9. Rig Veda — Mandala 9

✦ Sukta 1 · 10 verses ✦

9.1.1

स्वादि॑ष्ठया॒ मदि॑ष्ठया॒ पव॑स्व सोम॒ धार॑या । इन्द्रा॑य॒ पात॑वे सु॒तः ॥

O Soma, Spirit of Divinity, peace and glory of existence distilled in the essence for the soul’s being, flow in the sweetest and most exhilarating streams of ecstasy, cleanse and sanctify us unto purity and constancy, and initiate us into the state of ananda, divine glory. (Soma in the physical sense is an exhilarating drink, in the aesthetic sense it is ecstasy, in the psychic sense it is ananda, and in the spiritual sense it is elevation of the soul to the experience of divinity. It is the peace, purity and glory of life, any power physical, social or divine that leads to satyam (truth), shivam (goodness), and sundaram (beauty) of life, anything, power and person that gives us an experience of sacchidananda, the real, the intelligent and the blissful state of the life divine. In short, Soma is satyam, shivam and sundaram, the sat, the chit and the ananda of life. It is not restricted to a particular herb and a particular drink. The meaning of soma is open-ended on the positive side of life and living joy.)

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9.1.2

र॒क्षो॒हा वि॒श्वच॑र्षणिर॒भि योनि॒मयो॑हतम् । द्रुणा॑ स॒धस्थ॒मास॑दत् ॥

You are the destroyer of negativity, destructivity and evil and darkness, you are universal watcher and guardian of all that is, you are centre of the origin and end of existence, veiled in impenetrable womb of gold, you are ever on the move yet settled and constant in the house of life. (Soma is Divinity Itself.)

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9.1.3

व॒रि॒वो॒धात॑मो भव॒ मंहि॑ष्ठो वृत्र॒हन्त॑मः । पर्षि॒ राधो॑ म॒घोना॑म् ॥

Be the highest giver of the cherished wealth of life, mightiest munificent, and the destroyer of want, suffering and darkness. Sanctify the wealth of the prosperous and powerful with showers of peace, purity and generosity.

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9.1.4

अ॒भ्य॑र्ष म॒हानां॑ दे॒वानां॑ वी॒तिमन्ध॑सा । अ॒भि वाज॑मु॒त श्रवः॑ ॥

Let your bounty flow free to the yajnic hall of the great and generous divine yajnic givers with gifts of holy food and prosperity, and bring us honour, progress and fame.

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9.1.5

त्वामच्छा॑ चरामसि॒ तदिदर्थं॑ दि॒वेदि॑वे । इन्दो॒ त्वे न॑ आ॒शसः॑ ॥

Lord giver of showers of joy, we serve you with all our will and dedication, that alone is our end and aim of life day in and day out. All our hopes and aspirations centre in you.

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9.1.6

पु॒नाति॑ ते परि॒स्रुतं॒ सोमं॒ सूर्य॑स्य दुहि॒ता । वारे॑ण॒ शश्व॑ता॒ तना॑ ॥

The soma of your eternal peace and joy flowing universally, the dawn, daughter of the sun, glorifies with the sanctity of her exquisite cover of beauty.

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9.1.7

तमी॒मण्वीः॑ सम॒र्य आ गृ॒भ्णन्ति॒ योष॑णो॒ दश॑ । स्वसा॑रः॒ पार्ये॑ दि॒वि ॥

That soma, sanctified by the dawn in the holy congregation of peaceful life yajna, ten fine and youthful sisterly senses and pranic energies receive and absorb for the achievement of the light of salvation.

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9.1.8

तमीं॑ हिन्वन्त्य॒ग्रुवो॒ धम॑न्ति बाकु॒रं दृति॑म् । त्रि॒धातु॑ वार॒णं मधु॑ ॥

That thrice energised honey sweet and sanctified soma for the good of body, mind and soul, the ten prime senses and pranas receive and then stimulate the light of the soul within, which dispels the darkness of ignorance and eliminates the junk of negative fluctuations.

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9.1.9

अ॒भी॒३॒॑ममघ्न्या॑ उ॒त श्री॒णन्ति॑ धे॒नवः॒ शिशु॑म् । सोम॒मिन्द्रा॑य॒ पात॑वे ॥

And this soma, further, the ten senses and pranas season and inflame with positive powers of the soul as the milk of inviolable cows seasons and inflames the power of soma juice, and then the enflamed joy of the soul nourishes and inspires the dedicated man like a divine baby for the achievement of spiritual glory.

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9.1.10

अ॒स्येदिन्द्रो॒ मदे॒ष्वा विश्वा॑ वृ॒त्राणि॑ जिघ्नते । शूरो॑ म॒घा च॑ मंहते ॥

And in the joy of this soma of peace and spiritual power, Indra, the human soul, blest with strength of body, power of mind and courage of the soul destroys all the evils and shades of darkness and rises in glory.

✦ Sukta 2 · 10 verses ✦

9.2.1

पव॑स्व देव॒वीरति॑ प॒वित्रं॑ सोम॒ रंह्या॑ । इन्द्र॑मिन्दो॒ वृषा वि॑श ॥

O Soma, spirit of divinity, flow quick, purify our mind and senses, and fulfil our prayers for piety. Spirit of peace and spiritual joy in exuberance, bring us the glory of life and let it sanctify our heart and soul.

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9.2.2

आ व॑च्यस्व॒ महि॒ प्सरो॒ वृषे॑न्दो द्यु॒म्नव॑त्तमः । आ योनिं॑ धर्ण॒सिः स॑दः ॥

Blissful Spirit of divinity, give us food for the mind and soul, great you are, delightful, generous, most sublime, the origin, wielder and sustainer of the universe and the truth of universal knowledge.

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9.2.3

अधु॑क्षत प्रि॒यं मधु॒ धारा॑ सु॒तस्य॑ वे॒धसः॑ । अ॒पो व॑सिष्ट सु॒क्रतुः॑ ॥

The stream of soma purity, bliss and knowledge, distilled and flowing from the omniscient, showers honey sweets of life on us, and the holiness of the noble soma internalised inspires our actions.

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9.2.4

म॒हान्तं॑ त्वा म॒हीरन्वापो॑ अर्षन्ति॒ सिन्ध॑वः । यद्गोभि॑र्वासयि॒ष्यसे॑ ॥

Just as great floods of water, rivers and seas join the great ocean, and the great ocean abides by you, O lord omnipotent, similarly all our will and actions abide in you, lord supreme, since by your word and powers you inspire them.

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9.2.5

स॒मु॒द्रो अ॒प्सु मा॑मृजे विष्ट॒म्भो ध॒रुणो॑ दि॒वः । सोमः॑ प॒वित्रे॑ अस्म॒युः ॥

The lord is Samudra, universal space, from which everything follows. He is integrated with our streams of earthly waters, self-sustained and all sustaining, holder and sustainer of the regions of heavenly light. The lord giver of peace and bliss is ours, with us, in the holy business of our life and karma.

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9.2.6

अचि॑क्रद॒द्वृषा॒ हरि॑र्म॒हान्मि॒त्रो न द॑र्श॒तः । सं सूर्ये॑ण रोचते ॥

Soma, Spirit of universal peace and bliss, is generous and virile, destroyer of suffering, great, noble guide as a friend, and proclaims his presence everywhere as he shines glorious with the sun.

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9.2.7

गिर॑स्त इन्द॒ ओज॑सा मर्मृ॒ज्यन्ते॑ अप॒स्युवः॑ । याभि॒र्मदा॑य॒ शुम्भ॑से ॥

Lord giver of peace and grandeur, your voices of the Veda, exponent of karma, by virtue of your divine lustre purify and sanctify the people. By the same voices you shine in divine glory for the joy of humanity.

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9.2.8

तं त्वा॒ मदा॑य॒ घृष्व॑य उ लोककृ॒त्नुमी॑महे । तव॒ प्रश॑स्तयो म॒हीः ॥

For the sake of joy and elimination of the suffering of life, we adore you, creator of the worlds of nature and humanity. O lord, great are your glories sung all round.

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9.2.9

अ॒स्मभ्य॑मिन्दविन्द्र॒युर्मध्वः॑ पवस्व॒ धार॑या । प॒र्जन्यो॑ वृष्टि॒माँ इ॑व ॥

For us, O lord of peace and bliss, munificent giver of lustre and grandeur, bring showers of purity and the honey sweets of life as a cloud laden with showers of rain.

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9.2.10

गो॒षा इ॑न्दो नृ॒षा अ॑स्यश्व॒सा वा॑ज॒सा उ॒त । आ॒त्मा य॒ज्ञस्य॑ पू॒र्व्यः ॥

O lord of peace and glory, you are the very soul of yajna, original and eternal since you are the foremost fount of all giving. You are the giver of cows, lands and the voices of wisdom and culture. You are the giver of children and grand children over ages of humanity. You are the giver of horses and all advancement and progress in achievements. You are the giver of food, sustenance and all powers and victories of success. Pray be that for us all time.

✦ Sukta 3 · 10 verses ✦

9.3.1

ए॒ष दे॒वो अम॑र्त्यः पर्ण॒वीरि॑व दीयति । अ॒भि द्रोणा॑न्या॒सद॑म् ॥

This Soma, spirit of divinity, eternal and immortal, expands to regions of the universe like soaring energy and pervades there as an immanent presence.

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9.3.2

ए॒ष दे॒वो वि॒पा कृ॒तोऽति॒ ह्वरां॑सि धावति । पव॑मानो॒ अदा॑भ्यः ॥

This refulgent spirit is celebrated by sages and, being undaunted, overtakes all crookedness, purifying and sanctifying everything and every mind.

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9.3.3

ए॒ष दे॒वो वि॑प॒न्युभिः॒ पव॑मान ऋता॒युभिः॑ । हरि॒र्वाजा॑य मृज्यते ॥

This refulgent spirit, light of life, saviour and harbinger of joy, glorified by celebrants and poets of rectitude is praised and adored for the achievement of victory and advancement.

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9.3.4

ए॒ष विश्वा॑नि॒ वार्या॒ शूरो॒ यन्नि॑व॒ सत्व॑भिः । पव॑मानः सिषासति ॥

This divine spirit, pure, purifying and powerful, advancing by its own essential power as a hero, brings and distributes cherished gifts of life among the celebrants.

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9.3.10

ए॒ष उ॒ स्य पु॑रुव्र॒तो ज॑ज्ञा॒नो ज॒नय॒न्निषः॑ । धार॑या पवते सु॒तः ॥

This spirit of divinity, power of infinite law and action, creating and providing food, energy and sustenance for life, flows on in continuum, self- sustained, self-revealed, discovered, self-realised.

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9.3.5

ए॒ष दे॒वो र॑थर्यति॒ पव॑मानो दशस्यति । आ॒विष्कृ॑णोति वग्व॒नुम् ॥

This spirit of divinity going forward like a chariot, pure, purifying, gives the gifts of life and reveals new and latest words of advance knowledge as it moves on.

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9.3.6

ए॒ष विप्रै॑र॒भिष्टु॑तो॒ऽपो दे॒वो वि गा॑हते । दध॒द्रत्ना॑नि दा॒शुषे॑ ॥

This spirit, divine, generous and refulgent, adored and exalted by sages and scholars, and holding jewel gifts of life for people of generous charity, watches and controls the actions of humanity and the laws of nature in operation.

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9.3.7

ए॒ष दिवं॒ वि धा॑वति ति॒रो रजां॑सि॒ धार॑या । पव॑मानः॒ कनि॑क्रदत् ॥

This spirit with the waves of its power rushes and radiates unto the heavens across the skies and atomic oceans of space, pure, purifying and roaring like thunder.

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9.3.8

ए॒ष दिवं॒ व्यास॑रत्ति॒रो रजां॒स्यस्पृ॑तः । पव॑मानः स्वध्व॒रः ॥

This spirit radiates to the heavens across the atomic oceans of skies and spaces, unhurt and unopposed, pure, purifying, performing the cosmic yajna of love, non-violence and creation of new life in evolution.

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9.3.9

ए॒ष प्र॒त्नेन॒ जन्म॑ना दे॒वो दे॒वेभ्यः॑ सु॒तः । हरिः॑ प॒वित्रे॑ अर्षति ॥

This divine spirit since its timeless manifestation, revealed and manifested for the divines, arises in the pure hearts of humanity, eliminating pain and suffering.

✦ Sukta 4 · 10 verses ✦

9.4.1

सना॑ च सोम॒ जेषि॑ च॒ पव॑मान॒ महि॒ श्रवः॑ । अथा॑ नो॒ वस्य॑सस्कृधि ॥

This spirit of divinity, power of infinite law and action, creating and providing food, energy and sustenance for life, flows on in continuum, self- sustained, self-revealed, discovered, self-realised.

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9.4.2

सना॒ ज्योतिः॒ सना॒ स्व१॒॑र्विश्वा॑ च सोम॒ सौभ॑गा । अथा॑ नो॒ वस्य॑सस्कृधि ॥

O Soma, divine spirit of peace and joy, eternal power of love and friendship, most renowned giver of food and sustenance, win over the opponents and make us happy and prosperous, more and ever more.

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9.4.3

सना॒ दक्ष॑मु॒त क्रतु॒मप॑ सोम॒ मृधो॑ जहि । अथा॑ नो॒ वस्य॑सस्कृधि ॥

Soma, spirit of divine love and joy, give us eternal light, give us heavenly joy, and give us all good fortunes of the world and make us happy and prosperous more and ever more.

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9.4.4

पवी॑तारः पुनी॒तन॒ सोम॒मिन्द्रा॑य॒ पात॑वे । अथा॑ नो॒ वस्य॑सस्कृधि ॥

O sages, harbingers of purity, purify and enhance the soma spirit of peace and joy for Indra, the growth of power, protection and excellence of the world and thus make us happy and prosperous more and ever more.

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9.4.5

त्वं सूर्ये॑ न॒ आ भ॑ज॒ तव॒ क्रत्वा॒ तवो॒तिभिः॑ । अथा॑ नो॒ वस्य॑सस्कृधि ॥

O Soma take us high to the light of the sun in knowledge and purity by your noble speech and action and by your paths of protection and progress, and thus. make us happy and prosperous more and ever more.

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9.4.6

तव॒ क्रत्वा॒ तवो॒तिभि॒र्ज्योक्प॑श्येम॒ सूर्य॑म् । अथा॑ नो॒ वस्य॑सस्कृधि ॥

By your noble actions, O spirit of peace and piety, and by your protections and promotions, bless us that we may ever see and internalise the eternal light of the sun, and thus make us happy and prosperous more and ever more.

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9.4.7

अ॒भ्य॑र्ष स्वायुध॒ सोम॑ द्वि॒बर्ह॑सं र॒यिम् । अथा॑ नो॒ वस्य॑सस्कृधि ॥

Soma, creative and inspiring spirit of the world, noble wielder and controller of the dynamics of life, bless us with wealth and vision good enough for both this life and the life beyond, and thus make us happy and prosperous for the life divine for ever.

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9.4.8

अ॒भ्य१॒॑र्षान॑पच्युतो र॒यिं स॒मत्सु॑ सास॒हिः । अथा॑ नो॒ वस्य॑सस्कृधि ॥

Soma, spirit of divinity, infallible and victorious in the conflicts of nature and humanity, bring us wealth of imperishable and unconquerable character and make us happy and prosperous for ever.Soma, spirit of divinity, infallible and victorious in the conflicts of nature and humanity, bring us wealth of imperishable and unconquerable character and make us happy and prosperous for ever.

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9.4.9

त्वां य॒ज्ञैर॑वीवृध॒न्पव॑मान॒ विध॑र्मणि । अथा॑ नो॒ वस्य॑सस्कृधि ॥

Soma, spirit of purity and purifying power for all, celebrants exalt you by yajnic performance in order that you protect them to abide within their bounds of Dharma. Pray protect us in our Dharma and make us happy and prosperous more and ever more.Soma, spirit of purity and purifying power for all, celebrants exalt you by yajnic performance in order that you protect them to abide within their bounds of Dharma. Pray protect us in our Dharma and make us happy and prosperous more and ever more.

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9.4.10

र॒यिं न॑श्चि॒त्रम॒श्विन॒मिन्दो॑ वि॒श्वायु॒मा भ॑र । अथा॑ नो॒ वस्य॑सस्कृधि ॥

Soma, spirit of divine peace and bliss, bring us wealth, honour and excellence of wonderful, progressive and universal character and thus make us eternally happy and prosperous more and ever more.

✦ Sukta 5 · 11 verses ✦

9.5.1

समि॑द्धो वि॒श्वत॒स्पतिः॒ पव॑मानो॒ वि रा॑जति । प्री॒णन्वृषा॒ कनि॑क्रदत् ॥

Refulgent sovereign ruler and sustainer of the world, Pavamana, pure and purifying, shines in glory, giving fulfilment to all, generous and virile, roaring as thunder all round.

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9.5.2

तनू॒नपा॒त्पव॑मानः॒ शृङ्गे॒ शिशा॑नो अर्षति । अ॒न्तरि॑क्षेण॒ रार॑जत् ॥

Pavamana, lord pure and purifying, self- manifested, unfallen, infallible and imperishable, blazing on top of all, exists and operates, illuminating and glorifying the heaven and beautifying the earth.

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9.5.3

ई॒ळेन्यः॒ पव॑मानो र॒यिर्वि रा॑जति द्यु॒मान् । मधो॒र्धारा॑भि॒रोज॑सा ॥

Adorable, immaculate and beatifying lord of light shines by his own lustre with honey sweet showers of beauty and joy on earth.

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9.5.4

ब॒र्हिः प्रा॒चीन॒मोज॑सा॒ पव॑मानः स्तृ॒णन्हरिः॑ । दे॒वेषु॑ दे॒व ई॑यते ॥

Self-refulgent lord infinite, pure and purifying, pervading the timeless world of existence by his lustre and majesty and withdrawing it unto himself is manifested and operative in all divine things of the universe and is, as such, realised through them.

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9.5.5

उदातै॑र्जिहते बृ॒हद्द्वारो॑ दे॒वीर्हि॑र॒ण्ययीः॑ । पव॑मानेन॒ सुष्टु॑ताः ॥

The golden doors of divinity vast as space celebrated along with the divine spirit of universal purity, open to the seekers in response to their effort in meditation and research.

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9.5.6

सु॒शि॒ल्पे बृ॑ह॒ती म॒ही पव॑मानो वृषण्यति । नक्तो॒षासा॒ न द॑र्श॒ते ॥

Beautiful and beatific, vast and grand heaven and earth, the lord of piety and purity loves to shower with grace and abundance as he does the night and day, the glorious dawn and dusk.

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9.5.7

उ॒भा दे॒वा नृ॒चक्ष॑सा॒ होता॑रा॒ दैव्या॑ हुवे । पव॑मान॒ इन्द्रो॒ वृषा॑ ॥

Indra, generous lord and giver of glory and excellence, and Pavamana, lord giver of peace, piety and purity, both refulgent manifestations of supreme divinity, relentless guardians of humanity, divine high priests of the yajna of creation and showers of grace, I invoke and pray and worship.

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9.5.8

भार॑ती॒ पव॑मानस्य॒ सर॑स्व॒तीळा॑ म॒ही । इ॒मं नो॑ य॒ज्ञमा ग॑मन्ति॒स्रो दे॒वीः सु॒पेश॑सः ॥

May Bharati, divine mother bearer of earthly life, Sarasvati, dynamic spirit of all-knowledge in flow, Mahi, divine spirit of existential sustenance, and Ila, infinite reservoir of knowledge, will and passion of divinity for being, may this threefold divinity of the supreme lord of existence, immanent and transcendent, gracious and beatifying, pure and purifying, move and bless this yajna of our pious living.

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9.5.9

त्वष्टा॑रमग्र॒जां गो॒पां पु॑रो॒यावा॑न॒मा हु॑वे । इन्दु॒रिन्द्रो॒ वृषा॒ हरिः॒ पव॑मानः प्र॒जाप॑तिः ॥

I invoke and worship Tvashta, the creative maker, first manifested, protector and sustainer of the world, and first pioneer and guide. I invoke and worship Indra, the same lord of power, excellence and glory, Indu, lord of peace and beatitude, Vrsha, generous giver of showers of wealth and beauty, Hari, creator and sustainer, Pavamana, lord of purity and graciousness, and Prajapati, supreme father of his children in existence.

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9.5.10

वन॒स्पतिं॑ पवमान॒ मध्वा॒ सम॑ङ्ग्धि॒ धार॑या । स॒हस्र॑वल्शं॒ हरि॑तं॒ भ्राज॑मानं हिर॒ण्यय॑म् ॥

O Pavamana, lord of piety and purity in divine flow, with honeyed showers of health and excellence bless and beautify this world of nature and humanity of a thousandfold variety clothed in dear green gold of blazing beauty and divine grandeur.

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9.5.11

विश्वे॑ देवाः॒ स्वाहा॑कृतिं॒ पव॑मान॒स्या ग॑त । वा॒युर्बृह॒स्पतिः॒ सूर्यो॒ऽग्निरिन्द्रः॑ स॒जोष॑सः ॥

May all divinities of the world come and join this holy song of homage in honour of the lord of piety, purity and beatitude. Let the vibrant pioneer, eminent scholar, brilliant giver of enlightenment, enlightened leader, mighty ruler, all dear and united in love and faith, come and join and celebrate in peace and joy.

✦ Sukta 6 · 9 verses ✦

9.6.1

म॒न्द्रया॑ सोम॒ धार॑या॒ वृषा॑ पवस्व देव॒युः । अव्यो॒ वारे॑ष्वस्म॒युः ॥

O Soma, divine spirit of peace and beatitude, you are the generous power divine, lover of divinities, pervasive in stars and planets in space. You are for us too, pray flow in exciting streams of joy and bless us with peace and purity.

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9.6.2

अ॒भि त्यं मद्यं॒ मद॒मिन्द॒विन्द्र॒ इति॑ क्षर । अ॒भि वा॒जिनो॒ अर्व॑तः ॥

O lord of power and peace, love and chivalry, release that exciting and beatifying flow of divine spirit of ecstasy and enthusiasm which blesses us with strength and speed worthy of warriors pressing on way to victory.

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9.6.3

अ॒भि त्यं पू॒र्व्यं मदं॑ सुवा॒नो अ॑र्ष प॒वित्र॒ आ । अ॒भि वाज॑मु॒त श्रवः॑ ॥

O spirit of power and purity, you are the creator and giver of eternal passion for life, its honour and excellence. Pray inspire us with passion which leads us to victory, honour and fame.

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9.6.4

अनु॑ द्र॒प्सास॒ इन्द॑व॒ आपो॒ न प्र॒वता॑सरन् । पु॒ना॒ना इन्द्र॑माशत ॥

The streams of that inspiring power and passion flow on without interruption like showers of rain and, inspiring, sanctifying and beatifying, bring us honour, excellence and fame for the soul.

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9.6.5

यमत्य॑मिव वा॒जिनं॑ मृ॒जन्ति॒ योष॑णो॒ दश॑ । वने॒ क्रीळ॑न्त॒मत्य॑विम् ॥

The soul, now that it is past the process of purification, like soma after filteration, and sports in the world of beauty, ten youthful senses and pranas invigorate and shine like a chivalrous warrior on way to victory.

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9.6.6

तं गोभि॒र्वृष॑णं॒ रसं॒ मदा॑य दे॒ववी॑तये । सु॒तं भरा॑य॒ सं सृ॑ज ॥

That exuberant ecstasy distilled through sense, mind and intelligence for the love and worship of divinity, O man, further create and develop through communion with the spirit of peace and beatitude for joyous victory in the battle of life.

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9.6.7

दे॒वो दे॒वाय॒ धार॒येन्द्रा॑य पवते सु॒तः । पयो॒ यद॑स्य पी॒पय॑त् ॥

Self- refulgent and generous lord divine creates and showers streams of distilled soma for the blessed illustrious human soul in communion since it is the lord who creates the soma originally for the seeker who cares for a drink of the nectar.

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9.6.8

आ॒त्मा य॒ज्ञस्य॒ रंह्या॑ सुष्वा॒णः प॑वते सु॒तः । प्र॒त्नं नि पा॑ति॒ काव्य॑म् ॥

The divine lord of joy and pure bliss, Soma, is the soul of yajna and, all inspiring creator of bliss, pervades and vibrates with power, fulfilling the seeker’s desire, and thus the lord protects and promotes the eternal beauty and poetry of life.

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9.6.9

ए॒वा पु॑ना॒न इ॑न्द्र॒युर्मदं॑ मदिष्ठ वी॒तये॑ । गुहा॑ चिद्दधिषे॒ गिरः॑ ॥

O lover of Indra, the soul of humanity, most joyous spirit, pure and purifying thus, exalt and edify the beauty and ecstasy of life for the peace and ultimate freedom of the soul since, after all, you hold the sacred voice of divinity in the cave of the heart.

✦ Sukta 7 · 9 verses ✦

9.7.1

असृ॑ग्र॒मिन्द॑वः प॒था धर्म॑न्नृ॒तस्य॑ सु॒श्रियः॑ । वि॒दा॒ना अ॑स्य॒ योज॑नम् ॥

Knowing the relevance of their vibrant action in Dharma, wise sages, brilliant and gracious, move by the path of rectitude following the eternal law of existence created by the lord of peace and glory.

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9.7.2

प्र धारा॒ मध्वो॑ अग्रि॒यो म॒हीर॒पो वि गा॑हते । ह॒विर्ह॒विष्षु॒ वन्द्यः॑ ॥

Most adorable of the adorables, worthy of worship, Soma, lord of peace and joy, first and foremost of the honey streams of life, pervades the dynamics of existence in the eternal law.

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9.7.3

प्र यु॒जो वा॒चो अ॑ग्रि॒यो वृषाव॑ चक्रद॒द्वने॑ । सद्मा॒भि स॒त्यो अ॑ध्व॒रः ॥

First and foremost, generous and eternal lord Soma of love free from violence proclaims the words of truth relevant to yajnic life and calls up the devotees to the hall of yajna in peace and bliss.

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9.7.4

परि॒ यत्काव्या॑ क॒विर्नृ॒म्णा वसा॑नो॒ अर्ष॑ति । स्व॑र्वा॒जी सि॑षासति ॥

When the poetic spirit of omniscience wrapped in glory moves and inspires the vision and imagination of the poet, the creative spirit flies to the heavens and celebrates divinity in poetry.

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9.7.5

पव॑मानो अ॒भि स्पृधो॒ विशो॒ राजे॑व सीदति । यदी॑मृ॒ण्वन्ति॑ वे॒धसः॑ ॥

The pure and purifying Soma rises over all rivals and sits on top of people like a ruler when the wise sages pray and move his attention and love.

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9.7.6

अव्यो॒ वारे॒ परि॑ प्रि॒यो हरि॒र्वने॑षु सीदति । रे॒भो व॑नुष्यते म॒ती ॥

Over the regions of light, dear, loved and destroyer of suffering, Soma, Spirit of purity and energy, resides in the heart of happy celebrants and, eloquent and inspiring, illuminates and beatifies their heart and intellect.

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9.7.7

स वा॒युमिन्द्र॑म॒श्विना॑ सा॒कं मदे॑न गच्छति । रणा॒ यो अ॑स्य॒ धर्म॑भिः ॥

He who happily abides by the laws of this Soma, spirit of vibrant purity, goes forward in life with powers of ruling strength and excellence and sagely people of noble knowledge and unfailing action.

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9.7.8

आ मि॒त्रावरु॑णा॒ भगं॒ मध्वः॑ पवन्त ऊ॒र्मयः॑ । वि॒दा॒ना अ॑स्य॒ शक्म॑भिः ॥

Those wise sages of knowledge, whose sweet will and loving emotions abide by divine love and friendship, freedom and justice, and excellence and generosity, live happy and prosperous in a state of vibrancy like waves of sparkling streams, by the love and exhilaration of Soma, spirit of peace and purity.

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9.7.9

अ॒स्मभ्यं॑ रोदसी र॒यिं मध्वो॒ वाज॑स्य सा॒तये॑ । श्रवो॒ वसू॑नि॒ सं जि॑तम् ॥

May heaven and earth lead us to acquisition of wealth, sweet homes, honour, excellence and fame for winning the higher victories of life.

✦ Sukta 8 · 9 verses ✦

9.8.1

ए॒ते सोमा॑ अ॒भि प्रि॒यमिन्द्र॑स्य॒ काम॑मक्षरन् । वर्ध॑न्तो अस्य वी॒र्य॑म् ॥

These soma streams of life flow free and fulfil the cherished desires of humanity and exalt the creative splendour of the soul.

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9.8.2

पु॒ना॒नास॑श्चमू॒षदो॒ गच्छ॑न्तो वा॒युम॒श्विना॑ । ते नो॑ धान्तु सु॒वीर्य॑म् ॥

The same soma streams of life distilled from nature, contained in deep reservoirs, vibrating in human veins and nerves, marshalling in social forces energise and motivate the vibrant scholar and the pursuers of jnana-yoga and karma-yoga in knowledge and action. May they bring us the lustre and vitality of creative splendour and graces of culture, sanctifying as they are.

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9.8.3

इन्द्र॑स्य सोम॒ राध॑से पुना॒नो हार्दि॑ चोदय । ऋ॒तस्य॒ योनि॑मा॒सद॑म् ॥

O Soma, peace and power of the divine spirit, purifying and sanctifying the life of humanity, inspire and energise the heart and passion of Indra, the human soul settled at the seed centre of the truth of existence, for winning the ultimate success and victory of life.

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9.8.4

मृ॒जन्ति॑ त्वा॒ दश॒ क्षिपो॑ हि॒न्वन्ति॑ स॒प्त धी॒तयः॑ । अनु॒ विप्रा॑ अमादिषुः ॥

O Soma, human soul at peace, ten energized and energizing modes of nature, subtle and gross elements, give you the beautiful body form, and seven inspiring faculties of sense and mind inspire and move you to think and act. Thus equipped, let the wise sages provide you pleasure and enlightenment with secular and sacred literature.

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9.8.5

दे॒वेभ्य॑स्त्वा॒ मदा॑य॒ कं सृ॑जा॒नमति॑ मे॒ष्यः॑ । सं गोभि॑र्वासयामसि ॥

O Soma, man of peace and joy, while you are creating psychic and spiritual joy for the service and pleasure of nature and noble humanity, we, generous mother powers and sagely scholars, nourish and enlighten you with milk and noble voices of wisdom and vision of divinity.

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9.8.6

पु॒ना॒नः क॒लशे॒ष्वा वस्त्रा॑ण्यरु॒षो हरिः॑ । परि॒ गव्या॑न्यव्यत ॥

Soma, lord of peace and purity, destroyer of suffering, manifests in refulgent forms of existence and pervades all round in stars and planets of the universe.

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9.8.7

म॒घोन॒ आ प॑वस्व नो ज॒हि विश्वा॒ अप॒ द्विषः॑ । इन्दो॒ सखा॑य॒मा वि॑श ॥

Lord of peace and bliss, come and purify the devotees, men of wealth, power and honour, and ward off all our negativities, oppositions, jealousies and enmities from us and bless us all to live together as friends.

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9.8.8

वृ॒ष्टिं दि॒वः परि॑ स्रव द्यु॒म्नं पृ॑थि॒व्या अधि॑ । सहो॑ नः सोम पृ॒त्सु धाः॑ ॥

O Soma, shower the lights of heaven and wealth, power and glory over the earth. Give us courage, patience and fortitude, hold on to us in battles of life and give us the final victory.

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9.8.9

नृ॒चक्ष॑सं त्वा व॒यमिन्द्र॑पीतं स्व॒र्विद॑म् । भ॒क्षी॒महि॑ प्र॒जामिष॑म् ॥

All-watching guardian of humanity, omniscient lord of bliss, adored and self-realised by the soul of humanity, we pray for the gift of food and energy, light and knowledge, and all round happiness for all people of the world, your children.

✦ Sukta 9 · 9 verses ✦

9.9.1

परि॑ प्रि॒या दि॒वः क॒विर्वयां॑सि न॒प्त्यो॑र्हि॒तः । सु॒वा॒नो या॑ति क॒विक्र॑तुः ॥

Soma, cosmic soul, darling of the heavens and loved of enlightened people, poetic creator, immanent in his own creations, pervading all regions of the universe, moves around omnipresent, inspiring, creating and doing all those acts which are exclusively worthy of the omniscient and omnipotent creator.

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9.9.2

प्रप्र॒ क्षया॑य॒ पन्य॑से॒ जना॑य॒ जुष्टो॑ अ॒द्रुहे॑ । वी॒त्य॑र्ष॒ चनि॑ष्ठया ॥

O Soma, loved and cherished of all, ever move with love and favours of grace to every home and every region of the world for the celebrant and all men free from jealousy and enmity, and bless them all with joy and life’s fulfilment.

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9.9.3

स सू॒नुर्मा॒तरा॒ शुचि॑र्जा॒तो जा॒ते अ॑रोचयत् । म॒हान्म॒ही ऋ॑ता॒वृधा॑ ॥

He, creator of the universe, pure and great, self- manifested, illuminates the great and glorious heaven and earth, mothers of the created world which observe and exalt the eternal laws of existence.

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9.9.4

स स॒प्त धी॒तिभि॑र्हि॒तो न॒द्यो॑ अजिन्वद॒द्रुहः॑ । या एक॒मक्षि॑ वावृ॒धुः ॥

He, exhilarating divine consciousness, is received through seven stages of mental and spiritual realisation and, thus realised, sets seven streams of individual consciousness, negativities eliminated, aflow which reveal the exalting presence of the one universal light of existence.

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9.9.5

ता अ॒भि सन्त॒मस्तृ॑तं म॒हे युवा॑न॒मा द॑धुः । इन्दु॑मिन्द्र॒ तव॑ व्र॒ते ॥

Indra, lord of light and joy, those seven mental and spiritual stages of divine perception and reception direct the joyous soul, which is ever existent, ever young and inviolable, to abide in the great discipline of your divine law.

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9.9.6

अ॒भि वह्नि॒रम॑र्त्यः स॒प्त प॑श्यति॒ वाव॑हिः । क्रिवि॑र्दे॒वीर॑तर्पयत् ॥

The enlightened soul, immortal and inviolable, user and inspirer of its human mind and sense, whom seven modes of Prakrti and seven pranas define in the existential state, overwatches the seven and, generous like a fount of nectar, fulfills all the seven, i.e., when they have fulfilled their function he retires them, and they resolve into their mother source of Prakrti.

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9.9.7

अवा॒ कल्पे॑षु नः पुम॒स्तमां॑सि सोम॒ योध्या॑ । तानि॑ पुनान जङ्घनः ॥

O Soma, soul supreme, lord of peace and joy, pure and purifying, cast away from us all sin and darkness throughout all ages and all states of existence, eliminate them all and protect us, save us, redeem us.

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9.9.8

नू नव्य॑से॒ नवी॑यसे सू॒क्ताय॑ साधया प॒थः । प्र॒त्न॒वद्रो॑चया॒ रुचः॑ ॥

For sure and in truth, for our latest song of praise and for our new life of divinity, open up the paths of progress so that we reach you with our adorations. O lord of light, shine and illuminate as ever.

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9.9.9

पव॑मान॒ महि॒ श्रवो॒ गामश्वं॑ रासि वी॒रव॑त् । सना॑ मे॒धां सना॒ स्वः॑ ॥

O lord of purity purifying all, all munificent, give us great fame and excellence, lands and cows, literature and culture, horses and transport, progress and victory and heroic children. Give us vision and intelligence, give us the peace, the light and the joy of supreme freedom.

✦ Sukta 10 · 9 verses ✦

9.10.1

प्र स्वा॒नासो॒ रथा॑ इ॒वार्व॑न्तो॒ न श्र॑व॒स्यवः॑ । सोमा॑सो रा॒ये अ॑क्रमुः ॥

The seekers of soma in search of food for body, mind and soul rush on like resounding charioteers and warriors of horse, and go forward for the achievement of life’s wealth.

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9.10.2

हि॒न्वा॒नासो॒ रथा॑ इव दधन्वि॒रे गभ॑स्त्योः । भरा॑सः का॒रिणा॑मिव ॥

Dynamic are the seekers like heroes commanding superfast chariots laden with riches, holding controls in their hands, their shouts of victory rising like poet’s songs of celebration.

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9.10.3

राजा॑नो॒ न प्रश॑स्तिभिः॒ सोमा॑सो॒ गोभि॑रञ्जते । य॒ज्ञो न स॒प्त धा॒तृभिः॑ ॥

Like kings celebrated by songs of praise, like yajna beautified by seven priests, the soma seekers are hallowed by songs of praise as soma is energised by sun-rays.

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9.10.4

परि॑ सुवा॒नास॒ इन्द॑वो॒ मदा॑य ब॒र्हणा॑ गि॒रा । सु॒ता अ॑र्षन्ति॒ धार॑या ॥

Streams of soma distilled and consecrated by the hallowed voice of the Veda flow round for the joy of mankind.

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9.10.5

आ॒पा॒नासो॑ वि॒वस्व॑तो॒ जन॑न्त उ॒षसो॒ भग॑म् । सूरा॒ अण्वं॒ वि त॑न्वते ॥

The brave and brilliant seekers of soma, light of divinity, having drunk the glory of the rising sun at dawn and themselves rising in glory, extend and spread the light of subtle knowledge around like light of the sun.

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9.10.6

अप॒ द्वारा॑ मती॒नां प्र॒त्ना ऋ॑ण्वन्ति का॒रवः॑ । वृष्णो॒ हर॑स आ॒यवः॑ ॥

Veteran scholars and artists, blest with the flames and showers of the light and generosity of the omnificent lord of soma, open wide the doors of divine knowledge and will for all humanity over the world.

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9.10.7

स॒मी॒ची॒नास॑ आसते॒ होता॑रः स॒प्तजा॑मयः । प॒दमेक॑स्य॒ पिप्र॑तः ॥

Seven priests in unison as brothers, happy and dedicated with peace at heart, sit on the vedi and fulfill the yajna in honour of one sole divinity for one sole purpose in the service of humanity and divinity.

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9.10.8

नाभा॒ नाभिं॑ न॒ आ द॑दे॒ चक्षु॑श्चि॒त्सूर्ये॒ सचा॑ । क॒वेरप॑त्य॒मा दु॑हे ॥

In the core of the heart we hold the yajna and the lord of yajna, our eye fixed on the sun with love and reverence, and thereby we distil the light and peace of existence, reflection of omniscient and creative divinity.

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9.10.9

अ॒भि प्रि॒या दि॒वस्प॒दम॑ध्व॒र्युभि॒र्गुहा॑ हि॒तम् । सूरः॑ पश्यति॒ चक्ष॑सा ॥

The brave visionary of soma creativity sees the heavenly light and the vision of the light giver, distilled, concentrated and treasured in the core of the heart by the performers of soma yajna.

✦ Sukta 11 · 9 verses ✦

9.11.1

उपा॑स्मै गायता नरः॒ पव॑माना॒येन्द॑वे । अ॒भि दे॒वाँ इय॑क्षते ॥

O leading lights of humanity, to win the wealth of life’s joy, work and sing in thanks and adoration for this infinite fount of pure bliss which overflows and yearns to join and inspire the noble creative performers of yajna.

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9.11.2

अ॒भि ते॒ मधु॑ना॒ पयोऽथ॑र्वाणो अशिश्रयुः । दे॒वं दे॒वाय॑ देव॒यु ॥

O Soma, you are the lover of the noble and divine, and you love to bless humanity to rise to divinity. The Atharvans, people on the rock-bed foundation of piety, are steadfast, they direct their concentrated mind to you and drink the life giving nectar mixed with honey sweets of divinity.

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9.11.3

स नः॑ पवस्व॒ शं गवे॒ शं जना॑य॒ शमर्व॑ते । शं रा॑ज॒न्नोष॑धीभ्यः ॥

O Soma, self-refulgent light, life of life, flow free and bring us fertility for the cow, agility for the horse and maturity for the herbs and trees, undisturbed efficiency for the senses, peace and tranquillity for the mind and soul, and peace, prosperity and joy for the people.

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9.11.4

ब॒भ्रवे॒ नु स्वत॑वसेऽरु॒णाय॑ दिवि॒स्पृशे॑ । सोमा॑य गा॒थम॑र्चत ॥

Offer songs of adoration to Soma, lord sustainer of the universe, self-potent and omnipresent, who pervades boundless even to the heights of highest heavens.

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9.11.5

हस्त॑च्युतेभि॒रद्रि॑भिः सु॒तं सोमं॑ पुनीतन । मधा॒वा धा॑वता॒ मधु॑ ॥

As soma juice is extracted with stones worked by hands, refined and seasoned with honey and milk, so O lord, let my mind be refined and purified with repeated chants of the sacred voice, and let it be sanctified with the honey of devotion and let it be absorbed in the honey sweet of divinity.

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9.11.6

नम॒सेदुप॑ सीदत द॒ध्नेद॒भि श्री॑णीतन । इन्दु॒मिन्द्रे॑ दधातन ॥

O Soma, eternal peace and joy, come, listen and abide by our homage at the closest, be one with our prayer and meditation, hold our mind and spirit in concentration within the ecstasy of your divine glory.

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9.11.7

अ॒मि॒त्र॒हा विच॑र्षणिः॒ पव॑स्व सोम॒ शं गवे॑ । दे॒वेभ्यो॑ अनुकाम॒कृत् ॥

O Soma, lord of eternal bliss, you eliminate the disturbance and negativities of the mind, you are the all-watching divine eye, pray flow in streams of joy and bring us peace and tranquillity of senses, mind and soul, O redeemer and giver of fulfilment to the holy and brilliant seekers of divinity.

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9.11.8

इन्द्रा॑य सोम॒ पात॑वे॒ मदा॑य॒ परि॑ षिच्यसे । म॒न॒श्चिन्मन॑स॒स्पतिः॑ ॥

O Soma, shower of divine joy, you are the eternal mind, cosmic master, protector and inspirer of all human mind, and you vibrate and constantly flow for the joy and fulfilment of Indra, the soul in the state of spiritual excellence

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9.11.9

पव॑मान सु॒वीर्यं॑ र॒यिं सो॑म रिरीहि नः । इन्द॒विन्द्रे॑ण नो यु॒जा ॥

O Soma, beauty and joy of life, pure and purifying ever on the flow, our friend united with the mind and soul, we pray bring us courage and creativity of spirit, and wealth, honour and excellence of life, join us with divinity in communion and freedom.

✦ Sukta 12 · 9 verses ✦

9.12.1

सोमा॑ असृग्र॒मिन्द॑वः सु॒ता ऋ॒तस्य॒ साद॑ने । इन्द्रा॑य॒ मधु॑मत्तमाः ॥

Showers and streams of soma, most inspiring honey sweets of beauty and bliss of the world of divinity created in the house of the cosmic flow of existence and distilled in holy action on the yajna vedi, are created for the soul in the state of excellence.

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9.12.2

अ॒भि विप्रा॑ अनूषत॒ गावो॑ व॒त्सं न मा॒तरः॑ । इन्द्रं॒ सोम॑स्य पी॒तये॑ ॥

Just as mother cows low for the calf so do the sages invoke and glorify Indra, lord of soma, beauty, joy and excellence, so that the lord may bless them with his presence and be happy with their songs of love and adoration.

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9.12.3

म॒द॒च्युत्क्षे॑ति॒ साद॑ने॒ सिन्धो॑रू॒र्मा वि॑प॒श्चित् । सोमो॑ गौ॒री अधि॑ श्रि॒तः ॥

The joyous waves abide by the sea, the saintly joy of the wise abides in the Vedic voice, and the soma joy that is exuberant in divine ecstasy abides in the hall of yajna.

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9.12.4

दि॒वो नाभा॑ विचक्ष॒णोऽव्यो॒ वारे॑ महीयते । सोमो॒ यः सु॒क्रतुः॑ क॒विः ॥

Soma, lord of eternal bliss, omnipotent creator of the noble universe, omniscient visionary, centre of the universe of heavenly beauty, all watching, who transcends the best and highest, is the adorable love of all.

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9.12.5

यः सोमः॑ क॒लशे॒ष्वाँ अ॒न्तः प॒वित्र॒ आहि॑तः । तमिन्दुः॒ परि॑ षस्वजे ॥

The brilliant, the wise, seek and abide by Soma, joyous lord of the universe, who reflects in all forms of existence and abides in the holy cave of the heart.

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9.12.6

प्र वाच॒मिन्दु॑रिष्यति समु॒द्रस्याधि॑ वि॒ष्टपि॑ । जिन्व॒न्कोशं॑ मधु॒श्चुत॑म् ॥

Soma, self-refulgent lord of bliss who pervades unto the bounds of space, augments the treasure-hold of the honey sweets of nature, inspires the holy minds, and the voice of divinity overflows in poetry and ecstasy.

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9.12.7

नित्य॑स्तोत्रो॒ वन॒स्पति॑र्धी॒नाम॒न्तः स॑ब॒र्दुघः॑ । हि॒न्वा॒नो मानु॑षा यु॒गा ॥

Soma eternally sung in hymns of adoration, creator, protector and sustainer of nature, indwelling inspirer of mind, intelligence and will, giver of the nectar of nourishment and joy, inspires and fulfils the couples and communities of humanity as a friend and companion.

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9.12.8

अ॒भि प्रि॒या दि॒वस्प॒दा सोमो॑ हिन्वा॒नो अ॑र्षति । विप्र॑स्य॒ धार॑या क॒विः ॥

Soma, divine poet creator, all peace and bliss, abiding in the heavenly beauty of the universe, inspiring and energising human creativity especially of the wise sage, sends down streams of joy in song overflowing the poetic imagination.

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9.12.9

आ प॑वमान धारय र॒यिं स॒हस्र॑वर्चसम् । अ॒स्मे इ॑न्दो स्वा॒भुव॑म् ॥

O Soma, pure, purifying and universally flowing, refulgent and glorious, come, bless and bring us wealth, honour and excellence of thousandfold lustre, self-sustaining and abundant.

✦ Sukta 13 · 9 verses ✦

9.13.1

सोमः॑ पुना॒नो अ॑र्षति स॒हस्र॑धारो॒ अत्य॑विः । वा॒योरिन्द्र॑स्य निष्कृ॒तम् ॥

Soma, beauty, joy, power and divinity of life, pure, and purifying, vibrates every where and flows free in a thousand streams, inspiring, energising and protecting, it is released and sanctified by Vayu, cosmic energy and empowered by Indra, divine omnipotence, distilled by vibrant sages, received by creative humanity and spread abroad by ruling powers.

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9.13.2

पव॑मानमवस्यवो॒ विप्र॑म॒भि प्र गा॑यत । सु॒ष्वा॒णं दे॒ववी॑तये ॥

O seekers of energy, power and protection, sing and adore the soma of existence, lord creator and energiser, pure and purifying, omniscient giver of knowledge and wisdom, for the sake of divine excellence and felicity in life.

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9.13.3

पव॑न्ते॒ वाज॑सातये॒ सोमाः॑ स॒हस्र॑पाजसः । गृ॒णा॒ना दे॒ववी॑तये ॥

The Soma streams of life’s felicity flow in a thousand ways of energy, power and divine inspiration, doing honour to the lord of glory and bliss, refining and purifying us for favour of the divinities and for winning victories of honour and excellence in life.

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9.13.4

उ॒त नो॒ वाज॑सातये॒ पव॑स्व बृह॒तीरिषः॑ । द्यु॒मदि॑न्दो सु॒वीर्य॑म् ॥

O refulgent Soma, lord of peace, power, beauty and glory, flow, purify and empower us for victory in the battles of life and give us abundant food and energy and high order of noble creative courage and rectitude.

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9.13.5

ते नः॑ सह॒स्रिणं॑ र॒यिं पव॑न्ता॒मा सु॒वीर्य॑म् । सु॒वा॒ना दे॒वास॒ इन्द॑वः ॥

May those streams of soma, divine showers of beauty and glory, inspiring us, energising us with strength and virility, flow and purify us, and give us a thousand-fold wealth, honour and glory, and high creative potential for further advancement.

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9.13.6

अत्या॑ हिया॒ना न हे॒तृभि॒रसृ॑ग्रं॒ वाज॑सातये ।

वि वार॒मव्य॑मा॒शवः॑ ॥

The showers of soma, blessings of the lord of peace and protection, like fastest forces electrified to omnipresence by urgent masters, reach to places and people that need light and protection against ignorance and darkness.

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9.13.7

वा॒श्रा अ॑र्ष॒न्तीन्द॑वो॒ऽभि व॒त्सं न धे॒नवः॑ । द॒ध॒न्वि॒रे गभ॑स्त्योः ॥

Loving showers of divine light, peace and protection flow to the supplicants as mother cows move to the calf and are held by the dedicated in love and faith.

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9.13.8

जुष्ट॒ इन्द्रा॑य मत्स॒रः पव॑मान॒ कनि॑क्रदत् । विश्वा॒ अप॒ द्विषो॑ जहि ॥

Let the pure and purifying showers of soma in divine flow, dedicated to omnipotence and to humanity in love roar as a cloud of rain showers, and, O roaring showers, throw out all jealousies and enmities of the world far away from us.

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9.13.9

अ॒प॒घ्नन्तो॒ अरा॑व्णः॒ पव॑मानाः स्व॒र्दृशः॑ । योना॑वृ॒तस्य॑ सीदत ॥

O shower of divine light, love and power, warding off and eliminating all unrighteous and uncreating elements of life, pure, purifying and flowing for humanity’s good, revealing the light of divinity and illuminating humanity, come and settle in the seat of truth and rectitude in the yajnic hall of humanity.

