea!h day,

e, stirring $oth the =a!es, goes $etween the two, the $earer of the word of men andword of +ods.

(" hey $alm him, $alm him o3er $alm him thoroughly, !aress the mighty strength and

$alm it with the meath.

hey seie the flying Steer at the stream's $reathing-pla!e& !leansing with gold they graspthe :nimal herein.

(( Sing forth to Pa3amana skilled in holy song& the )ui!e is flowing onward like a mighty

stream.e.glideth like a serpent from his an!ient skin, and like a playful horse the awny Steer

hath run.

( /weller in floods, Bing, foremost, he displays his might, set among li3ing things asmeasurer of days.

/istilling oil he flows, fair, $illowy, golden-hued, $orne on a !ar of light, sharing one

hom-e with wealth.

( >oosed is the hea3ens@ support, the uplifted !heering )ui!e& the triply-mingled draughtflows round into the worlds.

he holy hymns !aress the stalk that !laims our praise, when singers ha3e approa!hed his

$eauteous ro$e with song.(0 hy strearns that flow forth rapidly !olle!ted run o3er the fine flee!e of the sheep as

thou art !leansed.

6hen, Indu, thou art. $almed with milk within the $owl, thou sinkest in the )ars, O Soma,when eCpressed.

( 6inner of' power, flow, Soma, worthy of our laud& run onward to the flee!e as well-

$elo3ed meath.

/estroy, O Indu, all 3ora!ious =aksasas. 6ith $ra3e sons in the assem$ly let our spee!h


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HYMN LXXXVII. Soma Pavamana.

1. =DA onward to the reser3oir and seat thee& !leansed $y the men speed forward to the$attle.

*aking thee $eauteous like an a$le !ourser, forth to the sa!red grass with reins they leadthee.

2 Indu, the well-armed +od, is flowing onward, who quells the !urse and guards from

trea!herous onslaught,

Father, $egetter of the +ods, most skilful, the $uttress of the hea3ens and earth'ssupporter.

". =si and Sage, the 7hampion of the people, !left and saga!ious, Dsana in wisdom,

e hath dis!o3ered e3en their hidden nature, the 7ows' !on!ealed and most mysterioustitle.

( his thine own Soma ri!h in meath, O Indra, Steer for the Steer, hath flowed into thefilter.he strong Free-gi3er, winning hundreds, thousands, hath rea!hed the holy grass that

ne3er fails him.

hese Somas are for wealth of !ountless !attle, renown therefor, and mighty strength

immortal.hese ha3e $een sent forth, urified $y strainers, like steeds who rusg to $attle fain for

glory.

e, while he !leanses him, in3oked of many, hath flowed to gi3e the people allen)oyment.

hou whom the Fal!on $rought, $ring, dainty 3iands, $estir thyself and send us wealth

and $ooty.0 his Soma, pressed into the !leansing filter, hath run as 'twere a host let loose, the

7ourser?

>ike a strong $ull who whets his horns kpen-pointed, like a $ra3e warrior in the fray for!attle.

e issued forth from out the loftiest mountain, and found kine hidden somewhere in a

sta$le.

Soma's stream !lears itself for thee, O Indra, like lightning thundering through the !loudsof hea3en,

4 7leansing thyselr, and $orne along with Indra, Soma, thou goest round the herd of

!attle.*ay thy praise help us, *ighty One, prompt +i3er, to the full ample food whi!h thou

$estowest.


HYMN LXXXVIII. Soma Pavamana.1. FO= thee this Soma is effused, O Indra& drink of this )ui!e? for thee the stream isflowing-


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Soma, whi!h thou thyself hast made and !hosen, e3en Indu, for thy spe!ial drink to !heer

thee.

2 >ike a !apa!ious !ar hath it $een harnessed, the *ighty? to a!quire a$undant treasures.hen in the sa!rifi!e they !ele$rated all triumphs won $y Aahus -n the $attle.

