Mandala 9

Sukta 36: Released Like a Chariot Horse

Rishi: प्रभूवसुराङ्गिरसः · Devata: पवमानः सोमः · Metre: गायत्री

6 verses · 36 of 114

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Released Like a Chariot Horse

Prabhuvasu Angirasa offers a second gayatri sukta. Pressed in the two bowls, Soma is let loose onto the filter like a chariot horse, and the steed has crossed the mark. Wakeful and bearing the offering, he flows past toward the cask that drips honey. The ancient Pavamana is asked to light up the luminaries and urge us to resolve and skill. Adorned by those who keep rita, groomed by their hands, he flows through the fleece of sheep. May he pour all goods, of heaven, earth and the middle air, to the giver. Seeking horses, cattle and heroes, he mounts the back of heaven.

36.1

अस॑र्जि॒ रथ्यो॑ यथा प॒वित्रे॑ च॒म्वो॑ः सु॒तः ।
कार्ष्म॑न्वा॒जी न्य॑क्रमीत्

asarji rathyo yathā pavitre camvoḥ sutaḥ |
kārṣmanvājī nyakramīt

36.2

स वह्नि॑ः सोम॒ जागृ॑वि॒ः पव॑स्व देव॒वीरति॑ ।
अ॒भि कोशं॑ मधु॒श्चुत॑म्

sa vahniḥ soma jāgṛviḥ pavasva devavīrati |
abhi kośaṃ madhuścutam

36.3

स नो॒ ज्योतीं॑षि पूर्व्य॒ पव॑मान॒ वि रो॑चय ।
क्रत्वे॒ दक्षा॑य नो हिनु

sa no jyotīṃṣi pūrvya pavamāna vi rocaya |
kratve dakṣāya no hinu

36.4

शु॒म्भमा॑न ऋता॒युभि॑र्मृ॒ज्यमा॑नो॒ गभ॑स्त्योः ।
पव॑ते॒ वारे॑ अ॒व्यये॑

śumbhamāna ṛtāyubhirmṛjyamāno gabhastyoḥ |
pavate vāre avyaye