✦ Sukta 14 · 8 verses ✦

9.14.1

परि॒ प्रासि॑ष्यदत्क॒विः सिन्धो॑रू॒र्मावधि॑ श्रि॒तः । का॒रं बिभ्र॑त्पुरु॒स्पृह॑म् ॥

Pervading and reposing in transcendence over the dynamics of this expansive ocean of the universe, bearing and sustaining this poetic creation, the omniscient poet creator, Soma, lord of peace, joy and bliss, rolls and rules the world with pleasure and grace.

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9.14.2

गि॒रा यदी॒ सब॑न्धवः॒ पञ्च॒ व्राता॑ अप॒स्यवः॑ । प॒रि॒ष्कृ॒ण्वन्ति॑ धर्ण॒सिम् ॥

Five peoples together as kindred, five perceptive organs together with volitional sense organs, dedicated and committed to their law and discipline of Dharma, desirous to do good, all honour and adore the sustainer, Soma, lord of peace and joy, the earth mother, and the master soul with their sacred work and voice.

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9.14.3

आद॑स्य शु॒ष्मिणो॒ रसे॒ विश्वे॑ दे॒वा अ॑मत्सत । यदी॒ गोभि॑र्वसा॒यते॑ ॥

And then in the pleasure and ecstasy of this Soma, lord of bliss, all sages, scholars and divines of the world exult when they are able to apprehend with their mind and senses his presence and when he feels pleased by their songs of adoration.

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9.14.4

नि॒रि॒णा॒नो वि धा॑वति॒ जह॒च्छर्या॑णि॒ तान्वा॑ । अत्रा॒ सं जि॑घ्नते यु॒जा ॥

Apprehended with discrimination and clear vision, it descends into the devotee’s consciousness, releasing light by its radiations, and, joining the devotee, it destroys his darkness and ignorance.

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9.14.5

न॒प्तीभि॒र्यो वि॒वस्व॑तः शु॒भ्रो न मा॑मृ॒जे युवा॑ । गाः कृ॑ण्वा॒नो न नि॒र्णिज॑म् ॥

Shining as pure and radiant by the mind and senses of the ardent devotee, it joins the sage and, perfecting his mind and intelligence, reveals itself in vision as if in concentrated form and splendour.

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9.14.6

अति॑ श्रि॒ती ति॑र॒श्चता॑ ग॒व्या जि॑गा॒त्यण्व्या॑ । व॒ग्नुमि॑यर्ति॒ यं वि॒दे ॥

Pure and absolute, free from any mode or medium, it reveals itself by the subtlest and most pointed intelligential awareness of the devotee, and this confirms the truth of the Vedic words of revelation for the seeker of divinity and knowledge.

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9.14.7

अ॒भि क्षिपः॒ सम॑ग्मत म॒र्जय॑न्तीरि॒षस्पति॑म् । पृ॒ष्ठा गृ॑भ्णत वा॒जिनः॑ ॥

The intelligential faculties of the soul cleansing themselves, together in concentration, move to the lord omnipotent of food, energy and intelligence and reach the fount and foundation of all action and attainment for the soul.

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9.14.8

परि॑ दि॒व्यानि॒ मर्मृ॑श॒द्विश्वा॑नि सोम॒ पार्थि॑वा । वसू॑नि याह्यस्म॒युः ॥

O Soma, lord of peace, power and intelligence, pray, having collected and concentrated all heavenly and earthly wealth, honour and excellence of the world, come and bring them for us.

✦ Sukta 15 · 8 verses ✦

9.15.1

ए॒ष धि॒या या॒त्यण्व्या॒ शूरो॒ रथे॑भिरा॒शुभिः॑ । गच्छ॒न्निन्द्र॑स्य निष्कृ॒तम् ॥

This Soma, spirit of peace and joy, brave dispeller of darkness, moves with the subtlest intelligence and awareness and comes by the fastest media of psychic communication and comes to the seat of its presence in the mind and soul of man.

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9.15.2

ए॒ष पु॒रू धि॑यायते बृह॒ते दे॒वता॑तये । यत्रा॒मृता॑स॒ आस॑ते ॥

This infinite and eternal Spirit of peace, love and joy is ever keen to bless humanity with boundless piety and divinity in which men of immortal knowledge, karma and divine love abide.

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9.15.3

ए॒ष हि॒तो वि नी॑यते॒ऽन्तः शु॒भ्राव॑ता प॒था । यदी॑ तु॒ञ्जन्ति॒ भूर्ण॑यः ॥

This divine Spirit is attained and internalised in the core of the heart and soul by the brilliant path of clairvoyance, when the passionate seekers surrender themselves in obedience to it.

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9.15.4

ए॒ष शृङ्गा॑णि॒ दोधु॑व॒च्छिशी॑ते यू॒थ्यो॒३॒॑ वृषा॑ । नृ॒म्णा दधा॑न॒ ओज॑सा ॥

This Soul, vibrating on top of the highest bounds of the universe, abides in repose in the world of existence, one with all in the multitudinous world, generous and virile, bearing and ruling the entire wealth and powers of the universe by its power and splendour.

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9.15.5

ए॒ष रु॒क्मिभि॑रीयते वा॒जी शु॒भ्रेभि॑रं॒शुभिः॑ । पतिः॒ सिन्धू॑नां॒ भव॑न् ॥

It pervades every where by its holy brilliance of light and wide creative forces, ruling over the dynamics of the vibrating oceans of space.

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9.15.6

ए॒ष वसू॑नि पिब्द॒ना परु॑षा ययि॒वाँ अति॑ । अव॒ शादे॑षु गच्छति ॥

It moves and overcomes hard and rough places of hidden hoarded wealth of negative powers and goes over to protect the powers that observe divine discipline in the battles of life.

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9.15.7

ए॒तं मृ॑जन्ति॒ मर्ज्य॒मुप॒ द्रोणे॑ष्वा॒यवः॑ । प्र॒च॒क्रा॒णं म॒हीरिषः॑ ॥

People adore this glorious power closely treasured in the heart, the divine power that creates and gives great food, energy and advancement.

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9.15.8

ए॒तमु॒ त्यं दश॒ क्षिपो॑ मृ॒जन्ति॑ स॒प्त धी॒तयः॑ । स्वा॒यु॒धं म॒दिन्त॑मम् ॥

With ten pranas and seven faculties, five senses, mind and intellect, glorify this Soma, lord of peace and joy, who is most ecstatically blissful and wields noble powers of protection for advancement and progress.

✦ Sukta 16 · 8 verses ✦

9.16.1

प्र ते॑ सो॒तार॑ ओ॒ण्यो॒३॒॑ रसं॒ मदा॑य॒ घृष्व॑ये । सर्गो॒ न त॒क्त्येत॑शः ॥

O Soma, spirit of peace and bliss, your devotees, in order to win the highest attainments of life and to experience the joy of divinity, meditate and sojourn over spaces between heaven and earth and find the divine essence of existence, and then omnipresent divinity flows like a flood into their consciousness. O man, that essence of experience is for you.

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9.16.2

क्रत्वा॒ दक्ष॑स्य र॒थ्य॑म॒पो वसा॑न॒मन्ध॑सा । गो॒षामण्वे॑षु सश्चिम ॥

That delightful experience of the able practitioner born of active meditation which guides our chariot of life and adorns our actions through the soothing experiences of mind and senses, we seek through our noble karma and feel in every subtle particle of our existence and awareness.

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9.16.3

अन॑प्तम॒प्सु दु॒ष्टरं॒ सोमं॑ प॒वित्र॒ आ सृ॑ज । पु॒नी॒हीन्द्रा॑य॒ पात॑वे ॥

That rare soma joy of divinity rolling in existence, achievable but with relentless practice across trials and tribulations, O man, create in the purity of heart and sanctify for enlightenment of the soul.

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9.16.4

प्र पु॑ना॒नस्य॒ चेत॑सा॒ सोमः॑ प॒वित्रे॑ अर्षति । क्रत्वा॑ स॒धस्थ॒मास॑दत् ॥

The soma joy of the person who is purified through the mind and intellect abides in the purity of heart, and by virtue of his karma he attains his position in the presence of divinity.

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9.16.5

प्र त्वा॒ नमो॑भि॒रिन्द॑व॒ इन्द्र॒ सोमा॑ असृक्षत । म॒हे भरा॑य का॒रिणः॑ ॥

Indra, lord of power, peace and joy, with songs of honour and salutations to you, I have created and offered joyous adorations to you which flow for the grand fulfilment of the poet creator and man of divine action.

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9.16.6

पु॒ना॒नो रू॒पे अ॒व्यये॒ विश्वा॒ अर्ष॑न्न॒भि श्रियः॑ । शूरो॒ न गोषु॑ तिष्ठति ॥

In the eternal imperishable spirit of divinity, abide and roll all peace, power and glories of the world like waves of the ocean in the midst of which the brave soul, having purified itself of the junk of life, sits and abides as a hero like a star among planets.

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9.16.7

दि॒वो न सानु॑ पि॒प्युषी॒ धारा॑ सु॒तस्य॑ वे॒धसः॑ । वृथा॑ प॒वित्रे॑ अर्षति ॥

Just as rain showers of heaven fall upon the mountain, so do the showers of soma fulfilment and omniscience distilled through meditation fall spontaneously upon the mind and soul of the man of purity and roll in the heart.

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9.16.8

त्वं सो॑म विप॒श्चितं॒ तना॑ पुना॒न आ॒युषु॑ । अव्यो॒ वारं॒ वि धा॑वसि ॥

O Soma, lord of peace, joy and glory, you purify the wise among general humanity and move continuously to the man of choice for the sake of protection and advancement.

✦ Sukta 17 · 8 verses ✦

9.17.1

प्र नि॒म्नेने॑व॒ सिन्ध॑वो॒ घ्नन्तो॑ वृ॒त्राणि॒ भूर्ण॑यः । सोमा॑ असृग्रमा॒शवः॑ ॥

Just as rivers flow down the slopes of mountains, so do streams of soma, divine bliss, destroying evil and darkness, universal, rapid and restless, flow for dedicated humanity

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9.17.2

अ॒भि सु॑वा॒नास॒ इन्द॑वो वृ॒ष्टयः॑ पृथि॒वीमि॑व । इन्द्रं॒ सोमा॑सो अक्षरन् ॥

As showers of rain stream forth on the earth and fertilize it, so do streams of soma distilled, released and beatifying flow to dedicated humanity, inspiring it with joy and creativity.

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9.17.3

अत्यू॑र्मिर्मत्स॒रो मदः॒ सोमः॑ प॒वित्रे॑ अर्षति । वि॒घ्नन्रक्षां॑सि देव॒युः ॥

Overflowing, inspiring and ecstatic, the soma joy of existence across the fluctuations of existential mind flows to humanity, destroying evil and negative tendencies and exciting divine love, and rolls in the sacred cave of the heart.

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9.17.4

आ क॒लशे॑षु धावति प॒वित्रे॒ परि॑ षिच्यते । उ॒क्थैर्य॒ज्ञेषु॑ वर्धते ॥

This soma of divine vitality runs and ripples in forms of life, spreads from one mind to another through the light of discrimination and waxes and rises by songs of praise in yajnas.

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9.17.5

अति॒ त्री सो॑म रोच॒ना रोह॒न्न भ्रा॑जसे॒ दिव॑म् । इ॒ष्णन्त्सूर्यं॒ न चो॑दयः ॥

O Soma, lord of light and bliss, rising as if higher and higher, you transcend the three worlds of earth, skies and the heavens and shower light and glory over the heavens, and then, in a state of passion as if, you animate the sun with power and fertility.

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9.17.6

अ॒भि विप्रा॑ अनूषत मू॒र्धन्य॒ज्ञस्य॑ का॒रवः॑ । दधा॑ना॒श्चक्ष॑सि प्रि॒यम् ॥

Poets, vibrant scholars and sages and earnest supplicants adore and glorify Soma in the beginning of yajna, reposing perfect faith and love in the all-watching divine lord of peace, power and glory.

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9.17.7

तमु॑ त्वा वा॒जिनं॒ नरो॑ धी॒भिर्विप्रा॑ अव॒स्यवः॑ । मृ॒जन्ति॑ दे॒वता॑तये ॥

That lord of might, all victorious over cosmic dynamics, the leading lights of humanity and vibrant sages in search of peace, protection and advancement discover as pure immaculate universal presence and, by their songs and actions, glorify for attaining the bliss and blessings of divinity.

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9.17.8

मधो॒र्धारा॒मनु॑ क्षर ती॒व्रः स॒धस्थ॒मास॑दः । चारु॑ॠ॒ताय॑ पी॒तये॑ ॥

O lord of bliss and inspiration, release the showers of honey. You are intensely vibrant, bless our hall of yajna, inspire and energise the yajakas. You are glorious and gracious, give us the taste of truth and nectar of divine law beyond satiety.

✦ Sukta 18 · 7 verses ✦

9.18.1

परि॑ सुवा॒नो गि॑रि॒ष्ठाः प॒वित्रे॒ सोमो॑ अक्षाः । मदे॑षु सर्व॒धा अ॑सि ॥

O lord, you are Soma, peace, power and bliss, all creative, fertilising and inspiring, all present in thunder of the clouds, roar of the winds and rumble of the mountains, in purest of the pure. You are the sole sustainer of all in bliss divine.

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9.18.2

त्वं विप्र॒स्त्वं क॒विर्मधु॒ प्र जा॒तमन्ध॑सः । मदे॑षु सर्व॒धा अ॑सि ॥

You are the vibrant sage of sages, the visionary poet of poets, and the honey sweet of all tastes born of all food. You are the sole sustainer of all in bliss divine.

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9.18.3

तव॒ विश्वे॑ स॒जोष॑सो दे॒वासः॑ पी॒तिमा॑शत । मदे॑षु सर्व॒धा अ॑सि ॥

All divinities of nature and humanity in love and faith with you yearn to drink of the divine nectar and they are blest with it. You are the sole sustainer of all in bliss divine.

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9.18.4

आ यो विश्वा॑नि॒ वार्या॒ वसू॑नि॒ हस्त॑योर्द॒धे । मदे॑षु सर्व॒धा अ॑सि ॥

You who hold in hands the entire wealth of the world, we cherish, you who are the sole sustainer and dispenser for all in bliss divine.

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9.18.5

य इ॒मे रोद॑सी म॒ही सं मा॒तरे॑व॒ दोह॑ते । मदे॑षु सर्व॒धा अ॑सि ॥

You who fill these great mother-like heaven and earth with the wealth of food and drink and obtain for us all nourishments from these are the sustainer and provider for all in bliss divine.

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9.18.6

परि॒ यो रोद॑सी उ॒भे स॒द्यो वाजे॑भि॒रर्ष॑ति । मदे॑षु सर्व॒धा अ॑सि ॥

You who always pervade the dynamics of both heaven and earth with food, energy and the spirit of evolution, are the sustainer and dispenser for all in bliss divine.

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9.18.7

स शु॒ष्मी क॒लशे॒ष्वा पु॑ना॒नो अ॑चिक्रदत् । मदे॑षु सर्व॒धा अ॑सि ॥

O lord of bliss, all-powerful and all-purifying, you, who pervade all forms and regions of existence and proclaim your presence and power therein in action, are the sustainer of all in bliss divine.

✦ Sukta 19 · 7 verses ✦

9.19.1

यत्सो॑म चि॒त्रमु॒क्थ्यं॑ दि॒व्यं पार्थि॑वं॒ वसु॑ । तन्नः॑ पुना॒न आ भ॑र ॥

O Soma, lord of peace, purity and power, purify for us the wealth, honour and excellence both worldly and heavenly which is wonderfully versatile, valuable and admirable, pray sanctify it and bless us with the sacred gift.

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9.19.2

यु॒वं हि स्थः स्व॑र्पती॒ इन्द्र॑श्च सोम॒ गोप॑ती । ई॒शा॒ना पि॑प्यतं॒ धियः॑ ॥

O Soma, lord of peace and purity, Indra, lord of honour and excellence, both of you are protectors, sustainers and sanctifiers of earth, earthly well being, culture and sacred speech, of heaven and heavenly light and joy. Rulers and sustainers of existence, pray bless us with exuberant intelligence and will for holy thought, action and advancement.

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9.19.3

वृषा॑ पुना॒न आ॒युषु॑ स्त॒नय॒न्नधि॑ ब॒र्हिषि॑ । हरिः॒ सन्योनि॒मास॑दत् ॥

O Soma, giver of showers of fulfilment to the soul in living forms, purifying and sanctifying the soul of each one among humanity, presiding over the evolving forms of nature with the divine will and voice of thunder, taking on the role of creator through the dynamics of universal law, the divine Spirit abides immanent and pervasive in the womb of nature as the total seed of existence.

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9.19.4

अवा॑वशन्त धी॒तयो॑ वृष॒भस्याधि॒ रेत॑सि । सू॒नोर्व॒त्सस्य॑ मा॒तरः॑ ॥

Just as females in season yearn for a darling off- spring, so do the evolving forms of Prakrti, Mother Nature, inspired by desire, long for the life seed of the omnipotent father of universal life.

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9.19.5

कु॒विद्वृ॑ष॒ण्यन्ती॑भ्यः पुना॒नो गर्भ॑मा॒दध॑त् । याः शु॒क्रं दु॑ह॒ते पयः॑ ॥

The great lord omnipotent Soma, pure and immaculate, impregnates the forms of nature overflowing with desire which receive the seed and create living milk for the growth of life.O lord of purity, those who stay far off, bring close and instruct; those who are negative, strike with fear; bring wealth, honour and excellence for life.

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9.19.6

उप॑ शिक्षापत॒स्थुषो॑ भि॒यस॒मा धे॑हि॒ शत्रु॑षु । पव॑मान वि॒दा र॒यिम् ॥

O Soma, lord of peace, power and purification, negate, overcome and win over the exuberance, power and exploitation, and the spirit of the enemy’s enmity whether he is far or near.

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9.19.7

नि शत्रोः॑ सोम॒ वृष्ण्यं॒ नि शुष्मं॒ नि वय॑स्तिर । दू॒रे वा॑ स॒तो अन्ति॑ वा ॥

Soma, creative poet and universal visionary, all protective, withstanding all rivalry and opposition, moves on with protection, advancement and choice gifts for the creative souls for their divine fulfilment.

✦ Sukta 20 · 7 verses ✦

9.20.1

प्र क॒विर्दे॒ववी॑त॒येऽव्यो॒ वारे॑भिरर्षति । सा॒ह्वान्विश्वा॑ अ॒भि स्पृधः॑ ॥

He alone, pure, purifying and dynamic, brings for the celebrants thousandfold food, energy and advancement with victory inspired and infused with intelligence, knowledge, culture and enlightenment.

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9.20.2

स हि ष्मा॑ जरि॒तृभ्य॒ आ वाजं॒ गोम॑न्त॒मिन्व॑ति । पव॑मानः सह॒स्रिण॑म् ॥

O lord, you give us all good things of the world we love with our heart’s desire. You inspire and energise our intellect, understanding and will for action. O Soma, pray bring us the wealth of honour and fame with all forms of life’s excellence.

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9.20.3

परि॒ विश्वा॑नि॒ चेत॑सा मृ॒शसे॒ पव॑से म॒ती । स नः॑ सोम॒ श्रवो॑ विदः ॥

Bring wide and expansive fame for the men of honour and generosity, bring wealth and power, bring food, energy, knowledge and excellence of mind and soul for the celebrants.

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9.20.4

अ॒भ्य॑र्ष बृ॒हद्यशो॑ म॒घव॑द्भ्यो ध्रु॒वं र॒यिम् । इषं॑ स्तो॒तृभ्य॒ आ भ॑र ॥

Bring wide and expansive fame for the men of honour and generosity, bring wealth and power, bring food, energy, knowledge and excellence of mind and soul for the celebrants.

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9.20.5

त्वं राजे॑व सुव्र॒तो गिरः॑ सो॒मा वि॑वेशिथ । पु॒ना॒नो व॑ह्ने अद्भुत ॥

O Soma, you are like a ruler sustainer of the holy laws of existence. You are present in the hymns of the Veda and you inspire the songs of celebrants. Pure and purifying, O wielder and sustainer of the universe, you are wondrous great and sublime, the like of which never was and never shall be, rival there is none.

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9.20.6

स वह्नि॑र॒प्सु दु॒ष्टरो॑ मृ॒ज्यमा॑नो॒ गभ॑स्त्योः । सोम॑श्च॒मूषु॑ सीदति ॥

That lord Soma, burden bearer of existence, is the universal inspirer, energiser and enlightener, the very passion and fire of life, pervasive in the waters of space, unconquerable, blazing in the self-circuit of his own refulgence, and he abides in the holy ladles of yajna as much as in the mighty majestic armies of the universe.

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9.20.7

क्री॒ळुर्म॒खो न मं॑ह॒युः प॒वित्रं॑ सोम गच्छसि । दध॑त्स्तो॒त्रे सु॒वीर्य॑म् ॥

O Soma, you are joyous and playful, generous at heart as the very yajnic creation of the exuberant world, you move to the heart of the celebrants with purity of divinity, and inspire and infuse the hymns of Veda and songs of the devotees with the spirit of divinity and creative exuberance.

✦ Sukta 21 · 7 verses ✦

9.21.1

ए॒ते धा॑व॒न्तीन्द॑वः॒ सोमा॒ इन्द्रा॑य॒ घृष्व॑यः । म॒त्स॒रासः॑ स्व॒र्विदः॑ ॥

These Soma streams of divine joy and exhilaration, agile, mirthful, ecstatic and refulgent, flow free in honour of Indra, lord of the beauty and glory of life.

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9.21.2

प्र॒वृ॒ण्वन्तो॑ अभि॒युजः॒ सुष्व॑ये वरिवो॒विदः॑ । स्व॒यं स्तो॒त्रे व॑य॒स्कृतः॑ ॥

These streams of soma are graciously favourable, readily helpful, harbingers of wealth, honour and fame for the devotees and naturally and by themselves givers of health and longevity for the singers and celebrants of divinity in song.

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9.21.3

वृथा॒ क्रीळ॑न्त॒ इन्द॑वः स॒धस्थ॑म॒भ्येक॒मित् । सिन्धो॑रू॒र्मा व्य॑क्षरन् ॥

These streams of soma, i.e., floods of rivers, circulations and circumambulations of stars, planets and galaxies, by nature and spontaneously move from and back into the One and only One like the fire of yajna arising from and receding into the same one vedi and like the waves of the sea arising from, playing joyously on and receding into peace into the same one sea.

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9.21.4

ए॒ते विश्वा॑नि॒ वार्या॒ पव॑मानास आशत । हि॒ता न सप्त॑यो॒ रथे॑ ॥

All these streams of soma of the world, pure, purifying and flowing, abide in the One and only One like seven colours of the spectrum abiding in the light of the sun.

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9.21.5

आस्मि॑न्पि॒शङ्ग॑मिन्दवो॒ दधा॑ता वे॒नमा॒दिशे॑ । यो अ॒स्मभ्य॒मरा॑वा ॥

All these various streams of existential matter and energy bearing colourful forms in this cosmic personality abide by one divinity which brings us total fulfilment.

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9.21.6

ऋ॒भुर्न रथ्यं॒ नवं॒ दधा॑ता॒ केत॑मा॒दिशे॑ । शु॒क्राः प॑वध्व॒मर्ण॑सा ॥

Just as an expert artist makes a new chariot and controls the motive power in order to reach the destination so, O Soma, let the pure streams flow, purify us, and bring us blissful enlightenment for total fulfilment.

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9.21.7

ए॒त उ॒ त्ये अ॑वीवश॒न्काष्ठां॑ वा॒जिनो॑ अक्रत । स॒तः प्रासा॑विषुर्म॒तिम् ॥

Thus do these soma streams of victorious divine light and energy wish and shine and create and lead us to the supreme state of joy, and thus do they animate, inspire and fructify the thought and will of the truly wise.

✦ Sukta 22 · 7 verses ✦

9.22.1

ए॒ते सोमा॑स आ॒शवो॒ रथा॑ इव॒ प्र वा॒जिनः॑ । सर्गाः॑ सृ॒ष्टा अ॑हेषत ॥

These soma streams of nature and humanity fast as chariots on course for victory roar like floods let free.

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9.22.2

ए॒ते वाता॑ इवो॒रवः॑ प॒र्जन्य॑स्येव वृ॒ष्टयः॑ । अ॒ग्नेरि॑व भ्र॒मा वृथा॑ ॥

These streams like winds of storm, torrents of rain and flames of fire roar and press forward without effort, spontaneously in their element.

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9.22.3

ए॒ते पू॒ता वि॑प॒श्चितः॒ सोमा॑सो॒ दध्या॑शिरः । वि॒पा व्या॑नशु॒र्धियः॑ ॥

These living floods of energy, vibrant courses, soothing moons, blazing suns and whirling galaxies, pure somas all blest by light and will divine of the centre hold of life, inspire the will and awareness of thinking men.

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9.22.4

ए॒ते मृ॒ष्टा अम॑र्त्याः ससृ॒वांसो॒ न श॑श्रमुः । इय॑क्षन्तः प॒थो रजः॑ ॥

All these, sparkling pure immortals ever on the move tire not. Pure energy they are, restless, eager to traverse the paths of space.

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9.22.5

ए॒ते पृ॒ष्ठानि॒ रोद॑सोर्विप्र॒यन्तो॒ व्या॑नशुः । उ॒तेदमु॑त्त॒मं रजः॑ ॥

Pressing forward on the journey all round, they cross the regions of heaven and earth and then reach the highest pinnacle of light and space in existence.

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9.22.6

तन्तुं॑ तन्वा॒नमु॑त्त॒ममनु॑ प्र॒वत॑ आशत । उ॒तेदमु॑त्त॒माय्य॑म् ॥

Moving on with the flow of life across the expansive web of creative existence, they reach the ultimate where life can reach, the infinite.

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9.22.7

त्वं सो॑म प॒णिभ्य॒ आ वसु॒ गव्या॑नि धारयः । त॒तं तन्तु॑मचिक्रदः ॥

O Soma, peace, purity and wealth of existence, you alone bear and bring the Word, peace of settlement and wealth of culture and enlightenment for humanity, and you turn the wheel of existence, proclaim it with a boom and the web begins to spin out and in.

✦ Sukta 23 · 7 verses ✦

9.23.1

सोमा॑ असृग्रमा॒शवो॒ मधो॒र्मद॑स्य॒ धार॑या । अ॒भि विश्वा॑नि॒ काव्या॑ ॥

I create the rapid streams of soma forms of existence in constant motion with the currents of honeyed ecstasy of nature in evolution in consonance with the universal poetry of divinity articulated in the Veda.

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9.23.2

अनु॑ प्र॒त्नास॑ आ॒यवः॑ प॒दं नवी॑यो अक्रमुः । रु॒चे ज॑नन्त॒ सूर्य॑म् ॥

In consequence of the will divine, the eternal particles of Prakrti move and assume new forms of existence in evolution, and for the sake of light they create the light of stars.

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9.23.3

आ प॑वमान नो भरा॒र्यो अदा॑शुषो॒ गय॑म् । कृ॒धि प्र॒जाव॑ती॒रिषः॑ ॥

O Soma, lord of purity and power, socio-cosmic dynamics, production and munificence, win over the ungiving, uncreative and selfish people and give us all a peaceful home and food, energy, knowledge and wisdom for sustenance and happy continuance of the human family.

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9.23.4

अ॒भि सोमा॑स आ॒यवः॒ पव॑न्ते॒ मद्यं॒ मद॑म् । अ॒भि कोशं॑ मधु॒श्चुत॑म् ॥

The joyous worlds of Soma move on pure and free, life for Soma devotees moves on pure and free, they enjoy the ecstatic beauty and sweetness of the world, and their homes abound in honey sweets distilled from life.The world of divine soma joy moves on, all sustaining, bearing cherished sweets for pleasure and celebration, the omnipotent is guardian of our honour and fame.The joyous worlds of Soma move on pure and free, life for Soma devotees moves on pure and free, they enjoy the ecstatic beauty and sweetness of the world, and their homes abound in honey sweets distilled from life

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9.23.5

सोमो॑ अर्षति धर्ण॒सिर्दधा॑न इन्द्रि॒यं रस॑म् । सु॒वीरो॑ अभिशस्ति॒पाः ॥

The world of divine soma joy moves on, all sustaining, bearing cherished sweets for pleasure and celebration, the omnipotent is guardian of our honour and fame.

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9.23.6

इन्द्रा॑य सोम पवसे दे॒वेभ्यः॑ सध॒माद्यः॑ । इन्दो॒ वाजं॑ सिषाससि ॥

O Soma, lord of purity and ecstasy, you flow with love for Indra, the karma yogi and for the men of noble character and action. You abide in the yajnic hall and home, O lord of the beauteous flow of life, and bless us with food, energy, victory and total fulfilment.

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9.23.7

अ॒स्य पी॒त्वा मदा॑ना॒मिन्द्रो॑ वृ॒त्राण्य॑प्र॒ति । ज॒घान॑ ज॒घन॑च्च॒ नु ॥

Having drunk of the ecstasy of this divine nectar of purity and power, Indra has eliminated and still eliminates the forces of evil and darkness without confronting them as enemies violently.

✦ Sukta 24 · 7 verses ✦

9.24.1

प्र सोमा॑सो अधन्विषुः॒ पव॑मानास॒ इन्द॑वः । श्री॒णा॒ना अ॒प्सु मृ॑ञ्जत ॥

Soma currents of purity, power and beauty of divinity, purifying and inspiring streams of life’s joy, sparkling, and enlightening humanity, when absorbed, and integrated in human thought, word and action reflect in life and glorify noble people.

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9.24.2

अ॒भि गावो॑ अधन्विषु॒रापो॒ न प्र॒वता॑ य॒तीः । पु॒ना॒ना इन्द्र॑माशत ॥

The ecstasy and power of soma vibrations energise the mind and senses of the celebrant, purifying and perfecting them, and, thus purified, the senses and mind move to the presence of omnipotent all-joyous Indra like streams and rivers flowing, rushing and joining the sea.

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9.24.3

प्र प॑वमान धन्वसि॒ सोमेन्द्रा॑य॒ पात॑वे । नृभि॑र्य॒तो वि नी॑यसे ॥

O Soma, universal power and joy of existence, pure and purifying, you vibrate in the universe like an ocean of nectar. Celebrated by men of vision and wisdom, you arise and manifest in your glory in the devotee’s experience and inspire him to rise to divinity.

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9.24.4

त्वं सो॑म नृ॒माद॑नः॒ पव॑स्व चर्षणी॒सहे॑ । सस्नि॒र्यो अ॑नु॒माद्यः॑ ॥

O Soma, joyous lover and lord of humanity, let the ecstasy of your presence flow purifying for the protection and fulfilment of humanity, pure, generous and adorable as you are.

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9.24.5

इन्दो॒ यदद्रि॑भिः सु॒तः प॒वित्रं॑ परि॒धाव॑सि । अर॒मिन्द्र॑स्य॒ धाम्ने॑ ॥

O Soma, shower of divine beauty and bliss, perceived, internalised and realised through the mind and vision of the celebrant, you vibrate and shine in sanctified awareness as the absolute beauty, bliss and glory of existence for the human soul.

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9.24.6

पव॑स्व वृत्रहन्तमो॒क्थेभि॑रनु॒माद्यः॑ । शुचिः॑ पाव॒को अद्भु॑तः ॥

Flow into the heart, beatify the soul, O greatest destroyer of the dirt and darkness of life, in response to our songs of adoration. O Spirit of absolute joy, you are pure, sanctifier and absolutely sublime.

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9.24.7

शुचिः॑ पाव॒क उ॑च्यते॒ सोमः॑ सु॒तस्य॒ मध्वः॑ । दे॒वा॒वीर॑घशंस॒हा ॥

Soma, creator and energiser of existence, ambrosial honey for the enlightened celebrants, is hailed as purifier, sanctifier and protector of the divines and destroyer of sin, scandal, jealousy and enmity.

✦ Sukta 25 · 6 verses ✦

9.25.1

पव॑स्व दक्ष॒साध॑नो दे॒वेभ्यः॑ पी॒तये॑ हरे । म॒रुद्भ्यो॑ वा॒यवे॒ मदः॑ ॥

O Soma, lord of joy and versatile intelligence of the universe, pure, fluent and all-purifying eliminator of want and suffering, giver of sufficiency, flow, purify and sanctify the powers of noble and generous nature to their full satisfaction, come as ecstasy of life for vibrant humanity, for pranic energy and for the will and intelligence of the seekers of light and dynamism for action

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9.25.2

पव॑मान धि॒या हि॒तो॒३॒॑ऽभि योनिं॒ कनि॑क्रदत् । धर्म॑णा वा॒युमा वि॑श ॥

O lord of purity and power, let your presence concentrated by senses and mind in awareness, speaking aloud in the heart and soul, abide in the pranic and intelligential vitality of the soul with living consciousness of divine law and virtues of holy life and thus purify and sanctify us.

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9.25.3

सं दे॒वैः शो॑भते॒ वृषा॑ क॒विर्योना॒वधि॑ प्रि॒यः । वृ॒त्र॒हा दे॑व॒वीत॑मः ॥

Soma, omniscient poetic creator, generous and dear, dearest of divinities and destroyer of the evil and darkness of life, vibrating in the cave of the heart shines glorious in the soul and reflects beatific with the senses, mind, intelligence and will in the conduct and grace of the human personality.

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9.25.4

विश्वा॑ रू॒पाण्या॑वि॒शन्पु॑ना॒नो या॑ति हर्य॒तः । यत्रा॒मृता॑स॒ आस॑ते ॥

Soma, pervading all forms of existence in the expansive universe, pure and purifying, goes on blissful, beatific and gracious, the omnipresence in which the enlightened sages abide, having attained freedom from death.

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9.25.5

अ॒रु॒षो ज॒नय॒न्गिरः॒ सोमः॑ पवत आयु॒षक् । इन्द्रं॒ गच्छ॑न्क॒विक्र॑तुः ॥

Soma, glorious and blissful omniscient creator of the poetry of existence articulating the divine voice of the Veda flows vibrant and omnipresent to loving humanity especially to men of action and enlightenment.

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9.25.6

आ प॑वस्व मदिन्तम प॒वित्रं॒ धार॑या कवे । अ॒र्कस्य॒ योनि॑मा॒सद॑म् ॥

O Soma, most exuberant poetic omnipresence, come in a wave of ecstasy and majesty to bless the pure heart of the celebrant which is the seat of the soul and of the golden glow of divinity.

✦ Sukta 26 · 6 verses ✦

9.26.1

तम॑मृक्षन्त वा॒जिन॑मु॒पस्थे॒ अदि॑ते॒रधि॑ । विप्रा॑सो॒ अण्व्या॑ धि॒या ॥

Sages with their subtle mind and intellect, reason and passion, glorify that exuberant bright and potent Soma, lord of universal action and victory, on the vedi in the lap of mother earth.

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9.26.2

तं गावो॑ अ॒भ्य॑नूषत स॒हस्र॑धार॒मक्षि॑तम् । इन्दुं॑ ध॒र्तार॒मा दि॒वः ॥

That blissful Soma, sustainer of the refulgent heavens, whose generous and inexhaustible grace flows in a thousand streams, the songs of Veda, rays of the sun, and the stars and planets, indeed all that move in the moving universe celebrate and adore.

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9.26.3

तं वे॒धां मे॒धया॑ह्य॒न्पव॑मान॒मधि॒ द्यवि॑ । ध॒र्ण॒सिं भूरि॑धायसम् ॥

That divine and all sustaining, pure and purifying, foundation of existence, wielder and sustainer of infinite forms, stars and galaxies, the sages with their thought, imagination and vision visualise, contemplate and realise unto the heights of heaven.

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9.26.4

तम॑ह्यन्भु॒रिजो॑र्धि॒या सं॒वसा॑नं वि॒वस्व॑तः । पतिं॑ वा॒चो अदा॑भ्यम् ॥

Hymns of the Veda, wise sages and infinite forms of existence, all with their light, motions, wisdom and vision celebrate and adore that Soma, lord of omniscience, peace and purity who shines radiant in the light of the sun between heaven and earth and who, fearless and indomitable, holds, protects, promotes and speaks through the voice of eternity.

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9.26.5

तं साना॒वधि॑ जा॒मयो॒ हरिं॑ हिन्व॒न्त्यद्रि॑भिः । ह॒र्य॒तं भूरि॑चक्षसम् ॥

Sages in unison, with their highest and most intense mental and spiritual faculties, adore, celebrate and realise that Soma on top of existence who is glorious and blissful, destroyer of suffering, and universal watcher, dispenser and disposer of the world of existence.

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9.26.6

तं त्वा॑ हिन्वन्ति वे॒धसः॒ पव॑मान गिरा॒वृध॑म् । इन्द॒विन्द्रा॑य मत्स॒रम् ॥

O Soma, universal spirit of beauty and bliss, pure, purifying and ever flowing, so glorious as you are celebrated in songs of the universal Vedic eternity, self- realised sages adore and exalt you for the joy and ultimate salvation of the human soul.

✦ Sukta 27 · 6 verses ✦

9.27.1

ए॒ष क॒विर॒भिष्टु॑तः प॒वित्रे॒ अधि॑ तोशते । पु॒ना॒नो घ्नन्नप॒ स्रिधः॑ ॥

This Soma, creative, inspiring and poetic spirit of universal joy, pure and sanctifying, manifests in the pure and pious consciousness of the devotees, eliminating disturbing negativities when it is contemplated with a concentrated mind.

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9.27.2

ए॒ष इन्द्रा॑य वा॒यवे॑ स्व॒र्जित्परि॑ षिच्यते । प॒वित्रे॑ दक्ष॒साध॑नः ॥

This all potent and versatile divine spirit of universal joy manifests in the pure consciousness of the karma-yogi and wins the light of heaven for the vibrant meditative soul.

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9.27.3

ए॒ष नृभि॒र्वि नी॑यते दि॒वो मू॒र्धा वृषा॑ सु॒तः । सोमो॒ वने॑षु विश्व॒वित् ॥

This Soma, joyous spirit of divinity, is the summit of heaven, infinitely generous, self-existent and omniscient, and with meditation, the ecstasy of it is collected in abundance in the consciousness by the dedicated sages.

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9.27.4

ए॒ष ग॒व्युर॑चिक्रद॒त्पव॑मानो हिरण्य॒युः । इन्दुः॑ सत्रा॒जिदस्तृ॑तः ॥

It loves the earth and earthly joys and loves to give, speaking loud and bold its own eternal Word, it is pure and purifier, it loves the golden beauty and prosperity of life and loves to bless, it is soothing and self-refulgent beautiful, conqueror of all battles of cosmic dynamics, and eternally invincible.

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9.27.5

ए॒ष सूर्ये॑ण हासते॒ पव॑मानो॒ अधि॒ द्यवि॑ । प॒वित्रे॑ मत्स॒रो मदः॑ ॥

It rises and abides with the sun on top of the regions of light and, internalised in the pure mind and clairvoyant consciousness, it is the divine ecstasy of the celebrant.

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9.27.6

ए॒ष शु॒ष्म्य॑सिष्यदद॒न्तरि॑क्षे॒ वृषा॒ हरिः॑ । पु॒ना॒न इन्दु॒रिन्द्र॒मा ॥

This Soma Spirit of eternal joy is omnipotent, all pervasive in space, infinitely generous, eliminator of suffering, and, purifying and sanctifying the human soul, it is the ultimate bliss of existence.

✦ Sukta 28 · 6 verses ✦

9.28.1

ए॒ष वा॒जी हि॒तो नृभि॑र्विश्व॒विन्मन॑स॒स्पतिः॑ । अव्यो॒ वारं॒ वि धा॑वति ॥

This supreme all potent soma light and joy of the universe is realised by earnest sages within. It is all aware over the universe, master controller of the universal mind energy, all saviour and protector, and without delay it rises and manifests in the inner self of its favourite blessed devotee.

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9.28.2

ए॒ष प॒वित्रे॑ अक्षर॒त्सोमो॑ दे॒वेभ्यः॑ सु॒तः । विश्वा॒ धामा॑न्यावि॒शन् ॥

This Soma, divine presence and bliss, emerges and vibrates in holy minds, distilled by them through meditation for the noble souls while it rolls in majesty in and over all regions of the universe.

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9.28.3

ए॒ष दे॒वः शु॑भाय॒तेऽधि॒ योना॒वम॑र्त्यः । वृ॒त्र॒हा दे॑व॒वीत॑मः ॥

This self-refulgent, immortal divine presence, highest lover of noble and generous souls, pervades and shines all over in the universe through its mode of Prakrti, dispelling darkness and eliminating evil.

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9.28.4

ए॒ष वृषा॒ कनि॑क्रदद्द॒शभि॑र्जा॒मिभि॑र्य॒तः । अ॒भि द्रोणा॑नि धावति ॥

This omnificent shower of generous divinity vibrating by the dynamics of Prakrti and her tenfold mode of subtle and gross elements proclaims its presence loud and bold in beauteous forms of mutations and manifestations of nature in the universe.

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9.28.5

ए॒ष सूर्य॑मरोचय॒त्पव॑मानो॒ विच॑र्षणिः । विश्वा॒ धामा॑नि विश्व॒वित् ॥

This soma illuminates the sun, pure, purifying and dynamic, watching all, pervading all regions of the universe, knowing and controlling all that is in existence.

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9.28.6

ए॒ष शु॒ष्म्यदा॑भ्यः॒ सोमः॑ पुना॒नो अ॑र्षति । दे॒वा॒वीर॑घशंस॒हा ॥

This mighty undauntable Soma, pure and purifying, pervades and rolls in the universe everywhere, protector and promoter of the good and destroyer of sin and scandal.

✦ Sukta 29 · 6 verses ✦

9.29.1

प्रास्य॒ धारा॑ अक्षर॒न्वृष्णः॑ सु॒तस्यौज॑सा । दे॒वाँ अनु॑ प्र॒भूष॑तः ॥

In character with its self-refulgence, and glorifying its divine powers in nature and humanity, the streams of this mighty virile Soma, pure and immaculate, flow forth with the light and lustre of its omnipotence.

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9.29.2

सप्तिं॑ मृजन्ति वे॒धसो॑ गृ॒णन्तः॑ का॒रवो॑ गि॒रा । ज्योति॑र्जज्ञा॒नमु॒क्थ्य॑म् ॥

Sages embellish and exalt the might of the omniscient and omnipotent Soma, poets and artists, with the language of their art, celebrate the divine light thus emerging and rising more and more admirable.

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9.29.3

सु॒षहा॑ सोम॒ तानि॑ ते पुना॒नाय॑ प्रभूवसो । वर्धा॑ समु॒द्रमु॒क्थ्य॑म् ॥

O Soma, lord of universal wealth, power and honour, those divine showers of generosity, those songs of adoration and lights of glory, are holy and winsome for your celebrant. Let the admirable ocean rise and expand.

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9.29.4

विश्वा॒ वसू॑नि सं॒जय॒न्पव॑स्व सोम॒ धार॑या । इ॒नु द्वेषां॑सि स॒ध्र्य॑क् ॥

Flow forth profusely, O Soma, lord of peace and glory, by stream and shower, bringing and bestowing abundant wealth, honour and excellence of the world on us, and throw out all jealousy, enmity and malignity far away from us.

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9.29.5

रक्षा॒ सु नो॒ अर॑रुषः स्व॒नात्स॑मस्य॒ कस्य॑ चित् । नि॒दो यत्र॑ मुमु॒च्महे॑ ॥

O Soma, save us, protect us fully against the arrogance, pride and malignity of the selfish hoarder and uncharitable exploiter and from whoever else be like that, and let us ever be fearless and free from scandal, malignity and anxiety.

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9.29.6

एन्दो॒ पार्थि॑वं र॒यिं दि॒व्यं प॑वस्व॒ धार॑या । द्यु॒मन्तं॒ शुष्म॒मा भ॑र ॥

O Soma, blissful as the moon and generous as showers of rain, pure and purifying, flow forth, sanctify us and bring us streams of wealth, honour and excellence of the earth and heaven, bear and bring us divine strength, forbearance and fortitude of a high order of freedom and progress.

✦ Sukta 30 · 6 verses ✦

9.30.1

प्र धारा॑ अस्य शु॒ष्मिणो॒ वृथा॑ प॒वित्रे॑ अक्षरन् । पु॒ना॒नो वाच॑मिष्यति ॥

For one who, purifying himself, seeks favour of the divine speech, Sarasvati, showers of the light and power of this soma, mighty, creative and energising divinity, spontaneously stream forth into the sacred heart.

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9.30.2

इन्दु॑र्हिया॒नः सो॒तृभि॑र्मृ॒ज्यमा॑नः॒ कनि॑क्रदत् । इय॑र्ति व॒ग्नुमि॑न्द्रि॒यम् ॥

The lord of light and bliss, when solicited by seekers and celebrants, feels exalted, and, speaking loud and bold unto the heart and soul of the supplicant, inspires and augments their perception, intuition and eloquence.

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9.30.3

आ नः॒ शुष्मं॑ नृ॒षाह्यं॑ वी॒रव॑न्तं पुरु॒स्पृह॑म् । पव॑स्व सोम॒ धार॑या ॥

O Soma, lord of strength and enlightenment, let showers of strength worthy of the brave and victorious inspiring to prowess and chivalry loved by all flow to us in streams of plenty and abundance.

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9.30.4

प्र सोमो॒ अति॒ धार॑या॒ पव॑मानो असिष्यदत् । अ॒भि द्रोणा॑न्या॒सद॑म् ॥

Let soma, pure and purifying lord of peace, light and power, flow and advance in shower and streams of innocence and purity into the celebrants’ heart and soul.

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9.30.5

अ॒प्सु त्वा॒ मधु॑मत्तमं॒ हरिं॑ हिन्व॒न्त्यद्रि॑भिः । इन्द॒विन्द्रा॑य पी॒तये॑ ॥

O Soma, spirit of light, peace and joy, the celebrants, by earnest words, thoughts and acts, invoke, adore and exalt you, sweetest of the sweets in life’s honey, destroyer of suffering, fear and anxiety, and urge you on to bless the heart of the supplicant to his full satisfaction.

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9.30.6

सु॒नोता॒ मधु॑मत्तमं॒ सोम॒मिन्द्रा॑य व॒ज्रिणे॑ । चारुं॒ शर्धा॑य मत्स॒रम् ॥

O yajakas, create the sweetest honeyed soma, delicious and exhilarating, to augment the strength, forbearance and fortitude of the adamantine soul and, through words, thoughts and actions, to offer it in gratitude to Indra, lord omnipotent wielder of the thunderbolt of justice and dispensation.

✦ Sukta 31 · 6 verses ✦

9.31.1

प्र सोमा॑सः स्वा॒ध्यः१॒॑ पव॑मानासो अक्रमुः । र॒यिं कृ॑ण्वन्ति॒ चेत॑नम् ॥

Exhilarating, thoughtful, pure and purifying soma powers of divine nature and humanity flow, advance, create and promote wealth, honour

and excellence of enlightenment and divine awareness.

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9.31.2

दि॒वस्पृ॑थि॒व्या अधि॒ भवे॑न्दो द्युम्न॒वर्ध॑नः । भवा॒ वाजा॑नां॒ पतिः॑ ॥

Supremely excellent soma spirit of the universe, be the promoter and exalter of our wealth, power and enlightenment on earth and in heaven and be the protector and promoter of the food, energy and excellence of our human community.

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9.31.3

तुभ्यं॒ वाता॑ अभि॒प्रिय॒स्तुभ्य॑मर्षन्ति॒ सिन्ध॑वः । सोम॒ वर्ध॑न्ति ते॒ महः॑ ॥

O Soma, lord of supreme felicity, the dearest most pleasant winds blow for you, the rolling seas flow for you, and they all exalt your glory.

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9.31.4

आ प्या॑यस्व॒ समे॑तु ते वि॒श्वतः॑ सोम॒ वृष्ण्य॑म् । भवा॒ वाज॑स्य संग॒थे ॥

Glory be to you, Soma, pray promote and exalt us, may your exalted shower of blessings come from all round. O lord, be with us in all our battles of peace, progress and prosperity.

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9.31.5

तुभ्यं॒ गावो॑ घृ॒तं पयो॒ बभ्रो॑ दुदु॒ह्रे अक्षि॑तम् । वर्षि॑ष्ठे॒ अधि॒ सान॑वि ॥

O lord bearer and sustainer of the universe, in your honour do stars and planets, lands and cows and all energies of nature create inexhaustible milky nutriments of life and adore you on top of generosity and universal love.

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9.31.6

स्वा॒यु॒धस्य॑ ते स॒तो भुव॑नस्य पते व॒यम् । इन्दो॑ सखि॒त्वमु॑श्मसि ॥

O lord of the universe, excellent and blissful, we desire and pray for your friendship, eternal and imperishable wielder of supreme power of creation, protection and promotion as you are.

✦ Sukta 32 · 6 verses ✦

9.32.1

प्र सोमा॑सो मद॒च्युतः॒ श्रव॑से नो म॒घोनः॑ । सु॒ता वि॒दथे॑ अक्रमुः ॥

May the streams of soma, nectar sweet and exhilarating, distilled and sanctified in yajna, flow for the safety, security and fame of our leading lights of honour, power and excellence.

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9.32.2

आदीं॑ त्रि॒तस्य॒ योष॑णो॒ हरिं॑ हिन्व॒न्त्यद्रि॑भिः । इन्दु॒मिन्द्रा॑य पी॒तये॑ ॥

And the vibrant thoughts and words of the sage beyond three fold bondage of body, mind and soul, with all perceptions of sense and conceptions of mind concentrated, rise, reach and exalt the lord of peace and joy, destroyer of suffering, for the enlightenment and ecstasy of the human soul.

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9.32.3

आदीं॑ हं॒सो यथा॑ ग॒णं विश्व॑स्यावीवशन्म॒तिम् । अत्यो॒ न गोभि॑रज्यते ॥

And just as a hansa bird joins its flock and just as a horse is controlled by reins to reach the destination, so does the soul, having controlled and concentrated all senses, mind and intelligence, rise and join the presence of Divinity, its ultimate haven and home.

