Mandala 9

Sukta 9: The Son Who Lights His Parents

Rishi: कश्यपोऽसितो देवलो वा · Devata: पवमानः सोमः · Metre: गायत्री

9 verses · 9 of 114

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The Son Who Lights His Parents

Kashyapa Asita or Devala praises Pavamana Soma in gayatri. The poet of poetic power goes, pressed, toward the dear vigour of heaven, placed between the two grandchildren, the pressing boards. The pure son, as soon as born, lights up his two parents, the great Heaven and Earth who grow by Rita. Set in motion by seven thoughts, he has quickened the guileless rivers. Soma is asked to fight the darknesses that must be fought, to prepare paths for a new hymn, and to make the lights shine as of old. The closing verse asks for great fame, cows, horses and heroes, wisdom and the sunlit sky.

9.1

परि॑ प्रि॒या दि॒वः क॒विर्वयां॑सि न॒प्त्यो॑र्हि॒तः ।
सु॒वा॒नो या॑ति क॒विक्र॑तुः

pari priyā divaḥ kavirvayāṃsi naptyorhitaḥ |
suvāno yāti kavikratuḥ

9.2

प्रप्र॒ क्षया॑य॒ पन्य॑से॒ जना॑य॒ जुष्टो॑ अ॒द्रुहे॑ ।
वी॒त्य॑र्ष॒ चनि॑ष्ठया

prapra kṣayāya panyase janāya juṣṭo adruhe |
vītyarṣa caniṣṭhayā

9.3

स सू॒नुर्मा॒तरा॒ शुचि॑र्जा॒तो जा॒ते अ॑रोचयत् ।
म॒हान्म॒ही ऋ॑ता॒वृधा॑

sa sūnurmātarā śucirjāto jāte arocayat |
mahānmahī ṛtāvṛdhā

9.4

स स॒प्त धी॒तिभि॑र्हि॒तो न॒द्यो॑ अजिन्वद॒द्रुह॑ः ।
या एक॒मक्षि॑ वावृ॒धुः

sa sapta dhītibhirhito nadyo ajinvadadruhaḥ |
yā ekamakṣi vāvṛdhuḥ