Mandala 9

Sukta 104: Friends, sit and sing to Pavamana

Rishi: पर्वतनारदौ काण्वौ, काश्यप्यौ शिखण्डिन्यावप्सरसौ वा · Devata: पवमानः सोमः · Metre: उष्णिक्

6 verses · 104 of 114

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Friends, sit and sing to Pavamana

Six ushnik verses to Soma Pavamana, seen by Parvata and Narada of the Kanva line, or by the two Shikhandinis, daughters of Kashyapa. Friends, sit down and sing to the one being purified; adorn him with offerings as one adorns a child. Join him with his mothers like a calf; purify him for strength and for the feast, most kindly for Mitra and Varuna. The voices have praised him as the finder of wealth, and we clothe his colour with milk. Lord of joys, be a friend to your friend and show the way. The close asks him to drive off every rakshasa, the godless and the double-tongued.

104.1

सखा॑य॒ आ नि षी॑दत पुना॒नाय॒ प्र गा॑यत ।
शिशुं॒ न य॒ज्ञैः परि॑ भूषत श्रि॒ये

sakhāya ā ni ṣīdata punānāya pra gāyata |
śiśuṃ na yajñaiḥ pari bhūṣata śriye

104.2

समी॑ व॒त्सं न मा॒तृभि॑ः सृ॒जता॑ गय॒साध॑नम् ।
दे॒वा॒व्यं१॒॑ मद॑म॒भि द्विश॑वसम्

samī vatsaṃ na mātṛbhiḥ sṛjatā gayasādhanam |
devāvyaṃ madamabhi dviśavasam

104.3

पु॒नाता॑ दक्ष॒साध॑नं॒ यथा॒ शर्धा॑य वी॒तये॑ ।
यथा॑ मि॒त्राय॒ वरु॑णाय॒ शंत॑मः

punātā dakṣasādhanaṃ yathā śardhāya vītaye |
yathā mitrāya varuṇāya śaṃtamaḥ

104.4

अ॒स्मभ्यं॑ त्वा वसु॒विद॑म॒भि वाणी॑रनूषत ।
गोभि॑ष्टे॒ वर्ण॑म॒भि वा॑सयामसि

asmabhyaṃ tvā vasuvidamabhi vāṇīranūṣata |
gobhiṣṭe varṇamabhi vāsayāmasi