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9.32.4

उ॒भे सो॑माव॒चाक॑शन्मृ॒गो न त॒क्तो अ॑र्षसि । सीद॑न्नृ॒तस्य॒ योनि॒मा ॥

O Soma, lord of peace and joy over-watching both heaven and earth, as a lion moves and rambles freely at will in the forest, so do you pervade and vibrate in the world of Prakrti well seated at the centre in the vedi of yajna, at the seat of human psyche and in the dynamic laws of existence.

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9.32.5

अ॒भि गावो॑ अनूषत॒ योषा॑ जा॒रमि॑व प्रि॒यम् । अग॑न्ना॒जिं यथा॑ हि॒तम् ॥

Just as a maiden admires, longs for and meets her darling lover, so do all perceptions of sense and conceptions of mind with the consciousness concentrate on the divine presence as is their love and faith and reach their end and aim.

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9.32.6

अ॒स्मे धे॑हि द्यु॒मद्यशो॑ म॒घव॑द्भ्यश्च॒ मह्यं॑ च । स॒निं मे॒धामु॒त श्रवः॑ ॥

For all of us, for the leading lights of power, honour and excellence, and for me too, bring honour and fame enriched with enlightenment, bring us food and energy, high order of mind and intelligence and total fulfilment for the soul.

✦ Sukta 33 · 6 verses ✦

9.33.1

प्र सोमा॑सो विप॒श्चितो॒ऽपां न य॑न्त्यू॒र्मयः॑ । वना॑नि महि॒षा इ॑व ॥

Just as waves of water rise to the moon and great men strive for things of beauty and goodness, so do inspired learned sages, lovers of dynamic peace and goodness, move forward to realise the supreme power and Spirit of the Vedic hymns.

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9.33.2

अ॒भि द्रोणा॑नि ब॒भ्रवः॑ शु॒क्रा ऋ॒तस्य॒ धार॑या । वाजं॒ गोम॑न्तमक्षरन् ॥

Just as pure, powerful, brown nectar streams of soma shower milky energies to fill the casks of exhilarating drink for the aspirants, so do seasoned self realised scholars and teachers of Vedic knowledge and experience, pure at heart and clairvoyant in vision and intelligence, let flow powerful exhilarating streams of knowledge and enlightenment in channels of truth, law and immortality for competent and conscientious seekers of life’s fulfilment.

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9.33.3

सु॒ता इन्द्रा॑य वा॒यवे॒ वरु॑णाय म॒रुद्भ्यः॑ । सोमा॑ अर्षन्ति॒ विष्ण॑वे ॥

Knowledge, wisdom and expertise, valuable and blissful as soma, collected and refined by sages and scholars of vision and experience, flows on for Indra, the ruling soul, Vayu, the vibrant people, Varuna, powers of judgement and dispensation, Maruts, stormy warriors, and Vishnu, universal sustaining powers of life and humanity.

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9.33.4

ति॒स्रो वाच॒ उदी॑रते॒ गावो॑ मिमन्ति धे॒नवः॑ । हरि॑रेति॒ कनि॑क्रदत् ॥

Three Vedic voices of knowledge, action and prayer, loud and bold, enlighten and inspire to goodness, organs of perception and volition urge to good action, while earth and milch cows are profuse in fertility, and the lord of bliss, destroyer of suffering, manifests bright and blissful as life goes on in a state of prosperity.

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9.33.5

अ॒भि ब्रह्मी॑रनूषत य॒ह्वीॠ॒तस्य॑ मा॒तरः॑ । म॒र्मृ॒ज्यन्ते॑ दि॒वः शिशु॑म् ॥

Holy voices, creators and sustainers of the rule of truth and rectitude, ceaselessly flow around strong, refining and doing honour to the teacher, scholar and learner as they enlighten and sanctify the child of heaven, the rising generation.

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9.33.6

रा॒यः स॑मु॒द्राँश्च॒तुरो॒ऽस्मभ्यं॑ सोम वि॒श्वतः॑ । आ प॑वस्व सह॒स्रिणः॑ ॥

Flow free, O Soma, divine power, pure and bright, bring us from all around the four oceans of wealth and knowledge a thousandfold.

✦ Sukta 34 · 6 verses ✦

9.34.1

प्र सु॑वा॒नो धार॑या॒ तनेन्दु॑र्हिन्वा॒नो अ॑र्षति । रु॒जद्दृ॒ळ्हा व्योज॑सा ॥

Creating, inspiring and impelling life onward all round with streams of divine energy and ambition, Soma, blissful creativity of the lord omnipotent, goes on, breaking down strongholds of negativity, evil and darkness all round with its might and lustre.

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9.34.2

सु॒त इन्द्रा॑य वा॒यवे॒ वरु॑णाय म॒रुद्भ्यः॑ । सोमो॑ अर्षति॒ विष्ण॑वे ॥

Soma, physical, psychic and spiritual streams of energy released by divine creativity, flow all round for Indra, men of power, Vayu, men of energy, Varuna, men of judgement, Maruts, men of ambition, and Vishnu, men of knowledge, wisdom and sustaining generosity.

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9.34.3

वृषा॑णं॒ वृष॑भिर्य॒तं सु॒न्वन्ति॒ सोम॒मद्रि॑भिः । दु॒हन्ति॒ शक्म॑ना॒ पयः॑ ॥

Effusive and abundant generative energy of soma, divine creativity, collected and controlled by virile and visionary sages with adamantine discipline of body, sense and mind, later scholarly yogis distil and advance further with their spiritual power and thus create still higher food for the soul.

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9.34.4

भुव॑त्त्रि॒तस्य॒ मर्ज्यो॒ भुव॒दिन्द्रा॑य मत्स॒रः । सं रू॒पैर॑ज्यते॒ हरिः॑ ॥

Soma, lord of peace and bliss, is the object of pure meditation for the yogi past the bonds of body, sense and mind, the object for inspiration and ecstasy for the yogi of power on way to aesthetic meditation, and for the average person he is perceived through the infinite forms of divine reflection in life.

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9.34.5

अ॒भीमृ॒तस्य॑ वि॒ष्टपं॑ दुह॒ते पृश्नि॑मातरः । चारु॑ प्रि॒यत॑मं ह॒विः ॥

The infinite forms of versatile nature imbibe and assimilate the spirit of divinity on top of the truth and felicity of existence, and that is the dearest and most beautiful divine gift worthy of choice and acceptance.

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9.34.6

समे॑न॒मह्रु॑ता इ॒मा गिरो॑ अर्षन्ति स॒स्रुतः॑ । धे॒नूर्वा॒श्रो अ॑वीवशत् ॥

These simple and innocent songs of praise and appreciation rising higher and higher reach Soma, lord of peace and bliss, and may he, kind and loving as a parent, accept and cherish it as a gift of love and faith.

✦ Sukta 35 · 6 verses ✦

9.35.1

आ नः॑ पवस्व॒ धार॑या॒ पव॑मान र॒यिं पृ॒थुम् । यया॒ ज्योति॑र्वि॒दासि॑ नः ॥

O Soma, lord of purity, pray purify and sanctify us with showers of divine peace, and bring us wealth, honour and excellence of high order by virtue of which you are the sole lord and giver of light and grandeur to us.

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9.35.2

इन्दो॑ समुद्रमीङ्खय॒ पव॑स्व विश्वमेजय । रा॒यो ध॒र्ता न॒ ओज॑सा ॥

O lord of peace, heavenly light and beauty, all pervasive vitaliser of the oceans of space, energiser of the cosmos to move and expand by your omnipotence and refulgence, wielder, controller and giver of universal wealth, honour and excellence, pray radiate your refulgence and glory, purify and bless us too.

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9.35.3

त्वया॑ वी॒रेण॑ वीरवो॒ऽभि ष्या॑म पृतन्य॒तः । क्षरा॑ णो अ॒भि वार्य॑म् ॥

By your heroic gift of bravery and fortitude, let us win our rivals, contestants and enemies. Let choice wealth, honour and excellence flow to us.

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9.35.4

प्र वाज॒मिन्दु॑रिष्यति॒ सिषा॑सन्वाज॒सा ऋषिः॑ । व्र॒ता वि॑दा॒न आयु॑धा ॥

Indu, lord of soma beauty and grandeur, loves and inspires victory, rousing the devotee with strength, courage and fortitude; He is all watching omniscient guardian; knowing and controlling laws and disciplines of Dharma, is ever awake with protection and dispensation by the arms of justice.

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9.35.5

तं गी॒र्भिर्वा॑चमीङ्ख॒यं पु॑ना॒नं वा॑सयामसि । सोम॒ जन॑स्य॒ गोप॑तिम् ॥

With hymns of adoration we exalt and glorify Soma, inspirer of song, purifier, saviour and guardian of humanity and their lands, cows and culture..

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9.35.6

विश्वो॒ यस्य॑ व्र॒ते जनो॑ दा॒धार॒ धर्म॑ण॒स्पतेः॑ । पु॒ना॒नस्य॑ प्र॒भूव॑सोः ॥

We adore and glorify Soma, lord of universal wealth, honour and excellence, ordainer and guardian of Dharma and all purifier, who holds and sustains the entire world of humanity in his law of existence.

✦ Sukta 36 · 6 verses ✦

9.36.1

अस॑र्जि॒ रथ्यो॑ यथा प॒वित्रे॑ च॒म्वोः॑ सु॒तः । कार्ष्म॑न्वा॒जी न्य॑क्रमीत् ॥

Just as a passionate champion warrior shoots to the goal straight, so does Soma, potent spirit of peace, purity and glory, invoked and celebrated with devotion in the purity of heart and soul, descends to the centre core of the heart without delay.

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9.36.2

स वह्निः॑ सोम॒ जागृ॑विः॒ पव॑स्व देव॒वीरति॑ । अ॒भि कोशं॑ मधु॒श्चुत॑म् ॥

O Soma, burden bearer of existence, inspirer and giver of enlightenment, ever awake and giver of awakenment, lover of celebrants of divine mind, we pray, let the streams of honeyed soma of light and joy flow free to the heart of the devotee.

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9.36.3

स नो॒ ज्योतीं॑षि पूर्व्य॒ पव॑मान॒ वि रो॑चय । क्रत्वे॒ दक्षा॑य नो हिनु ॥

O Soma, lord of light, peace and joy, pure, purifying and timeless, let the lights of knowledge shine upon us and inspire and motivate us to engage and achieve expertise and success in the science of yajnic creation and production for the common good.

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9.36.4

शु॒म्भमा॑न ऋता॒युभि॑र्मृ॒ज्यमा॑नो॒ गभ॑स्त्योः । पव॑ते॒ वारे॑ अ॒व्यये॑ ॥

Glorious Soma, eternal divine light and energy of the universe, adored and glorified by the lovers of truth, natural law and creative yajna for universal social causes, flows ceaselessly and constantly in the imperishable circuit of its own light and supremacy in the cosmos.

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9.36.5

स विश्वा॑ दा॒शुषे॒ वसु॒ सोमो॑ दि॒व्यानि॒ पार्थि॑वा । पव॑ता॒मान्तरि॑क्ष्या ॥

May Soma, we pray, purify and set aflow all wealth, honour and excellence of the world, earthly, heavenly and of the middle regions for the generous yajamana and all.

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9.36.6

आ दि॒वस्पृ॒ष्ठम॑श्व॒युर्ग॑व्य॒युः सो॑म रोहसि । वी॒र॒युः श॑वसस्पते ॥

O Soma, lord of purity, power and life energy, giver of strength and courage, lover of lands, cows and culture, horses, victory and advancement, brave warriors and noble progeny for humanity, you pervade and prevail not only on earth and in the skies, you shine in glory on top of heaven too for the sake of devoted celebrants.

✦ Sukta 37 · 6 verses ✦

9.37.1

स सु॒तः पी॒तये॒ वृषा॒ सोमः॑ प॒वित्रे॑ अर्षति । वि॒घ्नन्रक्षां॑सि देव॒युः ॥

Soma, supremely generous Spirit of existence, self-revealed, self-realised by the devotee, lover or divine souls, manifests and vibrates in the pure heart of the devotee, eliminating negativities, sin and evil, for the pleasure and ecstasy of the celebrant.

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9.37.2

स प॒वित्रे॑ विचक्ष॒णो हरि॑रर्षति धर्ण॒सिः । अ॒भि योनिं॒ कनि॑क्रदत् ॥

Soma, all watching omniscient, destroyer of suffering, omnipotent wielder and sustainer of the universe, pervades and vibrates in Prakrti, proclaiming its presence loud and bold as thunder.

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9.37.3

स वा॒जी रो॑च॒ना दि॒वः पव॑मानो॒ वि धा॑वति । र॒क्षो॒हा वार॑म॒व्यय॑म् ॥

This dynamic omnipotent Spirit, light of heaven, pure and purifying, vibrates universally and rushes to the chosen imperishable soul of the devotee, destroying negativities, sin and evil.

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9.37.4

स त्रि॒तस्याधि॒ सान॑वि॒ पव॑मानो अरोचयत् । जा॒मिभिः॒ सूर्यं॑ स॒ह ॥

Soma, pure, purifying, and all pervasive across and ever on top of the three worlds of space and three dimensions of time, shines with the sun and other kindred luminaries.

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9.37.5

स वृ॑त्र॒हा वृषा॑ सु॒तो व॑रिवो॒विददा॑भ्यः । सोमो॒ वाज॑मिवासरत् ॥

Soma, destroyer of darkness, generous, self- manifestive, self-revealed and self discovered, lord giver of the best of wealth and excellence of the world, fearless and undaunted, pervades and vibrates in existence as Shakti, divine omnipotent energy

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9.37.6

स दे॒वः क॒विने॑षि॒तो॒३॒॑ऽभि द्रोणा॑नि धावति । इन्दु॒रिन्द्रा॑य मं॒हना॑ ॥

Self-refulgent generous Soma divine, celebrated by poets, rushes to manifest, brilliant, blissful and great, in the heart of the devotees for the soul’s joy.

✦ Sukta 38 · 6 verses ✦

9.38.1

ए॒ष उ॒ स्य वृषा॒ रथोऽव्यो॒ वारे॑भिरर्षति । गच्छ॒न्वाजं॑ सह॒स्रिण॑म् ॥

This Soma spirit of joy in existence, mighty generous, all protective omnipresent mover, extremely charming, creating and giving thousandfolds of wealth, honour and excellence, vibrates by its dynamic presence at the highest and brightest in the heart of choice souls and in choice beauties of existence.

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9.38.2

ए॒तं त्रि॒तस्य॒ योष॑णो॒ हरिं॑ हिन्व॒न्त्यद्रि॑भिः । इन्दु॒मिन्द्रा॑य पी॒तये॑ ॥

This Spirit of joy, eliminator of suffering, happy voices of the sage past three bondages of body, mind and soul adore, with the intensity of adamantine meditation for the spiritual joy of general humanity.

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9.38.3

ए॒तं त्यं ह॒रितो॒ दश॑ मर्मृ॒ज्यन्ते॑ अप॒स्युवः॑ । याभि॒र्मदा॑य॒ शुम्भ॑ते ॥

This Soma, ten senses and ten pranas of the devotee, well controlled past sufferance and pointed to concentrative meditation, present in uninvolved purity of form, by which experience the bright presence is glorified for the soul’s joy.

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9.38.4

ए॒ष स्य मानु॑षी॒ष्वा श्ये॒नो न वि॒क्षु सी॑दति । गच्छ॑ञ्जा॒रो न यो॒षित॑म् ॥

This Soma pervades and shines in the generality of humanity like the eagle, victorious conqueror of the skies, shining and radiating like the moon, lover and admirer of its darling, the lovely night.

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9.38.5

ए॒ष स्य मद्यो॒ रसोऽव॑ चष्टे दि॒वः शिशुः॑ । य इन्दु॒र्वार॒मावि॑शत् ॥

This ecstatic bliss, honey sweet of life’s joy, appears like the rising sun at dawn when, as the beauty and glory of existence, it reflects in the heart of the chosen soul.

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9.38.6

ए॒ष स्य पी॒तये॑ सु॒तो हरि॑रर्षति धर्ण॒सिः । क्रन्द॒न्योनि॑म॒भि प्रि॒यम् ॥

This Soma spirit of joy, self-manifestive, all wielder and sustainer, reflects with a boom in its darling form, the golden womb of Prakrti, and rolls around for the joyous experience of humanity eliminating pain and sufferance.

✦ Sukta 39 · 6 verses ✦

9.39.1

आ॒शुर॑र्ष बृहन्मते॒ परि॑ प्रि॒येण॒ धाम्ना॑ । यत्र॑ दे॒वा इति॒ ब्रव॑न् ॥

O Soma, spirit of universal joy and infinite light of intelligence, flow fast forward with your own essential and dear light and lustre of form and come where the divines dwell, and proclaim your presence.

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9.39.2

प॒रि॒ष्कृ॒ण्वन्ननि॑ष्कृतं॒ जना॑य या॒तय॒न्निषः॑ । वृ॒ष्टिं दि॒वः परि॑ स्रव ॥

Go forward cleansing, purifying and perfecting the uninitiated, leading people to strive for food, energy and advancement. Indeed, bring the showers of the light of heaven on earth.

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9.39.3

सु॒त ए॑ति प॒वित्र॒ आ त्विषिं॒ दधा॑न॒ ओज॑सा । वि॒चक्षा॑णो विरो॒चय॑न् ॥

Soma, universal watchful guardian and light giver of the world, discovered and realised in the self, wearing its celestial light and lustre, manifests and shines in the pure soul of the devotee.

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9.39.4

अ॒यं स यो दि॒वस्परि॑ रघु॒यामा॑ प॒वित्र॒ आ । सिन्धो॑रू॒र्मा व्यक्ष॑रत् ॥

This Soma is the spirit of joy which, at instant and universal speed, descends and manifests in the devotee’s pure soul from the light of divinity and stimulates oceanic waves of ecstasy to roll in the heart.

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9.39.5

आ॒विवा॑सन्परा॒वतो॒ अथो॑ अर्वा॒वतः॑ सु॒तः । इन्द्रा॑य सिच्यते॒ मधु॑ ॥

Self-manifested, illuminating the soul from far as well as from near, it rains showers of honey sweets of divine ecstasy for the soul.

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9.39.6

स॒मी॒ची॒ना अ॑नूषत॒ हरिं॑ हिन्व॒न्त्यद्रि॑भिः । योना॑वृ॒तस्य॑ सीदत ॥

Devoted yajakas in faith and perfect form together adore and glorify Soma, eliminator of pain, and with adamantine practice of meditation stimulate its presence to power and ecstasy for themselves. O Soma, pray, arise and bless the yajnic as well as the psychic vedi with your presence, the vedi that is your own seat of Truth and divine Law.

✦ Sukta 40 · 6 verses ✦

9.40.1

पु॒ना॒नो अ॑क्रमीद॒भि विश्वा॒ मृधो॒ विच॑र्षणिः । शु॒म्भन्ति॒ विप्रं॑ धी॒तिभिः॑ ॥

Soma, spirit of universal purity and purification, all watching, faces and overcomes all adversaries of the carnal world. Sages celebrate and glorify the vibrant all prevailing spirit with songs of adoration.

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9.40.2

आ योनि॑मरु॒णो रु॑ह॒द्गम॒दिन्द्रं॒ वृषा॑ सु॒तः । ध्रु॒वे सद॑सि सीदति ॥

The glorious light of divinity, self-manifested and self-existent, pervades its natural abode, the world of Prakrti, and the generous spirit pervades the human soul too, and while it seats itself in the unshakable faith of man, the human soul too, purified and sanctified, abides in the eternal presence of divinity.

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9.40.3

नू नो॑ र॒यिं म॒हामि॑न्दो॒ऽस्मभ्यं॑ सोम वि॒श्वतः॑ । आ प॑वस्व सह॒स्रिण॑म् ॥

Soma, lord of universal glory, blissful omnipresence, bring us great wealth, honour and excellence of the world from all around, let it flow to us in a thousand streams.

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9.40.4

विश्वा॑ सोम पवमान द्यु॒म्नानी॑न्द॒वा भ॑र । वि॒दाः स॑ह॒स्रिणी॒रिषः॑ ॥

O Soma, spirit of universal bliss and beauty, bring us the light, lustre and glory of all the world. Bless us with a thousandfold food, energy and advancement in knowledge, culture and values of Dharma.

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9.40.5

स नः॑ पुना॒न आ भ॑र र॒यिं स्तो॒त्रे सु॒वीर्य॑म् । ज॒रि॒तुर्व॑र्धया॒ गिरः॑ ॥

May the lord, Soma, pure and purifying, bring us wealth, honour and excellence, bless us with divine strength and generous heroism for the celebrant, and elevate and exalt the devotees’ songs of adoration.

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9.40.6

पु॒ना॒न इ॑न्द॒वा भ॑र॒ सोम॑ द्वि॒बर्ह॑सं र॒यिम् । वृष॑न्निन्दो न उ॒क्थ्य॑म् ॥

O Soma, lord of peace, beauty, power and divine bliss, bring us the honour, excellence and glory of both the worlds, earth and heaven, and, O generous lord, bless us with excellence worthy of celebration in sacred song for presentation to divinity.

✦ Sukta 41 · 6 verses ✦

9.41.1

प्र ये गावो॒ न भूर्ण॑यस्त्वे॒षा अ॒यासो॒ अक्र॑मुः । घ्नन्तः॑ कृ॒ष्णामप॒ त्वच॑म् ॥

We adore the ceaseless radiations of divinity which, like restless rays of the sun, blazing with lustrous glory, move and shower on the earth and dispel the dark cover of the night.

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9.41.2

सु॒वि॒तस्य॑ मनाम॒हेऽति॒ सेतुं॑ दुरा॒व्य॑म् । सा॒ह्वांसो॒ दस्यु॑मव्र॒तम् ॥

We honour and adore that divine bridge to peace and prosperity, otherwise difficult to cross, which faces and overcomes selfish, uncreative and destructive elements of life addicted to lawlessness.

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9.41.3

शृ॒ण्वे वृ॒ष्टेरि॑व स्व॒नः पव॑मानस्य शु॒ष्मिणः॑ । चर॑न्ति वि॒द्युतो॑ दि॒वि ॥

The music of divinity, pure, purifying and edifying, is heard like showers of rain on earth, like flashes of lightning and roar of thunder which shine and rumble over the sky. This is the reflection of the might, majesty and generosity of Soma.

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9.41.4

आ प॑वस्व म॒हीमिषं॒ गोम॑दिन्दो॒ हिर॑ण्यवत् । अश्वा॑व॒द्वाज॑वत्सु॒तः ॥

O Soma, divine presence of might, majesty and bliss concentrated in the mind and soul, let showers of great energy and pure prosperity flow, abounding in lands and cows, knowledge and culture, golden beauties of riches, horses, speed and progress of achievement, and then attainment of the ultimate victory.

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9.41.5

स प॑वस्व विचर्षण॒ आ म॒ही रोद॑सी पृण । उ॒षाः सूर्यो॒ न र॒श्मिभिः॑ ॥

O lord all watchful, ever awake, fill the great earth and heaven with prosperity, light and beauty of life like the sun which blesses the dawn with the beauty and glory of its rays of light.

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9.41.6

परि॑ णः शर्म॒यन्त्या॒ धार॑या सोम वि॒श्वतः॑ । सरा॑ र॒सेव॑ वि॒ष्टप॑म् ॥

O Soma, spirit of beauty, bliss and peace, just as the universe from centre to summit abounds in the beauty and majesty of divinity, so let us all in heart and soul be blest with showers of peace and pleasure of total well-being from all around our life in space and time.

✦ Sukta 42 · 6 verses ✦

9.42.1

ज॒नय॑न्रोच॒ना दि॒वो ज॒नय॑न्न॒प्सु सूर्य॑म् । वसा॑नो॒ गा अ॒पो हरिः॑ ॥

Soma, giver of peace, creator and sustainer of the world of existence, eliminator of want and suffering, creates the regions of heavenly light, creates the stars in space, and creates the waters and the planets such as earth, pervading, bearing and transcending them all.

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9.42.2

ए॒ष प्र॒त्नेन॒ मन्म॑ना दे॒वो दे॒वेभ्य॒स्परि॑ । धार॑या पवते सु॒तः ॥

This divine Soma, light and life of the world, self-realised by the sages and adored with ancient and eternal hymns of the Veda, vibrates for them in the heart and soul and sanctifies them with showers of heavenly bliss.

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9.42.3

वा॒वृ॒धा॒नाय॒ तूर्व॑ये॒ पव॑न्ते॒ वाज॑सातये । सोमाः॑ स॒हस्र॑पाजसः ॥

Mighty powerful streams of Soma, full of thousand-fold vigour and promise flow for the karma- yogi, progressive man of initiative, creative ambition and efficiency of action, sanctifying and preparing him for the achievement of his goal.

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9.42.4

दु॒हा॒नः प्र॒त्नमित्पयः॑ प॒वित्रे॒ परि॑ षिच्यते । क्रन्द॑न्दे॒वाँ अ॑जीजनत् ॥

Creating the eternal life-giving food of divine ecstasy for the soul, the presence of blissful Soma vibrates in the heart of the celebrant and, calling out as if loud and bold, awakens the dormant divine potentialities of the devotee to active possibilities.

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9.42.5

अ॒भि विश्वा॑नि॒ वार्या॒भि दे॒वाँ ऋ॑ता॒वृधः॑ । सोमः॑ पुना॒नो अ॑र्षति ॥

Soma, purifying the heart and soul of humanity, creates and brings up all the choice wealth, honours and excellences of the world for the noble and generous brilliancies of humanity dedicated in service to the laws and values of truth and rectitude in lilSoma, purifying the heart and soul of humanity, creates and brings up all the choice wealth, honours and excellences of the world for the noble and generous brilliancies of humanity dedicated in service to the laws and values of truth and rectitude in life.

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9.42.6

गोम॑न्नः सोम वी॒रव॒दश्वा॑व॒द्वाज॑वत्सु॒तः । पव॑स्व बृह॒तीरिषः॑ ॥

O Soma, adored and glorified in self-realisation, let streams of pure abundant food, energy, possibilities and achievements flow for us, rich in lands and cows, honour and culture, noble progeny and brave warriors, horses, speedy progress and victories, vibrant initiative and perfect fulfilment.

✦ Sukta 43 · 6 verses ✦

9.43.1

यो अत्य॑ इव मृ॒ज्यते॒ गोभि॒र्मदा॑य हर्य॒तः । तं गी॒र्भिर्वा॑सयामसि ॥

The Soma which is radiant and pure like virgin energy of nature and most blissful in experience is realised for spiritual joy through the senses, mind and intelligence.

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9.43.2

तं नो॒ विश्वा॑ अव॒स्युवो॒ गिरः॑ शुम्भन्ति पू॒र्वथा॑ । इन्दु॒मिन्द्रा॑य पी॒तये॑ ॥

That Soma of beauty, bliss and glory, all our senses, in search of protection and advancement, adore and glorify as ever before for the spiritual joy of the soul.

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9.43.3

पु॒ना॒नो या॑ति हर्य॒तः सोमो॑ गी॒र्भिः परि॑ष्कृतः । विप्र॑स्य॒ मेध्या॑तिथेः ॥

Pure and purifying, blissful in experience, adored and glorified with songs of divinity by the vibrant sagely celebrant dedicated to the yoga of the knowledge way, Soma vibrates in the soul.

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9.43.4

पव॑मान वि॒दा र॒यिम॒स्मभ्यं॑ सोम सु॒श्रिय॑म् । इन्दो॑ स॒हस्र॑वर्चसम् ॥

O Soma, gracious and blissful, pure and purifying divinity, bring us wealth, honour and excellence sanctified in truth, beauty and grace of the light and lustre of a thousand suns.

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9.43.5

इन्दु॒रत्यो॒ न वा॑ज॒सृत्कनि॑क्रन्ति प॒वित्र॒ आ । यदक्षा॒रति॑ देव॒युः ॥

O Soma, Spirit of light, beauty and grace of life’s vitality, moving fast like showers of energy in life’s evolution in the service of divine purpose, come into the pure heart of the dedicated sage and flow free loud and bold with the message of the divine presence.

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9.43.6

पव॑स्व॒ वाज॑सातये॒ विप्र॑स्य गृण॒तो वृ॒धे । सोम॒ रास्व॑ सु॒वीर्य॑म् ॥

Come, O Soma, bless and sanctify the dedicated celebrant for advancement and achievement of his life’s mission and bring us noble vigour and vitality, a brave progeny and heroic powers of progress.

✦ Sukta 44 · 6 verses ✦

9.44.1

प्र ण॑ इन्दो म॒हे तन॑ ऊ॒र्मिं न बिभ्र॑दर्षसि । अ॒भि दे॒वाँ अ॒यास्यः॑ ॥

O Soma, vibrant and fast, bearing waves of light and energy of divinity, you radiate to the noble and brilliant divine souls for our great advancement and achievement all round in life.

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9.44.2

म॒ती जु॒ष्टो धि॒या हि॒तः सोमो॑ हिन्वे परा॒वति॑ । विप्र॑स्य॒ धार॑या क॒विः ॥

Soma, omniscient poet creator, whether far or near in human consciousness, invoked by vision and intelligence through concentration of the mind and senses of sagely celebrants in meditation, inspires the devotee with showers of ecstasy.

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9.44.3

अ॒यं दे॒वेषु॒ जागृ॑विः सु॒त ए॑ति प॒वित्र॒ आ । सोमो॑ याति॒ विच॑र्षणिः ॥

This Soma of divine vigour and ecstasy, all watchful, ever awake among the divines, flows free, and when it is invoked for realisation, it moves and rises to bless the holy heart and soul of the celebrant.

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9.44.4

स नः॑ पवस्व वाज॒युश्च॑क्रा॒णश्चारु॑मध्व॒रम् । ब॒र्हिष्माँ॒ आ वि॑वासति ॥

O Soma, blissful, watchful and gracious, lover of vibrant aspirants of divine progress, beautifier and sanctifier of our yajna with holiness and grace, the vedi is prepared, the grass is spread, the fire is awake, the yajamana invokes you, adores and glorifies, pray come and bless the celebrants’ yajna.

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9.44.5

स नो॒ भगा॑य वा॒यवे॒ विप्र॑वीरः स॒दावृ॑धः । सोमो॑ दे॒वेष्वा य॑मत् ॥

May Soma, eternal and infinite, inspirer of the holy and brave, come among our noble and generous congregations of yajna and bless us with honour and excellence of a progressive social order vibrant as the winds.

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9.44.6

स नो॑ अ॒द्य वसु॑त्तये क्रतु॒विद्गा॑तु॒वित्त॑मः । वाजं॑ जेषि॒ श्रवो॑ बृ॒हत् ॥

Let us celebrate Soma: He, most poetic visionary of the knowledge of holy, creative and progressive action, comes and blesses us with the achievement and victory of success, progress and continuous growth of abundant food, inexhaustible energy, high excellence, universal fame and rising glory.

✦ Sukta 45 · 6 verses ✦

9.45.1

स प॑वस्व॒ मदा॑य॒ कं नृ॒चक्षा॑ दे॒ववी॑तये । इन्द॒विन्द्रा॑य पी॒तये॑ ॥

O Soma, spirit of light, and joy, omniscient all watchful guardian of humanity, let streams of peace, joy and well-being, pure and sacred, flow for the soul’s exhilaration in divine experience for its dedication to the service and satisfaction of the divinities.

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9.45.2

स नो॑ अर्षा॒भि दू॒त्यं१॒॑ त्वमिन्द्रा॑य तोशसे । दे॒वान्त्सखि॑भ्य॒ आ वर॑म् ॥

O Soma, come like a harbinger of peace and joy for the divine experience and ecstasy of the soul, and as giver of holy and higher perception and vision for our friends.

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9.45.3

उ॒त त्वाम॑रु॒णं व॒यं गोभि॑रञ्ज्मो॒ मदा॑य॒ कम् । वि नो॑ रा॒ये दुरो॑ वृधि ॥

O vibrant lord of light and glory, with concentration of mind and senses and with holy words of praise and prayer, we adore you. Pray bring us peace and joy and perfect well being, and open wide the doors of progress for the advancement of our wealth, honour and excellence.

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9.45.4

अत्यू॑ प॒वित्र॑मक्रमीद्वा॒जी धुरं॒ न याम॑नि । इन्दु॑र्दे॒वेषु॑ पत्यते ॥

As the omnipotent divine energy is on top as burden bearer of the course of existence, so is Soma, peace and exhilaration of the spirit on top of the course of the pure heart and soul of the devotee and it flows into the psyche of the divine souls as the spirit of peace and joy of life.

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9.45.5

समी॒ सखा॑यो अस्वर॒न्वने॒ क्रीळ॑न्त॒मत्य॑विम् । इन्दुं॑ ना॒वा अ॑नूषत ॥

Let friends and devotees on the vedi celebrate Soma, spirit of universal joy, sportive and protective in the beautiful world, and let their songs of adoration glorify the spirit of peace, beauty and divine glory.

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9.45.6

तया॑ पवस्व॒ धार॑या॒ यया॑ पी॒तो वि॒चक्ष॑से । इन्दो॑ स्तो॒त्रे सु॒वीर्य॑म् ॥

O Soma, spirit of joy and glory, flow pure, purify and sanctify us by that very stream of exhilaration by which, received, loved and adored, you inspire the enlightened celebrant with manly vigour and divine heroism.

✦ Sukta 46 · 6 verses ✦

9.46.1

असृ॑ग्रन्दे॒ववी॑त॒येऽत्या॑सः॒ कृत्व्या॑ इव । क्षर॑न्तः पर्वता॒वृधः॑ ॥

Performers of heroic action, like universal presences grown to veteran heights by knowledge and action, are born and created for divine service of the world and they let flow streams of soma joy for general humanity.

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9.46.2

परि॑ष्कृतास॒ इन्द॑वो॒ योषे॑व॒ पित्र्या॑वती । वा॒युं सोमा॑ असृक्षत ॥

Initiated, cultured and sanctified like the sacred maiden of her holy parents, these brilliant veterans of knowledge, action and joyous character, having mastered subtle subjects and divined into the mysteries of life, create and release streams of soma joy for the life around.

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9.46.3

ए॒ते सोमा॑स॒ इन्द॑वः॒ प्रय॑स्वन्तश्च॒मू सु॒ताः । इन्द्रं॑ वर्धन्ति॒ कर्म॑भिः ॥

These joyous veterans, brilliant in mind, well trained and self-directed, trying to act well in planned and well-defined channels, exalt the glory of Indra, their self and the nation by their performance and social success.

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9.46.4

आ धा॑वता सुहस्त्यः शु॒क्रा गृ॑भ्णीत म॒न्थिना॑ । गोभिः॑ श्रीणीत मत्स॒रम् ॥

Experts of noble hand and versatile mind, come, take hold of the pure and powerful materials with specialised tools and, with tempering mix and refinement, create the instruments of joyous social development.

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9.46.5

स प॑वस्व धनंजय प्रय॒न्ता राध॑सो म॒हः । अ॒स्मभ्यं॑ सोम गातु॒वित् ॥

O Soma, lord of joy and noble knowledge, winner of wealth and holy power, creator of great infrastructure for development, pure and powerful expert of the paths of history and social development, pray let the streams of peace and joy flow for us.

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9.46.6

ए॒तं मृ॑जन्ति॒ मर्ज्यं॒ पव॑मानं॒ दश॒ क्षिपः॑ । इन्द्रा॑य मत्स॒रं मद॑म् ॥

This Soma, lord of peace and joy, pure, potent and adorable, ten senses, ten pranas, ten forms of subtle and gross orders of Prakrti elements serve in conjunction with the mind and intelligence of nature and humanity, and create the joy and excitement of evolution and development in life in honour of Indra, humanity and the lord ruler of humanity.

✦ Sukta 47 · 5 verses ✦

9.47.1

अ॒या सोमः॑ सुकृ॒त्यया॑ म॒हश्चि॑द॒भ्य॑वर्धत । म॒न्दा॒न उद्वृ॑षायते ॥

This Soma, lordly Spirit of peace and joy, feels great by this yajnic act of homage and, happy and exalted, loves to advance and exalt the celebrants.

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9.47.2

कृ॒तानीद॑स्य॒ कर्त्वा॒ चेत॑न्ते दस्यु॒तर्ह॑णा । ऋ॒णा च॑ धृ॒ष्णुश्च॑यते ॥

The deeds done and to be done by this Soma, by which he destroys negativities and dispels darkness are known, and, daring and powerful, he acquits the celebrants of debts and obligations.

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9.47.3

आत्सोम॑ इन्द्रि॒यो रसो॒ वज्रः॑ सहस्र॒सा भु॑वत् । उ॒क्थं यद॑स्य॒ जाय॑ते ॥

And when the song of adoration is sung in honour of this Soma, then the spirit of peace and inner strength, inner joy, adamantine courage and rectitude edifying the mind and sense of the celebrant arise a thousandfold in the soul.

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9.47.4

स्व॒यं क॒विर्वि॑ध॒र्तरि॒ विप्रा॑य॒ रत्न॑मिच्छति । यदी॑ मर्मृ॒ज्यते॒ धियः॑ ॥

When this Soma is adored and celebrated by thoughts, words and deeds, then he, himself a poet creator and visionary, in order to support and reward the celebrant, decides to bless the devotee with the jewels of life’s wealth of his choice.

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9.47.5

सि॒षा॒सतू॑ रयी॒णां वाजे॒ष्वर्व॑तामिव । भरे॑षु जि॒ग्युषा॑मसि ॥

O Soma, lord of peace, prize and joy, you love to give and you are the giver of all jewels of wealth and honour to all aspirants: like success to the pioneers in the race for life’s glory, and victory to the ambitious warriors in the battles of life’s excellence.

✦ Sukta 48 · 5 verses ✦

9.48.1

तं त्वा॑ नृ॒म्णानि॒ बिभ्र॑तं स॒धस्थे॑षु म॒हो दि॒वः । चारुं॑ सुकृ॒त्यये॑महे ॥

O Soma, Spirit of peace, purity and power, with holy acts of homage in the halls of yajna, we invoke, adore and worship you, lord of beauty and bliss, and exalt you in action, harbinger of the jewels of wealth, honour and excellence from the lofty regions of the light of heaven.

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9.48.2

संवृ॑क्तधृष्णुमु॒क्थ्यं॑ म॒हाम॑हिव्रतं॒ मद॑म् । श॒तं पुरो॑ रुरु॒क्षणि॑म् ॥

We worship you, eliminator of arrogance and pride, adorable, observer of lofty vows of discipline, inspiring, and breaker of a hundred strongholds of darkness.

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9.48.3

अत॑स्त्वा र॒यिम॒भि राजा॑नं सुक्रतो दि॒वः । सु॒प॒र्णो अ॑व्य॒थिर्भ॑रत् ॥

For this reason of your glory and inspiring nature, O lord of holy action and self-refulgent ruler, controller and dispenser of wealth, honour and excellence, the veteran sage and scholar can invoke you from the heights of heaven without fear and difficulty.

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9.48.4

विश्व॑स्मा॒ इत्स्व॑र्दृ॒शे साधा॑रणं रज॒स्तुर॑म् । गो॒पामृ॒तस्य॒ विर्भ॑रत् ॥

The sage and scholar of lofty vision and imagination, in order that all visionaries of the world may perceive your heavenly majesty, communicates his experience of your presence who are present everywhere, who give motion to the energy of nature in the cosmic dynamics and who rule and protect the laws of eternal truth which govern the course of existence.

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9.48.5

अधा॑ हिन्वा॒न इ॑न्द्रि॒यं ज्यायो॑ महि॒त्वमा॑नशे । अ॒भि॒ष्टि॒कृद्विच॑र्षणिः ॥

And so, the inspirer of the power of senses, mind and intelligence, giver of fulfilment to the devotees, all watching Soma, divine Spirit of peace, power and enlightenment, pervades and abides in and over existence as the supreme power of divine glory.

✦ Sukta 49 · 5 verses ✦

9.49.1

पव॑स्व वृ॒ष्टिमा सु नो॒ऽपामू॒र्मिं दि॒वस्परि॑ । अ॒य॒क्ष्मा बृ॑ह॒तीरिषः॑ ॥

Soma, lord of peace and plenty, give us holy showers of waters, wave on wave of the rain, and give us abundant food, energy and knowledge free from pollution and negativities.

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9.49.2

तया॑ पवस्व॒ धार॑या॒ यया॒ गाव॑ इ॒हागम॑न् । जन्या॑स॒ उप॑ नो गृ॒हम् ॥

Shower and purify us with that stream of power and purity of peace and plenty by which our senses, mind and intelligence, socially and positively motivated, may be balanced in our personality and we may feel at home with ourselves.

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9.49.3

घृ॒तं प॑वस्व॒ धार॑या य॒ज्ञेषु॑ देव॒वीत॑मः । अ॒स्मभ्य॑य वृ॒ष्टिमा प॑व ॥

Let ghrta shower in streams, pure and powerful in our yajnas, O lord and guardian of the noble and divine worshippers. Bring us fulfilment and purify all our intentions, purposes and motivations of life.

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9.49.4

स न॑ ऊ॒र्जे व्य१॒॑व्ययं॑ प॒वित्रं॑ धाव॒ धार॑या । दे॒वासः॑ शृ॒णव॒न्हि क॑म् ॥

For energy, give us showers in streams of imperishable purity of heart, and let the noble devotees hear the blissful music of the rain.

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9.49.5

पव॑मानो असिष्यद॒द्रक्षां॑स्यप॒जङ्घ॑नत् । प्र॒त्न॒वद्रो॒चय॒न्रुचः॑ ॥

May Soma, pure and purifying, all pervasive, destroy all evils and negativities, and continue to illumine the brilliant regions of the universe, macrocosmic as well as microcosmic, as ever before.

✦ Sukta 50 · 5 verses ✦

9.50.1

उत्ते॒ शुष्मा॑स ईरते॒ सिन्धो॑रू॒र्मेरि॑व स्व॒नः । वा॒णस्य॑ चोदया प॒विम् ॥

Higher and higher rise and roll your powers, purities and forces, roaring like waves of the sea. Keep up the motion of the wheel of life, let the swell of music rise on with the chant going on.

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9.50.2

प्र॒स॒वे त॒ उदी॑रते ति॒स्रो वाचो॑ मख॒स्युवः॑ । यदव्य॒ एषि॒ सान॑वि ॥

When you rise and reach the pinnacle of yajna which deserves to be protected and promoted, then as you rise in intensity, the priests’chant of the three voices of Rks, Samans and Yajus also swells to the climax.

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9.50.3

अव्यो॒ वारे॒ परि॑ प्रि॒यं हरिं॑ हिन्व॒न्त्यद्रि॑भिः । पव॑मानं मधु॒श्चुत॑म् ॥

The devotees, who are seekers of your protection for advancement in their heart of hearts, intensify their awareness through relentless concentration and meditate on your presence dearer than dearest, eliminator of negative fluctuations of mind, pure and purifying spirit of divinity replete with honey sweets of ecstasy.

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9.50.4

आ प॑वस्व मदिन्तम प॒वित्रं॒ धार॑या कवे । अ॒र्कस्य॒ योनि॑मा॒सद॑म् ॥

Flow in and purify, O poetic visionary and most exhilarating Spirit of ecstasy, the sacred heart of the celebrant in streams of beauty, light and sweetness to join the celebrant at the centre of his faith and devotion.

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9.50.5

स प॑वस्व मदिन्तम॒ गोभि॑रञ्जा॒नो अ॒क्तुभिः॑ । इन्द॒विन्द्रा॑य पी॒तये॑ ॥

Flow on, most exhilarating Spirit, adored and exalted by concentrative mind and senses of the seeker in meditation, flow on for ecstatic experience of the soul.

✦ Sukta 51 · 5 verses ✦

9.51.1

अध्व॑र्यो॒ अद्रि॑भिः सु॒तं सोमं॑ प॒वित्र॒ आ सृ॑ज । पु॒नी॒हीन्द्रा॑य॒ पात॑वे ॥

O high priest of soma yajna, create the awareness of Soma, spirit of purity and divinity collected and concentrated by the senses and mind in the heart, and sanctify and intensify it there for exhilaration of the soul.

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9.51.2

दि॒वः पी॒यूष॑मुत्त॒मं सोम॒मिन्द्रा॑य व॒ज्रिणे॑ । सु॒नोता॒ मधु॑मत्तमम् ॥

Create the highest honey sweet Soma of divine consciousness, highest exhilarating experience of the light of heaven for the soul’s awareness, and then rise to adamantine power against all possible violations.

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9.51.3

तव॒ त्य इ॑न्दो॒ अन्ध॑सो दे॒वा मधो॒र्व्य॑श्नते । पव॑मानस्य म॒रुतः॑ ॥

Then, O Soma, Spirit of divinity, the noblest, most vibrant generous and brilliant souls have a drink of the elixir of your honey sweet presence flowing exuberantly at the purest.

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9.51.4

त्वं हि सो॑म व॒र्धय॑न्त्सु॒तो मदा॑य॒ भूर्ण॑ये । वृष॑न्त्स्तो॒तार॑मू॒तये॑ ॥

Soma, lord of purity, peace and power, you alone are the object of meditation, supplication and exaltation for the ecstasy, vibrancy and protected progress of life, you alone promote the celebrant to the top of sovereignty and give him showers of

joy.

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9.51.5

अ॒भ्य॑र्ष विचक्षण प॒वित्रं॒ धार॑या सु॒तः । अ॒भि वाज॑मु॒त श्रवः॑ ॥

Flow on, O lord all watchful guardian of humanity, and, realised in meditation, rain in showers on the pure heart and bring in abundance of food and energy for the body, mind and soul, and give us the ultimate victory of fame in the world and fulfilment across the world of time.

✦ Sukta 52 · 5 verses ✦

9.52.1

परि॑ द्यु॒क्षः स॒नद्र॑यि॒र्भर॒द्वाजं॑ नो॒ अन्ध॑सा । सु॒वा॒नो अ॑र्ष प॒वित्र॒ आ ॥

Light of the light of heaven, treasure-hold of world’s wealth, with wealth, food and energy for body, mind and soul arise and manifest in the pure heart, inspiring it to a state of peace and benediction.

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9.52.2

तव॑ प्र॒त्नेभि॒रध्व॑भि॒रव्यो॒ वारे॒ परि॑ प्रि॒यः । स॒हस्र॑धारो या॒त्तना॑ ॥

Let your dear protected celebrant, sanctified by a thousand streams of divine favours, rise to the cherished state of fulfilment by the ancient and eternal paths of divinity and Vedic lore.

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9.52.3

च॒रुर्न यस्तमी॑ङ्ख॒येन्दो॒ न दान॑मीङ्खय । व॒धैर्व॑धस्नवीङ्खय ॥

Indu, spirit of peace, plenty and generosity, inspire him who is receptive and generous as a cloud, move him like charity in flow. O shaping power of hard discipline, shape him through hardness and inspire him to the good life of generosity and joy.

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9.52.4

नि शुष्म॑मिन्दवेषां॒ पुरु॑हूत॒ जना॑नाम् । यो अ॒स्माँ आ॒दिदे॑शति ॥

Indu, lord of peace and plenty who rule over us, invoked, adored and worshipped pray increase the power and prosperity of those people who follow the rule of your law of discipline and generosity.

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9.52.5

श॒तं न॑ इन्द ऊ॒तिभिः॑ स॒हस्रं॑ वा॒ शुची॑नाम् । पव॑स्व मंह॒यद्र॑यिः ॥

O lord of light, purity and plenty, with divine powers and protections bless us with hundreds and thousands of life’s purities and shower upon us abundance of wealth, honour and excellence worthy of that purity.

✦ Sukta 53 · 4 verses ✦

9.53.1

उत्ते॒ शुष्मा॑सो अस्थू॒ रक्षो॑ भि॒न्दन्तो॑ अद्रिवः । नु॒दस्व॒ याः प॑रि॒स्पृधः॑ ॥

O lord of mountains, thunder and clouds, your powers and forces stand high, breaking down the negative and destructive elements of life. Pray impel or compel the adversaries to change or remove them from the paths of progress.

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9.53.2

अ॒या नि॑ज॒घ्निरोज॑सा रथसं॒गे धने॑ हि॒ते । स्तवा॒ अबि॑भ्युषा हृ॒दा ॥

By this power and valour of yours you eliminate the negative forces. In this battle of the body chariot on hand in this life, we adore you with a fearless heart, you being the protector and guide.

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9.53.3

अस्य॑ व्र॒तानि॒ नाधृषे॒ पव॑मानस्य दू॒ढ्या॑ । रु॒ज यस्त्वा॑ पृत॒न्यति॑ ॥

The rules and laws of this mighty creative and dynamic power no one can resist with his adverse force. O Soma, whoever opposes you, break open and destroy.

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9.53.4

तं हि॑न्वन्ति मद॒च्युतं॒ हरिं॑ न॒दीषु॑ वा॒जिन॑म् । इन्दु॒मिन्द्रा॑य मत्स॒रम् ॥

That giver of showers of sweetness and joy, lord of peace and power, destroyer of suffering, energising and flowing in streams of the universal dynamics of existence, people admire and adore, he is the joy and ecstasy of the living soul.

✦ Sukta 54 · 4 verses ✦

9.54.1

अ॒स्य प्र॒त्नामनु॒ द्युतं॑ शु॒क्रं दु॑दुह्रे॒ अह्र॑यः । पयः॑ सहस्र॒सामृषि॑म् ॥

Men of vision and science of yajna, in pursuit of the ancient and eternal Vedic tradition of this lord of light, peace and purity, distil the brilliant, pure and powerful and visionary knowledge of a thousandfold nourishing and inspiring gifts of existence.