" >ike %ayu with his team, mo3ing at pleasure, most gra!ious when in3oked like $oth

Aasatyas,hou art thyself like the 6ealth-+i3er, Soma@ who grants all $oons, like song-inspiring

Pusan.

( >ike Indra who hath done great deeds, thou, Soma, art slayer of the %rtras, Fort-destroyer.

>ike Pedu's horse who killed the $rood of serpents, thus thou, O Soma, slayest e3ery

/asyu.

>ike :gni loosed amid the forest, fier!ely he winneth splendour in the running waters.>ike one who fights, the roaring of the mighty, thus Soma Pa3amana sends his !urrent.

hese Somas passing through the flee!y filter, like rain des!ending from the !louds of

hea3en,

a3e $een effused and poured into the $eakers, swiftly like ri3ers running lowly seaward.0 Flow onward like the potent $and of *aruts, like that 7elestial ost whom none

re3ileth.Gui!kly $e gra!ious unto us like waters, like sa!rifi!e 3i!torious, thousand-fashioned.

hine are Bing %aruna's eternal statutes, lofty and deep, O Soma, is thy glory.

:ll-pure art thou like *itra the $elo3ed, adora$le, like :ryaman, O Soma.



HYMN LXXXIX. Soma Pavamana.1. IS 7hariot-horse hath mo3ed along the pathways, and Pa3amana flowed like rain

from hea3en.6ith us hath Soma with a thousand !urrents sunk in the wood, upon his *other's $osom.

2. Bing, he hath !lothed him in the ro$e of ri3ers, mounted the straightest-going ship of

Order.Sped $y the awk the drop hath waCed in waters& the father drains it, drains the Father's

offspring.

" hey !ome to him, red, tawny, >ord of ea3en, the wat!hful +uardian of the meath, the

>ion.First, ero in the fight, he seeks the !attle, and with his eye the Steer is our prote!tor.

( hey harness to the $road-wheeled !ar the mighty 7ourser whose $a!k $ears meath,

unwearied, awful.he twins, the sisters $righten him, and strengthen-these !hildren of one damethe

3igorous =a!er.

Four pouring out the holy oil attend him, sitting together in the same !ontainer.o him they flow, when purified, with homage, and still, from e3ery side, are first a$out

him.

e is the $uttress of the hea3ens, supporter of earth, and in his hand are all the people.

#e the team's >ord a well to thee the singer& !leansed is the sweet plant's stalk for deed ofglory.


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0 Fighting, unin)ured !ome where +ods are feasted? Soma, as %itra-slayer flow for Indra.

%ou!hsafe us ample ri!hes 3ery splendid may we $e masters of heroi! 3igour.



HYMN X%. Soma Pavamana$1. D=+


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$estower@

So purifying thee 3ou!hsafe us waters, hea3en's light, and !ows, offipring and many

!hildren.+i3e us health, ample land, and lights, O Soma, and grant us long to look upon the

sunshine.



HYMN X%II. Soma Pavamana.1. < gold-hued )ui!e, poured out upon the filter, is started like a !ar sent forth to

!onquer.

e hath gained song and 3igour while they !leansed him, and hath re)oi!ed the +ods withentertainments.

2 e who $eholdeth man hath rea!hed the filter& $earing his name, the Sage hath sought

his dwelling.he =sis !ame to him, se3en holy singers, when in the $owls he settled as In3oker.

" Shared $y all +ods, mo$t wise, propitious, Soma goes, while they !leanse him, to his!onstant station.>et him re)oi!e in all his lofty wisdom to the Fi3e ri$es the Sage attains with la$our.

( In thy mysterious pla!e, O Pa3amana Soma, are all the +ods, the hri!e-


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store of heroes.

>ong $e his life who worships, thee, O Indu. *ay he, enri!hed with prayer, !ome soon

and early.


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HYMN X%VI. Soma Pavamana1. IA forefront of the !ars forth goes the ero, the >eader, winning spoil& his host

re)oi!es.Soma endues his ro$es of lasting !olours, and $lesses, for his friends, their !alls on Indra.

