Mandala 9

Sukta 84: Soma who follows like the sun

Rishi: वाच्यः प्रजापतिः · Devata: पवमानः सोमः · Metre: जगती

5 verses · 84 of 114

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Soma who follows like the sun

Vachya Prajapati sings five jagati verses to Soma Pavamana. Soma, who gladdens the devas, flows for Indra, Varuna and Vayu; he is asked for wide room and welfare today. Immortal, he has mounted all the worlds and flows around them, following his worshippers as the sun follows the dawn. Released with milk among the plants, he flows with a lightning stream and gladdens Indra. Winner of thousands, he stirs the speech that wakes at dawn, raises the ocean with the winds, and sits in the vessels, dear to Indra's heart.

84.1

पव॑स्व देव॒माद॑नो॒ विच॑र्षणिर॒प्सा इन्द्रा॑य॒ वरु॑णाय वा॒यवे॑ ।
कृ॒धी नो॑ अ॒द्य वरि॑वः स्वस्ति॒मदु॑रुक्षि॒तौ गृ॑णीहि॒ दैव्यं॒ जन॑म्

pavasva devamādano vicarṣaṇirapsā indrāya varuṇāya vāyave |
kṛdhī no adya varivaḥ svastimadurukṣitau gṛṇīhi daivyaṃ janam

84.2

आ यस्त॒स्थौ भुव॑ना॒न्यम॑र्त्यो॒ विश्वा॑नि॒ सोम॒ः परि॒ तान्य॑र्षति ।
कृ॒ण्वन्सं॒चृतं॑ वि॒चृत॑म॒भिष्ट॑य॒ इन्दु॑ः सिषक्त्यु॒षसं॒ न सूर्य॑ः

ā yastasthau bhuvanānyamartyo viśvāni somaḥ pari tānyarṣati |
kṛṇvansaṃcṛtaṃ vicṛtamabhiṣṭaya induḥ siṣaktyuṣasaṃ na sūryaḥ

84.3

आ यो गोभि॑ः सृ॒ज्यत॒ ओष॑धी॒ष्वा दे॒वानां॑ सु॒म्न इ॒षय॒न्नुपा॑वसुः ।
आ वि॒द्युता॑ पवते॒ धार॑या सु॒त इन्द्रं॒ सोमो॑ मा॒दय॒न्दैव्यं॒ जन॑म्

ā yo gobhiḥ sṛjyata oṣadhīṣvā devānāṃ sumna iṣayannupāvasuḥ |
ā vidyutā pavate dhārayā suta indraṃ somo mādayandaivyaṃ janam

84.4

ए॒ष स्य सोम॑ः पवते सहस्र॒जिद्धि॑न्वा॒नो वाच॑मिषि॒रामु॑ष॒र्बुध॑म् ।
इन्दु॑ः समु॒द्रमुदि॑यर्ति वा॒युभि॒रेन्द्र॑स्य॒ हार्दि॑ क॒लशे॑षु सीदति

eṣa sya somaḥ pavate sahasrajiddhinvāno vācamiṣirāmuṣarbudham |
induḥ samudramudiyarti vāyubhirendrasya hārdi kalaśeṣu sīdati

84.5

अ॒भि त्यं गाव॒ः पय॑सा पयो॒वृधं॒ सोमं॑ श्रीणन्ति म॒तिभि॑ः स्व॒र्विद॑म् ।
ध॒नं॒ज॒यः प॑वते॒ कृत्व्यो॒ रसो॒ विप्र॑ः क॒विः काव्ये॑ना॒ स्व॑र्चनाः

abhi tyaṃ gāvaḥ payasā payovṛdhaṃ somaṃ śrīṇanti matibhiḥ svarvidam |
dhanaṃjayaḥ pavate kṛtvyo raso vipraḥ kaviḥ kāvyenā svarcanāḥ

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