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9.54.2

अ॒यं सूर्य॑ इवोप॒दृग॒यं सरां॑सि धावति । स॒प्त प्र॒वत॒ आ दिव॑म् ॥

This Soma, like the sun, all watching and illuminating, sets rivers, seas and energies aflow, pervading therein on earth and in the seven-fold light of the sun upto the regions of light.

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9.54.3

अ॒यं विश्वा॑नि तिष्ठति पुना॒नो भुव॑नो॒परि॑ । सोमो॑ दे॒वो न सूर्यः॑ ॥

This Soma, lord of light, peace and power, pure and purifying, pervades all regions of the universe in and above, like the divine light which illuminates all regions of the universe.

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9.54.4

परि॑ णो दे॒ववी॑तये॒ वाजाँ॑ अर्षसि॒ गोम॑तः । पु॒ना॒न इ॑न्दविन्द्र॒युः ॥

Indu, spirit of peace, beauty and plenty, lover of men of knowledge and power, purifying and sanctifying the world, bring us food and energy for the body, mind and soul for the service and fulfilment of the men of brilliance and generosity.

✦ Sukta 55 · 4 verses ✦

9.55.1

यवं॑यवं नो॒ अन्ध॑सा पु॒ष्टम्पु॑ष्टं॒ परि॑ स्रव । सोम॒ विश्वा॑ च॒ सौभ॑गा ॥

Soma, Spirit of peace, power and plenty, flow forth, vitalise, purify and inspire us with fresh energy, power and grace of culture at every stage of our growth, acquisition and progress, beatify all our good fortune and prosperity of life in the world.

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9.55.2

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

O lord of beauty and grace, as you pervade your own glory of adoration, your own creation, power and nourishments of food and inspiration, so pray come, bless our vedi of yajna, our life and work through the world.

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9.55.3

उ॒त नो॑ गो॒विद॑श्व॒वित्पव॑स्व सो॒मान्ध॑सा । म॒क्षूत॑मेभि॒रह॑भिः ॥

And O Soma, lord of energy, wealth and advancement, master of knowledge and progress, by the shortest time of the days ahead, bless and beatify us with food for body, mind and soul, rich in lands, cows and culture, horses, advancement and progressive power and achievement.

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9.55.4

यो जि॒नाति॒ न जीय॑ते॒ हन्ति॒ शत्रु॑म॒भीत्य॑ । स प॑वस्व सहस्रजित् ॥

You, who always excel, win or vanquish, who no one can excel, win or vanquish, who advance and destroy the destructive adversary, pray advance, energise, purify and empower us too, winner of a thousand battles.

✦ Sukta 56 · 4 verses ✦

9.56.1

परि॒ सोम॑ ऋ॒तं बृ॒हदा॒शुः प॒वित्रे॑ अर्षति । वि॒घ्नन्रक्षां॑सि देव॒युः ॥

Soma is the universal truth and law of eternity, instant and omnipresent, lover of the noble, brilliant and generous people, destroyer of negative and destructive forces, and it rolls in the heart of pure and pious souls, inspires, energises and advances them.

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9.56.2

यत्सोमो॒ वाज॒मर्ष॑ति श॒तं धारा॑ अप॒स्युवः॑ । इन्द्र॑स्य स॒ख्यमा॑वि॒शन् ॥

When Soma releases the divine energy and enthusiasm of life, men of initiative and creativity enjoying friendship and communion with divinity experience the ecstasy of life flowing in a hundred streams.

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9.56.3

अ॒भि त्वा॒ योष॑णो॒ दश॑ जा॒रं न क॒न्या॑नूषत । मृ॒ज्यसे॑ सोम सा॒तये॑ ॥

Ten youthful organs of perception and volition, concentrated, directed and integrated with mind, intelligence and consciousness serve and help the soul to commune with you, Soma, like a loving maiden communing with her lover, and then, O Supersoul and master of the soul, you shine in the heart’s core for the ultimate victory and fulfilment of the devotee.

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9.56.4

त्वमिन्द्रा॑य॒ विष्ण॑वे स्वा॒दुरि॑न्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव । नॄन्त्स्तो॒तॄन्पा॒ह्यंह॑सः ॥

O Soma, spirit of peace and bliss, let divine ecstasy flow forth for Indra, celebrant of power, and Vishnu, omnipresence oriented soul, and protect and promote the leading lights of humanity free from sin and dedicated to divinity.

✦ Sukta 57 · 4 verses ✦

9.57.1

प्र ते॒ धारा॑ अस॒श्चतो॑ दि॒वो न य॑न्ति वृ॒ष्टयः॑ । अच्छा॒ वाजं॑ सह॒स्रिण॑म् ॥

O Soma, the ceaseless streams of your inexhaustible ecstasy flow like rains of heavenly light, bringing thousandfold strength, energy and joy for the celebrants.

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9.57.2

अ॒भि प्रि॒याणि॒ काव्या॒ विश्वा॒ चक्षा॑णो अर्षति । हरि॑स्तुञ्जा॒न आयु॑धा ॥

Soma, spirit of joy, destroyer of suffering, watching all human activity, flows forth for its dear favourites, striking its arms against adverse forces.

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9.57.3

स म॑र्मृजा॒न आ॒युभि॒रिभो॒ राजे॑व सुव्र॒तः । श्ये॒नो न वंसु॑ षीदति ॥

Soma, adored and glorified by people, as a self- controlled, powerful and brilliant ruler ever awake and unfailing power, pervades in the human common-wealth and the entire world of sustenance.

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9.57.4

स नो॒ विश्वा॑ दि॒वो वसू॒तो पृ॑थि॒व्या अधि॑ । पु॒ना॒न इ॑न्द॒वा भ॑र ॥

Soma, lord of wealth, beauty and excellence, ever pure and sanctifying, may, we pray, bring us all the wealth, honour and fame of life on earth and the light and magnificence of heaven.

✦ Sukta 58 · 4 verses ✦

9.58.1

तर॒त्स म॒न्दी धा॑वति॒ धारा॑ सु॒तस्यान्ध॑सः । तर॒त्स म॒न्दी धा॑वति ॥

Soma, Spirit of peace, beauty and bliss, saving, rejoicing, fulfilling, flows on. The stream of delight exhilarating for body, mind and soul flows on full of bliss. Crossing over the hurdles of life, delighted all over, the celebrant goes on.

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9.58.2

उ॒स्रा वे॑द॒ वसू॑नां॒ मर्त॑स्य दे॒व्यव॑सः । तर॒त्स म॒न्दी धा॑वति ॥

Mother source of wealth, honour and enlightenment, divine power that commands the saving art for the mortals, saviour, delightful, giver of fulfilment flows on.

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9.58.3

ध्व॒स्रयोः॑ पुरु॒षन्त्यो॒रा स॒हस्रा॑णि दद्महे । तर॒त्स म॒न्दी धा॑वति ॥

Let us receive a thousand gifts of the divine soma power that destroys evil and exalts humanity. Saving, delighting and fulfilling, the stream of divine bliss flows on.

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9.58.4

आ ययो॑स्त्रिं॒शतं॒ तना॑ स॒हस्रा॑णि च॒ दद्म॑हे । तर॒त्स म॒न्दी धा॑वति ॥

The divine Soma energy and power, destroyer of evil and saviour of human good, of which we get thirty virtues and a thousand other gifts, flows on saving, delighting, delightful.

✦ Sukta 59 · 4 verses ✦

9.59.1

पव॑स्व गो॒जिद॑श्व॒जिद्वि॑श्व॒जित्सो॑म रण्य॒जित् । प्र॒जाव॒द्रत्न॒मा भ॑र ॥

Victorious over senses and mind, victorious over will and ambition, victorious over the world, victorious over pleasure, pride and victory, O Soma, life of life, flow on and bring us jewels of children, family life and noble generations.

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9.59.2

पव॑स्वा॒द्भ्यो अदा॑भ्यः॒ पव॒स्वौष॑धीभ्यः । पव॑स्व धि॒षणा॑भ्यः ॥

O vitality of Soma, divine energy, flow on and energise us with fluent systemic energy of body and mind, redoubtable and undaunted power, flow in and on with herbs and sanatives, energise, purify and sanctify with self-controlled will and invincible will divine.

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9.59.3

त्वं सो॑म॒ पव॑मानो॒ विश्वा॑नि दुरि॒ता त॑र । क॒विः सी॑द॒ नि ब॒र्हिषि॑ ॥

O Soma, pure and purifying energy and divine inspiration, cross over hurdles, eliminate evil tendencies and, O omniscient vision and creativity, be seated on the holy vedi and in the mind.

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9.59.4

पव॑मान॒ स्व॑र्विदो॒ जाय॑मानोऽभवो म॒हान् । इन्दो॒ विश्वाँ॑ अ॒भीद॑सि ॥

O Soma, divine spirit of bliss, unborn, great, ever manifesting anew, lord controller and giver of heavenly joy, you are supreme over everything of the world.

✦ Sukta 60 · 4 verses ✦

9.60.1

प्र गा॑य॒त्रेण॑ गायत॒ पव॑मानं॒ विच॑र्षणिम् । इन्दुं॑ स॒हस्र॑चक्षसम् ॥

O devotees, sing and enthusiastically celebrate with gayatri hymns Soma, pure, purifying and ever flowing in cosmic dynamics, all moving, omnipresent Spirit of bliss and joy, lord of a thousandfold vision and voice of Infinity.

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9.60.2

तं त्वा॑ स॒हस्र॑चक्षस॒मथो॑ स॒हस्र॑भर्णसम् । अति॒ वार॑मपाविषुः ॥

That Supreme lord most adorable, of infinite vision and voice and infinite sustenance of life and existence, extremely lovable, worthiest of choice, you internalise and sanctify in the heart and soul.

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9.60.3

अति॒ वारा॒न्पव॑मानो असिष्यदत्क॒लशाँ॑ अ॒भि धा॑वति । इन्द्र॑स्य॒ हार्द्या॑वि॒शन् ॥

Soma, lord supreme of the dynamic flow of life, giver of choicest favours, pervading and shining at the core of human heart and soul, manifests and vitalises all forms of existence.

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9.60.4

इन्द्र॑स्य सोम॒ राध॑से॒ शं प॑वस्व विचर्षणे । प्र॒जाव॒द्रेत॒ आ भ॑र ॥

O Soma, Spirit of peace, power and bliss, all watching, all moving, bring us showers of peace and purity for the soul’s fulfilment, and vest us with creative vitality and virility for continuance of life through generations and generations.

✦ Sukta 61 · 30 verses ✦

9.61.1

अ॒या वी॒ती परि॑ स्रव॒ यस्त॑ इन्दो॒ मदे॒ष्वा । अ॒वाह॑न्नव॒तीर्नव॑ ॥

O Soma, joyous ruler and protector of life, let this creative peace, presence, power and policy of yours prevail and advance, promoting those who join the happy advance, and repelling, dispelling, even destroying ninety-and-nine strongholds of darkness which obstruct the progress.

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9.61.2

पुरः॑ स॒द्य इ॒त्थाधि॑ये॒ दिवो॑दासाय॒ शम्ब॑रम् । अध॒ त्यं तु॒र्वशं॒ यदु॑म् ॥

Go on thus always advancing for the people dedicated to positive good work in thought, policy and action, accelerating, controlling and balancing the forces of peace, progress and restless ambition.

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9.61.3

परि॑ णो॒ अश्व॑मश्व॒विद्गोम॑दिन्दो॒ हिर॑ण्यवत् । क्षरा॑ सह॒स्रिणी॒रिषः॑ ॥

And for us, let abundant streams of food, energy and wealth of a thousandfold riches and variety flow abounding in horses, transport and progress, lands, cows and beauties of culture and literature, gold and golden graces. O creator, ruler and controller of peace and joy, you know the values and dynamics of evolution and progress.

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9.61.4

पव॑मानस्य ते व॒यं प॒वित्र॑मभ्युन्द॒तः । स॒खि॒त्वमा वृ॑णीमहे ॥

O Soma, pure and purifying lord and ruler of life, the streams of your peace, plenty and piety overflow. We pray for abiding love and friendship with you.

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9.61.5

ये ते॑ प॒वित्र॑मू॒र्मयो॑ऽभि॒क्षर॑न्ति॒ धार॑या । तेभि॑र्नः सोम मृळय ॥

The streams of your piety, purity, peace and plenty rain in showers for the pure heart and soul in humanity. O Soma, with those showers, pray bless us with happiness, prosperity and all round well being.

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9.61.6

स नः॑ पुना॒न आ भ॑र र॒यिं वी॒रव॑ती॒मिष॑म् । ईशा॑नः सोम वि॒श्वतः॑ ॥

O Soma, lord ruler and benefactor of the entire world, pure and purifier of all, bring us food and energy for body, mind and soul, versatile wealth and power abounding in brave and heroic progeny for future generations.

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9.61.7

ए॒तमु॒ त्यं दश॒ क्षिपो॑ मृ॒जन्ति॒ सिन्धु॑मातरम् । समा॑दि॒त्येभि॑रख्यत ॥

Such as you are, O ruling soul, ten senses, ten pranas, ten subtle and gross modes of Prakrti and ten directions of space, all glorify you, mother source of all fluent streams of world energies shining with the zodiacs of the sun and all other brilliancies of nature and humanity.

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9.61.8

समिन्द्रे॑णो॒त वा॒युना॑ सु॒त ए॑ति प॒वित्र॒ आ । सं सूर्य॑स्य र॒श्मिभिः॑ ॥

O Soma, spirit of peace, plenty and energy of the universe, you flow with the wind and cosmic dynamics and, with the rays of the sun, you shine as the very light of life which, realised and internalised, abides vibrant in the pure heart and soul.

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9.61.9

स नो॒ भगा॑य वा॒यवे॑ पू॒ष्णे प॑वस्व॒ मधु॑मान् । चारु॑र्मि॒त्रे वरु॑णे च ॥

O Soma, beautiful, blissful, honey spirit of the sweets of existence, flow free and purifying for the glory of life, for vibrant forces, for the power of health and growth, and for the friendly and discriminative people among humanity.

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9.61.10

उ॒च्चा ते॑ जा॒तमन्ध॑सो दि॒वि षद्भूम्या द॑दे । उ॒ग्रं शर्म॒ महि॒ श्रवः॑ ॥

O Soma, high is your renown, great your peace and pleasure, born and abiding in heaven, and the gift of your energy and vitality, the earth receives as the seed and food of life.

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9.61.11

ए॒ना विश्वा॑न्य॒र्य आ द्यु॒म्नानि॒ मानु॑षाणाम् । सिषा॑सन्तो वनामहे ॥

Soma is the lord of humanity and the earth. By virtue of him and of him, we ask and pray for all food, energy, honour and excellence for humanity, serving him and sharing all the benefits together.

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9.61.12

स न॒ इन्द्रा॑य॒ यज्य॑वे॒ वरु॑णाय म॒रुद्भ्यः॑ । व॒रि॒वो॒वित्परि॑ स्रव ॥

Soma, lord of peace and purity, power and piety, creator, controller and commander of the entire wealth of life, flow on by the dynamics of nature and bless us for the benefit of power and glory, yajna and unity among the yajakas, judgement and right values and the vibrant forces of law and order.

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9.61.13

उपो॒ षु जा॒तम॒प्तुरं॒ गोभि॑र्भ॒ङ्गं परि॑ष्कृतम् । इन्दुं॑ दे॒वा अ॑यासिषुः ॥

Soma, spirit of beauty, grace and glory, divinely created, nobly born, zealous, destroyer of negativity, beatified and celebrated in songs of divine voice, the noblest powers of nature and humanity adore, share and enjoy.

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9.61.14

तमिद्व॑र्धन्तु नो॒ गिरो॑ व॒त्सं सं॒शिश्व॑रीरिव । य इन्द्र॑स्य हृदं॒सनिः॑ ॥

As mother cows love, cheer and caress the calf, so let our songs of adoration celebrate and exalt Soma, love and grace of the heart of Indra, life’s glory on top of existence.

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9.61.15

अर्षा॑ णः सोम॒ शं गवे॑ धु॒क्षस्व॑ पि॒प्युषी॒मिष॑म् । वर्धा॑ समु॒द्रमु॒क्थ्य॑म् ॥

O Soma, peaceable ruling powers of the world, rise, move forward and create conditions of peace and progress for the earth, work for nature, animal wealth and environment, advance human culture, create nourishing food and productive energy for comfort and common good and, thus, exalt the grace and glory of human life, rolling like the infinite ocean.

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9.61.16

पव॑मानो अजीजनद्दि॒वश्चि॒त्रं न त॑न्य॒तुम् । ज्योति॑र्वैश्वान॒रं बृ॒हत् ॥

Let Soma, progressive, active and zealous power dedicated to humanity and divinity, create the light and culture of universal expansive order from the light of heaven, sublime, awful and beautiful as the light and resounding roar of thunder and lightning.

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9.61.17

पव॑मानस्य ते॒ रसो॒ मदो॑ राजन्नदुच्छु॒नः । वि वार॒मव्य॑मर्षति ॥

O Soma, beauty, grace and joy of life, refulgent power, as you flow, pure and purifying, the pleasure you release, the ecstasy you inspire, and the peace you emanate free from negativities, radiates to the mind and soul of the loved celebrant.

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9.61.18

पव॑मान॒ रस॒स्तव॒ दक्षो॒ वि रा॑जति द्यु॒मान् । ज्योति॒र्विश्वं॒ स्व॑र्दृ॒शे ॥

O vibrant bliss of the world, the purity, pleasure and ecstasy of yours, versatile and refulgent, radiates over space and time as universal light of divinity for humanity to have a vision of the heaven of bliss.

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9.61.19

यस्ते॒ मदो॒ वरे॑ण्य॒स्तेना॑ पव॒स्वान्ध॑सा । दे॒वा॒वीर॑घशंस॒हा ॥

The soma ecstasy that’s yours, that is the highest love of our choice. Flow on, radiate, and sanctify us beyond satiation with light divine for the soul, protector and saviour as you are of the holy and destroyer of sin and evil for the good.

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9.61.20

जघ्नि॑र्वृ॒त्रम॑मि॒त्रियं॒ सस्नि॒र्वाजं॑ दि॒वेदि॑वे । गो॒षा उ॑ अश्व॒सा अ॑सि ॥

Soma, power and peace of divinity, destroyer of the evil and darkness of negative forces, constant catalytic force of nature in creative evolution day in and day out, you are the giver of earthly life and dynamic motion for onward progress.

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9.61.21

सम्मि॑श्लो अरु॒षो भ॑व सूप॒स्थाभि॒र्न धे॒नुभिः॑ । सीद॑ञ्छ्ये॒नो न योनि॒मा ॥

Be bright and blazing, integrated with creative powers of growth, perception and imagination, sojourning over space and time yet resting in your seat at the centre of existence.

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9.61.22

स प॑वस्व॒ य आवि॒थेन्द्रं॑ वृ॒त्राय॒ हन्त॑वे । व॒व्रि॒वांसं॑ म॒हीर॒पः ॥

Lord of the joy of existence, for constant conversion, elimination and destruction of negativity you protect and promote the creative, structural and developmental forces of nature in great evolutionary dynamics on way to positive growth and progress.

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9.61.23

सु॒वीरा॑सो व॒यं धना॒ जये॑म सोम मीढ्वः । पु॒ना॒नो व॑र्ध नो॒ गिरः॑ ॥

O Soma, virile lord of creation and evolution, bless us so that, blest with noble warlike progeny, we may win the wealth of life. Pure and purifying lord, exalt our intellect and imagination and our songs of adoration for divinity.

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9.61.24

त्वोता॑स॒स्तवाव॑सा॒ स्याम॑ व॒न्वन्त॑ आ॒मुरः॑ । सोम॑ व्र॒तेषु॑ जागृहि ॥

Safe under your power and protection, serving and celebrating you in adoration, let us be destroyers of negativities, jealousies and enmities. O Soma, ever awake as you are, keep us awake in the observance of divine law and discipline of holiness.

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9.61.25

अ॒प॒घ्नन्प॑वते॒ मृधोऽप॒ सोमो॒ अरा॑व्णः । गच्छ॒न्निन्द्र॑स्य निष्कृ॒तम् ॥

Destroying the destroyers, eliminating the selfish, ungenerous hoarders and parasites, Soma, divine creativity in nature and humanity attains to its yajnic end and aim in the existential order created by omnipotent Indra.

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9.61.26

म॒हो नो॑ रा॒य आ भ॑र॒ पव॑मान ज॒ही मृधः॑ । रास्वे॑न्दो वी॒रव॒द्यशः॑ ॥

Lord Supreme of beauty, splendour and grace, pure and purifying, ever awake, bring us wealth of the highest order, eliminate the destructive adversaries and bless us with honour, excellence and fame, and continue the human family with noble and brave generations.

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9.61.27

न त्वा॑ श॒तं च॒न ह्रुतो॒ राधो॒ दित्स॑न्त॒मा मि॑नन् । यत्पु॑ना॒नो म॑ख॒स्यसे॑ ॥

Lord of peace and purity, purifier and saviour of the celebrants, when you please to bless the devotee with prosperity and fulfilment in life’s yajna, not a hundred adversaries can stop or frustrate you.

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9.61.28

पव॑स्वेन्दो॒ वृषा॑ सु॒तः कृ॒धी नो॑ य॒शसो॒ जने॑ । विश्वा॒ अप॒ द्विषो॑ जहि ॥

Soma, lord of purity and generosity, light and splendour, served and realised through yajnic life, protect and purify us, help us join the community of honour and excellence, ward off and eliminate all malignity, jealousy and enmity from our life.

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9.61.29

अस्य॑ ते स॒ख्ये व॒यं तवे॑न्दो द्यु॒म्न उ॑त्त॒मे । सा॒स॒ह्याम॑ पृतन्य॒तः ॥

O lord of truth, beauty and generosity, within the fold of your friendship and in the state of your highest honour and excellence, let us face and win over all the adversaries.

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9.61.30

या ते॑ भी॒मान्यायु॑धा ति॒ग्मानि॒ सन्ति॒ धूर्व॑णे । रक्षा॑ समस्य नो नि॒दः ॥

Whatever are your sharpest and most awful weapons for the destruction of destroyers, with those weapons, pray, protect us against all maligners and enemies.

✦ Sukta 62 · 30 verses ✦

9.62.1

ए॒ते अ॑सृग्र॒मिन्द॑वस्ति॒रः प॒वित्र॑मा॒शवः॑ । विश्वा॑न्य॒भि सौभ॑गा ॥

These vibrant forces of humanity dedicated to peace and joy for all, above pettiness and negativities, move on with noble work for humanity toward the achievement of all wealth, honour and excellence.

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9.62.2

वि॒घ्नन्तो॑ दुरि॒ता पु॒रु सु॒गा तो॒काय॑ वा॒जिनः॑ । तना॑ कृ॒ण्वन्तो॒ अर्व॑ते ॥

Overcoming and eliminating the many evils and undesirables of life, creating peace and comfort, wealth and honour for vibrant humanity and their progress through future generations, they go on as warriors and pioneers of the human nation.

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9.62.3

कृ॒ण्वन्तो॒ वरि॑वो॒ गवे॒ऽभ्य॑र्षन्ति सुष्टु॒तिम् । इळा॑म॒स्मभ्यं॑ सं॒यत॑म् ॥

Creating, collecting and preserving noble wealth and strength and sustenance for us and for our lands and cows and the honour and culture of our tradition, they go on winning appreciation and admiration.

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9.62.4

असा॑व्यं॒शुर्मदा॑या॒प्सु दक्षो॑ गिरि॒ष्ठाः । श्ये॒नो न योनि॒मास॑दत् ॥

The peace and pleasure of life’s ecstasy in thought and action, and the expertise well founded on adamantine determination is created by Savita, the creator, like the flying ambition of bythe soul and it is settled in its seat at the heart’s core in the personality.

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9.62.5

शु॒भ्रमन्धो॑ दे॒ववा॑तम॒प्सु धू॒तो नृभिः॑ सु॒तः । स्वद॑न्ति॒ गावः॒ पयो॑भिः ॥

The radiant food of ambition created by people, energised by noble leaders, sanctified in action, the people enjoy seasoned with delicacies of cow’s milk.

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9.62.6

आदी॒मश्वं॒ न हेता॒रोऽशू॑शुभन्न॒मृता॑य । मध्वो॒ रसं॑ सध॒मादे॑ ॥

And this ecstasy of the fruit of active ambition, honey sweet of joint achievement in yajnic action, leading lights of the nation like yajakas exalt and glorify as the progressive sociopolitical order of humanity for permanence and immortal honour.And this ecstasy of the fruit of active ambition, honey sweet of joint achievement in yajnic action, leading lights of the nation like yajakas exalt and glorify as the progressive sociopolitical order of humanity for permanence and immortal honour.

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9.62.7

यास्ते॒ धारा॑ मधु॒श्चुतोऽसृ॑ग्रमिन्द ऊ॒तये॑ । ताभिः॑ प॒वित्र॒मास॑दः ॥

O Soma, spirit of ambition, action and glory of life, the honey sweet streams of your ecstasy flow for the protection and sanctification of life. With those streams come and flow in the holy yajnic hall of action.

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9.62.8

सो अ॒र्षेन्द्रा॑य पी॒तये॑ ति॒रो रोमा॑ण्य॒व्यया॑ । सीद॒न्योना॒ वने॒ष्वा ॥

O Soma, spirit of ambition, action and glory of life, the honey sweet streams of your ecstasy flow for the protection and sanctification of life. With those streams come and flow in the holy yajnic hall of action.

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9.62.9

त्वमि॑न्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव॒ स्वादि॑ष्ठो॒ अङ्गि॑रोभ्यः । व॒रि॒वो॒विद्घृ॒तं पयः॑ ॥

O Soma, spirit of holy action and life’s sanctity, settle in your seat of yajnic action in the nation’s heart for the honour and excellence of human values and flow free down the permanent annals of human history and tradition.

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9.62.10

अ॒यं विच॑र्षणिर्हि॒तः पव॑मानः॒ स चे॑तति । हि॒न्वा॒न आप्यं॑ बृ॒हत् ॥

O Soma, dynamic spirit of action, joy and glory of life, harbinger of the best of wealth and honour, flow sweet and most delicious for vibrant sages and scholars and release streams of milk and ghrta for humanity.

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9.62.11

ए॒ष वृषा॒ वृष॑व्रतः॒ पव॑मानो अशस्ति॒हा । कर॒द्वसू॑नि दा॒शुषे॑ ॥

This Soma, divine spirit of action, honour and joy, is all watching, all beneficent, all inspiring, moving and dynamic, ever wakeful, setting in motion the flow on for attainment of vast achievable success and fulfilment.

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9.62.12

आ प॑वस्व सह॒स्रिणं॑ र॒यिं गोम॑न्तम॒श्विन॑म् । पु॒रु॒श्च॒न्द्रं पु॑रु॒स्पृह॑म् ॥

This virile giver of showers of fulfilment, the very commitment incarnate of divinity to beneficence, always flowing, creating and giving, destroyer of calumny and evil doers, creates and provides wealth, honour and excellence for the generous yajnic givers.

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9.62.13

ए॒ष स्य परि॑ षिच्यते मर्मृ॒ज्यमा॑न आ॒युभिः॑ । उ॒रु॒गा॒यः क॒विक्र॑तुः ॥

O Soma, come, flow and bring us piety and purity of a thousandfold wealth of lands, cows, literature and culture, horses, speed and progressive success all beautiful and universally cherished.

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9.62.14

स॒हस्रो॑तिः श॒ताम॑घो वि॒मानो॒ रज॑सः क॒विः । इन्द्रा॑य पवते॒ मदः॑ ॥

Such is Soma, spirit of life’s beauty and glory, that flows pure, purifying and sanctifying on top, exalted and glorified by celebrant humanity, universally admired as poetic visionary, creator and harbinger of holiest glory.

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9.62.15

गि॒रा जा॒त इ॒ह स्तु॒त इन्दु॒रिन्द्रा॑य धीयते । विर्योना॑ वस॒तावि॑व ॥

Soma, divine spirit and power of a thousand ways of protection, a hundred modes of wealth and power, commanding controller of the energies of life, visionary creator of beauty and poetry, is dynamic, ever fluent, and it creates and releases joy and ecstasy for the honour of Indra, glory of the human social order.

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9.62.16

पव॑मानः सु॒तो नृभिः॒ सोमो॒ वाज॑मिवासरत् । च॒मूषु॒ शक्म॑ना॒सद॑म् ॥

Indra, the best man of supreme spirit and power of light, peace and bliss, born and raised here in the social order, initiated, admired and confirmed by the voice of the land is appointed in place and position of authority for a purpose like an arrow fixed on the bow for a target.

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9.62.17

तं त्रि॑पृ॒ष्ठे त्रि॑वन्धु॒रे रथे॑ युञ्जन्ति॒ यात॑वे । ऋषी॑णां स॒प्त धी॒तिभिः॑ ॥

Soma, the spirit and person of peace and joy, pure and purifying, selected and anointed by leading lights of the people, should move and act like power and competence incarnate in places and positions with his powers and obligations for the purpose specified.

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9.62.18

तं सो॑तारो धन॒स्पृत॑मा॒शुं वाजा॑य॒ यात॑वे । हरिं॑ हिनोत वा॒जिन॑म् ॥

Him they enjoin to the three-level, triple structural chariot of the nation, with sevenfold intelligence, will and execution of the visionaries of life.That leader and dashing pioneer, instant in response and action, winner of life’s battles for wealth, honour and excellence, destroyer of want and suffering, O performers of the nation’s Soma yajna, exalt and exhort for onward progress and fulfilment of humanity’s joint and common mission on earth.

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9.62.19

आ॒वि॒शन्क॒लशं॑ सु॒तो विश्वा॒ अर्ष॑न्न॒भि श्रियः॑ । शूरो॒ न गोषु॑ तिष्ठति ॥

That leader and dashing pioneer, instant in response and action, winner of life’s battles for wealth, honour and excellence, destroyer of want and suffering, O performers of the nation’s Soma yajna, exalt and exhort for onward progress and fulfilment of humanity’s joint and common mission on earth.Taking over his positions of office, the leader, pioneer and ruler presides over lands and affairs of the order like a brave warrior moving forward and winning all wealth, honours, excellence and graces for the people, exhorted and exalted by them.That leader and dashing pioneer, instant in response and action, winner of life’s battles for wealth, honour and excellence, destroyer of want and suffering, O performers of the nation’s Soma yajna, exalt and exhort for onward progress and fulfilment of humanity’s joint and common mission on earth.Taking over his positions of office, the leader, pioneer and ruler presides over lands and affairs of the order like a brave warrior moving forward and winning all wealth, honours, excellence and graces for the people, exhorted and exalted by them.

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9.62.20

आ त॑ इन्दो॒ मदा॑य॒ कं पयो॑ दुहन्त्या॒यवः॑ । दे॒वा दे॒वेभ्यो॒ मधु॑ ॥

O lord of peace, grace and joy, to your pleasure and the pleasure of holy powers, the people and the noblest brilliant people of the land create and distil the sweets and sanatives of peace and nourishment from the life around.

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9.62.21

आ नः॒ सोमं॑ प॒वित्र॒ आ सृ॒जता॒ मधु॑मत्तमम् । दे॒वेभ्यो॑ देव॒श्रुत्त॑मम् ॥

O performers and partners of humanity’s yajnic social order, create, preserve and extend our soma of the nation’s joy, beauty and grace, sweetest honeyed soma ever heard of by the divinities, on the sacred earth in honour of the holiest of holies.

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9.62.22

ए॒ते सोमा॑ असृक्षत गृणा॒नाः श्रव॑से म॒हे । म॒दिन्त॑मस्य॒ धार॑या ॥

These somas of human beauty, culture and graces celebrated in song are created for the great sustenance of fame, honour and excellence of life by the stream of the most exciting annals of human history.

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9.62.23

अ॒भि गव्या॑नि वी॒तये॑ नृ॒म्णा पु॑ना॒नो अ॑र्षसि । स॒नद्वा॑जः॒ परि॑ स्रव ॥

O Soma, exciting peace, pleasure and excellence of the human nation, you move forward, pure, purifying and glorified, to achieve the wealth of lands and cows, culture and literature, and the jewels of human excellence for lasting peace and well being. Go on ever forward, creating, winning and giving food and fulfilment for the body, mind and soul of the collective personality.

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9.62.24

उ॒त नो॒ गोम॑ती॒रिषो॒ विश्वा॑ अर्ष परि॒ष्टुभः॑ । गृ॒णा॒नो ज॒मद॑ग्निना ॥

O Soma, lord of peace, joy and grace, glorified by the sage of vision and lighted fire, bring us all the world’s wealth of food, energy and knowledge abundant in lands and cows and graces of culture of permanent and adorable value.

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9.62.25

पव॑स्व वा॒चो अ॑ग्रि॒यः सोम॑ चि॒त्राभि॑रू॒तिभिः॑ । अ॒भि विश्वा॑नि॒ काव्या॑ ॥

O Soma, you are the leading light. With various and wonderful modes of protection and preservation, purify and sanctify the speech of humanity and let it flow free and fine. Be the same preserver, sanctifier and promoter of all the art and literature of the world.

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9.62.26

त्वं स॑मु॒द्रिया॑ अ॒पो॑ऽग्रि॒यो वाच॑ ई॒रय॑न् । पव॑स्व विश्वमेजय ॥

O mover, shaker and inspirer of the world, you are the first and foremost leading light, flow forth purifying, sanctifying and energising the oceanic vapours and waters of space, and inspiring and preserving the eternal Word and the speech, manners and cultures of the world of humanity.

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9.62.27

तुभ्ये॒मा भुव॑ना कवे महि॒म्ने सो॑म तस्थिरे । तुभ्य॑मर्षन्ति॒ सिन्ध॑वः ॥

O Soma, lord of omniscient vision and creation, these world regions of the universe abide in constant steadiness in homage to you, and the seas on earth and in space roll in honour to you.

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9.62.28

प्र ते॑ दि॒वो न वृ॒ष्टयो॒ धारा॑ यन्त्यस॒श्चतः॑ । अ॒भि शु॒क्रामु॑प॒स्तिर॑म् ॥

Like showers of light from heaven, the streams of your grace shower upon the bright world of humanity below on the wide earth, incessantly.

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9.62.29

इन्द्रा॒येन्दुं॑ पुनीतनो॒ग्रं दक्षा॑य॒ साध॑नम् । ई॒शा॒नं वी॒तिरा॑धसम् ॥

O people of the earth, performers of soma yajna, create, purify and energise the bright soma of passion, peace and vision of life in honour of Indra, ruler, versatile achiever and provider of the means and modes of life for all round happiness and well being.

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9.62.30

पव॑मान ऋ॒तः क॒विः सोमः॑ प॒वित्र॒मास॑दत् । दध॑त्स्तो॒त्रे सु॒वीर्य॑म् ॥

May Soma, pure, purifying and energising, eternal Truth, omniscient creator, peaceful and blissful, come and bless the pure heart and soul of the devotee vesting the song and spirit with strength and holy passion.

✦ Sukta 63 · 30 verses ✦

9.63.1

आ प॑वस्व सह॒स्रिणं॑ र॒यिं सो॑म सु॒वीर्य॑म् । अ॒स्मे श्रवां॑सि धारय ॥

Soma, ruling power of creative wealth, joy and fluent energy, let a thousandfold wealth of virility, courage and creativity, pure and purifying, flow to us and vest us with food, energy, fame and excellence of life.

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9.63.2

इष॒मूर्जं॑ च पिन्वस॒ इन्द्रा॑य मत्स॒रिन्त॑मः । च॒मूष्वा नि षी॑दसि ॥

Since you, ruler and most ecstatic creator, produce, develop and release an abundance of food, energy and knowledge to fullness and overflowing and preside over the resource centres and organisations of protection and production for the glory of humanity:

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9.63.3

सु॒त इन्द्रा॑य॒ विष्ण॑वे॒ सोमः॑ क॒लशे॑ अक्षरत् । मधु॑माँ अस्तु वा॒यवे॑ ॥

Let that soma, plenteous overflow of peace, prosperity and joy, created, distilled and purified, roll in minds and human communities and be as sweet as honey for Indra, leaders of knowledge and power, Vishnu, generality of people all over the globe, and Vayu, vibrant powers of progress and pioneers of constant advancement in every field of activity.

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9.63.4

ए॒ते अ॑सृग्रमा॒शवोऽति॒ ह्वरां॑सि ब॒भ्रवः॑ । सोमा॑ ऋ॒तस्य॒ धार॑या ॥

These somas, powers of peace, prosperity and joy, dynamic, fast and determined, advance, overcoming forces of crookedness, intrigue and negativity by the path of universal truth and law.

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9.63.5

इन्द्रं॒ वर्ध॑न्तो अ॒प्तुरः॑ कृ॒ण्वन्तो॒ विश्व॒मार्य॑म् । अ॒प॒घ्नन्तो॒ अरा॑व्णः ॥

They advance vibrant, relentless at top speed, glorifying life, making the world noble and nobler, reducing and eliminating the forces of uncreativity, negativity and selfishness.

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9.63.6

सु॒ता अनु॒ स्वमा रजो॒ऽभ्य॑र्षन्ति ब॒भ्रवः॑ । इन्द्रं॒ गच्छ॑न्त॒ इन्द॑वः ॥

These determined forces of peace and progress trained and committed to positive values of universality, vibrant and fast, advance in their own essential nature and realise the highest ideals of Indra, central power of united humanity and common values.

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9.63.7

अ॒या प॑वस्व॒ धार॑या॒ यया॒ सूर्य॒मरो॑चयः । हि॒न्वा॒नो मानु॑षीर॒पः ॥

Lord of the universe, by the energy with which you give light to the sun, by the same light and energy inspire the will and actions of humanity and purify us.

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9.63.8

अयु॑क्त॒ सूर॒ एत॑शं॒ पव॑मानो म॒नावधि॑ । अ॒न्तरि॑क्षेण॒ यात॑वे ॥

The light of the world, pure, radiant and inspiring over man and mind, joins the man of super fast intelligence and inspires him to rise and fly over paths of the skies

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9.63.9

उ॒त त्या ह॒रितो॒ दश॒ सूरो॑ अयुक्त॒ यात॑वे । इन्दु॒रिन्द्र॒ इति॑ ब्रु॒वन् ॥

And the man of brilliance and superfast intelligence, yoking ten motive forces to go over paths of the skies exclaims: “Indra is great, kind and gracious!” and he flies over the paths of his holy choice.

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9.63.10

परी॒तो वा॒यवे॑ सु॒तं गिर॒ इन्द्रा॑य मत्स॒रम् । अव्यो॒ वारे॑षु सिञ्चत ॥

And now, O celebrants, for the man of vibrant action and power and far reaching vision among the best of choice, pour out showers of sunniest and most exciting soma appreciation and the best of safe guards.

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9.63.11

पव॑मान वि॒दा र॒यिम॒स्मभ्यं॑ सोम दु॒ष्टर॑म् । यो दू॒णाशो॑ वनुष्य॒ता ॥

O Soma, lord of light and vibrancy of spirit, pure, purifying and sanctifying, exalted and overflowing, bring us wealth, honour and excellence of the rarest order unassailable by uncreative destroyers.

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9.63.12

अ॒भ्य॑र्ष सह॒स्रिणं॑ र॒यिं गोम॑न्तम॒श्विन॑म् । अ॒भि वाज॑मु॒त श्रवः॑ ॥

Let flow to us a thousandfold wealth of lands and cows, arts and culture, horses and progressive achievements. Bring us also speed, energy, and victorious success, and undying fame and excellence.

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9.63.13

सोमो॑ दे॒वो न सूर्योऽद्रि॑भिः पवते सु॒तः । दधा॑नः क॒लशे॒ रस॑म् ॥

Soma, self-existent divine power of creativity, radiates, energises and purifies all like the generous refulgent sun vesting the sap of life in every form of existence

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9.63.14

ए॒ते धामा॒न्यार्या॑ शु॒क्रा ऋ॒तस्य॒ धार॑या । वाजं॒ गोम॑न्तमक्षरन् ॥

These, showers of soma, divine creative power, great and dynamic, pure and powerful, rain down on earth in streams of life sap and motherly process of natural law, giving the milk of nourishment and vibrant fulfilment to all forms of existence.

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9.63.15

सु॒ता इन्द्रा॑य व॒ज्रिणे॒ सोमा॑सो॒ दध्या॑शिरः । प॒वित्र॒मत्य॑क्षरन् ॥

The showers of soma, distilled and purified from the motherly womb of nature, for the mighty ruling order of life, wielding the thunderbolt of justice and dispensation, radiate and sanctify every pious heart and soul.

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9.63.16

प्र सो॑म॒ मधु॑मत्तमो रा॒ये अ॑र्ष प॒वित्र॒ आ । मदो॒ यो दे॑व॒वीत॑मः ॥

O Soma, lord of peace and bliss, let the highest joy, the best of honey sweets, most exhilarating and most divinely blest, flow free to the pure and pious soul of the celebrant for the sake of wealth, honour and excellence of life’s fulfilment.

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9.63.17

तमी॑ मृजन्त्या॒यवो॒ हरिं॑ न॒दीषु॑ वा॒जिन॑म् । इन्दु॒मिन्द्रा॑य मत्स॒रम् ॥

That shower of soma, sparkling brilliant, most exhilarating, destroyer of suffering and pain, seeping in the heart and flowing in the streams of life, the yajakas exalt and adore for the glory of life.

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9.63.18

आ प॑वस्व॒ हिर॑ण्यव॒दश्वा॑वत्सोम वी॒रव॑त् । वाजं॒ गोम॑न्त॒मा भ॑र ॥

Flow, O Soma, purify and exhilarate us, bearing golden graces of beauty, progressive success, brave progeny, vibrant victory and the prosperity of lands, cows, arts and culture.

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9.63.19

परि॒ वाजे॒ न वा॑ज॒युमव्यो॒ वारे॑षु सिञ्चत । इन्द्रा॑य॒ मधु॑मत्तमम् ॥

As in war you send up a heroic warrior to battle, so in times of peace of your choice create the sweetest and most brilliant soma of beauty and joy for the glory of the human order.

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9.63.20

क॒विं मृ॑जन्ति॒ मर्ज्यं॑ धी॒भिर्विप्रा॑ अव॒स्यवः॑ । वृषा॒ कनि॑क्रदर्षति ॥

Vibrant sages and scholars who need assistance and protection exalt Soma, lord of peace and joy, adorable and omniscient visionary, with songs and creative actions, and the potent and generous lord responds in loud tones of heroism and moves forward to action.

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9.63.21

वृष॑णं धी॒भिर॒प्तुरं॒ सोम॑मृ॒तस्य॒ धार॑या । म॒ती विप्राः॒ सम॑स्वरन् ॥

Vibrant poets, sages and scholars, with their thoughts, holy actions and spontaneous songs of truth and sincerity, celebrate Soma, generous giver, brave warrior and instant conqueror.

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9.63.22

पव॑स्व देवायु॒षगिन्द्रं॑ गच्छतु ते॒ मदः॑ । वा॒युमा रो॑ह॒ धर्म॑णा ॥

O Soma, self-refulgent and self-joyous lord of peace and

bliss, let your presence vibrate and purify us. Let your ecstatic bliss reach Indra, the ruler, for the glory of mankind. May you with your divine power and presence emerge and rise in the heart of vibrant devotees.

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9.63.23

पव॑मान॒ नि तो॑शसे र॒यिं सो॑म श्र॒वाय्य॑म् । प्रि॒यः स॑मु॒द्रमा वि॑श ॥

Soma, pure and purifying omnificent lord, you grant ample and praise-worthy wealth, honour and excellence to the devotees. Pray, let your dear and blissful presence arise in the ocean-like time and space of human existence, inspire the depth of the heart and save the supplicant.

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9.63.24

अ॒प॒घ्नन्प॑वसे॒ मृधः॑ क्रतु॒वित्सो॑म मत्स॒रः । नु॒दस्वादे॑वयुं॒ जन॑म् ॥

O Soma, lord of absolute peace, purity, power and holiness of action, omnipotent and blissful, you vibrate in existence destroying sin and evil. Pray impel the impious people to truth, piety and creative generosity, or punish and eliminate them like hurdles in the creative paths of piety and rectitude.

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9.63.25

पव॑माना असृक्षत॒ सोमाः॑ शु॒क्रास॒ इन्द॑वः । अ॒भि विश्वा॑नि॒ काव्या॑ ॥

Streams of bright energising soma flow, pure and purifying, among the songs of universal poetry of divinity.

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9.63.26

पव॑मानास आ॒शवः॑ शु॒भ्रा अ॑सृग्र॒मिन्द॑वः । घ्नन्तो॒ विश्वा॒ अप॒ द्विषः॑ ॥

Pure and purifying, instant and effective, bright and blazing streams of soma like warriors of nature flow and advance in action, creating peace and plenty for life, dispelling and eliminating all jealous and destructive forces from society.

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9.63.27

पव॑माना दि॒वस्पर्य॒न्तरि॑क्षादसृक्षत । पृ॒थि॒व्या अधि॒ सान॑वि ॥

Pure and purifying Somas, evolutionary powers of nature, divinity and humanity, creative, protective and defensive, are created from the regions of light above, the middle regions and the earth and, on top of the course of evolution and progress, they remain ever active for life in the service of divinity.

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9.63.28

पु॒ना॒नः सो॑म॒ धार॒येन्दो॒ विश्वा॒ अप॒ स्रिधः॑ । ज॒हि रक्षां॑सि सुक्रतो ॥

O Soma, creative divinity, bright, blissful and dynamic, pure and purifying spirit of holy action, flow by the stream and shower of life and grace, ward off all hurdles of negativity and eliminate all evil forces of destruction.

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9.63.29

अ॒प॒घ्नन्त्सो॑म र॒क्षसो॒ऽभ्य॑र्ष॒ कनि॑क्रदत् । द्यु॒मन्तं॒ शुष्म॑मुत्त॒मम् ॥

O Soma, spirit of creative peace and prosperity, dispelling and eliminating negative and destructive forces, roaring with success of positive progress, let streams of peace and prosperity flow full with highest strength, sweetness and light.

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9.63.30

अ॒स्मे वसू॑नि धारय॒ सोम॑ दि॒व्यानि॒ पार्थि॑वा । इन्दो॒ विश्वा॑नि॒ वार्या॑ ॥

O Soma, lord of peace, prosperity and divine bliss, bring us all wealth, honour and excellence of the earth and heavenly light. O spirit of beauty and grace, bless us with all the wealth of success and fulfilment of our highest choice on earth and beyond.

✦ Sukta 64 · 30 verses ✦

9.64.1

वृषा॑ सोम द्यु॒माँ अ॑सि॒ वृषा॑ देव॒ वृष॑व्रतः । वृषा॒ धर्मा॑णि दधिषे ॥

O Soma, divine spirit of peace and prosperity, you are virile, omnipotent and generous, refulgent and abundant giver of light, self-committed to showers of generosity for humanity and all life in existence. O generous and mighty lord, you alone ordain, maintain and sustain the laws of Dharma in nature and humanity.

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9.64.2

वृष्ण॑स्ते॒ वृष्ण्यं॒ शवो॒ वृषा॒ वनं॒ वृषा॒ मदः॑ । स॒त्यं वृ॑ष॒न्वृषेद॑सि ॥

Generous as you are, your strength rains in showers, generous is your plenitude, generous is the bliss of your joy and ecstasy. Eternal truth, shower of generosity, you are the ultimate generous giver of the joy of life.

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9.64.3

अश्वो॒ न च॑क्रदो॒ वृषा॒ सं गा इ॑न्दो॒ समर्व॑तः । वि नो॑ रा॒ये दुरो॑ वृधि ॥

Like the roar of thunder you are loud and bold in manifestation in existence. O dynamic presence of infinite light and generous flow of energy, you pervade and energise our perceptions and our will for action and advancement. Pray open and widen the doors of wealth, honour and excellence for us all.

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9.64.4

असृ॑क्षत॒ प्र वा॒जिनो॑ ग॒व्या सोमा॑सो अश्व॒या । शु॒क्रासो॑ वीर॒याशवः॑ ॥

Vibrant heroes blest with the soma spirit of peace, progress and brilliance, pure and potent, inspired with ambition for lands, cows and culture, horses, advancement and achievement, and advancement of the brave generations of humanity move forward with the spirit of generous creativity.

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9.64.5

शु॒म्भमा॑ना ऋता॒युभि॑र्मृ॒ज्यमा॑ना॒ गभ॑स्त्योः । पव॑न्ते॒ वारे॑ अ॒व्यये॑ ॥

Blest and beatified by lovers of truth and divine law, seasoned and tempered by light of the sun and heat of fire, heroic men of the soma spirit of peace and prosperity work vibrant on choice positions in the imperishable order of divine existence.

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9.64.6

ते विश्वा॑ दा॒शुषे॒ वसु॒ सोमा॑ दि॒व्यानि॒ पार्थि॑वा । पव॑न्ता॒मान्तरि॑क्ष्या ॥

May the soma spirits of nature and humanity initiate, purify and direct all world’s wealth, honour and excellence, peace and progress, of earthly, heavenly and middle order of the skies to flow to the generous and creative people of yajna and self-sacrifice.

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9.64.7

पव॑मानस्य विश्ववि॒त्प्र ते॒ सर्गा॑ असृक्षत । सूर्य॑स्येव॒ न र॒श्मयः॑ ॥

Lord of the universe, pure, refulgent and purifying, as you manifest in the flux of existence your creations of peace and beauty flow and radiate like rays of the sun.

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9.64.8

के॒तुं कृ॒ण्वन्दि॒वस्परि॒ विश्वा॑ रू॒पाभ्य॑र्षसि । स॒मु॒द्रः सो॑म पिन्वसे ॥

Creating the lights of your existential presence over the regions of heaven above, you reveal your power by the beauty of forms you create, O Soma, universal home of infinite bliss, and expand the possibilities of life’s joy.

