Mandala 9

Sukta 55: Barley Upon Barley, Thousand-Winner

Rishi: अवत्सारः काश्यपः · Devata: पवमानः सोमः · Metre: गायत्री

4 verses · 55 of 114

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Barley Upon Barley, Thousand-Winner

Avatsara Kashyapa's third gayatri sukta. Soma is asked to stream with his juice every grain of barley, every increase, and all good fortune for us. As the praise of Indu is and as his juice was born, so let him sit on the dear barhis. Finder of cows and horses, let him flow with his juice in the swiftest days. Soma who overpowers and is never overpowered, who goes against the enemy and strikes him: let that winner of thousands flow.

55.1

यवं॑यवं नो॒ अन्ध॑सा पु॒ष्टम्पु॑ष्टं॒ परि॑ स्रव ।
सोम॒ विश्वा॑ च॒ सौभ॑गा

yavaṃyavaṃ no andhasā puṣṭampuṣṭaṃ pari srava |
soma viśvā ca saubhagā

55.2

इन्दो॒ यथा॒ तव॒ स्तवो॒ यथा॑ ते जा॒तमन्ध॑सः ।
नि ब॒र्हिषि॑ प्रि॒ये स॑दः

indo yathā tava stavo yathā te jātamandhasaḥ |
ni barhiṣi priye sadaḥ

55.3

उ॒त नो॑ गो॒विद॑श्व॒वित्पव॑स्व सो॒मान्ध॑सा ।
म॒क्षूत॑मेभि॒रह॑भिः

uta no govidaśvavitpavasva somāndhasā |
makṣūtamebhirahabhiḥ

55.4

यो जि॒नाति॒ न जीय॑ते॒ हन्ति॒ शत्रु॑म॒भीत्य॑ ।
स प॑वस्व सहस्रजित्

yo jināti na jīyate hanti śatrumabhītya |
sa pavasva sahasrajit

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