Mandala 9

Sukta 51: Adhvaryu, Pour the Pressed Soma

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

5 verses · 51 of 114

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Adhvaryu, Pour the Pressed Soma

Uchathya Angirasa's second gayatri sukta opens with a call to the adhvaryu priest: pour the Soma pressed with stones onto the filter and purify it for Indra to drink. Press for Indra, holder of the vajra, the highest nectar of heaven, the sweetest Soma. The Devas and the Maruts enjoy the honey of Pavamana's juice. Pressed, Soma makes the praiser grow, for joy and for help. Far-seeing, he is asked to flow through the filter in a stream toward strength and fame.

51.1

अध्व॑र्यो॒ अद्रि॑भिः सु॒तं सोमं॑ प॒वित्र॒ आ सृ॑ज ।
पु॒नी॒हीन्द्रा॑य॒ पात॑वे

adhvaryo adribhiḥ sutaṃ somaṃ pavitra ā sṛja |
punīhīndrāya pātave

51.2

दि॒वः पी॒यूष॑मुत्त॒मं सोम॒मिन्द्रा॑य व॒ज्रिणे॑ ।
सु॒नोता॒ मधु॑मत्तमम्

divaḥ pīyūṣamuttamaṃ somamindrāya vajriṇe |
sunotā madhumattamam

51.3

तव॒ त्य इ॑न्दो॒ अन्ध॑सो दे॒वा मधो॒र्व्य॑श्नते ।
पव॑मानस्य म॒रुत॑ः

tava tya indo andhaso devā madhorvyaśnate |
pavamānasya marutaḥ

51.4

त्वं हि सो॑म व॒र्धय॑न्सु॒तो मदा॑य॒ भूर्ण॑ये ।
वृष॑न्स्तो॒तार॑मू॒तये॑

tvaṃ hi soma vardhayansuto madāya bhūrṇaye |
vṛṣanstotāramūtaye

51.5

अ॒भ्य॑र्ष विचक्षण प॒वित्रं॒ धार॑या सु॒तः ।
अ॒भि वाज॑मु॒त श्रव॑ः

abhyarṣa vicakṣaṇa pavitraṃ dhārayā sutaḥ |
abhi vājamuta śravaḥ

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