2 *en de!ked with gold adorn his golden tendril, in!essantly with steed-impelling

homage.he Friend of Indra mounts his !ar well-knowing, he !omes thereon to meet the prayer

we offer.

" O +od, for ser3i!e of the +ods flow onward, for food su$lime, as Indra's drink, OSoma.

*aking the floods, $edewing earth and hea3en, !ome from the 3ast, !omfort us while we

!leanse thee( Flow for prosperity and !onstant %igour, flow on for happiness and high perfe!tion.

his is the wish of these friends assem$led& this is my wish, O Soma Pa3amana.

Father of holy hymns, Soma flows onward the Father of the earth, Father of hea3en&

Father of :gni, Surya's generator, the Father who $egat Indra and %isnu.

#rahman of +ods, the >eader of the poets, =si of sages, #ull of sa3age !reatures,Fal!on amid the 3ultures, :Ce of forests, o3er the !leansing sie3e goes Soma singing.

0 e, Soma Pa3amana, like a ri3er, hath stirred the wa3e of 3oi!e, our songs and praises.#eholding these inferior powers in !attle, he rests among them as a Steer well-knowing.

:s +laddener, 6arrior ne3er harmed in $attle, with thousand genial streams, pour

strength and 3igour.:s thoughtful Pa3amana, urge O Indu, speeding the kine, the plant's wa3e on to Indra.

4 /ear, grateful to the +ods, on to the $eaker mo3es Soma, sweet to Indra, to delight him.

6ith hundred powers, with thousand !urrents, Indu, like a strong !ar-horse, goes to the

assem$ly.15 #orn in old time as finder-out of treasures, drained with the stone, de!king himself in

waters,6arding off !urses, Bing of all eCisten!e, he shall find way for prayer the while they!leanse him.

11 For our sage fathers, Soma Pa3amana, of old performed, $y thee, their sa!red duties.

Fighting un3anquished, open the en!losures& enri!h us with large gifts of steeds andheroes.

12 :s thou didst flow for *anu >ife-$estowing, Foe-queller, 7omforter, ri!h in o$lations,


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Pour $ooty, like a horse, for lo3e of glory +od, Soma, send us kine, and send us %ayu.

10 hey de!k him at his $irth, the lo3ely Infant, the *aruts with their troop adorn the

7ar-horse.#y songs a Poet and a Sage $y wisdom, Soma )oes singing through the !leansing filter.

1 >ight-winner, =si-mind!d, =si-maker, hymned in a thousand hymns, >eader of sages,

: Steer who stri3es to gain his third form, Soma is, like %ira), resplendent as a Singer.14 awk seated in the $owls, #ird wide-eCtended, the #anner seeking kine and wielding

weapons,

Following !lose the sea, the wa3e of waters, the great #ull tells his fourth form andde!lares it.

25 >ike a fair youth who de!orates his $ody, a !ourser rushing to the gain of ri!hes,

: steer to herds, so, flowing to the pit!her, he with a roar hath passed into the $eakers.

21 Flow on with might as Pa3amana, Indu flow loudly roaring through the flee!y filter.


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support him.

7ome nigh, together with the +ods, for $ounty. /o ye preser3e us e3ermore with

$lessings.0 he +od de!lares the /eities' generations, like Dsana, pro!laiming lofty wisdom.

6ith $rilliant kin, far-ruling, san!tifying, the #oar ad3an!es, singing, to the pla!es.

he Swans, the %rsaganas from anear us ha3e $rought their restless spirit to ourdwelling.

Friends !ome to Pa3amana meet for praises, and sound in !on!ert their resistless musi!.

4 e follows the 6ide-strider's rapid mo3ement& !ows low, as 'twere, to him who sportsat pleasure.

e with the sharpened horns $rings forth a$undan!e& the Sil3ery shines $y night, $y day

the +olden.

