ए॒ते सोमा॑स आ॒शवो॒ रथा॑ इव॒ प्र वा॒जिन॑ः ।
सर्गा॑ः सृ॒ष्टा अ॑हेषत
ete somāsa āśavo rathā iva pra vājinaḥ |
sargāḥ sṛṣṭā aheṣata
Mandala 9
Sukta 22: Stretching the Highest Thread
Rishi: कश्यपोऽसितो देवलो वा · Devata: पवमानः सोमः · Metre: गायत्री
7 verses · 22 of 114
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Stretching the Highest Thread
Kashyapa Asita or Devala addresses Pavamana Soma in gayatri. These swift Somas, released like chariots and racing steeds, have neighed. They move like broad winds, like the rains of Parjanya, like the flickering of fire. Purified and mixed with curds, the wise Somas have pervaded the poet's thoughts. Groomed and deathless, they run without tiring, seeking the paths of the mid-air, and they have reached the heights of Heaven and Earth and the highest region. They followed the highest thread as it was stretched. Soma is praised for holding the cattle-wealth taken from the Panis, and for making the outstretched thread resound.
ए॒ते वाता॑ इवो॒रव॑ः प॒र्जन्य॑स्येव वृ॒ष्टय॑ः ।
अ॒ग्नेरि॑व भ्र॒मा वृथा॑
ete vātā ivoravaḥ parjanyasyeva vṛṣṭayaḥ |
agneriva bhramā vṛthā
ए॒ते पू॒ता वि॑प॒श्चित॒ः सोमा॑सो॒ दध्या॑शिरः ।
वि॒पा व्या॑नशु॒र्धिय॑ः
ete pūtā vipaścitaḥ somāso dadhyāśiraḥ |
vipā vyānaśurdhiyaḥ
ए॒ते मृ॒ष्टा अम॑र्त्याः ससृ॒वांसो॒ न श॑श्रमुः ।
इय॑क्षन्तः प॒थो रज॑ः
ete mṛṣṭā amartyāḥ sasṛvāṃso na śaśramuḥ |
iyakṣantaḥ patho rajaḥ
ए॒ते पृ॒ष्ठानि॒ रोद॑सोर्विप्र॒यन्तो॒ व्या॑नशुः ।
उ॒तेदमु॑त्त॒मं रज॑ः
ete pṛṣṭhāni rodasorviprayanto vyānaśuḥ |
utedamuttamaṃ rajaḥ
तन्तुं॑ तन्वा॒नमु॑त्त॒ममनु॑ प्र॒वत॑ आशत ।
उ॒तेदमु॑त्त॒माय्य॑म्
tantuṃ tanvānamuttamamanu pravata āśata |
utedamuttamāyyam
त्वं सो॑म प॒णिभ्य॒ आ वसु॒ गव्या॑नि धारयः ।
त॒तं तन्तु॑मचिक्रदः
tvaṃ soma paṇibhya ā vasu gavyāni dhārayaḥ |
tataṃ tantumacikradaḥ
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