Mandala 9

Sukta 18: In Joy You Are the Giver of All

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

7 verses · 18 of 114

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In Joy You Are the Giver of All

Kashyapa Asita or Devala addresses Pavamana Soma in gayatri, and each verse closes with madeṣu sarvadhā asi, 'in your joys you are the giver of all'. The mountain-dwelling Soma, pressed, has flowed in the filter. He is the inspired one, the poet, the honey born of the plant. All the Devas, of one accord, have shared his drink. He holds every desirable treasure in his two hands. He milks the two great worlds, Heaven and Earth, like two mothers, and at once flows round them both with strength. Purified in the kalashas, the mighty one has roared.

18.1

परि॑ सुवा॒नो गि॑रि॒ष्ठाः प॒वित्रे॒ सोमो॑ अक्षाः ।
मदे॑षु सर्व॒धा अ॑सि

pari suvāno giriṣṭhāḥ pavitre somo akṣāḥ |
madeṣu sarvadhā asi

18.2

त्वं विप्र॒स्त्वं क॒विर्मधु॒ प्र जा॒तमन्ध॑सः ।
मदे॑षु सर्व॒धा अ॑सि

tvaṃ viprastvaṃ kavirmadhu pra jātamandhasaḥ |
madeṣu sarvadhā asi

18.3

तव॒ विश्वे॑ स॒जोष॑सो दे॒वास॑ः पी॒तिमा॑शत ।
मदे॑षु सर्व॒धा अ॑सि

tava viśve sajoṣaso devāsaḥ pītimāśata |
madeṣu sarvadhā asi

18.4

आ यो विश्वा॑नि॒ वार्या॒ वसू॑नि॒ हस्त॑योर्द॒धे ।
मदे॑षु सर्व॒धा अ॑सि

ā yo viśvāni vāryā vasūni hastayordadhe |
madeṣu sarvadhā asi