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9.64.9

हि॒न्वा॒नो वाच॑मिष्यसि॒ पव॑मान॒ विध॑र्मणि । अक्रा॑न्दे॒वो न सूर्यः॑ ॥

Invoked in yajna and inspiring songs of adoration you love, pure, purifying and pervasive in the world of various forms and functions, you radiate like the refulgent sun and transcend the world in existence.

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9.64.10

इन्दुः॑ पविष्ट॒ चेत॑नः प्रि॒यः क॑वी॒नां म॒ती । सृ॒जदश्वं॑ र॒थीरि॑व ॥

Soma, lord of bliss, is self-refulgent and holy, purest and most purifying, omniscient, dearest love of the poets and celebrants, and wisest of the wise. Creating the dynamic world of matter, energy and mind, he abides like the master of the universal chariot.

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9.64.11

ऊ॒र्मिर्यस्ते॑ प॒वित्र॒ आ दे॑वा॒वीः प॒र्यक्ष॑रत् । सीद॑न्नृ॒तस्य॒ योनि॒मा ॥

The light divine that is yours, most heavenly, radiates blissfully in the pious heart and soul, abiding in the seat of its own law of eternal truth.

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9.64.12

स नो॑ अर्ष प॒वित्र॒ आ मदो॒ यो दे॑व॒वीत॑मः । इन्द॒विन्द्रा॑य पी॒तये॑ ॥

Let that divine ecstasy which is most heavenly radiate and vibrate in our pure heart, O lord of beauty and bliss, for the fulfilment of the soul.

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9.64.13

इ॒षे प॑वस्व॒ धार॑या मृ॒ज्यमा॑नो मनी॒षिभिः॑ । इन्दो॑ रु॒चाभि गा इ॑हि ॥

Shower in streams of purity and power and bless us with food, energy and fulfilment, adored and exalted as you are by sages, scholars and thoughtful devotees. O lord of bliss and beauty, come and, with the light and joy of your presence, sanctify our senses and mind, vision and intelligence.

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9.64.14

पु॒ना॒नो वरि॑वस्कृ॒ध्यूर्जं॒ जना॑य गिर्वणः । हरे॑ सृजा॒न आ॒शिर॑म् ॥

Pure and purifying, adorable, adored and exalted, saviour from sin and evil, want and suffering, create the best of wealth, energy and ecstasy for humanity, giving all round joy and well being for body, mind and soul.

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9.64.15

पु॒ना॒नो दे॒ववी॑तय॒ इन्द्र॑स्य याहि निष्कृ॒तम् । द्यु॒ता॒नो वा॒जिभि॑र्य॒तः ॥

Purified, bright and clear Soma, songs of adoration for service of divinity, go upto the presence of Indra, lord omnipotent. Shining powerful, sent up, inspired by enthusiastic celebrants, rise up to divinity.

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9.64.16

प्र हि॑न्वा॒नास॒ इन्द॒वोऽच्छा॑ समु॒द्रमा॒शवः॑ । धि॒या जू॒ता अ॑सृक्षत ॥

Soma songs of adoration, inspired streams of the joyous spirit of poetry, bright and energetic, move to infinite divinity and, energised by thought, pleasure and awareness, flow in concentration to Indra, omnipotent soul.

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9.64.17

म॒र्मृ॒जा॒नास॑ आ॒यवो॒ वृथा॑ समु॒द्रमिन्द॑वः । अग्म॑न्नृ॒तस्य॒ योनि॒मा ॥

Purified and sanctified devotees, bright, clear and radiant, spontaneously concentrate on the infinite oceanic presence of divinity and reach the central origin of the moving universe and the dynamics of existence.

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9.64.18

परि॑ णो याह्यस्म॒युर्विश्वा॒ वसू॒न्योज॑सा । पा॒हि नः॒ शर्म॑ वी॒रव॑त् ॥

O lord of peace, light and beauty divine, lover of us all, bring us all wealths of the world with the light and lustre of glory. Protect our peace and home blest with brave progeny.

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9.64.19

मिमा॑ति॒ वह्नि॒रेत॑शः प॒दं यु॑जा॒न ऋक्व॑भिः । प्र यत्स॑मु॒द्र आहि॑तः ॥

When the mind, agile communicative medium of experience and awareness, joins the object of meditation by virtue of all yajnic senses collected and concentrated in the ocean-like depth of infinity, the yogi reaches divine consciousness, voluable, in a state of undisturbed stability.

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9.64.20

आ यद्योनिं॑ हिर॒ण्यय॑मा॒शुॠ॒तस्य॒ सीद॑ति । जहा॒त्यप्र॑चेतसः ॥

When the soul is established in the golden light of divinity which is the centre origin of the flow of existence, then without any delay it eliminates all junk of ignorance.

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9.64.21

अ॒भि वे॒ना अ॑नूष॒तेय॑क्षन्ति॒ प्रचे॑तसः । मज्ज॒न्त्यवि॑चेतसः ॥

Enlightened sages adore, exalt and join the divine infinity of bliss while the ignorant get drowned in the existential ocean they fail to cross.

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9.64.22

इन्द्रा॑येन्दो म॒रुत्व॑ते॒ पव॑स्व॒ मधु॑मत्तमः । ऋ॒तस्य॒ योनि॑मा॒सद॑म् ॥

O Soma, enlightened joy of spiritual purity and bliss, flow into the consciousness of the vibrant soul of the devotee as an offering to Indra, lord of universal power and joy who abides at the heart of universal truth and law of existence.

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9.64.23

तं त्वा॒ विप्रा॑ वचो॒विदः॒ परि॑ ष्कृण्वन्ति वे॒धसः॑ । सं त्वा॑ मृजन्त्या॒यवः॑ ॥

O Soma, lord of purity, joy and power of the world, wise sages and the Vedic voice adore, exalt and glorify you, and the people of knowledge concentrate on you as the sole object of meditation.

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9.64.24

रसं॑ ते मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा पिब॑न्ति॒ वरु॑णः कवे । पव॑मानस्य म॒रुतः॑ ॥

O creative poet of existence and omniscience, pure, purifying and ever flowing divinity, Mitra, enlightened all-loving people, Aryama, men of judgement and discrimination, Varuna, people of rectitude worthy of universal choice, Maruts, vibrant warriors of peace and heroes of karmic progress, all drink and enjoy the nectar sweets of your presence in company.

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9.64.25

त्वं सो॑म विप॒श्चितं॑ पुना॒नो वाच॑मिष्यसि । इन्दो॑ स॒हस्र॑भर्णसम् ॥

O Soma, Indu, pure and purifying joy of divinity, you love, inspire and energise the Vedic voice of wisdom and omniscience which bears a thousand jewels of knowledge and science.

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9.64.26

उ॒तो स॒हस्र॑भर्णसं॒ वाचं॑ सोम मख॒स्युव॑म् । पु॒ना॒न इ॑न्द॒वा भ॑र ॥

Indu, Soma, pure, purifying and sanctifying omnipresence of divinity, bear and bring us the divine voice of a thousand beauties, wealths and graces, the giver of infinite gifts of yajna.

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9.64.27

पु॒ना॒न इ॑न्दवेषां॒ पुरु॑हूत॒ जना॑नाम् । प्रि॒यः स॑मु॒द्रमा वि॑श ॥

Indu, pure, purifying dearest presence invoked by all, bless the sacred heart of all these people, the heart that is deep as the ocean of love and faith.

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9.64.28

दवि॑द्युतत्या रु॒चा प॑रि॒ष्टोभ॑न्त्या कृ॒पा । सोमाः॑ शु॒क्रा गवा॑शिरः ॥

Pure, powerful and heavenly radiations of divinity flow with beauty, glory and shining sublimity of grace, blessing the mind and soul of the supplicants.

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9.64.29

हि॒न्वा॒नो हे॒तृभि॑र्य॒त आ वाजं॑ वा॒ज्य॑क्रमीत् । सीद॑न्तो व॒नुषो॑ यथा ॥

Just as a warrior spurred on by ambition and love of victory rushes to the field and wins the battle, and just as ardent yajakas sit on the vedi and win their object of yajna, so does the soul assisted by senses, mind and intelligential vision win the target of its meditation on Om, the presence of divinity.

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9.64.30

ऋ॒धक्सो॑म स्व॒स्तये॑ संजग्मा॒नो दि॒वः क॒विः । पव॑स्व॒ सूर्यो॑ दृ॒शे ॥

O Soma, instant and gracious divinity, creative, omniscient and constant radiation of heavenly light, the very sun for the vision of humanity, pray flow on with the radiance and the bliss, purify and sanctify our mind and soul.

✦ Sukta 65 · 30 verses ✦

9.65.1

हि॒न्वन्ति॒ सूर॒मुस्र॑यः॒ स्वसा॑रो जा॒मय॒स्पति॑म् । म॒हामिन्दुं॑ मही॒युवः॑ ॥

Just as lights of the dawn like loving sisters fore run and herald and exalt the sun, so do the senses, mind and intelligence together in service of the great soul reveal the power and presence of the supreme lord of the universe, blissful father sustainer of existence.

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9.65.2

पव॑मान रु॒चारु॑चा दे॒वो दे॒वेभ्य॒स्परि॑ । विश्वा॒ वसू॒न्या वि॑श ॥

May the self-refulgent lord supreme over all divinities of nature and humanity, pure and purifying, by his divine beauty and glory bring us all wealth, honour and excellence of the world and bless our heart and soul.

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9.65.3

आ प॑वमान सुष्टु॒तिं वृ॒ष्टिं दे॒वेभ्यो॒ दुवः॑ । इ॒षे प॑वस्व सं॒यत॑म् ॥

O lord pure and purifying, come to accept our joint song of adoration and homage and bring us the shower of your kindness and grace, honour and excellence for the sustenance and advancement of the generous nobilities of humanity.

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9.65.4

वृषा॒ ह्यसि॑ भा॒नुना॑ द्यु॒मन्तं॑ त्वा हवामहे । पव॑मान स्वा॒ध्यः॑ ॥

O lord of purity, purifier and sanctifier of heart and soul, you are supremely generous and refulgent by your own light and glory. We, celebrants by our holiest thoughts and words, invoke and adore you for the light and wisdom of your divine glory and generosity.

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9.65.5

आ प॑वस्व सु॒वीर्यं॒ मन्द॑मानः स्वायुध । इ॒हो ष्वि॑न्द॒वा ग॑हि ॥

O divine spirit of peace, purity and abundance, joyous wielder of noble arms, come to us and let pure, creative courage and virility flow in abundance for us.

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9.65.6

यद॒द्भिः प॑रिषि॒च्यसे॑ मृ॒ज्यमा॑नो॒ गभ॑स्त्योः । द्रुणा॑ स॒धस्थ॑मश्नुषे ॥

O soul of peace and purity, when you are honoured and anointed with the waters of divine sanctity, refined with the light of knowledge and tempered by yajnic fire, then by virtue of your own progress you attain to your real, innate and rightful position in society.

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9.65.7

प्र सोमा॑य व्यश्व॒वत्पव॑मानाय गायत । म॒हे स॒हस्र॑चक्षसे ॥

O celebrants, like people of real attainments, sing songs of adoration in honour of Soma, lord giver of peace and purity, honour and achievement, the lord that is great, who watches everything with a thousand eyes.

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9.65.8

यस्य॒ वर्णं॑ मधु॒श्चुतं॒ हरिं॑ हि॒न्वन्त्यद्रि॑भिः । इन्दु॒मिन्द्रा॑य पी॒तये॑ ॥

Whose essential being and existential identity, honeyed sweet of infinite kindness, destroyer of want and suffering, devotees adore, exalt and move with holy songs and yajnic actions for the satisfaction and beatification of the soul.

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9.65.9

तस्य॑ ते वा॒जिनो॑ व॒यं विश्वा॒ धना॑नि जि॒ग्युषः॑ । स॒खि॒त्वमा वृ॑णीमहे ॥

Of you, we, seekers of progress and victories of peace and purity, choose to ask for all wealths, honours and excellence of the world and, above all, pray for friendship and spiritual affinity.

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9.65.10

वृषा॑ पवस्व॒ धार॑या म॒रुत्व॑ते च मत्स॒रः । विश्वा॒ दधा॑न॒ ओज॑सा ॥

O lord of absolute abundance and creativity, sustainer of all worlds of existence by absolute power and grandeur, you are all bliss for the people of vibrancy, action and gratitude. Pray bring us showers of peace, purity and power for the good life.

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9.65.11

तं त्वा॑ ध॒र्तार॑मो॒ण्योः॒३॒॑ पव॑मान स्व॒र्दृश॑म् । हि॒न्वे वाजे॑षु वा॒जिन॑म् ॥

That lord sustainer of earth and heaven, pure and purifying sanctifier, watchful guardian and giver of bliss, absolute victor in the evolutionary battles of existence, we invoke, exalt and glorify for our good and advancement.

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9.65.12

अ॒या चि॒त्तो वि॒पानया॒ हरिः॑ पवस्व॒ धार॑या । युजं॒ वाजे॑षु चोदय ॥

Invoked and moved by this earnest and vibrant adoration, pray bless us with this shower of purity, peace and bliss. You are the destroyer of want and suffering. Pray inspire, strengthen and fortify the friend, your instrument, in the battles of life.

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9.65.13

आ न॑ इन्दो म॒हीमिषं॒ पव॑स्व वि॒श्वद॑र्शतः । अ॒स्मभ्यं॑ सोम गातु॒वित् ॥

Indu, lord of peace, purity and bliss, light of the world for universal humanity, bring us showers of peace and purity, food and energy, power and prosperity, and knowledge of the world in great abundance. O Soma, you are the absolute master of all the ways of the world and unfailing guide for us.

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9.65.14

आ क॒लशा॑ अनूष॒तेन्दो॒ धारा॑भि॒रोज॑सा । एन्द्र॑स्य पी॒तये॑ विश ॥

Indu, lord of light, peace and purity, grateful minds and souls await and adore you in hope and expectation. Pray come and bless them with showers of joyous power, grandeur and spiritual might for fulfilment of the soul.

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9.65.15

यस्य॑ ते॒ मद्यं॒ रसं॑ ती॒व्रं दु॒हन्त्यद्रि॑भिः । स प॑वस्वाभिमाति॒हा ॥

Whose exciting nectar, sharp and exalting in experience, devoted supplicants distil from meditation on life, that same Soma, lord of power and purity, destroyer of negativities, adversaries and enemies, we pray, may come, save and bless us with peace, purity and security.

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9.65.16

राजा॑ मे॒धाभि॑रीयते॒ पव॑मानो म॒नावधि॑ । अ॒न्तरि॑क्षेण॒ यात॑वे ॥

Refulgent Soma, divine spirit of power and peace, pure, purifying and vibrant, is attained through intelligential communion in meditation for reaching the higher stages of existence into the middle sphere between the earth and the highest regions of bliss.

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9.65.17

आ न॑ इन्दो शत॒ग्विनं॒ गवां॒ पोषं॒ स्वश्व्य॑म् । वहा॒ भग॑त्तिमू॒तये॑ ॥

Indu, lord of joy, beauty and prosperity, bring us a hundredfold wealth and pleasure of divine service and dedication, rising prosperity of cows and horses, enlightenment and advancement, progress and achievement, all for peace and security.

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9.65.18

आ नः॑ सोम॒ सहो॒ जुवो॑ रू॒पं न वर्च॑से भर । सु॒ष्वा॒णो दे॒ववी॑तये ॥

Soma, lord of vital creativity and lustrous vigour, and fluent power and progressive energy, bring us the courage of constancy, forbearance, vibrant vigour and enthusiasm, and an impressive personality for the sake of illuminative lustre of life so that we may follow the path of divinity while living here and after.

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9.65.19

अर्षा॑ सोम द्यु॒मत्त॑मो॒ऽभि द्रोणा॑नि॒ रोरु॑वत् । सीद॑ञ्छ्ये॒नो न योनि॒मा ॥

Soma, spirit of divine power and peace of purity, most potent and most refulgent, come roaring at the speed and force of thunder and abide in the heart of the faithful celebrant like the eagle in its nest, purify and sanctify the soul.

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9.65.20

अ॒प्सा इन्द्रा॑य वा॒यवे॒ वरु॑णाय म॒रुद्भ्यः॑ । सोमो॑ अर्षति॒ विष्ण॑वे ॥

Soma, spirit of the innate peace and power of divinity, by its own will and energy, radiates to the heart and soul of the devotee to vest it with the power of cosmic energy (Indra), the speed of winds (Vayu), pioneering spirit of the storm (Maruts), the depth of space (Varuna), and the love of omnipresent divinity (Vishnu).

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9.65.21

इषं॑ तो॒काय॑ नो॒ दध॑द॒स्मभ्यं॑ सोम वि॒श्वतः॑ । आ प॑वस्व सह॒स्रिण॑म् ॥

O Soma, bearing a thousandfold gifts of food, energy, knowledge and will of initiative and assertion from all sides of the world, pray flow to bless us and our future generations with the power and peace of divinity.

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9.65.22

ये सोमा॑सः परा॒वति॒ ये अ॑र्वा॒वति॑ सुन्वि॒रे । ये वा॒दः श॑र्य॒णाव॑ति ॥

Whatever gifts of power and peace for humanity are created in the farthest nature or in this world of existence or in that unknown transcendent source of all that is in existence, all that, O Soma, lord of supreme power and unfathomable peace, bear and bring for us and our future generations.

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9.65.23

य आ॑र्जी॒केषु॒ कृत्व॑सु॒ ये मध्ये॑ प॒स्त्या॑नाम् । ये वा॒ जने॑षु प॒ञ्चसु॑ ॥

Whatever powers of peace and energy are created and distilled in active forces, in holy acts, in the homes or among all five peoples of humanity, we pray, may flow and sanctify us.May the divinities of nature and humanity, pure, vibrant and blissful, activated, seasoned and cultured anywhere, bring us showers of power, virility and creativity from the lights of heaven and energise and sanctify us.

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9.65.24

ते नो॑ वृ॒ष्टिं दि॒वस्परि॒ पव॑न्ता॒मा सु॒वीर्य॑म् । सु॒वा॒ना दे॒वास॒ इन्द॑वः ॥

May the divinities of nature and humanity, pure, vibrant and blissful, activated, seasoned and cultured anywhere, bring us showers of power, virility and creativity from the lights of heaven and energise and sanctify us.

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9.65.25

पव॑ते हर्य॒तो हरि॑र्गृणा॒नो ज॒मद॑ग्निना । हि॒न्वा॒नो गोरधि॑ त्व॒चि ॥

Soma, lord of power, peace and bliss, saviour and sanctifier of heart and soul, destroyer of suffering, lover of all, adored and exalted by sages and scholars of vision and wisdom, flows and sanctifies life and, presiding over the body, energises and sanctifies the organs of perception, volition and decision.

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9.65.26

प्र शु॒क्रासो॑ वयो॒जुवो॑ हिन्वा॒नासो॒ न सप्त॑यः । श्री॒णा॒ना अ॒प्सु मृ॑ञ्जत ॥

Pure and powerful, vital and vitalising, stimulated and stimulating, energised and energising, seasoned and cleansing, sanctified and sanctifying somas, natural and human powers, reflect in the actions and achievements of humanity like the seven rays of light, and they shine and enlighten the world to move on with its daily rounds.

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9.65.27

तं त्वा॑ सु॒तेष्वा॒भुवो॑ हिन्वि॒रे दे॒वता॑तये । स प॑वस्वा॒नया॑ रु॒चा ॥

That lord of soma power and peace, the celebrants adore, exalt and glorify in their yajnic actions in the service of humanity and divinity. O lord, be pleased to accept this charming song of adoration, come, purify and sanctify us.

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9.65.28

आ ते॒ दक्षं॑ मयो॒भुवं॒ वह्नि॑म॒द्या वृ॑णीमहे । पान्त॒मा पु॑रु॒स्पृह॑म् ॥

Today here and now, we choose for ourselves and pray for your power, peace and bliss, light and fire which is universally loved, all protective, promotive and all sanctifying.

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9.65.29

आ म॒न्द्रमा वरे॑ण्य॒मा विप्र॒मा म॑नी॒षिण॑म् । पान्त॒मा पु॑रु॒स्पृह॑म् ॥

We pray for your gift of peace, power and sanctity, delightfully adorable, worthy of choice, stimulating and energising, enlightening, protecting and promoting, universally loved and valued. We pray, let it flow and purify us.

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9.65.30

आ र॒यिमा सु॑चे॒तुन॒मा सु॑क्रतो त॒नूष्वा । पान्त॒मा पु॑रु॒स्पृह॑म् ॥

O lord of holy action, we pray bring us the world’s wealth of enlightenment, protective, promotive and valued universally, for our body, mind and soul and vest it in our future generations.

✦ Sukta 66 · 30 verses ✦

9.66.1

पव॑स्व विश्वचर्षणे॒ऽभि विश्वा॑नि॒ काव्या॑ । सखा॒ सखि॑भ्य॒ ईड्यः॑ ॥

Omniscient Soma, all watching wakeful guardian of humanity, adorable friend of friends as all poets and poetry of the world declare, flow, purify and sanctify our heart and soul.

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9.66.2

ताभ्यां॒ विश्व॑स्य राजसि॒ ये प॑वमान॒ धाम॑नी । प्र॒ती॒ची सो॑म त॒स्थतुः॑ ॥

Vibrant Soma, pure and purifying, by those two media of yours, omniscience of knowledge and omnipotence of action, you shine, illuminate and rule the world both of which too abide as eternal complementarities of nature and divine power.

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9.66.3

परि॒ धामा॑नि॒ यानि॑ ते॒ त्वं सो॑मासि वि॒श्वतः॑ । पव॑मान ऋ॒तुभिः॑ कवे ॥

O Soma, you are the light, power and peace of all regions of the world, your domain wherein and whereon you pervade, pure and purifying, and reflect and rule by the law and order of the time and seasons of nature.

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9.66.4

पव॑स्व ज॒नय॒न्निषो॒ऽभि विश्वा॑नि॒ वार्या॑ । सखा॒ सखि॑भ्य ऊ॒तये॑ ॥

Flow on, pure and purifying, friend of friends, and flow for their protection, creating food, energy and all cherished means of sustenance for the world.

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9.66.5

तव॑ शु॒क्रासो॑ अ॒र्चयो॑ दि॒वस्पृ॒ष्ठे वि त॑न्वते । प॒वित्रं॑ सोम॒ धाम॑भिः ॥

O Soma, the mighty sublime radiations of your glory extend over the top of heaven and on the earth, spreading the holy light by their beauty and lustre.

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9.66.6

तवे॒मे स॒प्त सिन्ध॑वः प्र॒शिषं॑ सोम सिस्रते । तुभ्यं॑ धावन्ति धे॒नवः॑ ॥

These seven seas, these seven modes of Prakrti, all flow in obedience to your order of law. All thoughts, all words, all stars and planets creative and moving in the flux of existence move in honour and homage to you.

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9.66.7

प्र सो॑म याहि॒ धार॑या सु॒त इन्द्रा॑य मत्स॒रः । दधा॑नो॒ अक्षि॑ति॒ श्रवः॑ ॥

O Soma, peace and joy of existence created for humanity, flow forth in constant stream, bearing imperishable food, energy, fame and excellence for fulfilment of the mind and soul.

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9.66.8

समु॑ त्वा धी॒भिर॑स्वरन्हिन्व॒तीः स॒प्त जा॒मयः॑ । विप्र॑मा॒जा वि॒वस्व॑तः ॥

O Soma, spirit of peace, power and bliss, seven streams of Prakrti, seven metres of divine poetry, seven notes of music, all in their functions and vitality in unison, glorify you, vibrant spirit of existence, in the dynamics of the light of life on the vedi of sacred fire.

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9.66.9

मृ॒जन्ति॑ त्वा॒ सम॒ग्रुवोऽव्ये॑ जी॒रावधि॒ ष्वणि॑ । रे॒भो यद॒ज्यसे॒ वने॑ ॥

When the mind is transparent, consciousness flows in self-concentration, and the presence of divinity vibrates vocal and voluble, advanced yogis with seven sense-prana priests exalt you in higher language of the Veda.

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9.66.10

पव॑मानस्य ते कवे॒ वाजि॒न्त्सर्गा॑ असृक्षत । अर्व॑न्तो॒ न श्र॑व॒स्यवः॑ ॥

O lord ever flowing in constancy, omniscient poetic creator, omnipotent absolute victor and ruler, streams of creations flow like waves of energy in search of celebrative fulfilment.

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9.66.11

अच्छा॒ कोशं॑ मधु॒श्चुत॒मसृ॑ग्रं॒ वारे॑ अ॒व्यये॑ । अवा॑वशन्त धी॒तयः॑ ॥

The honey sweet nectar of soma ecstasy created and vibrating in the presence of the supreme imperishable eternal spirit, the yogi’s thoughts and words exalt in celebration.

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9.66.12

अच्छा॑ समु॒द्रमिन्द॒वोऽस्तं॒ गावो॒ न धे॒नवः॑ । अग्म॑न्नृ॒तस्य॒ योनि॒मा ॥

Just as cows retire into their stall, and words of language retire into the ocean of absolute silence, so do the mental fluctuations of the yogi recede and return into the origin of their flow, into divinity.

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9.66.13

प्र ण॑ इन्दो म॒हे रण॒ आपो॑ अर्षन्ति॒ सिन्ध॑वः । यद्गोभि॑र्वासयि॒ष्यसे॑ ॥

O spirit of Soma energy and existential flow, Indu, in this great battle field of life, thoughts, energies and actions flow, rivers and seas flow, when you energise and vibrate with the dynamics of Prakrti.

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9.66.14

अस्य॑ ते स॒ख्ये व॒यमिय॑क्षन्त॒स्त्वोत॑यः । इन्दो॑ सखि॒त्वमु॑श्मसि ॥

O spirit of love and peace, beauty and grace, Indu, so gracious as you are, we offer yajna in honour of your friendship under your protection, and we pray we may enjoy your friendship and we may exalt and glorify that friendship.

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9.66.15

आ प॑वस्व॒ गवि॑ष्टये म॒हे सो॑म नृ॒चक्ष॑से । एन्द्र॑स्य ज॒ठरे॑ विश ॥

O Soma, spirit of divine purity, come for cleansing and intensifying the perceptions, reason and imagination of humanity, for their enlightenment of high order, and assimilated and internalised, energise their heart and soul.

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9.66.16

म॒हाँ अ॑सि सोम॒ ज्येष्ठ॑ उ॒ग्राणा॑मिन्द॒ ओजि॑ष्ठः । युध्वा॒ सञ्छश्व॑ज्जिगेथ ॥

O Soma, you are great, first, greatest and most lustrous of the mighty, and being a fighter, you are always the winner.

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9.66.17

य उ॒ग्रेभ्य॑श्चि॒दोजी॑या॒ञ्छूरे॑भ्यश्चि॒च्छूर॑तरः । भू॒रि॒दाभ्य॑श्चि॒न्मंही॑यान् ॥

You are mightier than the mighty, braver than the brave, more generous than the generous, whoever they be.

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9.66.18

त्वं सो॑म॒ सूर॒ एष॑स्तो॒कस्य॑ सा॒ता त॒नूना॑म् । वृ॒णी॒महे॑ स॒ख्याय॑ वृणी॒महे॒ युज्या॑य ॥

O brave and generous Soma, you are the giver of food, energy, honour and excellence, you are the giver of children and grand children. We pray for your favour of friendship, we cherish you for companionship.

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9.66.19

अग्न॒ आयूं॑षि पवस॒ आ सु॒वोर्ज॒मिषं॑ च नः । आ॒रे बा॑धस्व दु॒च्छुना॑म् ॥

Agni, heat and energy of life divine, give us good health and long age with purity, create and bring us food, energy and excellence, and throw off and keep away all evils and negativities from us.

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9.66.20

अ॒ग्निॠषिः॒ पव॑मानः॒ पाञ्च॑जन्यः पु॒रोहि॑तः । तमी॑महे महाग॒यम् ॥

Agni is the light of life and fire of passion, pure and purifying energy ever radiative, universal inspirer of all people on earth and energiser of all five faculties, adorable leader of entire humanity and guiding spirit of the corporate life of all human communities together. We adore, serve and pray for the favour of such generous father of the household of humanity.

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9.66.21

अग्ने॒ पव॑स्व॒ स्वपा॑ अ॒स्मे वर्चः॑ सु॒वीर्य॑म् । दध॑द्र॒यिं मयि॒ पोष॑म् ॥

Agni, pray radiate and purify us. Lord of holy action, bless us with holy lustre, noble courage and virility. Bear and bring us wealth, honour and excellence with promotive health and nourishment.

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9.66.22

पव॑मानो॒ अति॒ स्रिधो॒ऽभ्य॑र्षति सुष्टु॒तिम् । सूरो॒ न वि॒श्वद॑र्शतः ॥

Soma is pure, purifying, radiating, it goes forward, eliminating violence and negativities, and blesses our songs of adoration. Self-refulgent and all watching, it enlightens the world like the sun with its refulgence.

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9.66.23

स म॑र्मृजा॒न आ॒युभिः॒ प्रय॑स्वा॒न्प्रय॑से हि॒तः । इन्दु॒रत्यो॑ विचक्ष॒णः ॥

Soma is invoked, adored and exalted by humanity, by all living beings indeed. Cosmic high priest offering libations into the creative evolution, generous giver, it is invoked and worshipped for the gifts of life for peace and progress. Refulgent and blissful, it comes and blesses the supplicant, for it watches all, responds, and reveals the mysteries of existence

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9.66.24

पव॑मान ऋ॒तं बृ॒हच्छु॒क्रं ज्योति॑रजीजनत् । कृ॒ष्णा तमां॑सि॒ जङ्घ॑नत् ॥

Pure, purifying and self-dynamic, it brings into existential manifestation the law and the mighty nature’s model of the cosmos and the refulgent radiations of light, dispelling and replacing the darkness and negations of existence.

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9.66.25

पव॑मानस्य॒ जङ्घ्न॑तो॒ हरे॑श्च॒न्द्रा अ॑सृक्षत । जी॒रा अ॑जि॒रशो॑चिषः ॥

Beauteous manifestations and brilliant radiations of eternal light and power of lord creator, destroyer of want and suffering, dispeller of darkness and negation, ever active and constantly flowing, pure and purifying, come into existence and flow according to divine plan and the cosmic model.

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9.66.26

पव॑मानो र॒थीत॑मः शु॒भ्रेभिः॑ शु॒भ्रश॑स्तमः । हरि॑श्चन्द्रो म॒रुद्ग॑णः ॥

Pure and purifying, supreme master of the cosmic chariot and its controller, most refulgent with its light and powers, destroyer of want and suffering, commander and controller of all cosmic powers and forces in action, such is Soma.Pure and purifying, supreme master of the cosmic chariot and its controller, most refulgent with its light and powers, destroyer of want and suffering, commander and controller of all cosmic powers and forces in action, such is Soma.

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9.66.27

पव॑मानो॒ व्य॑श्नवद्र॒श्मिभि॑र्वाज॒सात॑मः । दध॑त्स्तो॒त्रे सु॒वीर्य॑म् ॥

Pure and purifying, omnipresent with its radiations of self- refulgence, omnipotent giver of strength, power and advancement, inspirer of the celebrants and celebrations with divine bliss and energy, such is Soma.

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9.66.28

प्र सु॑वा॒न इन्दु॑रक्षाः प॒वित्र॒मत्य॒व्यय॑म् । पु॒ना॒न इन्दु॒रिन्द्र॒मा ॥

Creative, creator and energiser, peaceable inspirer and self-refulgent Soma absolutely pervades the holy imperishable world of existence and, purifying and sanctifying, all blissful, radiates to the heart and soul of the devotee.

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9.66.29

ए॒ष सोमो॒ अधि॑ त्व॒चि गवां॑ क्रीळ॒त्यद्रि॑भिः । इन्द्रं॒ मदा॑य॒ जोहु॑वत् ॥

This Soma, omnipresent spirit of absolute bliss, plays in and on top of the universe with the stars, planets and clouds of its creation and invites and inspires the soul to participate in the play for joy.

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9.66.30

यस्य॑ ते द्यु॒म्नव॒त्पयः॒ पव॑मा॒नाभृ॑तं दि॒वः । तेन॑ नो मृळ जी॒वसे॑ ॥

O lord of light and glory, pure, purifying and radiating with joy, the nectar of light, power and purity that is yours is distilled in showers of the bliss of heaven. Pray bless us and sanctify us with that for the joy of living for the ultimate fulfilment.

✦ Sukta 67 · 32 verses ✦

9.67.1

त्वं सो॑मासि धार॒युर्म॒न्द्र ओजि॑ष्ठो अध्व॒रे । पव॑स्व मंह॒यद्र॑यिः ॥

O Soma, you are the spirit and constant stream of love, life and beauty of the life and flux of existence, sustaining integrative power, joyous and most vigorous in the cosmic yajna of love free from violence, hate and destruction. Flow on, O sustaining stream, pure, purifying and sanctifying life, giving showers of wealth, honour and excellence of life in bliss.

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9.67.2

त्वं सु॒तो नृ॒माद॑नो दध॒न्वान्म॑त्स॒रिन्त॑मः । इन्द्रा॑य सू॒रिरन्ध॑सा ॥

You, self-existent spirit, distilled and realised in meditative yajna, are the giver of joy to humanity, most ecstatic sustaining power of affirmation, creative, brave and life-giving inspiration for the honour and dignity of the soul for humanity.

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9.67.3

त्वं सु॑ष्वा॒णो अद्रि॑भिर॒भ्य॑र्ष॒ कनि॑क्रदत् । द्यु॒मन्तं॒ शुष्म॑मुत्त॒मम् ॥

You, stirred by the brave celebrants in yajna and meditation, arise and sanctify loud and bold, bringing us showers of bliss, highest and most vigorous strength and power for living a life of purity and happy fulfilment.

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9.67.4

इन्दु॑र्हिन्वा॒नो अ॑र्षति ति॒रो वारा॑ण्य॒व्यया॑ । हरि॒र्वाज॑मचिक्रदत् ॥

Invoked, exalted and inspiring, divine Soma manifests and vibrates, and across all obstructions gives cherished and imperishable gifts. The spirit that eliminates all want and suffering exhorts us to action and victory.

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9.67.5

इन्दो॒ व्यव्य॑मर्षसि॒ वि श्रवां॑सि॒ वि सौभ॑गा । वि वाजा॑न्त्सोम॒ गोम॑तः ॥

Indu, lord of peace, beauty and glory, Soma, you bring and bless us with all foods, energy, honour and fame, all good fortune and victories of the wealth of lands and cows, literature and culture of imperishable value.

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9.67.6

आ न॑ इन्दो शत॒ग्विनं॑ र॒यिं गोम॑न्तम॒श्विन॑म् । भरा॑ सोम सह॒स्रिण॑म् ॥

Indu, Soma, lord of love, beauty, peace and glory, bear and bring us wealth, honour and excellence of a hundred and a thousand kinds, of lands and cows, horses, advancement and victory, above all settlement, peace and happiness.

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9.67.7

पव॑मानास॒ इन्द॑वस्ति॒रः प॒वित्र॑मा॒शवः॑ । इन्द्रं॒ यामे॑भिराशत ॥

Pure and purifying, instant and vibrant, gifts of Soma, by their own potential of divinity, move and bless the pure heart and soul of the devotee.

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9.67.8

क॒कु॒हः सो॒म्यो रस॒ इन्दु॒रिन्द्रा॑य पू॒र्व्यः । आ॒युः प॑वत आ॒यवे॑ ॥

High, exhilarating and living nectar of eternal Soma bliss ever vibrant in nature, flows to the dedicated heart of the celebrant for his honour and excellence in life.

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9.67.9

हि॒न्वन्ति॒ सूर॒मुस्र॑यः॒ पव॑मानं मधु॒श्चुत॑म् । अ॒भि गि॒रा सम॑स्वरन् ॥

As morning lights of the dawn exhort and exalt the sun, so do brilliant sages invoke and exalt the honey sweet vibrant and sanctifying soma bliss of divinity while they sing and adore the divinity with their songs of celebration.

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9.67.10

अ॒वि॒ता नो॑ अ॒जाश्वः॑ पू॒षा याम॑नियामनि । आ भ॑क्षत्क॒न्या॑सु नः ॥

May the divine protector and promoter, lord of health and nourishment, Pusha of eternal presence and progress join and bless us at every step on every path of life in the pursuit of all our cherished goals, aims and objects of living.

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9.67.11

अ॒यं सोमः॑ कप॒र्दिने॑ घृ॒तं न प॑वते॒ मधु॑ । आ भ॑क्षत्क॒न्या॑सु नः ॥

May this honey sweet soma ecstasy of divinity flow and bless the veteran scholar as well as the fresh graduate as ghrta flows to the vedi in yajna, and inspire us too to join the scholars with absolute dedication and commitment in our cherished pursuits of knowledge, research and advancement.

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9.67.12

अ॒यं त॑ आघृणे सु॒तो घृ॒तं न प॑वते॒ शुचि॑ । आ भ॑क्षत्क॒न्या॑सु नः ॥

O lord of light and fire of passion and peace, this soma ecstasy of your love, passion and peace of life, pure, purifying and inspiring, flows abundant like ghrta into the vedi. May this passion, light and peace inspire us and join us in our cherished pursuits of life with complete commitment and dedication.

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9.67.13

वा॒चो ज॒न्तुः क॑वी॒नां पव॑स्व सोम॒ धार॑या । दे॒वेषु॑ रत्न॒धा अ॑सि ॥

Soma, you are the creator, originator and inspirer of the voice of poets. Flow free and abundant in streams and showers of revelation for the poets. You are the sole treasure and harbinger of the jewels of vision into the heart and soul of the poets of divinity.

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9.67.14

आ क॒लशे॑षु धावति श्ये॒नो वर्म॒ वि गा॑हते । अ॒भि द्रोणा॒ कनि॑क्रदत् ॥

Soma, spirit of light and passion fire, dives into the heart and imagination of the creative souls and, like the divine bird of flight and freedom, the eagle, breaks through the seal of mystery, speaking loud and bold into the poetic consciousness to reveal the secrets of existence.

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9.67.15

परि॒ प्र सो॑म ते॒ रसोऽस॑र्जि क॒लशे॑ सु॒तः । श्ये॒नो न त॒क्तो अ॑र्षति ॥

O Soma, spirit of light and passion of imagination, the ecstatic joy of your creativity distilled and treasured in the poetic soul flows free like the tempestuous eagle bird traversing space and creates songs of divine adoration for life’s mystery.

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9.67.16

पव॑स्व सोम म॒न्दय॒न्निन्द्रा॑य॒ मधु॑मत्तमः ॥

O Soma, creative spirit, highest honey sweet of divine ecstasy, flow abundant, pure and purifying, energising and rejoicing for Indra, the divine soul.

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9.67.17

असृ॑ग्रन्दे॒ववी॑तये वाज॒यन्तो॒ रथा॑ इव ॥

Flowing and creating, Soma streams rush forward like victor chariots in the service of divinity.

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9.67.18

ते सु॒तासो॑ म॒दिन्त॑माः शु॒क्रा वा॒युम॑सृक्षत ॥

Your creative spirits of imagination, powerful and most ecstatic, give birth to the vibrant poet creator, the karma yogi of imagination.

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9.67.19

ग्राव्णा॑ तु॒न्नो अ॒भिष्टु॑तः प॒वित्रं॑ सोम गच्छसि । दध॑त्स्तो॒त्रे सु॒वीर्य॑म् ॥

Invoked and adored by the celebrant, O Soma, you move and arise in the pure heart of the devotee bearing creative vision for the celebrant and vesting vigour and power in the song.

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9.67.20

ए॒ष तु॒न्नो अ॒भिष्टु॑तः प॒वित्र॒मति॑ गाहते । र॒क्षो॒हा वार॑म॒व्यय॑म् ॥

This Soma, thus invoked, stirred and adored, arises and vibrates in the pure heart of the celebrant and, dispelling negativities, confusions and darkness of illusion, energises its favourite and imperishable spirit of humanity.

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9.67.21

यदन्ति॒ यच्च॑ दूर॒के भ॒यं वि॒न्दति॒ मामि॒ह । पव॑मान॒ वि तज्ज॑हि ॥

O Soma, pure and purifying spirit of divinity, whatever fear there be that is far distant or that which is close at hand and assails me here, pray dispel and destroy the same.

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9.67.22

पव॑मानः॒ सो अ॒द्य नः॑ प॒वित्रे॑ण॒ विच॑र्षणिः । यः पो॒ता स पु॑नातु नः ॥

The Soma that is pure and purifies us now with its sanctity and power, that all watching guardian and universal purifier may, we pray, purify and sanctify us right now.

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9.67.23

यत्ते॑ प॒वित्र॑म॒र्चिष्यग्ने॒ वित॑तम॒न्तरा । ब्रह्म॒ तेन॑ पुनीहि नः ॥

Agni, lord of light, omniscient Spirit of the universe, whatever power and purity there is pervasive in the rays and radiation of

light, with that same light, O lord infinite, illuminate and sanctify us and energise our song of adoration.

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9.67.24

यत्ते॑ प॒वित्र॑मर्चि॒वदग्ने॒ तेन॑ पुनीहि नः । ब्र॒ह्म॒स॒वैः पु॑नीहि नः ॥

Agni, lord omniscient and self-refulgent, whatever power and purity there is in you and your radiations such as the sun and other stars, with that, pray, purify and sanctify us. Purify and illuminate us with the radiations of your grace.

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9.67.25

उ॒भाभ्यां॑ देव सवितः प॒वित्रे॑ण स॒वेन॑ च । मां पु॑नीहि वि॒श्वतः॑ ॥

O Agni, Savita, self-refulgent lord of light and creative energy, by both your purifying radiations and the creative living vitality your radiations bear, purify, sanctify, energise and vitalise me all round, all ways.

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9.67.26

त्रि॒भिष्ट्वं दे॑व सवित॒र्वर्षि॑ष्ठैः सोम॒ धाम॑भिः । अग्ने॒ दक्षैः॑ पुनीहि नः ॥

O Savita, creator, Soma, energiser, and Agni, illuminator, energise, vitalise and illuminate us with your highest all three powers and potentials of light, purity and vitality. Bless us in the gross, subtle and causal bodies.

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9.67.27

पु॒नन्तु॒ मां दे॑वज॒नाः पु॒नन्तु॒ वस॑वो धि॒या । विश्वे॑ देवाः पुनी॒त मा॒ जात॑वेदः पुनी॒हि मा॑ ॥

May the brilliant generous sages and scholars purify me. May the Vasus, givers of peace and settlement, sanctify me with knowledge and wisdom. May all divinities of nature and humanity vitalise me. O Jataveda, omniscient Agni, pray purify and sanctify me.

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9.67.28

प्र प्या॑यस्व॒ प्र स्य॑न्दस्व॒ सोम॒ विश्वे॑भिरं॒शुभिः॑ । दे॒वेभ्य॑ उत्त॒मं ह॒विः ॥

O Soma, spirit of life and fulfilment, flow abundant, flow exuberant with all the shoots and sprouts of life and with the best yajnic offerings for the divinities. Make up our wants and deficiencies.

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9.67.29

उप॑ प्रि॒यं पनि॑प्नतं॒ युवा॑नमाहुती॒वृध॑म् । अग॑न्म॒ बिभ्र॑तो॒ नमः॑ ॥

May we, bearing yajnic homage, reach Soma, dear, admirably vocal and expressive, youthful creator and promoter of nature’s and humanity’s yajnic offerings into the divine yajnic evolution of the cosmos.

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9.67.30

अ॒लाय्य॑स्य पर॒शुर्न॑नाश॒ तमा प॑वस्व देव सोम । आ॒खुं चि॑दे॒व दे॑व सोम ॥

O Soma, brilliant lord of life and vitality, destroy the axe of the assailant. Destroy the weapon of the thief. Save that which only turns the soil for food. O power divine, flow, purify us, save us.

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9.67.31

यः पा॑वमा॒नीर॒ध्येत्यृषि॑भिः॒ सम्भृ॑तं॒ रस॑म् । सर्वं॒ स पू॒तम॑श्नाति स्वदि॒तं मा॑त॒रिश्व॑ना ॥

Whoever studies the sanctifying Rks, nectar preserved by the sages, he tastes the food seasoned and sanctified by the life breath of divinity.

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9.67.32

पा॒व॒मा॒नीर्यो अ॒ध्येत्यृषि॑भिः॒ सम्भृ॑तं॒ रस॑म् । तस्मै॒ सर॑स्वती दुहे क्षी॒रं स॒र्पिर्मधू॑द॒कम् ॥

Whoever studies the Rks, sanctifying nectar preserved by the sages, for him, mother Sarasvati, omniscient divinity, herself distils and offers the milk, butter, honey and the nectar essence of life.

✦ Sukta 68 · 10 verses ✦

9.68.1

प्र दे॒वमच्छा॒ मधु॑मन्त॒ इन्द॒वोऽसि॑ष्यदन्त॒ गाव॒ आ न धे॒नवः॑ । ब॒र्हि॒षदो॑ वच॒नाव॑न्त॒ ऊध॑भिः परि॒स्रुत॑मु॒स्रिया॑ नि॒र्णिजं॑ धिरे ॥

Seekers of the light and soma sweetness of divinity, themselves noble and refined with honey sweets of culture, manners and holy language, approach the refulgent and generous divine lord like calves going to mother cows. Sitting on the holy grass of yajna at dawn, eloquent of tongue and clear of understanding, they receive and treasure the nectar stream of soma, peace and bliss of divinity, as calves receive milk streaming from the udders or as dawns receive radiations of light from the sun over the night’s darkness.

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9.68.2

स रोरु॑वद॒भि पूर्वा॑ अचिक्रददुपा॒रुहः॑ श्र॒थय॑न्त्स्वादते॒ हरिः॑ । ति॒रः प॒वित्रं॑ परि॒यन्नु॒रु ज्रयो॒ नि शर्या॑णि दधते दे॒व आ वर॑म् ॥

He, eternal preceptor, refulgent dispeller of want and darkness, instant, transcendent, omniscient and eloquent master of the eternal voice, feels delighted with the rising seekers and, accepting and inspiring them, removes all superfluities and impediments, reveals and releases the soma of higher joy of knowledge and thus grants them the sacred boon they desire.

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9.68.3

वि यो म॒मे य॒म्या॑ संय॒ती मदः॑ साकं॒वृधा॒ पय॑सा पिन्व॒दक्षि॑ता । म॒ही अ॑पा॒रे रज॑सी वि॒वेवि॑ददभि॒व्रज॒न्नक्षि॑तं॒ पाज॒ आ द॑दे ॥

The lord grants that soma joy of divinity which, going over and pervading the great and boundless heaven and earth, energises, vitalises and expands the inviolable twin sisters growing together in glory, with the milky spirit of divinity, and which, thus going forward unobstructed, holds the imperishable power and bliss of divinity.

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9.68.4

स मा॒तरा॑ वि॒चर॑न्वा॒जय॑न्न॒पः प्र मेधि॑रः स्व॒धया॑ पिन्वते प॒दम् । अं॒शुर्यवे॑न पिपिशे य॒तो नृभिः॒ सं जा॒मिभि॒र्नस॑ते॒ रक्ष॑ते॒ शिरः॑ ॥

The lord grants that power and bliss of soma which vibrates with motherly heaven and earth, energising the cosmic waters and the dynamics of nature and humanity, which partakes of the omniscience of divinity, flows and swells the holy spirit of the yajnic meditative soul and which, invoked and served by noble humans of kindred nature with meditation inputs, grows from shoots to flowers and unites with, preserves and promotes the highest faculties of humanity.

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9.68.5

सं दक्षे॑ण॒ मन॑सा जायते क॒विॠ॒तस्य॒ गर्भो॒ निहि॑तो य॒मा प॒रः । यूना॑ ह॒ सन्ता॑ प्रथ॒मं वि ज॑ज्ञतु॒र्गुहा॑ हि॒तं जनि॑म॒ नेम॒मुद्य॑तम् ॥

The creative soul, Soma, is born along with mind and noble intelligence, the seed and seat of divine law and wisdom hidden somewhere far deep by the laws of nature. Being together, they, mind and intelligence, are first physically born as in any other creature, the other, higher and enlightened self, is born, rather reborn, as it is raised through purity and elevation of the mind from the depth of its hiding cave.

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9.68.6

म॒न्द्रस्य॑ रू॒पं वि॑विदुर्मनी॒षिणः॑ श्ये॒नो यदन्धो॒ अभ॑रत्परा॒वतः॑ । तं म॑र्जयन्त सु॒वृधं॑ न॒दीष्वाँ उ॒शन्त॑मं॒शुं प॑रि॒यन्त॑मृ॒ग्मिय॑म् ॥

The yogis of elevated, enlightened and concentrated mind feel and know the presence of the blissful soma spirit of existence which the vibrant visionary soul perceives, distils and actually realises as food for fulfilment far off and everywhere. The sages adore and worship that very exalting spirit flowing in streams of existence which is passionate and loving, energising, all comprehensive and adorable, sung and celebrated in hymns of the Veda.

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9.68.7

त्वां मृ॑जन्ति॒ दश॒ योष॑णः सु॒तं सोम॒ ऋषि॑भिर्म॒तिभि॑र्धी॒तिभि॑र्हि॒तम् । अव्यो॒ वारे॑भिरु॒त दे॒वहू॑तिभि॒र्नृभि॑र्य॒तो वाज॒मा द॑र्षि सा॒तये॑ ॥

O Soma, Spirit of the bliss of existence, ten youthful senses and vibrant pranas of the soul adore and exalt you, sung and celebrated by the sages of knowledge, thought and meditation, served by the best of men with best of homage and divine presentations, and realised and treasured by the seers. O lord of universal protection and progress, give us a vision of your divine power and presence for our ultimate victory and spiritual fulfilment.

