Mandala 9

Sukta 12: Seated at the Navel of Heaven

Rishi: कश्यपोऽसितो देवलो वा · Devata: पवमानः सोमः · Metre: गायत्री

9 verses · 12 of 114

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Seated at the Navel of Heaven

Kashyapa Asita or Devala praises Pavamana Soma in gayatri. The sweetest Soma drops are released for Indra in the seat of Rita, and the sages cry out to Indra as mother cows low to a calf. The wise one who pours joy dwells in the seat at the river's wave, resting on the milk. At the navel of heaven, far-seeing, he is magnified in the sheep's fleece. The drop embraces the Soma placed within the kalashas and the filter. Soma raises his voice upon the ocean's height, quickening the honey-dripping cask. The closing verse asks for wealth of a thousand splendours.

12.1

सोमा॑ असृग्र॒मिन्द॑वः सु॒ता ऋ॒तस्य॒ साद॑ने ।
इन्द्रा॑य॒ मधु॑मत्तमाः

somā asṛgramindavaḥ sutā ṛtasya sādane |
indrāya madhumattamāḥ

12.2

अ॒भि विप्रा॑ अनूषत॒ गावो॑ व॒त्सं न मा॒तर॑ः ।
इन्द्रं॒ सोम॑स्य पी॒तये॑

abhi viprā anūṣata gāvo vatsaṃ na mātaraḥ |
indraṃ somasya pītaye

12.3

म॒द॒च्युत्क्षे॑ति॒ साद॑ने॒ सिन्धो॑रू॒र्मा वि॑प॒श्चित् ।
सोमो॑ गौ॒री अधि॑ श्रि॒तः

madacyutkṣeti sādane sindhorūrmā vipaścit |
somo gaurī adhi śritaḥ

12.4

दि॒वो नाभा॑ विचक्ष॒णोऽव्यो॒ वारे॑ महीयते ।
सोमो॒ यः सु॒क्रतु॑ः क॒विः

divo nābhā vicakṣaṇo'vyo vāre mahīyate |
somo yaḥ sukratuḥ kaviḥ