Mandala 9

Sukta 76: Like a hero with weapons in hand

Rishi: कविर्भार्गवः · Devata: पवमानः सोमः · Metre: जगती

5 verses · 76 of 114

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Like a hero with weapons in hand

Kavi Bhargava offers five jagati verses to Soma Pavamana. Soma, upholder of heaven, flows as the skill of the devas; released like a steed, he shows his strength in the rivers. Like a hero he takes weapons in both hands, a charioteer seeking the cows, and stirs Indra's might. He is asked to swell heaven and earth as lightning swells the clouds. King of all, he is groomed with the sun's ray, father of thoughts. Like a bull to the herd he flows into the cask, so that the singers, under his protection, may win in battle.

76.1

ध॒र्ता दि॒वः प॑वते॒ कृत्व्यो॒ रसो॒ दक्षो॑ दे॒वाना॑मनु॒माद्यो॒ नृभि॑ः ।
हरि॑ः सृजा॒नो अत्यो॒ न सत्व॑भि॒र्वृथा॒ पाजां॑सि कृणुते न॒दीष्वा

dhartā divaḥ pavate kṛtvyo raso dakṣo devānāmanumādyo nṛbhiḥ |
hariḥ sṛjāno atyo na satvabhirvṛthā pājāṃsi kṛṇute nadīṣvā

76.2

शूरो॒ न ध॑त्त॒ आयु॑धा॒ गभ॑स्त्यो॒ः स्व१॒॑ः सिषा॑सन्रथि॒रो गवि॑ष्टिषु ।
इन्द्र॑स्य॒ शुष्म॑मी॒रय॑न्नप॒स्युभि॒रिन्दु॑र्हिन्वा॒नो अ॑ज्यते मनी॒षिभि॑ः

śūro na dhatta āyudhā gabhastyoḥ svaḥ siṣāsanrathiro gaviṣṭiṣu |
indrasya śuṣmamīrayannapasyubhirindurhinvāno ajyate manīṣibhiḥ

76.3

इन्द्र॑स्य सोम॒ पव॑मान ऊ॒र्मिणा॑ तवि॒ष्यमा॑णो ज॒ठरे॒ष्वा वि॑श ।
प्र ण॑ः पिन्व वि॒द्युद॒भ्रेव॒ रोद॑सी धि॒या न वाजाँ॒ उप॑ मासि॒ शश्व॑तः

indrasya soma pavamāna ūrmiṇā taviṣyamāṇo jaṭhareṣvā viśa |
pra ṇaḥ pinva vidyudabhreva rodasī dhiyā na vājām̐ upa māsi śaśvataḥ

76.4

विश्व॑स्य॒ राजा॑ पवते स्व॒र्दृश॑ ऋ॒तस्य॑ धी॒तिमृ॑षि॒षाळ॑वीवशत् ।
यः सूर्य॒स्यासि॑रेण मृ॒ज्यते॑ पि॒ता म॑ती॒नामस॑मष्टकाव्यः

viśvasya rājā pavate svardṛśa ṛtasya dhītimṛṣiṣāḻavīvaśat |
yaḥ sūryasyāsireṇa mṛjyate pitā matīnāmasamaṣṭakāvyaḥ

76.5

वृषे॑व यू॒था परि॒ कोश॑मर्षस्य॒पामु॒पस्थे॑ वृष॒भः कनि॑क्रदत् ।
स इन्द्रा॑य पवसे मत्स॒रिन्त॑मो॒ यथा॒ जेषा॑म समि॒थे त्वोत॑यः

vṛṣeva yūthā pari kośamarṣasyapāmupasthe vṛṣabhaḥ kanikradat |
sa indrāya pavase matsarintamo yathā jeṣāma samithe tvotayaḥ

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