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9.68.8

प॒रि॒प्र॒यन्तं॑ व॒य्यं॑ सुषं॒सदं॒ सोमं॑ मनी॒षा अ॒भ्य॑नूषत॒ स्तुभः॑ । यो धार॑या॒ मधु॑माँ ऊ॒र्मिणा॑ दि॒व इय॑र्ति॒ वाचं॑ रयि॒षाळम॑र्त्यः ॥

Joyous celebrants with sincerity of mind and soul exalt Soma, universally vibrant Spirit, lovely and adorable, holy and companionable who, immortal treasurehold of the wealth and honey sweets of life, gives us streams and showers of the divine voice of omniscience from the heights of heaven.

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9.68.9

अ॒यं दि॒व इ॑यर्ति॒ विश्व॒मा रजः॒ सोमः॑ पुना॒नः क॒लशे॑षु सीदति । अ॒द्भिर्गोभि॑र्मृज्यते॒ अद्रि॑भिः सु॒तः पु॑ना॒न इन्दु॒र्वरि॑वो विदत्प्रि॒यम् ॥

This Soma, lord of peace and power, moves all the particles of nature and forces of power from the centre of light and, pure and purifying, sits and pervades in all forms of existence. By the adamantine and generous powers of nature and humanity, it is exalted with the dynamics of energy, will, acts and voices of intelligence, and the holy spirit, thus distilled and realised, pure and purifying, brings us the best and dearest wealth, honour and excellence of immortal value.

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9.68.10

ए॒वा नः॑ सोम परिषि॒च्यमा॑नो॒ वयो॒ दध॑च्चि॒त्रत॑मं पवस्व । अ॒द्वे॒षे द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी हु॑वेम॒ देवा॑ ध॒त्त र॒यिम॒स्मे सु॒वीर॑म् ॥

Thus adored, exalted and served, O Soma, flow with vibrant presence, bringing us the most wonderful food, health and strength. We invoke the earth and heaven free from jealousy, contradiction and enmity, and pray may the divinities of nature and humanity bear and bring us wealth, honour and excellence worthy of the brave.

✦ Sukta 69 · 10 verses ✦

9.69.1

इषु॒र्न धन्व॒न्प्रति॑ धीयते म॒तिर्व॒त्सो न मा॒तुरुप॑ स॒र्ज्यूध॑नि । उ॒रुधा॑रेव दुहे॒ अग्र॑ आय॒त्यस्य॑ व्र॒तेष्वपि॒ सोम॑ इष्यते ॥

Like the arrow fixed on the bow, the enlightened mind is directed to the divine mother’s treasure of milk for the baby. Then like the mother cow coming home with milk streaming forth for the calf, the coming life at hand is replete with joyous possibilities of fulfilment. Thus, under the laws of the lord’s dispensation, nectar soma is created, loved and realised for the joy and fulfilment of the soul.

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9.69.2

उपो॑ म॒तिः पृ॒च्यते॑ सि॒च्यते॒ मधु॑ म॒न्द्राज॑नी चोदते अ॒न्तरा॒सनि॑ । पव॑मानः संत॒निः प्र॑घ्न॒तामि॑व॒ मधु॑मान्द्र॒प्सः परि॒ वार॑मर्षति ॥

When the mind is joined in concentration with divinity, honey is released and pours forth, divine ecstasy stirs in the heart within, and the continuous stream of soma, overflowing with joy like the uninterrupted ecstasy of the yogis of perfect renunciation, showers upon the blessed soul.

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9.69.3

अव्ये॑ वधू॒युः प॑वते॒ परि॑ त्व॒चि श्र॑थ्नी॒ते न॒प्तीरदि॑तेॠ॒तं य॒ते । हरि॑रक्रान्यज॒तः सं॑य॒तो मदो॑ नृ॒म्णा शिशा॑नो महि॒षो न शो॑भते ॥

The stream of soma joy flows in the protected heart of the dedicated celebrant, attenuates the extrovert natural tendencies of the mind and augments the inner concentration of the higher mind for the man of natural truth and divine law. And Hari, divine lord controller of agitation and dispeller of darkness, intensifies the controlled flow of the yogi’s joy in communion and, deepening and directing it on the fixed target, shines like a victor with divine strength and glory.

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9.69.4

उ॒क्षा मि॑माति॒ प्रति॑ यन्ति धे॒नवो॑ दे॒वस्य॑ दे॒वीरुप॑ यन्ति निष्कृ॒तम् । अत्य॑क्रमी॒दर्जु॑नं॒ वार॑म॒व्यय॒मत्कं॒ न नि॒क्तं परि॒ सोमो॑ अव्यत ॥

The generous virile soul overflowing with soma joy vibrates with Infinity, the senses having returned inward like cows to the stall. The enlightened mind and thoughts of the holy soul unite with the hallowed centre of the spirit. The soul breaks through its existential cover, returns to its original imperishable purity, and Soma protects it as a pilgrim cleansed and redeemed.

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9.69.5

अमृ॑क्तेन॒ रुश॑ता॒ वास॑सा॒ हरि॒रम॑र्त्यो निर्णिजा॒नः परि॑ व्यत । दि॒वस्पृ॒ष्ठं ब॒र्हणा॑ नि॒र्णिजे॑ कृतोप॒स्तर॑णं च॒म्वो॑र्नभ॒स्मय॑म् ॥

The saviour, destroyer of suffering and darkness, cleansing and sanctifying existence with imperishable light of his glory, pervades, transcends and beatifies the top of heaven and the middle regions of vapour between earth and heaven, vesting them all with his splendour.

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9.69.6

सूर्य॑स्येव र॒श्मयो॑ द्रावयि॒त्नवो॑ मत्स॒रासः॑ प्र॒सुपः॑ सा॒कमी॑रते । तन्तुं॑ त॒तं परि॒ सर्गा॑स आ॒शवो॒ नेन्द्रा॑दृ॒ते प॑वते॒ धाम॒ किं च॒न ॥

The dynamics of the lord’s creation instantly in motion, energising the sleeping existences, joyous and joyously moving everything to ecstatic being, all together move across the web of life conceived and created by the lord omnipotent, Indra. Not without Indra does any particle, any wave, any world, move pure and sacred as it is.

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9.69.7

सिन्धो॑रिव प्रव॒णे नि॒म्न आ॒शवो॒ वृष॑च्युता॒ मदा॑सो गा॒तुमा॑शत । शं नो॑ निवे॒शे द्वि॒पदे॒ चतु॑ष्पदे॒ऽस्मे वाजाः॑ सोम तिष्ठन्तु कृ॒ष्टयः॑ ॥

Floods of river waters showered from the clouds flow fast in their happy course down to the sea and mix with the ocean. Like these, may our people, joyous with showers of soma, fast and progressive, flow and proceed like water courses to the divine Indra. O Soma, lord of peace and joy, let there be peace and joy in our homesteads for humans and animals both. May our people and our powers and progress be firm and constant on the forward paths of higher achievement.

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9.69.8

आ नः॑ पवस्व॒ वसु॑म॒द्धिर॑ण्यव॒दश्वा॑व॒द्गोम॒द्यव॑मत्सु॒वीर्य॑म् । यू॒यं हि सो॑म पि॒तरो॒ मम॒ स्थन॑ दि॒वो मू॒र्धानः॒ प्रस्थि॑ता वय॒स्कृतः॑ ॥

O Soma, lord of peace, progress and joy, bring us, purify and let flow, the wealth of peace and honour replete and overflowing with settlement and security, golden glory, progressive achievement, lands, cows and culture graces, food and good health, and noble courage, strength and forbearance. You alone are our father and mother, you alone would stay so constant, light of heaven, top of excellence, stable as earth, and giver of food, health and sustenance for a long full age

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9.69.9

ए॒ते सोमाः॒ पव॑मानास॒ इन्द्रं॒ रथा॑ इव॒ प्र य॑युः सा॒तिमच्छ॑ । सु॒ताः प॒वित्र॒मति॑ य॒न्त्यव्यं॑ हि॒त्वी व॒व्रिं ह॒रितो॑ वृ॒ष्टिमच्छ॑ ॥

These soma joys of life, pure and purifying, like divine radiations of victory, flow to the karma-yogi, man of holy action and enthusiasm. Distilled and concentrated, they flow to the sacred heart, dispel ill health and infirmity, and, ever fresh and inspiring, they bring showers of divine bliss.

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9.69.10

इन्द॒विन्द्रा॑य बृह॒ते प॑वस्व सुमृळी॒को अ॑नव॒द्यो रि॒शादाः॑ । भरा॑ च॒न्द्राणि॑ गृण॒ते वसू॑नि दे॒वैर्द्या॑वापृथिवी॒ प्राव॑तं नः ॥

O lord of peace, beauty and joy, giver of happiness and well being, adorable divinity, destroyer of violence, enemies and impediments, flow for the great Indra, for the glory of the karma-yogi. Bring the beauties of wealth, settlement and security, honour and excellence of life for the celebrant. O heaven and earth, come along with the divinities of nature and humanity and protect and promote us with happiness and well being.As mother cows watch and guard the calves, so does Soma, lord of light and power of life, vibrant and resonant like roaring winds, pervade, watch and vitalise heaven and earth, mother givers of life and sustenance. And the man of holy action, knowing the cosmic law of divinity and the prime paradisal agent of the good of humanity, should love and worship that Soma for his

✦ Sukta 70 · 10 verses ✦

9.70.1

त्रिर॑स्मै स॒प्त धे॒नवो॑ दुदुह्रे स॒त्यामा॒शिरं॑ पू॒र्व्ये व्यो॑मनि । च॒त्वार्य॒न्या भुव॑नानि नि॒र्णिजे॒ चारू॑णि चक्रे॒ यदृ॒तैरव॑र्धत ॥

Thrice seven cows, creative powers of natural evolution, generate the milky strain of vitality added to the evolving reality in the service of the creator Soma in the cosmic yajna in absolute time and space, Soma who also created four other beautiful orders of existence for the glory and sanctity of existence which grows by the laws of cosmic dynamics. (The seven cows may be interpreted as the seven evolutes of Prakrti: mahan, ahankara and five subtle elements of ether or akasha, energy or vayu, fire or agni, water or apah, and earth or prthivi. Three are orders of sattva or thought, rajas or motion, and tamas or matter. This makes the thrice seven, the four other beautiful orders of existence may be interpreted as mana (mind), buddhi (discriminative intelligence), chitta (memory) and ahankara (I-sense or existential personality). Another interpretation could be the four Vedas, knowledge, the corresponding order of existence in terms of awareness and expression.

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9.70.2

स भिक्ष॑माणो अ॒मृत॑स्य॒ चारु॑ण उ॒भे द्यावा॒ काव्ये॑ना॒ वि श॑श्रथे । तेजि॑ष्ठा अ॒पो मं॒हना॒ परि॑ व्यत॒ यदी॑ दे॒वस्य॒ श्रव॑सा॒ सदो॑ वि॒दुः ॥

He, loving, sharing and pervading the immortal beauty of existence, orders and adorns both heaven and earth with his art, intelligence and poetic sublimity, also vesting the vapours of the middle regions with his might and splendour. Those who know the reality of the lord’s creation alongwith his power, love and generosity really know and share the bliss.

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9.70.3

ते अ॑स्य सन्तु के॒तवोऽमृ॑त्य॒वोऽदा॑भ्यासो ज॒नुषी॑ उ॒भे अनु॑ । येभि॑र्नृ॒म्णा च॑ दे॒व्या॑ च पुन॒त आदिद्राजा॑नं म॒नना॑ अगृभ्णत ॥

May those radiations of the light and power of this divine Soma, spirit of bliss, free from mortality, deception or unreality, by which the lord strengthens, purifies and sanctifies acts and virtues both human and natural, be in accord with life, human as well as of other forms, and may humanity receive and internalise that divine spirit of love, peace and refulgence with all their thought, thoughtful action and meditation.

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9.70.4

स मृ॒ज्यमा॑नो द॒शभिः॑ सु॒कर्म॑भिः॒ प्र म॑ध्य॒मासु॑ मा॒तृषु॑ प्र॒मे सचा॑ । व्र॒तानि॑ पा॒नो अ॒मृत॑स्य॒ चारु॑ण उ॒भे नृ॒चक्षा॒ अनु॑ पश्यते॒ विशौ॑ ॥

He, blissful and watchful guardian of humanity both pious and impious, exalted by ten efficient senses and pranas and by ten holy observances of Dharma, who is pervasive in the midst of human faculties of perception and volition, awareness and understanding to watch and warn us, thereby strengthening and promoting the holy and immortal dharmic discipline of humanity, He watches at first hand what people do in thought, word and deed.

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9.70.5

स म॑र्मृजा॒न इ॑न्द्रि॒याय॒ धाय॑स॒ ओभे अ॒न्ता रोद॑सी हर्षते हि॒तः । वृषा॒ शुष्मे॑ण बाधते॒ वि दु॑र्म॒तीरा॒देदि॑शानः शर्य॒हेव॑ शु॒रुधः॑ ॥

He, adorable and exalted, pervades and abides in both heaven and earth and in the middle regions, happy, blissful and generous with showers of joy for humanity for their honour and exaltation, to help them to wield their potential efficiently. With divine power, he warns men of negative understanding, even commanding them like a warrior who wards off the evil and finally destroys the forces of violence and destruction.

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9.70.6

स मा॒तरा॒ न ददृ॑शान उ॒स्रियो॒ नान॑ददेति म॒रुता॑मिव स्व॒नः । जा॒नन्नृ॒तं प्र॑थ॒मं यत्स्व॑र्णरं॒ प्रश॑स्तये॒ कम॑वृणीत सु॒क्रतुः॑ ॥

As mother cows watch and guard the calves, so does Soma, lord of light and power of life, vibrant and resonant like roaring winds, pervade, watch and vitalise heaven and earth, mother givers of life and sustenance. And the man of holy action, knowing the cosmic law of divinity and the prime paradisal agent of the good of humanity, should love and worship that Soma for his self-fulfilment.

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9.70.7

रु॒वति॑ भी॒मो वृ॑ष॒भस्त॑वि॒ष्यया॒ शृङ्गे॒ शिशा॑नो॒ हरि॑णी विचक्ष॒णः । आ योनिं॒ सोमः॒ सुकृ॑तं॒ नि षी॑दति ग॒व्ययी॒ त्वग्भ॑वति नि॒र्णिग॒व्ययी॑ ॥

As mother cows watch and guard the calves, so does Soma, lord of light and power of life, vibrant and resonant like roaring winds, pervade, watch and vitalise heaven and earth, mother givers of life and sustenance. And the man of holy action, knowing the cosmic law of divinity and the prime paradisal agent of the good of humanity, should love and worship that Soma for his self-fulfilment.Mighty, virile and generous all-watching soma spirit of divinity, sharpening its top powers of perfection of good and elimination of evil, settles in the heart centre of the man of holy action, vibrates and resounds, and then the man’s perceptive and discriminative intelligence becomes definitive, protective and creative, inviolable.

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9.70.8

शुचिः॑ पुना॒नस्त॒न्व॑मरे॒पस॒मव्ये॒ हरि॒र्न्य॑धाविष्ट॒ सान॑वि । जुष्टो॑ मि॒त्राय॒ वरु॑णाय वा॒यवे॑ त्रि॒धातु॒ मधु॑ क्रियते सु॒कर्म॑भिः ॥

Pure, purifying and sanctifying the holy man in body, the protective and gracious Soma spirit of divinity is enshrined on top of the holy man’s inviolable being, loved and adored for the sake of the spirit of friendship, veneration for judgement and vibrant enthusiasm for life, and then honey sweets of triple powers for body, mind and spirit are created by men of holy action.

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9.70.9

पव॑स्व सोम दे॒ववी॑तये॒ वृषेन्द्र॑स्य॒ हार्दि॑ सोम॒धान॒मा वि॑श । पु॒रा नो॑ बा॒धाद्दु॑रि॒ताति॑ पारय क्षेत्र॒विद्धि दिश॒ आहा॑ विपृच्छ॒ते ॥

O Soma spirit of life and divinity, virile and generous, pure and purifying, favourite of divine hearts, come for the service of the divine Lord and join the soma yajna and the soma yajis. Take us across the evil before its onslaught. After all, he alone can guide the traveller asking for directions who knows the area on earth and the field of life.

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9.70.10

हि॒तो न सप्ति॑र॒भि वाज॑म॒र्षेन्द्र॑स्येन्दो ज॒ठर॒मा प॑वस्व । ना॒वा न सिन्धु॒मति॑ पर्षि वि॒द्वाञ्छूरो॒ न युध्य॒न्नव॑ नो नि॒दः स्पः॑ ॥

Like a war horse directed to the field of battle, come Indu, Soma spirit of peace, power and joyous action, flow, enter and purify the spirit of Indra, man of action and the social order. Like the mariner crossing the sea by boat, advance, O scholar and warrior, fighting on. Protect us, destroy the scandal mongers and take us across the sea of life.

✦ Sukta 71 · 9 verses ✦

9.71.1

आ दक्षि॑णा सृज्यते शु॒ष्म्या॒३॒॑सदं॒ वेति॑ द्रु॒हो र॒क्षसः॑ पाति॒ जागृ॑विः । हरि॑रोप॒शं कृ॑णुते॒ नभ॒स्पय॑ उप॒स्तिरे॑ च॒म्वो॒३॒॑र्ब्रह्म॑ नि॒र्णिजे॑ ॥

The gift is given liberally, the mighty, Soma, comes to the hall and presides, the wakeful protects against the evil and the jealous, and the omnipotent Soma, lord of peace and plenty, creates water vapours as a pillar and cover between the green earth and heaven of light and reveals the Vedas to sanctify and glorify existence.

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9.71.2

प्र कृ॑ष्टि॒हेव॑ शू॒ष ए॑ति॒ रोरु॑वदसु॒र्यं१॒॑ वर्णं॒ नि रि॑णीते अस्य॒ तम् । जहा॑ति व॒व्रिं पि॒तुरे॑ति निष्कृ॒तमु॑प॒प्रुतं॑ कृणुते नि॒र्णिजं॒ तना॑ ॥

The mighty hero of peace, power and plenty, Soma, goes forward roaring like a warrior, loud and bold, revealing, manifesting and displaying that vibrant, assertive and tempestuous character of his which dispels and destroys darkness and evil, realises and maintains the purest sacred spirit of his ancestral tradition in action and attains the perfect, unsullied and absolute fulfilment of his earthly existence.

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9.71.3

अद्रि॑भिः सु॒तः प॑वते॒ गभ॑स्त्योर्वृषा॒यते॒ नभ॑सा॒ वेप॑ते म॒ती । स मो॑दते॒ नस॑ते॒ साध॑ते गि॒रा ने॑नि॒क्ते अ॒प्सु यज॑ते॒ परी॑मणि ॥

The soma spirit of life vibrates and sanctifies, distilled and condensed by clouds, realised by sages, shining in sun-rays and reflecting in meditative minds of the yogis. Virile and generous, it waxes in strength, showers with the cloud and inspires all with intelligence. It rejoices, reaches all, makes everything possible, and with the divine voice joins humanity, cleanses and sanctifies, and blesses all in yajna and in their yajnic actions.

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9.71.4

परि॑ द्यु॒क्षं सह॑सः पर्वता॒वृधं॒ मध्वः॑ सिञ्चन्ति ह॒र्म्यस्य॑ स॒क्षणि॑म् । आ यस्मि॒न्गावः॑ सुहु॒ताद॒ ऊध॑नि मू॒र्धञ्छ्री॒णन्त्य॑ग्रि॒यं वरी॑मभिः ॥

Honey showers of peace, patience and fortitude rain on the master of homely fire-side, lover of light and dedicated performer of soma yajna, in whose life and family senses, mind and memory, fed on positive and yajnic perceptual and conceptual food of experience, retain and sanctify high moral and spiritual values of prime importance with the highest reflections of divinity.

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9.71.5

समी॒ रथं॒ न भु॒रिजो॑रहेषत॒ दश॒ स्वसा॑रो॒ अदि॑तेरु॒पस्थ॒ आ । जिगा॒दुप॑ ज्रयति॒ गोर॑पी॒च्यं॑ प॒दं यद॑स्य म॒तुथा॒ अजी॑जनन् ॥

Just as ten fingers of both hands control and direct the chariot’s course so, if the ten faculties of perception and volition and the ten pranas collected together in meditation were to raise the yogi’s intelligence and awareness and he were to rise as reborn and reach the lap of mother Infinity, he would attain to the top of the blissful stage of existence which all his faculties in unison would generate for him.

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9.71.6

श्ये॒नो न योनिं॒ सद॑नं धि॒या कृ॒तं हि॑र॒ण्यय॑मा॒सदं॑ दे॒व एष॑ति । ए रि॑णन्ति ब॒र्हिषि॑ प्रि॒यं गि॒राश्वो॒ न दे॒वाँ अप्ये॑ति य॒ज्ञियः॑ ॥

As the eagle bird comes to rest in its nest, so does the light of the soul rise and shine in the golden cave of the heart, the seat of divinity, prepared by the light of higher intelligence and awareness. There on the seat of sanctity the celebrants adore the dear Soul with holy song where the divine Spirit, loving and adorable, blesses the divine soul of the yogi and his transparent faculties and rules as an emperor over the dominion.

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9.71.7

परा॒ व्य॑क्तो अरु॒षो दि॒वः क॒विर्वृषा॑ त्रिपृ॒ष्ठो अ॑नविष्ट॒ गा अ॒भि । स॒हस्र॑णीति॒र्यतिः॑ परा॒यती॑ रे॒भो न पू॒र्वीरु॒षसो॒ वि रा॑जति ॥

The divine Soma Spirit of peace and power self-refulgent beyond the lights of heaven, omniscient creator, omnificent giver, visionary and watchful over the three orders of time and space, delights in the songs of adoration as a committed listener. It is omnipotent guide over a thousand ways, immanent and transcendent, and rules and illuminates the eternal dawns of light and vision like the sun.

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9.71.8

त्वे॒षं रू॒पं कृ॑णुते॒ वर्णो॑ अस्य॒ स यत्राश॑य॒त्समृ॑ता॒ सेध॑ति स्रि॒धः । अ॒प्सा या॑ति स्व॒धया॒ दैव्यं॒ जनं॒ सं सु॑ष्टु॒ती नस॑ते॒ सं गोअ॑ग्रया ॥

Its form assumes a lustrous character of blazing refulgence, and wherever it reflects, shines and abides, there in the battles of human life and existence it destroys negativities and inner conflicts. Commanding the dynamic powers of life with its innate potential it goes to the pious celebrant and abides there in the heart adored with the highest words of exaltation.

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9.71.9

उ॒क्षेव॑ यू॒था प॑रि॒यन्न॑रावी॒दधि॒ त्विषी॑रधित॒ सूर्य॑स्य । दि॒व्यः सु॑प॒र्णोऽव॑ चक्षत॒ क्षां सोमः॒ परि॒ क्रतु॑ना पश्यते॒ जाः ॥

Just as cosmic energy comprehends and controls all systems of the universe and with its thunderous dynamics vests the sun with light, so does Soma, supreme spirit of creativity, peace and joy, the light of life and cosmic intelligence, watches the earth and nature and, with its holy creativity, controls and enlightens all systems and species it has created.

✦ Sukta 72 · 9 verses ✦

9.72.1

हरिं॑ मृजन्त्यरु॒षो न यु॑ज्यते॒ सं धे॒नुभिः॑ क॒लशे॒ सोमो॑ अज्यते । उद्वाच॑मी॒रय॑ति हि॒न्वते॑ म॒ती पु॑रुष्टु॒तस्य॒ कति॑ चित्परि॒प्रियः॑ ॥

Devout celebrants love Soma divine like the warmth of fire, admire it like beauty of the dawn, and exalt it like light of the sun. You join the bliss of this divinity with all your senses, mind, intelligence and awareness. And then you would realise that Soma vibrates in the heart as bliss and rolls as waves of the sea. It inspires men to burst forth in song, energises thoughts and intellect, and sharpens the vision and imagination. Indeed there are no bounds to the precious gifts of Soma, infinite are they, universally adored and exalted as it is.

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9.72.2

सा॒कं व॑दन्ति ब॒हवो॑ मनी॒षिण॒ इन्द्र॑स्य॒ सोमं॑ ज॒ठरे॒ यदा॑दु॒हुः । यदी॑ मृ॒जन्ति॒ सुग॑भस्तयो॒ नरः॒ सनी॑ळाभिर्द॒शभिः॒ काम्यं॒ मधु॑ ॥

When intelligent celebrants experience the Soma ecstasy in the heart core of personality, when brilliant people, leading lights of high mind and soul, with all ten senses and pranas collected, controlled and exalted with Soma, realise the bliss they cherish, they all celebrate the divine presence and burst forth in song.

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9.72.3

अर॑ममाणो॒ अत्ये॑ति॒ गा अ॒भि सूर्य॑स्य प्रि॒यं दु॑हि॒तुस्ति॒रो रव॑म् । अन्व॑स्मै॒ जोष॑मभरद्विनंगृ॒सः सं द्व॒यीभिः॒ स्वसृ॑भिः क्षेति जा॒मिभिः॑ ॥

Bearing love and enthusiasm for this Soma, the devotee abides with both sister senses of perception and volition, but indifferent to sense experience and pleasure, he moves on to the sweet message of the dawn, daughter of the sun, and goes still beyond to bliss of the absolute divinity.

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9.72.4

नृधू॑तो॒ अद्रि॑षुतो ब॒र्हिषि॑ प्रि॒यः पति॒र्गवां॑ प्र॒दिव॒ इन्दु॑ॠ॒त्वियः॑ । पुरं॑धिवा॒न्मनु॑षो यज्ञ॒साध॑नः॒ शुचि॑र्धि॒या प॑वते॒ सोम॑ इन्द्र ते ॥

O soul, master of senses, mind and intelligence, the soma joy of existence flows free for you everywhere. Exercised in practice by holy men, distilled and realised in the heart and on the holy grass of yajna, darling of the soul, ruler of sense and mind, it masters, controls and governs the stars and planets. It is refulgent, heavenly and illuminative, and blissful across the seasons, time and space. It holds and sustains all systems of nature and humanity, it is the harbinger of success and fulfilment for us in all our yajnic corporate acts, and it is pure and immaculate beyond possibility of sin, evil and pollution.

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9.72.5

नृबा॒हुभ्यां॑ चोदि॒तो धार॑या सु॒तो॑ऽनुष्व॒धं प॑वते॒ सोम॑ इन्द्र ते । आप्राः॒ क्रतू॒न्त्सम॑जैरध्व॒रे म॒तीर्वेर्न द्रु॒षच्च॒म्वो॒३॒॑रास॑द॒द्धरिः॑ ॥

Indra, O soul, the soma joy of divinity flows free for you, impelled by human arms of karma, showered in streams with resonant hymns. Move on to holy actions in yajna, and Soma, lord of peace and power, pervading in heaven and earth and the middle regions like cosmic energy and the dynamics of cause and effect, would fulfill your desires, intentions and resolutions of mind.

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9.72.6

अं॒शुं दु॑हन्ति स्त॒नय॑न्त॒मक्षि॑तं क॒विं क॒वयो॒ऽपसो॑ मनी॒षिणः॑ । समी॒ गावो॑ म॒तयो॑ यन्ति सं॒यत॑ ऋ॒तस्य॒ योना॒ सद॑ने पुन॒र्भुवः॑ ॥

All perceptions, volitions, thoughts and feelings, collected together into the mind through repeated practice, absorb into the heart centre of the original seat of meditative meet of the soul with divinity, and there in awareness wise men of holy action and creative vision receive and experience soma showers of joy, vital, voluble, imperishable, creative and blissful.

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9.72.7

नाभा॑ पृथि॒व्या ध॒रुणो॑ म॒हो दि॒वो॒३॒॑ऽपामू॒र्मौ सिन्धु॑ष्व॒न्तरु॑क्षि॒तः । इन्द्र॑स्य॒ वज्रो॑ वृष॒भो वि॒भूव॑सुः॒ सोमो॑ हृ॒दे प॑वते॒ चारु॑ मत्स॒रः ॥

Centre-hold of the earth, wielder of the mighty heaven of light, showers of living energy on the waves of the sea, adamantine force of the thunderbolt of Indra, virile and generous, treasure-hold of the wealth of the universe, Soma, ecstatic joy of creative divinity, flows in the holy heart and blesses it with purity.

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9.72.8

स तू प॑वस्व॒ परि॒ पार्थि॑वं॒ रजः॑ स्तो॒त्रे शिक्ष॑न्नाधून्व॒ते च॑ सुक्रतो । मा नो॒ निर्भा॒ग्वसु॑नः सादन॒स्पृशो॑ र॒यिं पि॒शङ्गं॑ बहु॒लं व॑सीमहि ॥

O lord of holy action and yajnic dynamics of the universe, flow and purify everything of the globe and the skies, giving me, your enthusiastic celebrant, the vision and wisdom for the good life. Deprive us not of the peace, power and wealth of the home and family. Bless us that we may live in peace and enjoy peace and homely wealth of golden plenty and variety.

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9.72.9

आ तू न॑ इन्दो श॒तदा॒त्वश्व्यं॑ स॒हस्र॑दातु पशु॒मद्धिर॑ण्यवत् । उप॑ मास्व बृह॒ती रे॒वती॒रिषोऽधि॑ स्तो॒त्रस्य॑ पवमान नो गहि ॥

O lord of light and bliss of peace, pure and all purifying, giver of a hundred-and-thousandfold wealth of advancement and achievement, creator and ordainer of all human, animal and golden wealth of the beauty of the world, come to bless our yajna, listen to our songs of adoration, and bless us with vast expansive wealth of food and energy, knowledge and culture alongwith a sense of values of those divine gifts for our good.

✦ Sukta 73 · 9 verses ✦

9.73.1

स्रक्वे॑ द्र॒प्सस्य॒ धम॑तः॒ सम॑स्वरन्नृ॒तस्य॒ योना॒ सम॑रन्त॒ नाभ॑यः । त्रीन्त्स मू॒र्ध्नो असु॑रश्चक्र आ॒रभे॑ स॒त्यस्य॒ नावः॑ सु॒कृत॑मपीपरन् ॥

Streams of the waves and particles of exuberant soma of the creator singing in unison flow into forms in the cosmic home of existence, and the centre-holds of the forms of systems and sub-systems flow back into the vedi of the cosmic yajna, completing the cycle. The highest and omnipotent lord of cosmic vitality, to begin this yajna, brought into manifestation three modes of Prakrti, sattva, rajas and tamas, and the emergence of living forms of species, boat-like carriers-on, finally complete the holy creative process.

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9.73.2

स॒म्यक्स॒म्यञ्चो॑ महि॒षा अ॑हेषत॒ सिन्धो॑रू॒र्मावधि॑ वे॒ना अ॑वीविपन् । मधो॒र्धारा॑भिर्ज॒नय॑न्तो अ॒र्कमित्प्रि॒यामिन्द्र॑स्य त॒न्व॑मवीवृधन् ॥

Mighty men, sages, scholars and leaders, wise, ambitious and good intentioned, holily all together stirring on top of the oceanic waves of existence, keep it moving fast and faster and, creating beautiful things, doing good work in honour of the lord creator, advance this dear world of the Almighty with streams of the honey sweets of soma.

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9.73.3

प॒वित्र॑वन्तः॒ परि॒ वाच॑मासते पि॒तैषां॑ प्र॒त्नो अ॒भि र॑क्षति व्र॒तम् । म॒हः स॑मु॒द्रं वरु॑णस्ति॒रो द॑धे॒ धीरा॒ इच्छे॑कुर्ध॒रुणे॑ष्वा॒रभ॑म् ॥

Men of soma purity of mind and character, they stand by the holy voice of divinity and the dynamics of nature. The eternal father and ruler over all protects and promotes their discipline of Dharma. Just as the all enveloping space alone can cover the mighty ocean and the cosmic vapours, similarly men of stable mind only can keep original human commitment in matters of cosmic law.

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9.73.4

स॒हस्र॑धा॒रेऽव॒ ते सम॑स्वरन्दि॒वो नाके॒ मधु॑जिह्वा अस॒श्चतः॑ । अस्य॒ स्पशो॒ न नि मि॑षन्ति॒ भूर्ण॑यः प॒देप॑दे पा॒शिनः॑ सन्ति॒ सेत॑वः ॥

In this world of a thousand streams of soma joy and divine generosity, the soma souls in humanity sing and swim in action, sweet of tongue, mind and will, joining the paradisal vision of heavenly light. The instant and watchful eyes of the dynamics of divinity, all enveloping and all beholding, are ever awake without a wink for the moment. O lord, at every step the binding bonds are there, and there are saviour bridges as well.

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9.73.5

पि॒तुर्मा॒तुरध्या ये स॒मस्व॑रन्नृ॒चा शोच॑न्तः सं॒दह॑न्तो अव्र॒तान् । इन्द्र॑द्विष्टा॒मप॑ धमन्ति मा॒यया॒ त्वच॒मसि॑क्नीं॒ भूम॑नो दि॒वस्परि॑ ॥

Like the rays of sunlight radiating from above to mother earth in unison, shining with their brilliance, illuminating and purifying, and burning off those pollutants which act against natural law, the soma souls of humanity acting in unison around father and mother in holy tradition, shining and sanctifying life with divine hymns, reducing and eliminating powers of negative character and habit against natural law and human values, they drive off and eliminate the defilers and violators of cosmic law, and, with the knowledge and power of the light of great heaven, they remove the veil of the darkness of ignorance.

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9.73.6

प्र॒त्नान्माना॒दध्या ये स॒मस्व॑र॒ञ्छ्लोक॑यन्त्रासो रभ॒सस्य॒ मन्त॑वः । अपा॑न॒क्षासो॑ बधि॒रा अ॑हासत ऋ॒तस्य॒ पन्थां॒ न त॑रन्ति दु॒ष्कृतः॑ ॥

Soma souls that act in unison with faith in eternal values, who are self-controlled by the divine Word and follow the spirit of lord Almighty pursue the path of universal law and reach the divine destination. But men of negative disposition see not what they see and hear not what they hear, abandon the path of truth and fail to reach the divine destination of life.

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9.73.7

स॒हस्र॑धारे॒ वित॑ते प॒वित्र॒ आ वाचं॑ पुनन्ति क॒वयो॑ मनी॒षिणः॑ । रु॒द्रास॑ एषामिषि॒रासो॑ अ॒द्रुहः॒ स्पशः॒ स्वञ्चः॑ सु॒दृशो॑ नृ॒चक्ष॑सः ॥

In this expansive world of a thousand streams of purity flowing on and on, men of noble thought and poetic vision create, speak and sanctify their word. Men of judgement and rectitude, they discriminate between right and wrong and the natural consequences thereof. They are dynamic, free from jealousy, penetrative observers, worthy of reverence, holy visionaries and constant watchers of humanity.

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9.73.8

ऋ॒तस्य॑ गो॒पा न दभा॑य सु॒क्रतु॒स्त्री ष प॒वित्रा॑ हृ॒द्य१॒॑न्तरा द॑धे । वि॒द्वान्त्स विश्वा॒ भुव॑ना॒भि प॑श्य॒त्यवाजु॑ष्टान्विध्यति क॒र्ते अ॑व्र॒तान् ॥

The man of universal truth, guardian of law, is undaunted, he is not for fear, nor for deceit. Pure at heart and holy of action, he maintains that strength and purity in his threefold conduct in thought, word and deed. Man of knowledge, vision and practical wisdom, he overwatches the entire regions of the world, brings to book the sceptics and the uncommitted, and fixes the saboteurs and the violators of law.

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9.73.9

ऋ॒तस्य॒ तन्तु॒र्वित॑तः प॒वित्र॒ आ जि॒ह्वाया॒ अग्रे॒ वरु॑णस्य मा॒यया॑ । धीरा॑श्चि॒त्तत्स॒मिन॑क्षन्त आश॒तात्रा॑ क॒र्तमव॑ पदा॒त्यप्र॑भुः ॥

The web of Truth and Law is vast and universal. It extends enshrined in the pure at heart and speaks at the tip of the tongue by virtue of the wondrous power of Varuna, lord of love and justice, choice and discrimination. The brave, settled at heart and mind, receive it and follow it to self-fulfilment. The sceptics, dissenting and denying, fall from grace into negation and utter frustration.

✦ Sukta 74 · 9 verses ✦

9.74.1

शिशु॒र्न जा॒तोऽव॑ चक्रद॒द्वने॒ स्व१॒॑र्यद्वा॒ज्य॑रु॒षः सिषा॑सति । दि॒वो रेत॑सा सचते पयो॒वृधा॒ तमी॑महे सुम॒ती शर्म॑ स॒प्रथः॑ ॥

When in this vernal wood of existence, man clamours like a new born baby for sustenance, then that mighty refulgent heavenly giver of light and bliss waxes with love and desire overflowing with the milk of grace and blesses him with the living energy of heavenly divinity. To that divine lord of light and peace we pray with songs of holiness for life’s well being and spiritual freedom.

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9.74.2

दि॒वो यः स्क॒म्भो ध॒रुणः॒ स्वा॑तत॒ आपू॑र्णो अं॒शुः प॒र्येति॑ वि॒श्वतः॑ । सेमे म॒ही रोद॑सी यक्षदा॒वृता॑ समीची॒ने दा॑धार॒ समिषः॑ क॒विः ॥

We pray to that centre-hold of heaven, foundation of existence, boundless holy presence all pervasive and perfect, covering all space all round who holds both these worlds of earth and heaven with the middle regions together and sustains them like a yajamana. He is the omniscient visionary, poetic creator and giver of food and energy for sustenance and knowledge for enlightenment.

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9.74.3

महि॒ प्सरः॒ सुकृ॑तं सो॒म्यं मधू॒र्वी गव्यू॑ति॒रदि॑तेॠ॒तं य॒ते । ईशे॒ यो वृ॒ष्टेरि॒त उ॒स्रियो॒ वृषा॒पां ने॒ता य इ॒तऊ॑तिॠ॒ग्मियः॑ ॥

Of mighty form is he, generous, adorable, exceedingly refulgent controller of universal dynamics, shelter home of life who rules over the rains of living waters on earth. The honey sweets of soma homage well expressed and distilled are for him, yajamana of the yajnic wide paths of rectitude of mother earth and nature.

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9.74.4

आ॒त्म॒न्वन्नभो॑ दुह्यते घृ॒तं पय॑ ऋ॒तस्य॒ नाभि॑र॒मृतं॒ वि जा॑यते । स॒मी॒ची॒नाः सु॒दान॑वः प्रीणन्ति॒ तं नरो॑ हि॒तमव॑ मेहन्ति॒ पेर॑वः ॥

Living energising showers of soma ghrta and waters are received from space. The centre-hold of eternal truth and spirit of immortality here constantly manifests in the flow of existence. Joint integrated generous powers of nature serve that divinity and leading lights of humanity too offer service in abundance to the munificent power.

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9.74.5

अरा॑वीदं॒शुः सच॑मान ऊ॒र्मिणा॑ देवा॒व्यं१॒॑ मनु॑षे पिन्वति॒ त्वच॑म् । दधा॑ति॒ गर्भ॒मदि॑तेरु॒पस्थ॒ आ येन॑ तो॒कं च॒ तन॑यं च॒ धाम॑हे ॥

The soma spirit of divine vitality, one in love with life, vitalises and strengthens the holy earth and body health of humanity with the waves of its joy and love desire. It vests the womb of earth with seed and fertility by virtue of which we beget our children and grand children.

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9.74.6

स॒हस्र॑धा॒रेऽव॒ ता अ॑स॒श्चत॑स्तृ॒तीये॑ सन्तु॒ रज॑सि प्र॒जाव॑तीः । चत॑स्रो॒ नाभो॒ निहि॑ता अ॒वो दि॒वो ह॒विर्भ॑रन्त्य॒मृतं॑ घृत॒श्चुतः॑ ॥

Those creative vitalities in the sun of a thousand streams of light and life be there above in the third region of light in space and come down to earth. Four treasure casks of Dharma, artha, kama and moksha abide well guarded in the region of light and, overflowing with ghrta, living water and divine

sanctity, bring down the spirit and message of full life on earth for the joy of human life, imperishable and immortal.

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9.74.7

श्वे॒तं रू॒पं कृ॑णुते॒ यत्सिषा॑सति॒ सोमो॑ मी॒ढ्वाँ असु॑रो वेद॒ भूम॑नः । धि॒या शमी॑ सचते॒ सेम॒भि प्र॒वद्दि॒वस्कव॑न्ध॒मव॑ दर्षदु॒द्रिण॑म् ॥

Whenever man desires, Soma, life of life on earth and virile controller of solar energy that pervades vast natural resources, forms shining clouds of vapour, parjanya, then, with its intelligential dynamics, joins with the vapour powers, and, going forward from light to the cloud, breaks the flood of water vapours into rain. (Like the clouds of rain showers of water, also, come the rain showers of knowledge and wisdom for humanity).

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9.74.8

अध॑ श्वे॒तं क॒लशं॒ गोभि॑र॒क्तं कार्ष्म॒न्ना वा॒ज्य॑क्रमीत्सस॒वान् । आ हि॑न्विरे॒ मन॑सा देव॒यन्तः॑ क॒क्षीव॑ते श॒तहि॑माय॒ गोना॑म् ॥

Just as a well trained race horse shoots to the victory line, so does Soma, lord of light, life and peace, proceed to the pure heart of the devotee, a transparent receiver refined and consecrated by the holy voice of divinity. To him do celebrants of divinity with sincere mind enthusiastically pray to bless the scholars, the teacher and the disciple, with a hundred years of enlightened life of knowledge and wisdom.

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9.74.9

अ॒द्भिः सो॑म पपृचा॒नस्य॑ ते॒ रसोऽव्यो॒ वारं॒ वि प॑वमान धावति । स मृ॒ज्यमा॑नः क॒विभि॑र्मदिन्तम॒ स्वद॒स्वेन्द्रा॑य पवमान पी॒तये॑ ॥

O Soma, lord of light and bliss, pure and purifying, lover of life with showers of living consecrating nectar, the immortal bliss of your presence flows to the chosen soul of humanity.As such, celebrated and exalted by poets, O Spirit immaculate most ecstatic, pray flow and be sweet and gracious for the delight and fulfilment of Indra, virile soul of pious humanity.

✦ Sukta 75 · 5 verses ✦

9.75.1

अ॒भि प्रि॒याणि॑ पवते॒ चनो॑हितो॒ नामा॑नि य॒ह्वो अधि॒ येषु॒ वर्ध॑ते । आ सूर्य॑स्य बृह॒तो बृ॒हन्नधि॒ रथं॒ विष्व॑ञ्चमरुहद्विचक्ष॒णः ॥

Soma, spirit of life and joy of existence, mighty, infinite, omnipresent, pervades and vitalises all dear beautiful systems of waters and light, expansive and exalted therein. Greater than the great, all watching, it rides the grand chariot of the sun which comprehends and illuminates the whole world.

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9.75.2

ऋ॒तस्य॑ जि॒ह्वा प॑वते॒ मधु॑ प्रि॒यं व॒क्ता पति॑र्धि॒यो अ॒स्या अदा॑भ्यः । दधा॑ति पु॒त्रः पि॒त्रोर॑पी॒च्यं१॒॑ नाम॑ तृ॒तीय॒मधि॑ रोच॒ने दि॒वः ॥

The flame of yajna as the voice of eternal truth rises and expresses the dear delicious beauty and glory of Soma, spirit of universal light and bliss. The speaker and protector of the acts of yajna and Soma truth of life is fearless, undaunted. Just as progeny is the continuance and illumination of the honour and reverence of parents, so is yajna the progeny and illuminative soma of Soma refulgent in the third and highest region of the light of existence.

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9.75.3

अव॑ द्युता॒नः क॒लशाँ॑ अचिक्रद॒न्नृभि॑र्येमा॒नः कोश॒ आ हि॑र॒ण्यये॑ । अ॒भीमृ॒तस्य॑ दो॒हना॑ अनूष॒ताधि॑ त्रिपृ॒ष्ठ उ॒षसो॒ वि रा॑जति ॥

Evoked and concentrated in the golden cave of the heart by veteran yogis, leading them to a vision of divinity, illuminating the sacred hearts, it vibrates and speaks loud and bold in the spirit. Those who distil the eternal truth of existence in their yajnic communion with divinity celebrate and exalt it in song as it abides over three regions of earth, heaven and the skies and shines over the glory of dawns.

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9.75.4

अद्रि॑भिः सु॒तो म॒तिभि॒श्चनो॑हितः प्ररो॒चय॒न्रोद॑सी मा॒तरा॒ शुचिः॑ । रोमा॒ण्यव्या॑ स॒मया॒ वि धा॑वति॒ मधो॒र्धारा॒ पिन्व॑माना दि॒वेदि॑वे ॥

Distilled in essence and presence in the heart, realised in bliss by veteran wise, pure, immaculate and brilliant, illuminating mother earth and mother heavens of life and existence, Soma radiates, blessing sacred hearts in communion and augmenting systemic unions of existence all round flowing in streams of honey joy.

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9.75.5

परि॑ सोम॒ प्र ध॑न्वा स्व॒स्तये॒ नृभिः॑ पुना॒नो अ॒भि वा॑सया॒शिर॑म् । ये ते॒ मदा॑ आह॒नसो॒ विहा॑यस॒स्तेभि॒रिन्द्रं॑ चोदय॒ दात॑वे म॒घम् ॥

O Soma spirit of joy and victory of existence, radiate and come for the happiness and all round well- being of life. Pure and purifying, exalted by the veteran wise, come and sanctify the beauty of life. With all those joyous gifts of yours which are mighty universal and radiant in the dynamics of existence, pray inspire Indra, the ruling soul, to create the honour, wealth and excellence of life and bless us with the highest bliss.

✦ Sukta 76 · 5 verses ✦

9.76.1

ध॒र्ता दि॒वः प॑वते॒ कृत्व्यो॒ रसो॒ दक्षो॑ दे॒वाना॑मनु॒माद्यो॒ नृभिः॑ । हरिः॑ सृजा॒नो अत्यो॒ न सत्व॑भि॒र्वृथा॒ पाजां॑सि कृणुते न॒दीष्वा ॥

Soma, joyous spirit of the universe, sustainer of the regions of light, constant doer, eternal delight and bliss of divinities, perfect omnipotent power, sole worthy of worship by humanity vibrates omnipresent, purifies and sanctifies the life of existence. Destroyer of want and suffering, ever creative, with its own powers spontaneously, like energy itself creates movement and growth in the channels of existence.

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9.76.2

शूरो॒ न ध॑त्त॒ आयु॑धा॒ गभ॑स्त्योः॒ स्वः१॒॑ सिषा॑सन्रथि॒रो गवि॑ष्टिषु । इन्द्र॑स्य॒ शुष्म॑मी॒रय॑न्नप॒स्युभि॒रिन्दु॑र्हिन्वा॒नो अ॑ज्यते मनी॒षिभिः॑ ॥

Wielding the powers and instrumentalities of nature, like a warrior and victor in immanent will and omniscience, keen to share the joy of existence with humanity in paths of daily business, commanding the chariot of the universe in micro and macro systems of its dynamics, inspiring and elevating the soul’s potential, itself stimulated and energised into manifestation by thinkers and men of yajnic action in meditation, the spirit of universal light and glory is aroused to raise and bless humanity.

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9.76.3

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

Soma, vigorous spirit of joyous power and generosity, pure, purifying and constantly flowing, brilliant, blazing and advancing in strength, come by the stream and waves of energy and enter in the heart core of the soul. As thunder, lightning and clouds of rain shower and augment heaven and earth, pray strengthen us, and with divine intelligence, as it were, extend our food, energies, progress and victories for all time. You are the creator, you are the maker, you are the giver.

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9.76.4

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

Soma is refulgent ruler of the world. It flows pure, purifying those who see the light divine. Loving, commanding, and illuminating the dynamics of nature unto waves and particles, seer of the seers as it is, exalted by sun beams, father generator and giver of knowledge, it transcends the vision and word of the wise and poet’s poetry.

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9.76.5

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

As a generous chief rules over multitudes so, O Soma, mighty virile spirit of divinity, thundering in the depth of clouds of vapour, you overflow the clouds. Thus, O most joyous and blissful spirit of the universe, you flow for the soul. Pray bless us so that under your natural protections of grace we may win in the struggles of life.

✦ Sukta 77 · 5 verses ✦

9.77.1

ए॒ष प्र कोशे॒ मधु॑माँ अचिक्रद॒दिन्द्र॑स्य॒ वज्रो॒ वपु॑षो॒ वपु॑ष्टरः । अ॒भीमृ॒तस्य॑ सु॒दुघा॑ घृत॒श्चुतो॑ वा॒श्रा अ॑र्षन्ति॒ पय॑सेव धे॒नवः॑ ॥

This soma, blissful spirit of the universe, full of honey sweets of joy, vibrates and reveals itself aloud in the ananda-maya kosha at the heart’s core of the soul, potent as thunderbolt of Indra, beauty, power and bliss incarnate, more beautiful and vigorous than beauty and power itself. All voices of speech replete with the spirit of truth and divinity, generous and overflowing with liquidity of meaning and spirit of divinity and divine law flow from it, about it and to it like milch cows overflowing with milk for the calf.