15 Strong Indu, $athed in milk, flows on for Indra, Soma eC!iting strength, to make him)oyful.

e quells malignities and slays the demons, the Bing of mighty power who $rings us

!omfort.

11 hen in a stream he flows, milked out with press-stones, mingled with sweetness,through the flee!y filter-

Indu re)oi!ing in the lo3e of Indra, the +od who gladdens, for the +od's en)oyment.12 :s he is purified he pours out treasures, a +od $edewing +ods with his own )ui!es.

Indu hath, wearing qualities $y seasons, on the raised flee!e engaged, the ten swift

fingers.1" he =ed #ull $ellowing to the kine ad3an!es, !ausing the hea3ens and earth to roar

and t$under.

6ell is he $eard like Indra's shout in $attle& letting this 3oi!e $e known he hastens hither.

1( Swelling with milk, a$ounding in sweet fla3ours, urging the meath-ri!h plant thougoest onward.

=aising a shout thou flowest as they !leanse thee, when thou, O Soma, art effused for

Indra.1 So flow thou on inspiriting, for rapture, aiming deat$-shafts at him who stays the

waters,

Flow to us wearing thy resplendent !olour, effused and eager for the kine, O Soma.1 Pleased with us, Indu, send us as thou flowest good easy paths in ample spa!e and

!omforts.

/ispelling, as 'twere with a !lu$, misfortunes, run o'er the height, run o'er the flee!y

summit.10 Pour on us rain !elestial, qui!kly streaming, refreshing, fraught with health and ready

$ounty.

Flow, Indu, send these 6inds thy lower kinsmen, setting them free like lo!ks of hairun$raided.

1 Part, like a knotted tangle, while they !leanse thee, O Soma, righteous and unrighteous

!ondu!t.Aeigh like a tawny !ourser who is loosened, !ome like a youth, O +od, a house-

possessor.

14 For the +od's ser3i!e, for delight, O Indu, run o'er the height, run o'3er the flee!y

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6ith thousand streams, in3iolate, sweet-s!ented, flow on for gain of strength that

!onquers heroes.

25 6ithout a !ar, without a rein to guide them, unyoked, like !oursers started in the!ontest,

hese $rilliant drops of Soma )ui!e run forward. /o ye, O /eities, !ome nigh to drink

them.21 So for our $anquet of the +ods, O Indu, pour down the rain of hea3en into the 3essels.

*ay Soma grant us ri!hes sought with longing, mighty, eC!eeding strong, with store of

heroes.22 6hat time the lo3ing spirit's word had formed him 7hief of all food, $y statute of the

ighest,

hen loudly lowing !ame the !ows to Indu, the !hosen, well-lo3ed *aster in the $eaker.

2" he Sage, 7elestial, li$eral, raining $ounties, pours as he flows the +enuine for theruthful.

he Bing shall $e effe!tual strength's upholder& he $y the ten $right reins is mostly

guided.

2( e who $eholds mankind, made pure with filters, the Bing supreme of /eities andmortals,

From days of old is reasure->ord of ri!hes& he, Indu, !herishes fair well-kept Order.2 aste, like a steed, to 3ittory for glory, to Indra's and to %ayu's entertainment.

+i3e us food ample, thousandfold& $e, Soma, the finder-out of ri!hes when they !leanse

thee.2


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sages.

"" Pouring out streams at the +ods' feast with ser3i!e, thou, Soma, lookest down, a

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e, !hariot-$orne, sun-$right, and truly potent, was poured forth like the longing of the

pious.

(0 e, purified with an!ient 3ital 3igour, per3ading all his /aughter's forms and figures,Finding his threefold refuge in the waters, goes singing, as a priest, to the assem$lies.

( Aow, !hariot-$orne, flow unto us, +od Soma, as thou art purified flow to the sau!ers,

Sweetest in waters, ri!h in meath, and holy, as Sa3itar the +od is, truthfulminded.(4 o feast him, flow mid song and hymn, to %ayu, flow purified to %aruna and *itra.

