Mandala 9

Sukta 2: The Bull Who Roars Through the Filter

Rishi: मेधातिथिः काण्वः · Devata: पवमानः सोमः · Metre: गायत्री

10 verses · 2 of 114

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The Bull Who Roars Through the Filter

Medhatithi Kanva praises Pavamana Soma in gayatri. Soma, seeker of the Devas, is urged to rush swiftly past the filter and enter Indra as a bull. The pressed stream milks out its dear honey and clothes itself in the waters; the great rivers run after him when he is to be robed in milk. He is called an ocean cleansed in the waters, the prop and support of heaven. Tawny, he bellows and shines with the sun. The singers ask him to pour like Parjanya pouring rain, and praise him as winner of cows, men, horses and strength, the ancient atma of the yajna.

2.1

पव॑स्व देव॒वीरति॑ प॒वित्रं॑ सोम॒ रंह्या॑ ।
इन्द्र॑मिन्दो॒ वृषा वि॑श

pavasva devavīrati pavitraṃ soma raṃhyā |
indramindo vṛṣā viśa

2.2

आ व॑च्यस्व॒ महि॒ प्सरो॒ वृषे॑न्दो द्यु॒म्नव॑त्तमः ।
आ योनिं॑ धर्ण॒सिः स॑दः

ā vacyasva mahi psaro vṛṣendo dyumnavattamaḥ |
ā yoniṃ dharṇasiḥ sadaḥ

2.3

अधु॑क्षत प्रि॒यं मधु॒ धारा॑ सु॒तस्य॑ वे॒धस॑ः ।
अ॒पो व॑सिष्ट सु॒क्रतु॑ः

adhukṣata priyaṃ madhu dhārā sutasya vedhasaḥ |
apo vasiṣṭa sukratuḥ

2.4

म॒हान्तं॑ त्वा म॒हीरन्वापो॑ अर्षन्ति॒ सिन्ध॑वः ।
यद्गोभि॑र्वासयि॒ष्यसे॑

mahāntaṃ tvā mahīranvāpo arṣanti sindhavaḥ |
yadgobhirvāsayiṣyase