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9.77.2

स पू॒र्व्यः प॑वते॒ यं दि॒वस्परि॑ श्ये॒नो म॑था॒यदि॑षि॒तस्ति॒रो रजः॑ । स मध्व॒ आ यु॑वते॒ वेवि॑जान॒ इत्कृ॒शानो॒रस्तु॒र्मन॒साह॑ बि॒भ्युषा॑ ॥

That eternal joy, which the brilliant light of divinity moved in the heart core distils from heaven through the middle regions of human fluctuations of existence, vibrates omnipresent and purifies all who care. That same joy full of honey sweets, vibrating with power and bliss joins with the weaker humanity stricken with fear and anxiety and may, we pray, inspire the devotee with new strength and vigour.

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9.77.3

ते नः॒ पूर्वा॑स॒ उप॑रास॒ इन्द॑वो म॒हे वाजा॑य धन्वन्तु॒ गोम॑ते । ई॒क्षे॒ण्या॑सो अ॒ह्यो॒३॒॑ न चार॑वो॒ ब्रह्म॑ब्रह्म॒ ये जु॑जु॒षुर्ह॒विर्ह॑विः ॥

May those ancients of vision and the later ones present and future blest with light and power, inspire us to win new prizes of great advancement and victory rich in wealth and advancement. May they, thinkers and seekers, generous and sublime like clouds of rain showers, who meditate on the essence of vast existence and offer the essence of sacred oblations of yajnic fragrances with love and faith, inspire us.

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9.77.4

अ॒यं नो॑ वि॒द्वान्व॑नवद्वनुष्य॒त इन्दुः॑ स॒त्राचा॒ मन॑सा पुरुष्टु॒तः । इ॒नस्य॒ यः सद॑ने॒ गर्भ॑माद॒धे गवा॑मुरु॒ब्जम॒भ्यर्ष॑ति व्र॒जम् ॥

This our sagely scholar, brilliant and generous, widely admired and adored, loving the loving and dispelling the violent with a disciplined and concentrated mind, who has received the eternal seed of knowledge in the presence of the glorious lord of divinity, proceeds to the highest abundant origin of the mind and senses and moves further forward.

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9.77.5

चक्रि॑र्दि॒वः प॑वते॒ कृत्व्यो॒ रसो॑ म॒हाँ अद॑ब्धो॒ वरु॑णो हु॒रुग्य॒ते । असा॑वि मि॒त्रो वृ॒जने॑षु य॒ज्ञियोऽत्यो॒ न यू॒थे वृ॑ष॒युः कनि॑क्रदत् ॥

The creator of the universe flows omnipresent, purifies, sanctifies and blesses. Constant doer adorable, delight of the celebrants, great, undauntable, lord of judgement and choice, abandons men of crooked nature and behaviour and fulfils the mission of the holy. Friend on all paths of life, companionable, giver of fulfilment, He vibrates in the multitude of existence and roars like thunder in the depth of clouds.

✦ Sukta 78 · 5 verses ✦

9.78.1

प्र राजा॒ वाचं॑ ज॒नय॑न्नसिष्यदद॒पो वसा॑नो अ॒भि गा इ॑यक्षति । गृ॒भ्णाति॑ रि॒प्रमवि॑रस्य॒ तान्वा॑ शु॒द्धो दे॒वाना॒मुप॑ याति निष्कृ॒तम् ॥

Soma, creative ruling spirit of the universe, self moved with will and desire, producing the cosmic sound of speech, releasing the flow of cosmic energies, pleased and pervasive, proceeds to the yajnic formation of stars and planets. The kind protective sun fertilises the manifestive earthly forms with its own living energy and the immaculate soul proceeds to nature’s womb of divinities for their manifestation and self-realisation.

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9.78.2

इन्द्रा॑य सोम॒ परि॑ षिच्यसे॒ नृभि॑र्नृ॒चक्षा॑ ऊ॒र्मिः क॒विर॑ज्यसे॒ वने॑ । पू॒र्वीर्हि ते॑ स्रु॒तयः॒ सन्ति॒ यात॑वे स॒हस्र॒मश्वा॒ हर॑यश्चमू॒षदः॑ ॥

Soma, spirit of universal joy, is poured from one form into another for the sake of Indra, the soul. The all-watching, all-knowing creative, all rolling pervasive spiritual cosmic flow is loved and worshipped in the beautiful world of divinity. O lord, eternal and universal are the holy dynamics of your creation for humanity to pursue and follow, infinite your moving forces, advancing, arresting and absorbing in the yajnic world.

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9.78.3

स॒मु॒द्रिया॑ अप्स॒रसो॑ मनी॒षिण॒मासी॑ना अ॒न्तर॒भि सोम॑मक्षरन् । ता ईं॑ हिन्वन्ति ह॒र्म्यस्य॑ स॒क्षणिं॒ याच॑न्ते सु॒म्नं पव॑मान॒मक्षि॑तम् ॥

Vibrations of divine presence flowing in space and enshrined in the heart radiate to the enlightened soul at peace. They inspire and move this resident companion soul of the beautiful mind and body so that the devotees pray for imperishable peace and bliss of the pure and purifying divinity.

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9.78.4

गो॒जिन्नः॒ सोमो॑ रथ॒जिद्धि॑रण्य॒जित्स्व॒र्जिद॒ब्जित्प॑वते सहस्र॒जित् । यं दे॒वास॑श्चक्रि॒रे पी॒तये॒ मदं॒ स्वादि॑ष्ठं द्र॒प्सम॑रु॒णं म॑यो॒भुव॑म् ॥

Soma, universal spirit of peace and bliss, is the creator master controller and giver of earthly and divine wealth and enlightenment, movement and progress, golden graces of beauty and excellence, happiness and fulfilment and fluid assets, it purifies us and wins us a thousand victories of existence. This spirit of universal joy, exciting, most delightful, streaming forth, enlightening, giver of peace and fulfilment, the divines reveal to us for our enlightenment and well being.

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9.78.5

ए॒तानि॑ सोम॒ पव॑मानो अस्म॒युः स॒त्यानि॑ कृ॒ण्वन्द्रवि॑णान्यर्षसि । ज॒हि शत्रु॑मन्ति॒के दू॑र॒के च॒ य उ॒र्वीं गव्यू॑ति॒मभ॑यं च नस्कृधि ॥

O Soma, our well wisher, pure and purifying, these are the real and true acts of kindness and grace, doing which you vibrate for our prosperity, honour and excellence everywhere. Pray destroy our negativities and enemities far as well as near, and open for us the paths of progress wide, straight and free from fear.

✦ Sukta 79 · 5 verses ✦

9.79.1

अ॒चो॒दसो॑ नो धन्व॒न्त्विन्द॑वः॒ प्र सु॑वा॒नासो॑ बृ॒हद्दि॑वेषु॒ हर॑यः । वि च॒ नश॑न्न इ॒षो अरा॑तयो॒ऽर्यो न॑शन्त॒ सनि॑षन्त नो॒ धियः॑ ॥

May the bright and blissful soma streams of divinity, self-moved and self-inspired, life-giving, gracious dispellers of darkness and suffering, inspire us to move forward in the vast yajnas of celestial proportions. Let the enemies of our food and energy perish. Let the saboteurs be destroyed. Let our hopes and plans be realised and fulfilled.

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9.79.2

प्र णो॑ धन्व॒न्त्विन्द॑वो मद॒च्युतो॒ धना॑ वा॒ येभि॒रर्व॑तो जुनी॒मसि॑ । ति॒रो मर्त॑स्य॒ कस्य॑ चि॒त्परि॑ह्वृतिं व॒यं धना॑नि वि॒श्वधा॑ भरेमहि ॥

May the bright and blissful Soma streams of divine honey joy inspire us, by which we, warriors of advancement and progress, may win and acquire wealth and, warding off the crookedness of any human power whatever it be, we may always achieve wealth of universal value.

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9.79.3

उ॒त स्वस्या॒ अरा॑त्या अ॒रिर्हि ष उ॒तान्यस्या॒ अरा॑त्या॒ वृको॒ हि षः । धन्व॒न्न तृष्णा॒ सम॑रीत॒ ताँ अ॒भि सोम॑ ज॒हि प॑वमान दुरा॒ध्यः॑ ॥

He is the enemy of one’s own adversity, and of another’s adversity too, he is the enemy, a very thunderbolt, against adversity and enmity. Deal with adversity and enmity the way you deal with thirst in the desert, driving it off any way, O Soma, pure, purifying and dynamic spirit, dispel the negative will and understanding of the obstinates and the malignants.

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9.79.4

दि॒वि ते॒ नाभा॑ पर॒मो य आ॑द॒दे पृ॑थि॒व्यास्ते॑ रुरुहुः॒ सान॑वि॒ क्षिपः॑ । अद्र॑यस्त्वा बप्सति॒ गोरधि॑ त्व॒च्य१॒॑प्सु त्वा॒ हस्तै॑र्दुदुहुर्मनी॒षिणः॑ ॥

The supreme power and bliss of yours, which captivates and holds, abides in the centre of the regions of light. The inspirations for the light arise here on top of the earth. The veteran wise exalt you in the vedi on the floor of the earth, and thinkers and seekers distil the bliss in their actions as they milk the cow with their hands for milk.

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9.79.5

ए॒वा त॑ इन्दो सु॒भ्वं॑ सु॒पेश॑सं॒ रसं॑ तुञ्जन्ति प्रथ॒मा अ॑भि॒श्रियः॑ । निदं॑निदं पवमान॒ नि ता॑रिष आ॒विस्ते॒ शुष्मो॑ भवतु प्रि॒यो मदः॑ ॥

O Soma, bright and blissful divine spirit of existence, pure and purifying power, thus do veteran devotees of noble dedicated mind distil the gracious, delicious and inspiring bliss of divine joy. Pray dispel the malice of all malignant minds so that your dear delightful power and bliss shines pure and bright every where in every living being.

✦ Sukta 80 · 5 verses ✦

9.80.1

सोम॑स्य॒ धारा॑ पवते नृ॒चक्ष॑स ऋ॒तेन॑ दे॒वान्ह॑वते दि॒वस्परि॑ । बृह॒स्पते॑ र॒वथे॑ना॒ वि दि॑द्युते समु॒द्रासो॒ न सव॑नानि विव्यचुः ॥

The stream of soma, light and bliss of divinity, flows free. It purifies, sanctifies, embraces and enlightens all humanity and arouses the divinities with the yajnic call of divine law. It vibrates and shines with the voice of omniscient lord transcendent, Brhaspati, and, like the vaulting oceans and expansive space, the generative vibrations of divinity extend beyond the lights of heaven.

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9.80.2

यं त्वा॑ वाजिन्न॒घ्न्या अ॒भ्यनू॑ष॒तायो॑हतं॒ योनि॒मा रो॑हसि द्यु॒मान् । म॒घोना॒मायुः॑ प्रति॒रन्महि॒ श्रव॒ इन्द्रा॑य सोम पवसे॒ वृषा॒ मदः॑ ॥

You, O vibrant lord of omnipotence, whom all inviolable forces of nature and communities of humanity adore and exalt, rise in all your glory and manifest in the golden heart cave of the soul. O lord of infinite joy, you promote the health and age of the men of piety and prosperity. Bless Indra, the ruling soul with honour and high renown and shower boundless bliss upon humanity. The ceaseless flow goes on.

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9.80.3

एन्द्र॑स्य कु॒क्षा प॑वते म॒दिन्त॑म॒ ऊर्जं॒ वसा॑नः॒ श्रव॑से सुम॒ङ्गलः॑ । प्र॒त्यङ्स विश्वा॒ भुव॑ना॒भि प॑प्रथे॒ क्रीळ॒न्हरि॒रत्यः॑ स्यन्दते॒ वृषा॑ ॥

The stream of Soma divinity most joyous and exhilarating, radiating energy, auspicious harbinger of good fortune, honour and excellence, purifies and vibrates in the heart and soul of man. All pervasive, Soma generates and extends all regions of the universe, playful, beatific saviour, infinite mover, and it continues to flow in boundless omnipresence, a fact of direct observation and experience for the wise.

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9.80.4

तं त्वा॑ दे॒वेभ्यो॒ मधु॑मत्तमं॒ नरः॑ स॒हस्र॑धारं दुहते॒ दश॒ क्षिपः॑ । नृभिः॑ सोम॒ प्रच्यु॑तो॒ ग्राव॑भिः सु॒तो विश्वा॑न्दे॒वाँ आ प॑वस्वा सहस्रजित् ॥

Men of vision and wisdom blest with ten senses of intense perception, thought and imagination experience the most beatific presence in infinite showers of bliss for the devotees from the divinities. O Soma, lord of bliss, winner, master and controller of infinite gifts and powers, vibrant presence, distilled by the veteran wise by experience with meditative mind and senses, pray come and bless the holy celebrants with fulfilment.

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9.80.5

तं त्वा॑ ह॒स्तिनो॒ मधु॑मन्त॒मद्रि॑भिर्दु॒हन्त्य॒प्सु वृ॑ष॒भं दश॒ क्षिपः॑ । इन्द्रं॑ सोम मा॒दय॒न्दैव्यं॒ जनं॒ सिन्धो॑रिवो॒र्मिः पव॑मानो अर्षसि ॥

Such as you are, Soma, sweetest presence of bliss, infinitely generous, men of mighty arm for action and ten senses of intense perception, will and imagination experience your presence and realise the message in their actions, manners and behaviour. O spirit of light and bliss, pure and purifying, like waves of the sea you roll on giving delight and beatitude to the ruling soul and general humanity blest with love of divinity.

✦ Sukta 81 · 5 verses ✦

9.81.1

प्र सोम॑स्य॒ पव॑मानस्यो॒र्मय॒ इन्द्र॑स्य यन्ति ज॒ठरं॑ सु॒पेश॑सः । द॒ध्ना यदी॒मुन्नी॑ता य॒शसा॒ गवां॑ दा॒नाय॒ शूर॑मु॒दम॑न्दिषुः सु॒ताः ॥

Charming vibrations of the presence and power of pure and purifying Soma, supreme spirit of light and peace, radiate to the heart core of Indra, lover of knowledge and light of divinity, when, seasoned and supplemented with experiences of senses and mind elevated through higher states of inversion and concentration in Dharma and Dhyana, they exhilarate the brave soul with strength and excellence and exhort it to divine love and total self-surrender.

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9.81.2

अच्छा॒ हि सोमः॑ क॒लशाँ॒ असि॑ष्यद॒दत्यो॒ न वोळ्हा॑ र॒घुव॑र्तनि॒र्वृषा॑ । अथा॑ दे॒वाना॑मु॒भय॑स्य॒ जन्म॑नो वि॒द्वाँ अ॑श्नोत्य॒मुत॑ इ॒तश्च॒ यत् ॥

Soma, lord of radiant peace and power, generous and omnipotent reaches and vibrates in all forms of existence and in the heart core versatile movement at the fastest. It knows and vibrates among the divinities simultaneously in their present life as well as in the past and future and reaches from here to there and there to here at the same time (since it is omnipresent and presently comprehends both time and space, and, as Yajurveda says, it moves and yet it does not move). (So versatile is the yogi also by attainment blest by Soma.)

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9.81.3

आ नः॑ सोम॒ पव॑मानः किरा॒ वस्विन्दो॒ भव॑ म॒घवा॒ राध॑सो म॒हः । शिक्षा॑ वयोधो॒ वस॑वे॒ सु चे॒तुना॒ मा नो॒ गय॑मा॒रे अ॒स्मत्परा॑ सिचः ॥

O Soma, pure and purifying lord of peace and glory, bring us peace and prosperity of the world, and be the harbinger of great honour and excellence and high potential for success and progress. Wielder, controller and giver of health and age and wealth of the world, give us insight into ways of noble wealth and excellence, and never deprive us of our hearth and home and our peace and prosperity.

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9.81.4

आ नः॑ पू॒षा पव॑मानः सुरा॒तयो॑ मि॒त्रो ग॑च्छन्तु॒ वरु॑णः स॒जोष॑सः । बृह॒स्पति॑र्म॒रुतो॑ वा॒युर॒श्विना॒ त्वष्टा॑ सवि॒ता सु॒यमा॒ सर॑स्वती ॥

May the generous divinities of holy abundance both in nature and humanity come and grace us with their gifts : Pusha, giver of good health and long age, Pavamana, fluent powers of purity and purification, Mitra, powers of love and friendship, Varuna, powers of judgement, discrimination, freedom and discipline, Brhaspati, powers of environment and space, knowledge and communication, Maruts, vibrant defence forces, Vayu, dynamic leaders and pioneers, Ashvins, complementary powers of social system with knowledge of theory and practice, Tvashta, designers and makers of things and systems, Savita, creators, generators, givers of light and inspiration, Suyama, powers of law and discipline, Sarasvati, mother giver of knowledge and living tradition. May all these come and bless with the spirit of love.

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9.81.5

उ॒भे द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी वि॑श्वमि॒न्वे अ॑र्य॒मा दे॒वो अदि॑तिर्विधा॒ता । भगो॒ नृशंस॑ उ॒र्व१॒॑न्तरि॑क्षं॒ विश्वे॑ दे॒वाः पव॑मानं जुषन्त ॥

May both heaven and earth, home of the world, Aryama, just and refulgent ruler and leader, Aditi, mother Infinity, Vidhata, lord sustainer and law giver, Bhaga, powers of prosperity and excellence and all divinities of nature and humanity, love, honour and serve Soma, vast as space, adored and worshipped by humanity.

✦ Sukta 82 · 5 verses ✦

9.82.1

असा॑वि॒ सोमो॑ अरु॒षो वृषा॒ हरी॒ राजे॑व द॒स्मो अ॒भि गा अ॑चिक्रदत् । पु॒ना॒नो वारं॒ पर्ये॑त्य॒व्ययं॑ श्ये॒नो न योनिं॑ घृ॒तव॑न्तमा॒सद॑म् ॥

Soma, self-refulgent supreme creative spirit of the universe, virile and generous, dispeller of darkness and deprivation, regal and gracious like a ruler, self- moves, vibrating to the generation of stars and planets. Itself pure, purifying and sanctifying, it moves to manifest in the heart of imperishable Prakrti as it chooses and, like the sun that warms and fertilises, it enlivens the generative centre of life as its own womb of manifestive existence. Thus does Soma create and generate the universe.

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9.82.2

क॒विर्वे॑ध॒स्या पर्ये॑षि॒ माहि॑न॒मत्यो॒ न मृ॒ष्टो अ॒भि वाज॑मर्षसि । अ॒प॒सेध॑न्दुरि॒ता सो॑म मृळय घृ॒तं वसा॑नः॒ परि॑ यासि नि॒र्णिज॑म् ॥

Soma, omniscient visionary and poetic creator, with the desire to enlighten, you radiate to great minds and move to dynamic yajnas of humanity like accelerated energy to its target of achievement. O lord of light and peace, be kind, dispelling all evil to nullity. Wearing the grace of beauty and purity of yajnic love and sweetness, you move and embrace humanity for fulfilment.

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9.82.3

प॒र्जन्यः॑ पि॒ता म॑हि॒षस्य॑ प॒र्णिनो॒ नाभा॑ पृथि॒व्या गि॒रिषु॒ क्षयं॑ दधे । स्वसा॑र॒ आपो॑ अ॒भि गा उ॒तास॑र॒न्त्सं ग्राव॑भिर्नसते वी॒ते अ॑ध्व॒रे ॥

Father and sustainer of all great and small, birds and trees, serious realists and flying dreamers, centre hold of the earth and showers of rain, you abide in the mighty clouds and over the mountains. Your waves and vibrations flow and radiate, flow as sister streams and radiate to the stars and planets, and in holy yajna you vibrate with the music of soma stones and the chant of high priests.

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9.82.4

जा॒येव॒ पत्या॒वधि॒ शेव॑ मंहसे॒ पज्रा॑या गर्भ शृणु॒हि ब्रवी॑मि ते । अ॒न्तर्वाणी॑षु॒ प्र च॑रा॒ सु जी॒वसे॑ऽनि॒न्द्यो वृ॒जने॑ सोम जागृहि ॥

O Soma, blessed man, child of the earth and solid reality of existence, listen, I say: As a wife feels elevated in love and service for her husband, you too love and serve life and the lord of life within the laws and values of the voice divine for the fulfilment of your self in action. Live free from calumny and scandal and keep awake in the paths of life.

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9.82.5

यथा॒ पूर्वे॑भ्यः शत॒सा अमृ॑ध्रः सहस्र॒साः प॒र्यया॒ वाज॑मिन्दो । ए॒वा प॑वस्व सुवि॒ताय॒ नव्य॑से॒ तव॑ व्र॒तमन्वापः॑ सचन्ते ॥

O Soma, Spirit of peace, prosperity and bliss vibrating in the dynamics of existence, free from violence, unviolated and inviolable, as you ever blest the ancients of all time with hundredfold, thousandfold food, energy, safeguards and victories of progress, same way, we pray, bring us peace, progress and well being for the new generations. All our people and all our actions honour and obey the law and discipline enshrined in the voice divine.

✦ Sukta 83 · 5 verses ✦

9.83.1

प॒वित्रं॑ ते॒ वित॑तं ब्रह्मणस्पते प्र॒भुर्गात्रा॑णि॒ पर्ये॑षि वि॒श्वतः॑ । अत॑प्ततनू॒र्न तदा॒मो अ॑श्नुते शृ॒तास॒ इद्वह॑न्त॒स्तत्समा॑शत ॥

Vast and expansive is your holy creation of existence and the voice divine, O Brhaspati, lord of expansive universe. You are the master and supreme controller who pervade and transcend its parts from the particle to the whole. The immature man who has not passed through the crucibles of discipline cannot reach to that presence, but the mature and seasoned ones who still maintain the ordeal of fire and abide by the presence attain to it and the divine joy.The holy light of the cosmic sun extends and lights the regions of heaven where the rays shine and blaze, radiate all round and abide in constancy. Those instant radiations in heavenly state protect the devotee of holy commitment. Indeed the devotees abide there on top of the state of heavenly light with their mind stabilised in peace and joy.

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9.83.2

तपो॑ष्प॒वित्रं॒ वित॑तं दि॒वस्प॒दे शोच॑न्तो अस्य॒ तन्त॑वो॒ व्य॑स्थिरन् । अव॑न्त्यस्य पवी॒तार॑मा॒शवो॑ दि॒वस्पृ॒ष्ठमधि॑ तिष्ठन्ति॒ चेत॑सा ॥

Lighting up the dawns, stars and planets in space, the sun, prime and abundant source of light, warmth of life and waters of sustenance, giver of food and energy sustains the regions of the world. By the light, power and causal effects of it on other objects in existence such as planets and satellites, scholars of science do their astronomical calculations, and parental, kind and studious scholars studying humanity and divinity realise the nature and character of Soma, the original seed of life and source of energy for the world of existence.

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9.83.3

अरू॑रुचदु॒षसः॒ पृश्नि॑रग्रि॒य उ॒क्षा बि॑भर्ति॒ भुव॑नानि वाज॒युः । मा॒या॒विनो॑ ममिरे अस्य मा॒यया॑ नृ॒चक्ष॑सः पि॒तरो॒ गर्भ॒मा द॑धुः ॥

The true, eternal and marvellous sustainer of the universe wields and sustains its state of existence and sustains and promotes the evolution of divine refulgent stars and planets as well as the birth cycles of brilliant and generous people. Omnipotent power, it seizes the adverse forces and subdues them into systemic conformity. Devotees and yogis of holy action make it an object of experience in meditation and enjoy the honey sweets of its presence as spiritual food for elevation to the divinity.

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9.83.4

ग॒न्ध॒र्व इ॒त्था प॒दम॑स्य रक्षति॒ पाति॑ दे॒वानां॒ जनि॑मा॒न्यद्भु॑तः । गृ॒भ्णाति॑ रि॒पुं नि॒धया॑ नि॒धाप॑तिः सु॒कृत्त॑मा॒ मधु॑नो भ॒क्षमा॑शत ॥

Soma, lord of light and bliss, you are the prime yajamana of universal yajna. Holding the holy materials, wearing divine space as refulgent cloak, you move to the great hall of creative yajna free from negativity and violence. Supreme ruler, riding the divine chariot, rising to omnipotence, wielding a thousand arms, you are the supreme victor of infinite glory.

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9.83.5

ह॒विर्ह॑विष्मो॒ महि॒ सद्म॒ दैव्यं॒ नभो॒ वसा॑नः॒ परि॑ यास्यध्व॒रम् । राजा॑ प॒वित्र॑रथो॒ वाज॒मारु॑हः स॒हस्र॑भृष्टिर्जयसि॒ श्रवो॑ बृ॒हत् ॥

O lord inspirer of divines with joy, all watcher of the universal flow of karmic evolution, flow on with gifts of purity for Indra, ruling powers, Varuna, powers of judgement and knowledge, and Vayu, vibrant leaders and pioneers. Bless us now with wealth and excellence for well being, and in this great house of the world, pray, accept this noble humanity and raise it to be worthy of divine praise and grace.of judgement and knowledge, and Vayu, vibrant leaders and pioneers. Bless us now with wealth and excellence for well being, and in this great house of the world, pray, accept this noble humanity and raise it to be worthy of divine praise and grace.Soma, lord of light and bliss, you are the prime yajamana of universal yajna. Holding the holy materials, wearing divine space as refulgent cloak, you move to the great hall of creative yajna free from negativity and violence. Supreme ruler, riding the divine chariot, rising to omnipotence, wielding a thousand arms, you are the supreme victor of infinite glory.

✦ Sukta 84 · 5 verses ✦

9.84.1

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

O lord inspirer of divines with joy, all watcher of the universal flow of karmic evolution, flow on with gifts of purity for Indra, ruling powers, Varuna, powers of judgement and knowledge, and Vayu, vibrant leaders and pioneers. Bless us now with wealth and excellence for well being, and in this great house of the world, pray, accept this noble humanity and raise it to be worthy of divine praise and grace.

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9.84.2

आ यस्त॒स्थौ भुव॑ना॒न्यम॑र्त्यो॒ विश्वा॑नि॒ सोमः॒ परि॒ तान्य॑र्षति । कृ॒ण्वन्त्सं॒चृतं॑ वि॒चृत॑म॒भिष्ट॑य॒ इन्दुः॑ सिषक्त्यु॒षसं॒ न सूर्यः॑ ॥

Flow, purify and consecrate all, O Soma, immortal and eternal light, life and joy of existence, who pervade constant in all regions of the universe and vibrate therein, over, above and beyond, who, making one single unity into infinite variety (specifics in generalities, tensions in balance, centrifugals in centripetal motion, all differences and contrarieties moving in complementarity within the dynamics of a single, central, unmoved mind, all re-attaining to the same unity) for the common good and self-fulfilment of all, abide, the One in union with all like the sun with the dawns, illuminating all.

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9.84.3

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

Soma who, abiding by all, wishing to create the beauty of variety for the good and self-fulfilment of all divine creations, creates the sap of life in herbs and trees with solar radiations, flows on with streams of energy, and when the presence is distilled and realised in the consciousness, Soma consecrates the soul of the karma- yogi and vibrates to the delight of divine humanity.

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9.84.4

ए॒ष स्य सोमः॑ पवते सहस्र॒जिद्धि॑न्वा॒नो वाच॑मिषि॒रामु॑ष॒र्बुध॑म् । इन्दुः॑ समु॒द्रमुदि॑यर्ति वा॒युभि॒रेन्द्र॑स्य॒ हार्दि॑ क॒लशे॑षु सीदति ॥

Thus this Soma flows, constant, victor of a thousand victories, energising and accelerating the sound of Aum, the Big Bang of creative manifestation in continuous motion that wakes and awakens at the dawn. Light, life and joy of existence, it rises to the oceans of space with the waves of cosmic energy and, being the joy of the soul’s heart core, it abides in all forms of life in existence (some know and care, others don’t, but it is there everywhere, all time).

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9.84.5

अ॒भि त्यं गावः॒ पय॑सा पयो॒वृधं॒ सोमं॑ श्रीणन्ति म॒तिभिः॑ स्व॒र्विद॑म् । ध॒नं॒ज॒यः प॑वते॒ कृत्व्यो॒ रसो॒ विप्रः॑ क॒विः काव्ये॑ना॒ स्व॑र्चनाः ॥

That divine Spirit of life and inspiration, joyous and omniscient, abounding in the life-giving energy of the universe, all senses and mind with higher intelligence and elevated thoughts join, perceive and present to the enlightened soul with the thrill of its radiance. Master giver of all wealth and excellence of life, the Spirit flows, vibrates and beatifies, all doer, all joy, all intelligent, all creative, and sublime as splendour of heaven by the beauty of poetic creation.

✦ Sukta 85 · 12 verses ✦

9.85.1

इन्द्रा॑य सोम॒ सुषु॑तः॒ परि॑ स्र॒वापामी॑वा भवतु॒ रक्ष॑सा स॒ह । मा ते॒ रस॑स्य मत्सत द्वया॒विनो॒ द्रवि॑णस्वन्त इ॒ह स॒न्त्विन्द॑वः ॥

O Soma, divine joy of life, distilled and realised in meditation, flow for the delight of the soul. Let adversities and ailments be far off, give us freedom from negativities, contradictions, adversities and violence. Double dealers would not have the joy of that experience and freedom. May all streams of Soma be abundant in wealth, honour and excellence.

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9.85.2

अ॒स्मान्त्स॑म॒र्ये प॑वमान चोदय॒ दक्षो॑ दे॒वाना॒मसि॒ हि प्रि॒यो मदः॑ । ज॒हि शत्रूँ॑र॒भ्या भ॑न्दनाय॒तः पिबे॑न्द्र॒ सोम॒मव॑ नो॒ मृधो॑ जहि ॥

O lord pure and purifying, dynamic power of life, inspire and strengthen us in the yajnic battle of life. You are the perfect power among the divines for the divines, dear inspiration, exhilaration and joy. Eliminate the contradictions. Accept the Soma homage of the celebrant, throw out the adversaries for our sake.

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9.85.3

अद॑ब्ध इन्दो पवसे म॒दिन्त॑म आ॒त्मेन्द्र॑स्य भवसि धा॒सिरु॑त्त॒मः । अ॒भि स्व॑रन्ति ब॒हवो॑ मनी॒षिणो॒ राजा॑नम॒स्य भुव॑नस्य निंसते ॥

Indu, Spirit of universal love, peace and power, inviolable, awful and imperishable, pure and purifying, most joyous you flow in the dynamics of existence, being the soul of energy and highest wielder of power and sustenance for life. All wise men of serious thought celebrate you in song as the refulgent ruler of this world and pay homage in reverence.

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9.85.4

स॒हस्र॑णीथः श॒तधा॑रो॒ अद्भु॑त॒ इन्द्रा॒येन्दुः॑ पवते॒ काम्यं॒ मधु॑ । जय॒न्क्षेत्र॑म॒भ्य॑र्षा॒ जय॑न्न॒प उ॒रुं नो॑ गा॒तुं कृ॑णु सोम मीढ्वः ॥

Marvellous lord of a thousand powers and possibilities, Soma, spirit of cosmic beauty and joy, flows in a thousand streams of cosmic dynamics for the human soul and brings us the honey sweets of human choice. Flow on forward, O Soma, winning fields of life’s battles for us, winning fields of karmic dynamics, broaden our paths of activity and possibility, O lord generous and omnipotent.

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9.85.5

कनि॑क्रदत्क॒लशे॒ गोभि॑रज्यसे॒ व्य१॒॑व्ययं॑ स॒मया॒ वार॑मर्षसि । म॒र्मृ॒ज्यमा॑नो॒ अत्यो॒ न सा॑न॒सिरिन्द्र॑स्य सोम ज॒ठरे॒ सम॑क्षरः ॥

O Soma, you vibrate voluble in the heart core of the soul. Your presence is conducted through vibrations of perception by the senses and mind and, alongwith the vibrations, you reach the imperishable soul. Adored and exalted there, the blissful presence like waves of divine energy continues to radiate and shine in the heart core of the soul as shower of ananda, ecstasy of divine bliss.

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9.85.6

स्वा॒दुः प॑वस्व दि॒व्याय॒ जन्म॑ने स्वा॒दुरिन्द्रा॑य सु॒हवी॑तुनाम्ने । स्वा॒दुर्मि॒त्राय॒ वरु॑णाय वा॒यवे॒ बृह॒स्पत॑ये॒ मधु॑माँ॒ अदा॑भ्यः ॥

O Soma, delicious ecstasy of divine presence, continue to flow for the soul reborn into divine self- realisation, delicious for the karma yogi of high status who can invoke your presence at will. Flow to the ecstasy of the soul of universal love, for the soul of discriminative intelligence and awareness, for the vibrant potent soul, for the soul attained to the presence of Infinity. Flow delicious as honey, bring freedom from fear, admit no distraction, no obstruction at all.

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9.85.7

अत्यं॑ मृजन्ति क॒लशे॒ दश॒ क्षिपः॒ प्र विप्रा॑णां म॒तयो॒ वाच॑ ईरते । पव॑माना अ॒भ्य॑र्षन्ति सुष्टु॒तिमेन्द्रं॑ विशन्ति मदि॒रास॒ इन्द॑वः ॥

Ten faculties of the soul, senses, mind and pranas, receive, intensify and exalt the vibrations of divinity in the heart core of the soul. With these, the perceptions and vibrations, the understanding and awareness of realised souls spontaneously burst into song. The vibrations of divinity radiate and continue to radiate to the celebrant soul, and they enter, settle and integrate with the soul.

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9.85.8

पव॑मानो अ॒भ्य॑र्षा सु॒वीर्य॑मु॒र्वीं गव्यू॑तिं॒ महि॒ शर्म॑ स॒प्रथः॑ । माकि॑र्नो अ॒स्य परि॑षूतिरीश॒तेन्दो॒ जये॑म॒ त्वया॒ धनं॑धनम् ॥

O Soma, pure, purifying and dynamic presence of peace and inspiring power, bring us holy strength and generosity, wide paths of possibility and progress, great expansive home of peace and joy. Let no violence and oppression of this world rule over us. Let us by your grace win the wealth of ultimate value.

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9.85.9

अधि॒ द्याम॑स्थाद्वृष॒भो वि॑चक्ष॒णोऽरू॑रुच॒द्वि दि॒वो रो॑च॒ना क॒विः । राजा॑ प॒वित्र॒मत्ये॑ति॒ रोरु॑वद्दि॒वः पी॒यूषं॑ दुहते नृ॒चक्ष॑सः ॥

Self-refulgent light of heavens, omniscient, all watching Soma, omnipotent and omnificent, illuminates the heavens, pervades and rules over the space and the highest heaven. Shining, blazing, rising and resounding, it vibrates and goes to the heart core of the sacred soul and over, and enlightened souls of humanity distil the nectar of it there from the heavens.

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9.85.10

दि॒वो नाके॒ मधु॑जिह्वा अस॒श्चतो॑ वे॒ना दु॑हन्त्यु॒क्षणं॑ गिरि॒ष्ठाम् । अ॒प्सु द्र॒प्सं वा॑वृधा॒नं स॑मु॒द्र आ सिन्धो॑रू॒र्मा मधु॑मन्तं प॒वित्र॒ आ ॥

Dedicated celebrants of Soma, sweet of tongue, having risen above material attachments, distil the honey sweet nectar, ecstatic essence of fluent elixir exuberant in the clouds, resounding in the holy Word, abounding in the waves of the seas in the oceans of space. They distil it and enshrine it in their sacred heart, established in the light of heaven.

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9.85.11

नाके॑ सुप॒र्णमु॑पपप्ति॒वांसं॒ गिरो॑ वे॒नाना॑मकृपन्त पू॒र्वीः । शिशुं॑ रिहन्ति म॒तयः॒ पनि॑प्नतं हिर॒ण्ययं॑ शकु॒नं क्षाम॑णि॒ स्थाम् ॥

Universal voices of the dedicated celebrants of old reach and adore the Soma spirit radiant and resounding in the heaven of freedom and showering on earth. The thoughts and prayers of the wise too reach and celebrate with love the adorable subtle presence of Soma, eloquent, golden great, omnipotent, pervasive on earth and settled in universal peace.

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9.85.12

ऊ॒र्ध्वो ग॑न्ध॒र्वो अधि॒ नाके॑ अस्था॒द्विश्वा॑ रू॒पा प्र॑ति॒चक्षा॑णो अस्य । भा॒नुः शु॒क्रेण॑ शो॒चिषा॒ व्य॑द्यौ॒त्प्रारू॑रुच॒द्रोद॑सी मा॒तरा॒ शुचिः॑ ॥

High over the regions of light, freedom and bliss abides the sustainer of earth and space in motion, illuminating and revealing all manifestive forms of existence. Thus the sun shines pure and radiant with the power of divine splendour illuminating both mother earth and mother heaven and the middle regions.

✦ Sukta 86 · 48 verses ✦

9.86.1

प्र त॑ आ॒शवः॑ पवमान धी॒जवो॒ मदा॑ अर्षन्ति रघु॒जा इ॑व॒ त्मना॑ । दि॒व्याः सु॑प॒र्णा मधु॑मन्त॒ इन्द॑वो म॒दिन्त॑मासः॒ परि॒ कोश॑मासते ॥

O pure and purifying Soma, peace and power of divinity, the ecstatic vibrations of your bliss, instantly radiant and inspiring for the mind, flow spontaneously like rays of light at the speed of thought. The divine, flying, honey sweet effusions of bliss, most exhilarating, overwhelm the mind and settle in the heart core of the soul.

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9.86.2

प्र ते॒ मदा॑सो मदि॒रास॑ आ॒शवोऽसृ॑क्षत॒ रथ्या॑सो॒ यथा॒ पृथ॑क् । धे॒नुर्न व॒त्सं पय॑सा॒भि व॒ज्रिण॒मिन्द्र॒मिन्द॑वो॒ मधु॑मन्त ऊ॒र्मयः॑ ॥

O Soma, spirit of peace, power and pleasure of divinity, the vibrations of your joy, ecstatic and instant, rise and flow, beautiful and pleasing, separate but in successive showers like drops in a ceaseless chain and, as the mother cow’s milk flows for the calf, the delicious and shining

waves of honey sweets flow for the soul wielding the spiritual power of thunder.

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9.86.3

अत्यो॒ न हि॑या॒नो अ॒भि वाज॑मर्ष स्व॒र्वित्कोशं॑ दि॒वो अद्रि॑मातरम् । वृषा॑ प॒वित्रे॒ अधि॒ सानो॑ अ॒व्यये॒ सोमः॑ पुना॒न इ॑न्द्रि॒याय॒ धाय॑से ॥

Inspired and energised like a shot fired for the target of battle, O soma spirit of omniscience, flow to the victorious soul of the celebrant like liquid energy showering from the sun to the cloud in formation in the sky. O generous vibrant presence, pure and purifying on top of the sanctified and imperishable soul, flow on for the sustenance of its honour and excellence.

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9.86.4

प्र त॒ आश्वि॑नीः पवमान धी॒जुवो॑ दि॒व्या अ॑सृग्र॒न्पय॑सा॒ धरी॑मणि । प्रान्तॠष॑यः॒ स्थावि॑रीरसृक्षत॒ ये त्वा॑ मृ॒जन्त्यृ॑षिषाण वे॒धसः॑ ॥

O pure and purifying Soma, your divine showers of joy streaming fast at the speed of thought flow on with the milk of grace into the heart cave of the soul, they are the showers of fulfilment in the heart core of the soul within, which the wise sages, realised souls of knowledge, create and exalt in the heart.

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9.86.5

विश्वा॒ धामा॑नि विश्वचक्ष॒ ऋभ्व॑सः प्र॒भोस्ते॑ स॒तः परि॑ यन्ति के॒तवः॑ । व्या॒न॒शिः प॑वसे सोम॒ धर्म॑भिः॒ पति॒र्विश्व॑स्य॒ भुव॑नस्य राजसि ॥

O Soma, all seeing lord of existence, the mighty radiations of your power reach and prevail over all regions of the world.All pervasive, you flow and vibrate with the virtues of your own nature, power and function and, O sovereign sustainer of the entire universe, you shine and rule supreme.

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9.86.6

उ॒भ॒यतः॒ पव॑मानस्य र॒श्मयो॑ ध्रु॒वस्य॑ स॒तः परि॑ यन्ति के॒तवः॑ । यदी॑ प॒वित्रे॒ अधि॑ मृ॒ज्यते॒ हरिः॒ सत्ता॒ नि योना॑ क॒लशे॑षु सीदति ॥

The rays of the light of Soma, lord existent, immovable, pure and purifying, pervading over both earth and the skies, radiate all round. When it is felt and adored, exalted in the pure heart, then the sanctifier presence settles and abides in the sacred hearts of the celebrants, the real seat of its own love and choice.

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9.86.7

य॒ज्ञस्य॑ के॒तुः प॑वते स्वध्व॒रः सोमो॑ दे॒वाना॒मुप॑ याति निष्कृ॒तम् । स॒हस्र॑धारः॒ परि॒ कोश॑मर्षति॒ वृषा॑ प॒वित्र॒मत्ये॑ति॒ रोरु॑वत् ॥

The rays of the light of Soma, lord existent, immovable, pure and purifying, pervading over both earth and the skies, radiate all round. When it is felt and adored, exalted in the pure heart, then the sanctifier presence settles and abides in the sacred hearts of the celebrants, the real seat of its own love and choice.Soma is the mark and summit of yajna, ultimate master and prime yajamana of cosmic yajna free from hate and violence and, in love, it radiates to the pure and sanctified heart of the holy celebrants. It moves and manifests in the heart core of the soul in a thousand streams of shower and, generous and potent, it transcends all existential purity and power as absolute bliss.

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9.86.8

राजा॑ समु॒द्रं न॒द्यो॒३॒॑ वि गा॑हते॒ऽपामू॒र्मिं स॑चते॒ सिन्धु॑षु श्रि॒तः । अध्य॑स्था॒त्सानु॒ पव॑मानो अ॒व्ययं॒ नाभा॑ पृथि॒व्या ध॒रुणो॑ म॒हो दि॒वः ॥

Shining and ruling it plunges and rolls in the oceans of space and plays with the currents of winds. It joins the waves of floods of water and waxes with the seas. Pure, purifying and flowing, it rises on top of imperishable existence. It is the centre-hold of the universe and mighty foundation of the heavens of light.

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9.86.9

दि॒वो न सानु॑ स्त॒नय॑न्नचिक्रद॒द्द्यौश्च॒ यस्य॑ पृथि॒वी च॒ धर्म॑भिः । इन्द्र॑स्य स॒ख्यं प॑वते वि॒वेवि॑द॒त्सोमः॑ पुना॒नः क॒लशे॑षु सीदति ॥

Roaring as thunder on top of the regions of light, holding heaven and earth by its universal laws of nature, thus having the company of Indra, its own essential nature power, Soma flows pure and purifying and pervades in all forms of existence.

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9.86.10

ज्योति॑र्य॒ज्ञस्य॑ पवते॒ मधु॑ प्रि॒यं पि॒ता दे॒वानां॑ जनि॒ता वि॒भूव॑सुः । दधा॑ति॒ रत्नं॑ स्व॒धयो॑रपी॒च्यं॑ म॒दिन्त॑मो मत्स॒र इ॑न्द्रि॒यो रसः॑ ॥

Light of human and cosmic yajna, Soma vibrates pure, purifying and omnipresent, dearest most delicious honeyed spirit of life, creator and sustainer of divinities and master of infinite wealth and power. It holds and commands the jewel wealth of its own power and potential hidden in earth and heaven and vibrates in the mysteries of nature and humanity — divinity most joyous, ecstatic, glorious, pure bliss that it is.

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9.86.11

अ॒भि॒क्रन्द॑न्क॒लशं॑ वा॒ज्य॑र्षति॒ पति॑र्दि॒वः श॒तधा॑रो विचक्ष॒णः । हरि॑र्मि॒त्रस्य॒ सद॑नेषु सीदति मर्मृजा॒नोऽवि॑भिः॒ सिन्धु॑भि॒र्वृषा॑ ॥

Roaring, the omnipotent pervades in the universe and flows with a thousand streams, all watching sustainer of the light of existence. Beatific, glorious, dispeller of darkness and sufferance, it abides in the homes of love and friendship, cleansing, purifying and consecrating with its protective favours and showers of grace, infinitely potent and generous since it is.

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9.86.12

अग्रे॒ सिन्धू॑नां॒ पव॑मानो अर्ष॒त्यग्रे॑ वा॒चो अ॑ग्रि॒यो गोषु॑ गच्छति । अग्रे॒ वाज॑स्य भजते महाध॒नं स्वा॑यु॒धः सो॒तृभिः॑ पूयते॒ वृषा॑ ॥

Soma, prime spirit of the world in existence, pure and purifying, moves as the first cause of flowing waters, first cause of the flow of thought and speech, and it moves as the prime cause of the motions of stars and planets. First, before the start of evolution, it takes on the great warlike dynamics of the creative evolutionary flow of existence. The same omnipotent generous power, mighty of arms, is adorned and exalted in yajna by celebrants on the vedi designed by the lord and structured by his Shakti, Prakrti.

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9.86.13

अ॒यं म॒तवा॑ञ्छकु॒नो यथा॑ हि॒तोऽव्ये॑ ससार॒ पव॑मान ऊ॒र्मिणा॑ । तव॒ क्रत्वा॒ रोद॑सी अन्त॒रा क॑वे॒ शुचि॑र्धि॒या प॑वते॒ सोम॑ इन्द्र ते ॥

This omniscient Soma, spirit of light and divine joy, like a bird of good omen just in front, flows pure and purifying for you with waves of joy in this protected world. O poetic soul of humanity, Indra, it vibrates over earth and the firmament for you and feels happy and exalted by your thought and action in service and adoration of divinity.

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9.86.14

द्रा॒पिं वसा॑नो यज॒तो दि॑वि॒स्पृश॑मन्तरिक्ष॒प्रा भुव॑ने॒ष्वर्पि॑तः । स्व॑र्जज्ञा॒नो नभ॑सा॒भ्य॑क्रमीत्प्र॒त्नम॑स्य पि॒तर॒मा वि॑वासति ॥

The spirit of divine joy wearing the aura of divinity, touching the heights of heaven, adorable in yajna, vibrating in the skies and pervading all regions of the world, creating the bliss of paradise, rises and floats with the clouds where it shines and glorifies its eternal generator, self-refulgent Soma.

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9.86.15

सो अ॑स्य वि॒शे महि॒ शर्म॑ यच्छति॒ यो अ॑स्य॒ धाम॑ प्रथ॒मं व्या॑न॒शे । प॒दं यद॑स्य पर॒मे व्यो॑म॒न्यतो॒ विश्वा॑ अ॒भि सं या॑ति सं॒यतः॑ ॥

Whoever the self-controlled and dedicated seeker that surrenders and attains to the original and essential presence and abode of Soma, the abode that is in the highest heavens above the worldly turmoil or in the deepest core of the self, the lord grants him great peace and joy on this attainment, and the celebrant faces all situations of life with equanimity of mind.

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9.86.16

प्रो अ॑यासी॒दिन्दु॒रिन्द्र॑स्य निष्कृ॒तं सखा॒ सख्यु॒र्न प्र मि॑नाति सं॒गिर॑म् । मर्य॑ इव युव॒तिभिः॒ सम॑र्षति॒ सोमः॑ क॒लशे॑ श॒तया॑म्ना प॒था ॥

Indu, Soma, light of life and divine ecstasy, goes forward to the sacred heart of the devotee and, like a friend of friends, destroys contradictions, confirms complementarities and advances human growth. Thus, just as youthful mortals go with their lady love, join and protect them, and live a full life with vows kept within the bounds of discretion and the law, so does Soma in the sacred heart inspire the loved soul as a friend in covenant by a hundred paths of human possibilities of growth and advancement within the bounds of Dharma. The Lord does not break the promise ever.

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9.86.17

प्र वो॒ धियो॑ मन्द्र॒युवो॑ विप॒न्युवः॑ पन॒स्युवः॑ सं॒वस॑नेष्वक्रमुः । सोमं॑ मनी॒षा अ॒भ्य॑नूषत॒ स्तुभो॒ऽभि धे॒नवः॒ पय॑सेमशिश्रयुः ॥

O joyous devotees, celebrants and seekers of divinity, let all your thoughts, actions and prayers converge and concentrate on the omnipresence of Soma, on the universal vedi of Soma yajna. With mental reflections and spiritual meditation, your self wrapped in the beauty and bliss of Soma, adore the divinity. Let all your voices of adoration and songs of prayer be for the master with love and total surrender as cows with milk serve their master.

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9.86.18

आ नः॑ सोम सं॒यतं॑ पि॒प्युषी॒मिष॒मिन्दो॒ पव॑स्व॒ पव॑मानो अ॒स्रिध॑म् । या नो॒ दोह॑ते॒ त्रिरह॒न्नस॑श्चुषी क्षु॒मद्वाज॑व॒न्मधु॑मत्सु॒वीर्य॑म् ॥

O Soma, lord of light, Indu, spirit of beauty and bliss, pure and purifying divinity, bless us with controlled and well directed ever increasing food and energy, knowledge and culture of imperishable character and value which may for all time past, present and future without error, violence, violation or obstruction bring us and continue to bring for us honour, dignity and heroic courage and forbearance full of energy, excellence and sweetness.

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9.86.19

वृषा॑ मती॒नां प॑वते विचक्ष॒णः सोमो॒ अह्नः॑ प्रतरी॒तोषसो॑ दि॒वः । क्रा॒णा सिन्धू॑नां क॒लशाँ॑ अवीवश॒दिन्द्र॑स्य॒ हार्द्या॑वि॒शन्म॑नी॒षिभिः॑ ॥

Generous inspirer of the intelligent and meditative souls, Soma pervades, flows and purifies. Omniscient and all watching, it is the illuminator of the day, the dawn and the sun. Maker of floods, rivers, oceans and the seas, it vibrates in all forms of existence. It loves the sacred heart and with love it enters and blesses the heart core of the pious and powerful soul of humanity. Such is Soma celebrated by the sages and wise scholars.