Flow to the song-inspiring !ar-$orne ero, to mighty Indra, him who wields the thunder.

5 Pour on us garments that shall !lothe us meetly, send, purified, miI!h-kine, a$undantyielders.

+od Soma, send us !hariot-drawing horses that they may $ring us treasures $right and

golden.

1 Send to us in a stream !elestial ri!hes, send us, when thou art !leansed, what earth!ontaineth,

So that there$y we may a!quire possessions and =sihood in Hamadagni's manner.

2 Pour forth this wealth with this purifi!ation& flow onward to the yellow lake, O Indu.

ere, too, the =uddy, wind-swift, full of wisdom, Shall gi3e a son to him who !omethqui!kly.

" Flow on for us with this purifi!ation to the famed ford of thee whose due is glory.*ay the Foe-queller shake us down, for triumph, like a tree's ripe fruit, siCty thousand

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+ood %rtra-slayer, may we $e still nearest to this wealth of thine

6hi!h many !ra3e, nearest to food and happiness, =esistless One@

6hom, $right with nati3e splendour, !rushed $etween the pair of pressingstones-he wa3y Friend whom Indra lo3es-the twi!e-fi3e sisters dip and $athe,

0 im with the flee!e they purify, $rown, golden-hued, $elo3ed of all,

6ho with eChilarating )ui!e goes forth to all the /eities. hrough longing for this sap of yours ye drink what $rings a$ility,

ord of Song.

0 e is effused and $eautified, a +od for +ods, $y skilful men.

e penetrates the mighty floods !olle!ting all he knows therein.

Pressed, Indu, guided $y the men, thou art led to the !leaning sie3e.hou, yielding Indra highest )oy, takest thy seat within the $owls.


HYMN %. Soma Pavamana.I. < +uileless Ones are singing praise to Indra's well $elo3ed Friend,:s, in the morning of its life, the mothers li!k the new-$orn !alf.

2 O Indu, while they !leanse thee $ring, O Soma, dou$ly-waCing wealth

hou in the worshipper's a$ode !ausest all treasures to in!rease.

" Set free the. song whi!h mind hath yoked, e3en as thunder frees the rain&:ll treasures of the earth and hea3en, O Soma, thou dost multiply.


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1 Soma upon the oC's skin through the sheep's wool flows purified.

#ellowing out, the awny Steer goes on to Indra's spe!ial pla!e.



HYMN %IL Soma Pavamana.1. < 7hild, when $lended with the streams, speeding the plan of sa!rifi!e,Surpasses all things that are dear, yea, from of old.2 he pla!e, near the two pressing-stones of rita, hath he o!!upied,

Se!ret and dear through se3en lights of sa!rifi!e.

" Drge to three !ourses, on the heights of rita, ri!hes in a stream.

e who is passing wise measures his !ourses out.( aw ha3e generated fair to see,*u!h longed for at the sa!rifi!e, most li$eral Sage,-0 o him, united, of themsel3es, !ome the young Parents of the rite,

6hen they adorn him, duly wea3ing sa!rifi!e.

6ith wisdom and with radiant eyes un$ar to us the stall of hea3en,

Speeding at solemn rite the plan of oly >aw.



HYMN %III. Soma Pavamana.1. o Soma who is purified as ordering Priest the song is raised&

#ring meed, as 'twere, to one who makes thee glad with hymns.2 #lended with milk and !urds he flows on through the long wool of the sheep.

he +old-hued, purified, makes him three seats for rest.

" On through the long wool of the sheep to the meath-dropping 3at he flows&he =sis' se3enfold quire hath sung aloud to him.

( Shared $y all +ods, Infalli$le, the >eader of our holy hymns,

+olden-hued Soma, $eing !leansed, hath rea!hed the $owls.

:fter thy +odlike qualities, asso!iate with Indra, go,:s a Priest purified $y priests, Immortal One.

>ike a !ar-horse who shows his strength, a +od effused for /eities.

he penetrating Pa3amana flows along.

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