Mandala 9

Sukta 29: Guard Us From Every Stingy Voice

Rishi: नृमेध आङ्गिरसः · Devata: पवमानः सोमः · Metre: गायत्री

6 verses · 29 of 114

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Guard Us From Every Stingy Voice

Nrimedha Angirasa addresses Pavamana Soma in gayatri. The streams of the pressed bull have flowed with strength, attending on the Devas. The ordainers, singing, groom the courser with song, the light that is born, worthy of hymns. Soma, rich in goods, is asked to make the praiseworthy ocean swell. Winning all treasures, he is urged to flow in a stream and drive the hostile away together. He is asked to guard the singers from the ungenerous and from the voice of anyone at all, so that they may be freed from blame. The closing verse asks for earthly and heavenly wealth and bright strength.

29.1

प्रास्य॒ धारा॑ अक्षर॒न्वृष्ण॑ः सु॒तस्यौज॑सा ।
दे॒वाँ अनु॑ प्र॒भूष॑तः

prāsya dhārā akṣaranvṛṣṇaḥ sutasyaujasā |
devām̐ anu prabhūṣataḥ

29.2

सप्तिं॑ मृजन्ति वे॒धसो॑ गृ॒णन्त॑ः का॒रवो॑ गि॒रा ।
ज्योति॑र्जज्ञा॒नमु॒क्थ्य॑म्

saptiṃ mṛjanti vedhaso gṛṇantaḥ kāravo girā |
jyotirjajñānamukthyam

29.3

सु॒षहा॑ सोम॒ तानि॑ ते पुना॒नाय॑ प्रभूवसो ।
वर्धा॑ समु॒द्रमु॒क्थ्य॑म्

suṣahā soma tāni te punānāya prabhūvaso |
vardhā samudramukthyam

29.4

विश्वा॒ वसू॑नि सं॒जय॒न्पव॑स्व सोम॒ धार॑या ।
इ॒नु द्वेषां॑सि स॒ध्र्य॑क्

viśvā vasūni saṃjayanpavasva soma dhārayā |
inu dveṣāṃsi sadhryak