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9.86.20

म॒नी॒षिभिः॑ पवते पू॒र्व्यः क॒विर्नृभि॑र्य॒तः परि॒ कोशाँ॑ अचिक्रदत् । त्रि॒तस्य॒ नाम॑ ज॒नय॒न्मधु॑ क्षर॒दिन्द्र॑स्य वा॒योः स॒ख्याय॒ कर्त॑वे ॥

Eternal, all-watchful, poetic creator celebrated by sages and meditated by pious people pervades, energises and holds to the centre all forms of existence from the cell and particle upto the expansive universe, creating from Prakrti and its three modes of sattva, rajas and tamas all forms and names of things, letting streams of honey sweets flow, and releasing the joint, cooperative and friendly activity of Indra and Vayu, energy and its flow at the cosmic level, and the soul and mind at the human level.

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9.86.21

अ॒यं पु॑ना॒न उ॒षसो॒ वि रो॑चयद॒यं सिन्धु॑भ्यो अभवदु लोक॒कृत् । अ॒यं त्रिः स॒प्त दु॑दुहा॒न आ॒शिरं॒ सोमो॑ हृ॒दे प॑वते॒ चारु॑ मत्स॒रः ॥

This Soma, illuminating the dawns, became the maker of the worlds from the oceanic flood of particles of Prakrti, the one material cause of the universe. Creating the milk of nourishment and sustenance of life from thrice seven orders of Prakrti, Mother Nature, its own shakti, that is, three modes of sattva, rajas and tamas (mind, motion and matter), two generalities of Mahat and Ahankara (tangible nature from the intangible, and identity from the tangible) and five specificities of basic elements (Akasha, Vayu, Agni, Apah and Prthivi), it flows pure, purifying, beatific and ecstatic in the heart core of the soul.

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9.86.22

पव॑स्व सोम दि॒व्येषु॒ धाम॑सु सृजा॒न इ॑न्दो क॒लशे॑ प॒वित्र॒ आ । सीद॒न्निन्द्र॑स्य ज॒ठरे॒ कनि॑क्रद॒न्नृभि॑र्य॒तः सूर्य॒मारो॑हयो दि॒वि ॥

Flow on, O Soma, spirit of life in the divine worlds of existence, creating and ecstatic. Vibrate, O light and lustre of life, in the heart core of the sacred soul. Abiding in the heart core of the soul, vibrant loud and bold, energising and illuminating, meditated and realised by devout people, rise to the sun in the highest regions of the universe where you illuminate the sun, the dawns and the days.

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9.86.23

अद्रि॑भिः सु॒तः प॑वसे प॒वित्र॒ आँ इन्द॒विन्द्र॑स्य ज॒ठरे॑ष्वावि॒शन् । त्वं नृ॒चक्षा॑ अभवो विचक्षण॒ सोम॑ गो॒त्रमङ्गि॑रोभ्योऽवृणो॒रप॑ ॥

O Soma, spirit of life realised by veteran saints, you flow and vibrate in the sacred heart. Indu, O spirit of light divine, abiding in the heart core of the soul, be the all watching illuminator and unfailing guardian of humanity. O Soma, spirit of protective life and light of the world, open the secret treasures of knowledge and vision for the lovers of life and the piety of yajna.

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9.86.24

त्वां सो॑म॒ पव॑मानं स्वा॒ध्योऽनु॒ विप्रा॑सो अमदन्नव॒स्यवः॑ । त्वां सु॑प॒र्ण आभ॑रद्दि॒वस्परीन्दो॒ विश्वा॑भिर्म॒तिभिः॒ परि॑ष्कृतम् ॥

O Soma, pure and purifying dynamic spirit of the world of existence, men of noble thought, will and action, veteran saints, seekers of divine favour and protection adore and exalt you. Indu, O spirit of life and light higher than highest regions of light, exalted and glorified in purity by all sages of the world of wisdom, the imaginative seeker of divinity attains to you by his flights of meditation.

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9.86.25

अव्ये॑ पुना॒नं परि॒ वार॑ ऊ॒र्मिणा॒ हरिं॑ नवन्ते अ॒भि स॒प्त धे॒नवः॑ । अ॒पामु॒पस्थे॒ अध्या॒यवः॑ क॒विमृ॒तस्य॒ योना॑ महि॒षा अ॑हेषत ॥

Seven faculties of the soul, i.e., five senses, mind and intellect, and seven metres of the Vedic voice exult in the presence of Hari, divine dispeller of darkness and want, pure, purifying and streaming forth in waves in the heart of the chosen and protected soul of the devotee. Holy men and veteran sages and scholars delight and adore the omniscient all watching Soma at the closest in their actions at the yajnic level of universal truth and observance of divine law.

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9.86.26

इन्दुः॑ पुना॒नो अति॑ गाहते॒ मृधो॒ विश्वा॑नि कृ॒ण्वन्त्सु॒पथा॑नि॒ यज्य॑वे । गाः कृ॑ण्वा॒नो नि॒र्णिजं॑ हर्य॒तः क॒विरत्यो॒ न क्रीळ॒न्परि॒ वार॑मर्षति ॥

Indu, soma spirit of life and light of the world, pure and purifying, overcomes all adversaries, clearing all paths of life, making them simple for the man of self-sacrifice for social and creative purposes. Revealing its own real form in its original purity, the refulgent and omniscient lord goes forward to the chosen soul, bright as a flash of light.

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9.86.27

अ॒स॒श्चतः॑ श॒तधा॑रा अभि॒श्रियो॒ हरिं॑ नव॒न्तेऽव॒ ता उ॑द॒न्युवः॑ । क्षिपो॑ मृजन्ति॒ परि॒ गोभि॒रावृ॑तं तृ॒तीये॑ पृ॒ष्ठे अधि॑ रोच॒ने दि॒वः ॥

Those ceaseless, overflowing, bright and extensive showers of adoration in love and homage flowing in a hundred streams reach beatific Soma, light of life. Holy vibrations of mind in faith exalt the lord wrapped in sun-rays abiding in the third and highest region over the bright heaven and enshrine it in the soul.

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9.86.28

तवे॒माः प्र॒जा दि॒व्यस्य॒ रेत॑स॒स्त्वं विश्व॑स्य॒ भुव॑नस्य राजसि । अथे॒दं विश्वं॑ पवमान ते॒ वशे॒ त्वमि॑न्दो प्रथ॒मो धा॑म॒धा अ॑सि ॥

These people, these birds and beasts, all these worlds of existence, are yours, born of your divine creative power, the original divine seed. You shine and rule over this entire world of existence. And O Spirit pure and purifying and omnipresent, this entire universe is under your control. Indu, O light of life and life of the world, you are the only, first, original and eternal cause, foundation and sustainer of the world order.

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9.86.29

त्वं स॑मु॒द्रो अ॑सि विश्व॒वित्क॑वे॒ तवे॒माः पञ्च॑ प्र॒दिशो॒ विध॑र्मणि । त्वं द्यां च॑ पृथि॒वीं चाति॑ जभ्रिषे॒ तव॒ ज्योतीं॑षि पवमान॒ सूर्यः॑ ॥

You are the original infinite womb of life in existence and the ultimate haven, absolute master of the entire universe, O poet creator. Within you and in your order of Dharma are contained and sustained all the five dimensions of existence, material, psychic, spiritual, temporal and spatial. You hold and sustain the heaven and earth, absolutely, and, O lord immaculate, purifying and vibrant, the stars are but reflections of your self-refulgence.

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9.86.30

त्वं प॒वित्रे॒ रज॑सो॒ विध॑र्मणि दे॒वेभ्यः॑ सोम पवमान पूयसे । त्वामु॒शिजः॑ प्रथ॒मा अ॑गृभ्णत॒ तुभ्ये॒मा विश्वा॒ भुव॑नानि येमिरे ॥

In this holy order of existence governed by the law of divinity, O Soma, light of life immaculate, your presence emanates from every particle of the divine elements of Prakrti, from all the divine regions of the universe in balanced motion, and the same presence is distilled in purity by the wise for noble humanity. The first vibrant lovers of divinity perceive and realise this presence at the dawn of creation. From you the entire worlds of existence emerge and unto you they all return.

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9.86.31

प्र रे॒भ ए॒त्यति॒ वार॑म॒व्ययं॒ वृषा॒ वने॒ष्वव॑ चक्रद॒द्धरिः॑ । सं धी॒तयो॑ वावशा॒ना अ॑नूषत॒ शिशुं॑ रिहन्ति म॒तयः॒ पनि॑प्नतम् ॥

The Absolute divine, Shabda Brahma, emerges roaring with a bang, AUM, goes forward creating and sounding over and across the imperishable world of his desire, potent in creative showers, and transcends his own creation. The same all potent and overflowing presence, blissful, projecting all and withdrawing all, roars loud and bold in moments of time and acts of love, desire and worshipful creations. That do the wise sages, loving and worshipful, adore and exalt in prayer. The wise and vibrant all love and adore the admirable presence living and breathing in the entire world of existence.

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9.86.32

स सूर्य॑स्य र॒श्मिभिः॒ परि॑ व्यत॒ तन्तुं॑ तन्वा॒नस्त्रि॒वृतं॒ यथा॑ वि॒दे । नय॑न्नृ॒तस्य॑ प्र॒शिषो॒ नवी॑यसीः॒ पति॒र्जनी॑ना॒मुप॑ याति निष्कृ॒तम् ॥

That Soma, creative Spirit of the universe, wrapped in the light of his own refulgence, radiating by the rays of the sun, weaving and expanding the three dimensional web of existence as he intends and plans, inducting the newest and latest designs of the laws of cosmic evolution as father generator of successive generations, radiates and moves to the creative vedi of cosmic yajna.

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9.86.33

राजा॒ सिन्धू॑नां पवते॒ पति॑र्दि॒व ऋ॒तस्य॑ याति प॒थिभिः॒ कनि॑क्रदत् । स॒हस्र॑धारः॒ परि॑ षिच्यते॒ हरिः॑ पुना॒नो वाचं॑ ज॒नय॒न्नुपा॑वसुः ॥

Ruler and controller of the cosmic streams of evolution, lord of the light of heaven, moves and flows on loud and bold by the paths of cosmic law in a thousand streams and showers of new life. The creative spirit dispelling want and darkness, pure and purifying, goes on close by sustainers of life, creating new forms and names of existence, and is celebrated as divine creator, controller and director of the evolution of life.

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9.86.34

पव॑मान॒ मह्यर्णो॒ वि धा॑वसि॒ सूरो॒ न चि॒त्रो अव्य॑यानि॒ पव्य॑या । गभ॑स्तिपूतो॒ नृभि॒रद्रि॑भिः सु॒तो म॒हे वाजा॑य॒ धन्या॑य धन्वसि ॥

O Soma, immaculate sanctifying spirit of cosmic evolution, boundless flood of creative energy, by your own potential you rush on like a mighty marvellous power to imperishable forms of existence. Exalted by rays of the sun, realised by veteran saints and sages, you rush on for great wealth and victory in the onward progress of the world.

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9.86.35

इष॒मूर्जं॑ पवमाना॒भ्य॑र्षसि श्ये॒नो न वंसु॑ क॒लशे॑षु सीदसि । इन्द्रा॑य॒ मद्वा॒ मद्यो॒ मदः॑ सु॒तो दि॒वो वि॑ष्ट॒म्भ उ॑प॒मो वि॑चक्ष॒णः ॥

O Soma, spirit of the cosmos in evolutionary flux, you move food and energy in the process of creative evolution, and like the speediest harbinger of joy you settle in the heart core of devoted celebrants. You are the self-existent joyous and inspiring source of ecstasy for the soul, pillar of the light of heaven, most excellent beyond comparison and all watching omniscient spirit.

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9.86.36

स॒प्त स्वसा॑रो अ॒भि मा॒तरः॒ शिशुं॒ नवं॑ जज्ञा॒नं जेन्यं॑ विप॒श्चित॑म् । अ॒पां ग॑न्ध॒र्वं दि॒व्यं नृ॒चक्ष॑सं॒ सोमं॒ विश्व॑स्य॒ भुव॑नस्य रा॒जसे॑ ॥

Seven sisterly perceptive, conceptive and discriminative organs of sense and mind jointly confirm the presence of Soma, all pervasive, ever new, informing, victorious, universally wise, sustainer of waters and earth, heavenly, and constant watchful guardian of humanity. They perceive you, Soma, as you pervade and illuminate all regions of the world.

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9.86.37

ई॒शा॒न इ॒मा भुव॑नानि॒ वीय॑से युजा॒न इ॑न्दो ह॒रितः॑ सुप॒र्ण्यः॑ । तास्ते॑ क्षरन्तु॒ मधु॑मद्घृ॒तं पय॒स्तव॑ व्र॒ते सो॑म तिष्ठन्तु कृ॒ष्टयः॑ ॥

O Soma, Indu, lord of light and beauty of peaceful life, you rule over all these regions of the world harnessing dynamic forces of nature’s energy. May these forces of yours produce and shower on us ghrta and milk of honeyed sweetness and may the people abide by your laws and discipline of life.

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9.86.38

त्वं नृ॒चक्षा॑ असि सोम वि॒श्वतः॒ पव॑मान वृषभ॒ ता वि धा॑वसि । स नः॑ पवस्व॒ वसु॑म॒द्धिर॑ण्यवद्व॒यं स्या॑म॒ भुव॑नेषु जी॒वसे॑ ॥

O Soma, you are constant watchful guardian of humanity all round in all ways. O lord pure and purifying, vigorous and generous, you cleanse us with all those powers of yours. Pray purify and energise us so that we may be prosperous with peaceful settlement and golden graces of wealth, honour and excellence to live happy in the regions of the world.

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9.86.39

गो॒वित्प॑वस्व वसु॒विद्धि॑रण्य॒विद्रे॑तो॒धा इ॑न्दो॒ भुव॑ने॒ष्वर्पि॑तः । त्वं सु॒वीरो॑ असि सोम विश्व॒वित्तं त्वा॒ विप्रा॒ उप॑ गि॒रेम आ॑सते ॥

O Soma, Indu, lord of life, beauty and grace, flow, pure and purifying, vibrant omnipresent in all regions of the world. You master and control the wealth of lands and cows, light of knowledge and culture, jewels of peace and settlement, and the beauty of gold and grace. You are virile and command creative energy. You are mighty brave, ruler over the world. We, vibrant devotees, adore you with songs of praise and prayer, and pray we may be close to you.

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9.86.40

उन्मध्व॑ ऊ॒र्मिर्व॒नना॑ अतिष्ठिपद॒पो वसा॑नो महि॒षो वि गा॑हते । राजा॑ प॒वित्र॑रथो॒ वाज॒मारु॑हत्स॒हस्र॑भृष्टिर्जयति॒ श्रवो॑ बृ॒हत् ॥

Soma of honey sweets of divinity helps desires to be stabilised. The great ardent one wearing the cloak of dynamics of creativity sojourns over spaces. Refulgent ruler riding the purity chariot advances to victory in elemental evolution and, wielding a thousand arms of blazing light, wins high and imperishable renown and adoration.

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9.86.41

स भ॒न्दना॒ उदि॑यर्ति प्र॒जाव॑तीर्वि॒श्वायु॒र्विश्वाः॑ सु॒भरा॒ अह॑र्दिवि । ब्रह्म॑ प्र॒जाव॑द्र॒यिमश्व॑पस्त्यं पी॒त इ॑न्द॒विन्द्र॑म॒स्मभ्यं॑ याचतात् ॥

It raises sun rays and moves our thanks and adorations which bring up noble progeny, all health and long age and abundant fulfilment of universal value day and night. Indu, Spirit of light and joy of life, sung and celebrated, give us the knowledge of divinity, wealth of noble progeny, a home full of comfort and achievement, and power and excellence of the world.

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9.86.42

सो अग्रे॒ अह्नां॒ हरि॑र्हर्य॒तो मदः॒ प्र चेत॑सा चेतयत॒त अनु॒ द्युभिः॑ । द्वा जना॑ या॒तय॑न्न॒न्तरी॑यते॒ नरा॑ च॒ शंसं॒ दैव्यं॑ च ध॒र्तरि॑ ॥

That Soma, dispeller of darkness in advance of the day, blissful and glorious Spirit, inspiring and exalting, illuminates with intelligence and enlightens with consciousness day by day. It moves within, rousing both men and women, high and low, general humanity and leading lights, and inspires all to acquire, intensify and maintain higher and higher intelligence and awareness both admirable and divine day by day.

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9.86.43

अ॒ञ्जते॒ व्य॑ञ्जते॒ सम॑ञ्जते॒ क्रतुं॑ रिहन्ति॒ मधु॑ना॒भ्य॑ञ्जते । सिन्धो॑रुच्छ्वा॒से प॒तय॑न्तमु॒क्षणं॑ हिरण्यपा॒वाः प॒शुमा॑सु गृभ्णते ॥

They realise it in the vibrant soul, diversify the presence in various statements of definition and communication, and integrate the experience and the statements in the awareness of its absolute glory. They love and adore the soul of cosmic yajna and worship it with honey sweets of homage in acts of soma yajna. In these ways of awareness, thoughts, words and deeds, do lovers of the golden glory of soma realise and integrate with the all watching universal power and presence vaulting on top of their waves of consciousness with incessant showers of bliss divine.

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9.86.44

वि॒प॒श्चिते॒ पव॑मानाय गायत म॒ही न धारात्यन्धो॑ अर्षति । अहि॒र्न जू॒र्णामति॑ सर्पति॒ त्वच॒मत्यो॒ न क्रीळ॑न्नसर॒द्वृषा॒ हरिः॑ ॥

O people, sing in honour of Soma, omniscient spirit of life, pure and purifier that brings us food, energy, honour and excellence in torrential streams. Knowing that, man, free from want, suffering and small mindedness, goes forward with life happy, youthful, playful as a colt and generous as showers of rain, and at the end of life goes on again, having left this body as a snake casts off its old skin and goes free and youthful again.

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9.86.45

अ॒ग्रे॒गो राजाप्य॑स्तविष्यते वि॒मानो॒ अह्नां॒ भुव॑ने॒ष्वर्पि॑तः । हरि॑र्घृ॒तस्नुः॑ सु॒दृशी॑को अर्ण॒वो ज्यो॒तीर॑थः पवते रा॒य ओ॒क्यः॑ ॥

Soma, foremost pioneer spirit, refulgent ruler, open to all, maker of days and nights, omnipresent in all regions of the universe, is adored and worshipped by all. Soft and sweet, gracious and illuminative as ghrta, destroyer of darkness and suffering, blissful of sight, deep as space, riding the chariot of light, universal haven of all, moves, initiates and consecrates us for the achievement of honour, wealth and excellence.

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9.86.46

अस॑र्जि स्क॒म्भो दि॒व उद्य॑तो॒ मदः॒ परि॑ त्रि॒धातु॒र्भुव॑नान्यर्षति । अं॒शुं रि॑हन्ति म॒तयः॒ पनि॑प्नतं गि॒रा यदि॑ नि॒र्णिज॑मृ॒ग्मिणो॑ य॒युः ॥

Soma, lord supreme, that creates, moves and pervades all regions of the universe constituted of three modes of Prakrti, sattva, rajas and tamas, is the pillar of the highest heavens, up and wakeful, highest of reality and inspires humanity with divine ecstasy. The wise love and worship the self-manifestive, self-expressive, vibrant Soma with songs of praise while the celebrants adore the immaculate divinity with hymns of praise, the holy Rks, and realise it.

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9.86.47

प्र ते॒ धारा॒ अत्यण्वा॑नि मे॒ष्यः॑ पुना॒नस्य॑ सं॒यतो॑ यन्ति॒ रंह॑यः । यद्गोभि॑रिन्दो च॒म्वोः॑ सम॒ज्यस॒ आ सु॑वा॒नः सो॑म क॒लशे॑षु सीदसि ॥

Indu, Spirit of life and light of the world, Soma, pure and purifying, the streams of your creative power, extremely subtle, virile and generous, move united at the speed of thought when, between heaven and earth, you vibrate and radiate, one with the rays of the sun, and, inspiring, worshipped and consecrated within, you abide in the heart core of the realised souls.

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9.86.48

पव॑स्व सोम क्रतु॒विन्न॑ उ॒क्थ्योऽव्यो॒ वारे॒ परि॑ धाव॒ मधु॑ प्रि॒यम् । ज॒हि विश्वा॑न्र॒क्षस॑ इन्दो अ॒त्रिणो॑ बृ॒हद्व॑देम वि॒दथे॑ सु॒वीराः॑ ॥

O Soma, Spirit of life and peace, Indu, light of the world, all knowing master of yajnic action, radiate and flow for us, lord adorable and all protective. Distil the dearest honey sweets of life for the chosen soul and bless. Destroy all ogres and demons who devour human wealth. Blest with heroic courage and noble progeny, we celebrate and glorify you with abundant praise in the yajnic congregation.

✦ Sukta 87 · 9 verses ✦

9.87.1

प्र तु द्र॑व॒ परि॒ कोशं॒ नि षी॑द॒ नृभिः॑ पुना॒नो अ॒भि वाज॑मर्ष । अश्वं॒ न त्वा॑ वा॒जिनं॑ म॒र्जय॒न्तोऽच्छा॑ ब॒र्ही र॑श॒नाभि॑र्नयन्ति ॥

O Soma, radiate, flow into the sanctity of the heart and sink into the soul of the devotee. Adored by the yajakas on the vedi, let the showers of joy stream forth. The celebrants, exalting your power and presence, invoke and invite you like energy itself with adorations to the grass seats of the yajna.

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9.87.2

स्वा॒यु॒धः प॑वते दे॒व इन्दु॑रशस्ति॒हा वृ॒जनं॒ रक्ष॑माणः । पि॒ता दे॒वानां॑ जनि॒ता सु॒दक्षो॑ विष्ट॒म्भो दि॒वो ध॒रुणः॑ पृथि॒व्याः ॥

Divine Indu, light of life, equipped with noble arms, destroyer of scandal and malignity, protector of yajna vedi against crookedness and intrigue, flows pure and purifying. It is the generator and sustainer of the divine powers of nature and humanity, perfect and expert original agent of action, pillar of heaven and foundation support of the earth.

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9.87.3

ऋषि॒र्विप्रः॑ पुरए॒ता जना॑नामृ॒भुर्धीर॑ उ॒शना॒ काव्ये॑न । स चि॑द्विवेद॒ निहि॑तं॒ यदा॑सामपी॒च्यं१॒॑ गुह्यं॒ नाम॒ गोना॑म् ॥

Divine seer, vibrant and sagely power, potent maker, stable of will and action, Soma is brilliant with innate vision and wisdom. He alone knows what is the hidden secret and mystery of these stars and planets.

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9.87.4

ए॒ष स्य ते॒ मधु॑माँ इन्द्र॒ सोमो॒ वृषा॒ वृष्णे॒ परि॑ प॒वित्रे॑ अक्षाः । स॒ह॒स्र॒साः श॑त॒सा भू॑रि॒दावा॑ शश्वत्त॒मं ब॒र्हिरा वा॒ज्य॑स्थात् ॥

Indra, omnipotent generous creator and ruler of the universe, this Soma is your honeyed shower of beneficence and grace which profusely flows over and across the immaculate world of life. May this Soma, giving a thousand boons in a hundred forms of infinite values, a mighty victorious divine force, abide by us and bless the universal vedi of human life with eternal grace.

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9.87.5

ए॒ते सोमा॑ अ॒भि ग॒व्या स॒हस्रा॑ म॒हे वाजा॑या॒मृता॑य॒ श्रवां॑सि । प॒वित्रे॑भिः॒ पव॑माना असृग्रञ्छ्रव॒स्यवो॒ न पृ॑त॒नाजो॒ अत्याः॑ ॥

The soma showers heading to the earth, like mighty warriors rushing to battle for victory and immortal fame, bearing a thousand forms of strength, sustenance and advancement, enshrined in purity of the soul vibrate and flow for the holy seeker’s imperishable attainment of immortality over the state of mortality.

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9.87.6

परि॒ हि ष्मा॑ पुरुहू॒तो जना॑नां॒ विश्वास॑र॒द्भोज॑ना पू॒यमा॑नः । अथा भ॑र श्येनभृत॒ प्रयां॑सि र॒यिं तुञ्जा॑नो अ॒भि वाज॑मर्ष ॥

O Soma, pure and purifying divine spirit of joyous energy, invoked by all people, enshrined in the heart core of the soul, bring all forms of life’s joy. Flow for our battle of life for the victory of immortality over the state of mortality and bring us food, wealth and honour and excellence created by divine energy for the soul’s sustenance on way to the final victory.

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9.87.7

ए॒ष सु॑वा॒नः परि॒ सोमः॑ प॒वित्रे॒ सर्गो॒ न सृ॒ष्टो अ॑दधाव॒दर्वा॑ । ति॒ग्मे शिशा॑नो महि॒षो न शृङ्गे॒ गा ग॒व्यन्न॒भि शूरो॒ न सत्वा॑ ॥

This Soma, pure and purifying creative energy of divinity, vibrates in immaculate nature and flows in the devotee’s pure heart like the mighty force of nature itself, sharpening its rays of light for dispelling darkness and negation. It goes on like a poised hero keen on his determination for victory in the battle.

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9.87.8

ए॒षा य॑यौ पर॒माद॒न्तरद्रेः॒ कूचि॑त्स॒तीरू॒र्वे गा वि॑वेद । दि॒वो न वि॒द्युत्स्त॒नय॑न्त्य॒भ्रैः सोम॑स्य ते पवत इन्द्र॒ धारा॑ ॥

Indra, lord almighty, this Soma stream of your power and bliss flows from the highest regions of existence and, sustained somewhere in the vast expanse of space, reaches the earthly regions of the universe like lightning from the regions of light, thundering with the clouds in the middle regions of the skies, seen and heard on the earth.

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9.87.9

उ॒त स्म॑ रा॒शिं परि॑ यासि॒ गोना॒मिन्द्रे॑ण सोम स॒रथं॑ पुना॒नः । पू॒र्वीरिषो॑ बृह॒तीर्जी॑रदानो॒ शिक्षा॑ शचीव॒स्तव॒ ता उ॑प॒ष्टुत् ॥

Soma, O spirit of life and ecstasy of being, you move together with Indra, the noble soul riding the body chariot, you move together to the multitude of things perceivable and radiate to the senses, mind and intelligence of man, pure and purifying. O lord of all power and knowledge, infinite giver of vast possibilities, worshipped at the closest in the heart core of the soul, bless us with those abundant and eternal gifts of food and energy, honour, power and excellence and the wisdom and vision of divinity which we need for ultimate freedom.

✦ Sukta 88 · 8 verses ✦

9.88.1

अ॒यं सोम॑ इन्द्र॒ तुभ्यं॑ सुन्वे॒ तुभ्यं॑ पवते॒ त्वम॑स्य पाहि । त्वं ह॒ यं च॑कृ॒षे त्वं व॑वृ॒ष इन्दुं॒ मदा॑य॒ युज्या॑य॒ सोम॑म् ॥

Indra, O soul of life, O man, this soma spirit of life and light, this beauty and joy is created for you; it flows, illuminates and sanctifies, for you; take it, live it, protect and advance it, don’t destroy it. Indeed you create it, it is your choice to create it. And whatever you do and choose to do is for your mutual joy and indispensable togetherness. O man, enjoy the beauty and vibrancy of life, maintain and advance it for peace in mutual interest in a spirit of interdependence and cooperation.

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9.88.2

स ईं॒ रथो॒ न भु॑रि॒षाळ॑योजि म॒हः पु॒रूणि॑ सा॒तये॒ वसू॑नि । आदीं॒ विश्वा॑ नहु॒ष्या॑णि जा॒ता स्व॑र्षाता॒ वन॑ ऊ॒र्ध्वा न॑वन्त ॥

The great exalted soma spirit of life’s vibrancy, like a great chariot of abundant comfort, capacity and possibility is enjoined for achieving many kinds of wealth, honours and excellences, and then all things born, created and achieved, all high ups, giving showers of joy in the exciting field of life honour, adore and celebrate the soma spirit of life divine.

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9.88.3

वा॒युर्न यो नि॒युत्वाँ॑ इ॒ष्टया॑मा॒ नास॑त्येव॒ हव॒ आ शम्भ॑विष्ठः । वि॒श्ववा॑रो द्रविणो॒दा इ॑व॒ त्मन्पू॒षेव॑ धी॒जव॑नोऽसि सोम ॥

O Soma, vibrant spirit of life in ceaseless flow like energy reaching the cherished goal, most blissful like the Ashvins, circuitous currents of nature’s energy in the exciting field of life, you are the treasure-hold of world’s wealth of universal value, infinite giver of everything like the parental beneficence and nourishment of divinity, and you move forward at the speed of thought.

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9.88.4

इन्द्रो॒ न यो म॒हा कर्मा॑णि॒ चक्रि॑र्ह॒न्ता वृ॒त्राणा॑मसि सोम पू॒र्भित् । पै॒द्वो न हि त्वमहि॑नाम्नां ह॒न्ता विश्व॑स्यासि सोम॒ दस्योः॑ ॥

O Soma, who are a great performer like Indra, the omnipotent, you are the destroyer of demonic forces and the breaker of their strongholds. Like lazer beams, you are the killer of the malignant, the poisonous and all the other negativities of the world.

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9.88.5

अ॒ग्निर्न यो वन॒ आ सृ॒ज्यमा॑नो॒ वृथा॒ पाजां॑सि कृणुते न॒दीषु॑ । जनो॒ न युध्वा॑ मह॒त उ॑प॒ब्दिरिय॑र्ति॒ सोमः॒ पव॑मान ऊ॒र्मिम् ॥

Created like fire by friction in the serious business of life, Soma spontaneously creates mighty motions of flow in the dynamics of existence. Like a mighty man warrior roaring and resounding as a great victor, soma goes forward to billows of the sea sending out waves of purity and power all round.

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9.88.6

ए॒ते सोमा॒ अति॒ वारा॒ण्यव्या॑ दि॒व्या न कोशा॑सो अ॒भ्रव॑र्षाः । वृथा॑ समु॒द्रं सिन्ध॑वो॒ न नीचीः॑ सु॒तासो॑ अ॒भि क॒लशाँ॑ असृग्रन् ॥

These soma currents of fluent joyous divine energy pass through higher regions of purity and refinement in the process of nature, and then these divine and protected treasure-holds of joy like vapours of rain bearing clouds, cleansed and sanctified, flow to the heart core of the devoted celebrants in the same manner as showers of rain from the clouds bless the earth and rivers flow down to the deep sea.

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9.88.7

शु॒ष्मी शर्धो॒ न मारु॑तं पव॒स्वान॑भिशस्ता दि॒व्या यथा॒ विट् । आपो॒ न म॒क्षू सु॑म॒तिर्भ॑वा नः स॒हस्रा॑प्साः पृतना॒षाण्न य॒ज्ञः ॥

O mighty power of purity and action like the force of winds, flow and purify, blow away the dead leaves, dry up the roots of negativity so that the nation of humanity may be clean and brilliant, free from malice, hate and fear of misfortune. Be instant cleanser and sanctifier of our will and understanding like holy waters of grace and give us a noble mind. Be like yajna, giver of a thousand noble powers and a victor in conflicts within and outside.

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9.88.8

राज्ञो॒ नु ते॒ वरु॑णस्य व्र॒तानि॑ बृ॒हद्ग॑भी॒रं तव॑ सोम॒ धाम॑ । शुचि॒ष्ट्वम॑सि प्रि॒यो न मि॒त्रो द॒क्षाय्यो॑ अर्य॒मेवा॑सि सोम ॥

Bless us, O Soma, that we may observe the rules and laws of your discipline, refulgent ruler and highest justicier. Profound is your presence, infinite your space. Immaculate you are, dear as a friend, unfailing as an expert guide, adorable, all bliss, beauty and pure joy.

✦ Sukta 89 · 7 verses ✦

9.89.1

प्रो स्य वह्निः॑ प॒थ्या॑भिरस्यान्दि॒वो न वृ॒ष्टिः पव॑मानो अक्षाः । स॒हस्र॑धारो असद॒न्न्य१॒॑स्मे मा॒तुरु॒पस्थे॒ वन॒ आ च॒ सोमः॑ ॥

That Soma, Spirit of life and life’s joy, burden bearer and harbinger of living energy and divine vision may, we pray, descend by auspicious paths of existence and, like showers of divine bliss, pure and purifying, bless us. May divine Soma of a thousand streams proceed for our yajnic home, pervade over mother earth’s lap of love and flourish in the deep clouds, flowing streams, dense forests and the profuse greenery of fields and gardens.

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9.89.2

राजा॒ सिन्धू॑नामवसिष्ट॒ वास॑ ऋ॒तस्य॒ नाव॒मारु॑ह॒द्रजि॑ष्ठाम् । अ॒प्सु द्र॒प्सो वा॑वृधे श्ये॒नजू॑तो दु॒ह ईं॑ पि॒ता दु॒ह ईं॑ पि॒तुर्जाम् ॥

The ruler, mover and controller of the flow of rivers, Soma takes on the forms of holy waters and the laws of nature as helmsman of the ship of life with honesty and naturalness. Inspired and moved by divine imagination, open minded with the social dynamics of humanity, he receives the blessings of heavenly father and the father blesses the daughter earth. Thus does Soma, the ruler, grow in stature and augment the earth.

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9.89.3

सिं॒हं न॑सन्त॒ मध्वो॑ अ॒यासं॒ हरि॑मरु॒षं दि॒वो अ॒स्य पति॑म् । शूरो॑ यु॒त्सु प्र॑थ॒मः पृ॑च्छते॒ गा अस्य॒ चक्ष॑सा॒ परि॑ पात्यु॒क्षा ॥

Honey sweets of heaven and enlightened humanity come to the chief, valiant and benevolent sustainer of this world, the mighty hero who longs to be the first in the struggles of existence and who, generous and vigorous ruler, protects and promotes its lands and cows and its culture and traditions with his radiance.

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9.89.4

मधु॑पृष्ठं घो॒रम॒यास॒मश्वं॒ रथे॑ युञ्जन्त्युरुच॒क्र ऋ॒ष्वम् । स्वसा॑र ईं जा॒मयो॑ मर्जयन्ति॒ सना॑भयो वा॒जिन॑मूर्जयन्ति ॥

The leader, pioneer and ruler, loving burden bearer, awful for the awful, instant in action, indefatigable in endeavour and sublime in achievement of the goal, such as he is, all enlightened powers of the world enjoin him to the highest and foremost position in the vast and mighty moving chariot order of the world. All dynamic, self-controlled autonomous forces and sub-systems anoint and cosecrate the high soma power, and all people joined to the centre of the order support, strengthen and energise the dynamic, blazing, onrushing leader, controller and ruler of the order.

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9.89.5

चत॑स्र ईं घृत॒दुहः॑ सचन्ते समा॒ने अ॒न्तर्ध॒रुणे॒ निष॑त्ताः । ता ई॑मर्षन्ति॒ नम॑सा पुना॒नास्ता ईं॑ वि॒श्वतः॒ परि॑ षन्ति पू॒र्वीः ॥

Four eternal powers in existence, cooperative, creative, and gracious, abiding and integrated with and within the one, united, uniform and all integrative systemic soma spirit of the cosmic, social and individual order of life, pure, purifying and strengthening it with obedience and sustaining energy, move to the central master spirit, all time stay around and serve it for the continuance of life in existence. (In the cosmic system, the four are earth, water, fire and air in time and space. In the social order, they are the four classes: intellectuals, teachers and researchers; rulers, administrators and organisers of defence and law and order of peace and justice system; producers and distributors in the economic system; and the support services.) At the individual level, they are mana (mind and senses), buddhi (intelligence and discrimination), chitta (memory), and ahankara (I- sense).

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9.89.6

वि॒ष्ट॒म्भो दि॒वो ध॒रुणः॑ पृथि॒व्या विश्वा॑ उ॒त क्षि॒तयो॒ हस्ते॑ अस्य । अस॑त्त॒ उत्सो॑ गृण॒ते नि॒युत्वा॒न्मध्वो॑ अं॒शुः प॑वत इन्द्रि॒याय॑ ॥

Soma, cosmic spirit of peace and glory, is the pillar of heaven, and it is the foundation support of the earth. Indeed all stars and planets of the universe and all people of the earth are in its hand for control and sustenance. O man, may this soma spirit, this fount of infinite glory and benevolence, commanding all forces of the universe, the honey sweet vibrations and radiations of it, be for the good and glory of the celebrant humanity. Indeed they all flow for humanity.

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9.89.7

व॒न्वन्नवा॑तो अ॒भि दे॒ववी॑ति॒मिन्द्रा॑य सोम वृत्र॒हा प॑वस्व । श॒ग्धि म॒हः

पु॑रुश्च॒न्द्रस्य॑ रा॒यः सु॒वीर्य॑स्य॒ पत॑यः स्याम ॥

O Soma, lord of universal peace and bliss, winsome, gracious giver unsolicited, inviolable power of the universe, destroyer of evil and darkness, let the gifts of divinities flow to the yajna of humanity for our worldly good and spiritual glory. Pray give us strength so that we may be masters, protectors and promoters of great and glorious wealth of excellence and enlightenment and a brave virile and generous progeny.

✦ Sukta 90 · 6 verses ✦

9.90.1

प्र हि॑न्वा॒नो ज॑नि॒ता रोद॑स्यो॒ रथो॒ न वाजं॑ सनि॒ष्यन्न॑यासीत् । इन्द्रं॒ गच्छ॒न्नायु॑धा सं॒शिशा॑नो॒ विश्वा॒ वसु॒ हस्त॑योरा॒दधा॑नः ॥

Inspiring the celebrants to action and achievement, creator of heaven and earth, winning strength and victory like a chariot warrior, moving to the karma-yogi, sharpening and calibrating weapons of warlike action, bearing all wealth and power of the world in hands, may the spirit of peace and power come and bless us.

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9.90.2

अ॒भि त्रि॑पृ॒ष्ठं वृष॑णं वयो॒धामा॑ङ्गू॒षाणा॑मवावशन्त॒ वाणीः॑ । वना॒ वसा॑नो॒ वरु॑णो॒ न सिन्धू॒न्वि र॑त्न॒धा द॑यते॒ वार्या॑णि ॥

The celebrants’ songs of adoration in honour of the generous, virile and life bearing Soma, sustainer of three worlds arise in homage of love and faith. Holding precious treasures and powers of the world like Varuna, all covering space and the ocean holding the deep seas, the wielder of world jewels bestows gifts of choice on mankind.

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9.90.3

शूर॑ग्रामः॒ सर्व॑वीरः॒ सहा॑वा॒ञ्जेता॑ पवस्व॒ सनि॑ता॒ धना॑नि । ति॒ग्मायु॑धः क्षि॒प्रध॑न्वा स॒मत्स्वषा॑ळ्हः सा॒ह्वान्पृत॑नासु॒ शत्रू॑न् ॥

Commander of a multitude of heroes, himself brave in every way, patient and mighty, all time victor, generous giver of all wealth, honour and excellence, wielding weapons of instant light and fire power, unconquerable in contests of values and destroyer of the enemy in battles of arms, may we pray, flow and purify us.

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9.90.4

उ॒रुग॑व्यूति॒रभ॑यानि कृ॒ण्वन्त्स॑मीची॒ने आ प॑वस्वा॒ पुरं॑धी । अ॒पः सिषा॑सन्नु॒षसः॒ स्व१॒॑र्गाः सं चि॑क्रदो म॒हो अ॒स्मभ्यं॒ वाजा॑न् ॥

Bountiful bearer of the abundant world of heaven and earth, creating and clearing the wide paths of truth and rectitude, making them free from fear and mutual conflict, enlightening us on the dynamics of karma in the flow of existence, expanding heavenly lights of the dawns of successive days, pray speak loud and bold and clear and bring us great victories of sustenance, power, honour and excellence in the struggle for progress in a state of purity.

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9.90.5

मत्सि॑ सोम॒ वरु॑णं॒ मत्सि॑ मि॒त्रं मत्सीन्द्र॑मिन्दो पवमान॒ विष्णु॑म् । मत्सि॒ शर्धो॒ मारु॑तं॒ मत्सि॑ दे॒वान्मत्सि॑ म॒हामिन्द्र॑मिन्दो॒ मदा॑य ॥

O Soma, universal spirit of life’s joy, Indu, spirit of brilliancy, pure and purifying divinity, you inspire and exhilarate Varuna, freedom of choice, law and justice, advance and inspire Mitra, spirit of love, friendship and cooperation, inspire and exhilarate Indra, ruling powers of governance and defence, honour, exhort and advance Vishnu, all prevailing powers of intelligence and enlightenment, exhort and intensify the force and powers of Maruts, stormy pioneers and fighters, honour and advance brilliant scholars and creative artists and technologists. O divine and brilliant spirit of divinity, Indra, inspire and exhilarate the great ruler Indra for the sake of high honour and excellence of humanity.

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9.90.6

ए॒वा राजे॑व॒ क्रतु॑माँ॒ अमे॑न॒ विश्वा॒ घनि॑घ्नद्दुरि॒ता प॑वस्व । इन्दो॑ सू॒क्ताय॒ वच॑से॒ वयो॑ धा यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Thus like a brilliant ruler, presiding power of universal action and human endeavour, pray flow on and purify us with your divine powers destroying all evils and undesirables of the world. O lord of refulgence and life’s joy, bless us with good health and long age for the sake of holy speech and grateful songs of adoration. O divinities of heaven and earth, pray bless us with all time peace, progress and all round happiness and well being.

✦ Sukta 91 · 6 verses ✦

9.91.1

अस॑र्जि॒ वक्वा॒ रथ्ये॒ यथा॒जौ धि॒या म॒नोता॑ प्रथ॒मो म॑नी॒षी । दश॒ स्वसा॑रो॒ अधि॒ सानो॒ अव्येऽज॑न्ति॒ वह्निं॒ सद॑ना॒न्यच्छ॑ ॥

As in a chariot race, so in the progressive business of organised society, an eloquent speaker, prominent thinker and manager of imaginative and decisive first order is appointed to take on the business of governance and administration. Ten cooperative persons capable of independent thinking, working in perfect unison like sister powers or ten pranas or ten senses of perception and volition, in the house, assist the leader on top of the protective social order of yajnic sanctity.

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9.91.2

वी॒ती जन॑स्य दि॒व्यस्य॑ क॒व्यैरधि॑ सुवा॒नो न॑हु॒ष्ये॑भि॒रिन्दुः॑ । प्र यो नृभि॑र॒मृतो॒ मर्त्ये॑भिर्मर्मृजा॒नोऽवि॑भि॒र्गोभि॑र॒द्भिः ॥

The high priest of the yajnic social order, brilliant and benevolent, immortal soul, consecrated by wisest of the brilliant people and the general community and exalted by leading lights and ordinary mortals with common voice, supportive actions and protective thoughts and opinions, goes forward leading the yajnic order for their common good.

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9.91.3

वृषा॒ वृष्णे॒ रोरु॑वदं॒शुर॑स्मै॒ पव॑मानो॒ रुश॑दीर्ते॒ पयो॒ गोः । स॒हस्र॒मृक्वा॑ प॒थिभि॑र्वचो॒विद॑ध्व॒स्मभिः॒ सूरो॒ अण्वं॒ वि या॑ति ॥

Virile and generous Soma, leading power of the yajnic order, pure and purifying, creative and brilliant, goes forward for the abundant social order, roaring and illuminating, and elevating the fertility and abundance of the earth. Speaking and chanting a thousand holy words, visionary of thought and communication, the hero goes on by paths of love and non-violence, reaches and opens the subtlest secrets and even breaks through the atom.

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9.91.4

रु॒जा दृ॒ळ्हा चि॑द्र॒क्षसः॒ सदां॑सि पुना॒न इ॑न्द ऊर्णुहि॒ वि वाजा॑न् । वृ॒श्चोपरि॑ष्टात्तुज॒ता व॒धेन॒ ये अन्ति॑ दू॒रादु॑पना॒यमे॑षाम् ॥

Indra, lord of power, break down the strongholds of demonic destroyers. Pure, purifying and consecrated, cover the forces of positive strength of creativity. Uproot the saboteurs and the destroyers coming from above, break with the bolt those who are far off or near within, destroy their leaders.

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9.91.5

स प्र॑त्न॒वन्नव्य॑से विश्ववार सू॒क्ताय॑ प॒थः कृ॑णुहि॒ प्राचः॑ । ये दुः॒षहा॑सो व॒नुषा॑ बृ॒हन्त॒स्ताँस्ते॑ अश्याम पुरुकृत्पुरुक्षो ॥

O lord of universal acceptance and adoration, open the paths of advancement for the modern celebrant as ever before and let the paths be constant as the ancient ones. O lord of infinite action and munificent giver, let us have those means, methods and weapons which are of high uncounterable calibre over a vast effective area of operation.

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9.91.6

ए॒वा पु॑ना॒नो अ॒पः स्व१॒॑र्गा अ॒स्मभ्यं॑ तो॒का तन॑यानि॒ भूरि॑ । शं नः॒ क्षेत्र॑मु॒रु ज्योतीं॑षि सोम॒ ज्योङ्नः॒ सूर्यं॑ दृ॒शये॑ रिरीहि ॥

O Soma, spirit of peace and joy, pure, purifying and thus adored and consecrated, bless us with the abundance of earth, showers of the skies and illuminations of the highest regions of light, wealth of children and grand children. Give us peace and well being, vast field of action for expansion, and brilliant illuminations of knowledge and wisdom. And give us the vision to see the light of the sun for all time.

✦ Sukta 92 · 6 verses ✦

9.92.1

परि॑ सुवा॒नो हरि॑रं॒शुः प॒वित्रे॒ रथो॒ न स॑र्जि स॒नये॑ हिया॒नः । आप॒च्छ्लोक॑मिन्द्रि॒यं पू॒यमा॑नः॒ प्रति॑ दे॒वाँ अ॑जुषत॒ प्रयो॑भिः ॥

Invoked and adored for the attainment of fulfilment, inspired and pleased, may the divine destroyer of suffering and frustration, unifying omnipresence of divinity, radiate as joy and bless the soul. Worshipped as pure presence, may the divine Spirit come, acknowledge and receive my song of prayer and exaltation, and bless the noble nature of humanity with food and inspiration for the body and mind, and freedom for the soul.

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9.92.2

अच्छा॑ नृ॒चक्षा॑ असरत्प॒वित्रे॒ नाम॒ दधा॑नः क॒विर॑स्य॒ योनौ॑ । सीद॒न्होते॑व॒ सद॑ने च॒मूषूपे॑मग्म॒न्नृष॑यः स॒प्त विप्राः॑ ॥

Soma, all watchful guardian of humanity and omniscient creator, bearing the divine name and the essential nature of divine bliss, radiates and vibrates with joy in the pure heart core of the soul, abiding there as chief high priest at the head of congregations at yajna, and around him concentrate and join seven seers, that is, five organs of perception, mind and will, and the discriminative intelligence. (That personal yajna of the individual and the joint yajna of society is the essential seat of Soma.)

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9.92.3

प्र सु॑मे॒धा गा॑तु॒विद्वि॒श्वदे॑वः॒ सोमः॑ पुना॒नः सद॑ एति॒ नित्य॑म् । भुव॒द्विश्वे॑षु॒ काव्ये॑षु॒ रन्तानु॒ जना॑न्यतते॒ पञ्च॒ धीरः॑ ॥

Soma, Spirit of divine intelligence, knowing all ways of the earthly world, universal refulgent generous giver, pure and purifying power, always moves and takes its divine seat in the heart core of the soul and on the yajnic grass of the vedi. Rejoicing in all intellectual and poetic holy meets of the world and, inspiring the constant spirit of steady wisdom and resolution, it joins the five orders of universal humanity and exhorts them together to move forward on the common way to collective progress.

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9.92.4

तव॒ त्ये सो॑म पवमान नि॒ण्ये विश्वे॑ दे॒वास्त्रय॑ एकाद॒शासः॑ । दश॑ स्व॒धाभि॒रधि॒ सानो॒ अव्ये॑ मृ॒जन्ति॑ त्वा न॒द्यः॑ स॒प्त य॒ह्वीः ॥

O Soma, vibrant omnipresent spirit of life, pure and purifying, all those thirty three divinities of existence, for sure, integrate in the mysterious depth of your presence. Ten pranas, ten subtle and gross elements of nature and seven mighty constant streams of existence at the cosmic and microcosmic levels with their own oblations serve, adore and glorify you on top of the protected and protective world of existence.

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9.92.5

तन्नु स॒त्यं पव॑मानस्यास्तु॒ यत्र॒ विश्वे॑ का॒रवः॑ सं॒नस॑न्त । ज्योति॒र्यदह्ने॒ अकृ॑णोदु लो॒कं प्राव॒न्मनुं॒ दस्य॑वे कर॒भीक॑म् ॥

True it is of Soma, pure and purifying, Truth itself of Soma, wherein all basic causes of existence converge, merge and integrate: Soma it is who created the sun and light of knowledge for the day and enlightenment, which protects the man of thought and knowledge, which for the ignorant lost in darkness is but a distant possibility or even a cause for collision.

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9.92.6

परि॒ सद्मे॑व पशु॒मान्ति॒ होता॒ राजा॒ न स॒त्यः समि॑तीरिया॒नः । सोमः॑ पुना॒नः क॒लशाँ॑ अयासी॒त्सीद॑न्मृ॒गो न म॑हि॒षो वने॑षु ॥

Like a high priest going to a prosperous and enlightened hall of yajna, and like a real kingly ruler going to the assemblies of state, may Soma, pure and purifying, consecrate the heart and soul of a dedicated devotee and reign there as a mighty lion ruling majestically over the forests.

✦ Sukta 93 · 5 verses ✦

9.93.1

सा॒क॒मुक्षो॑ मर्जयन्त॒ स्वसा॑रो॒ दश॒ धीर॑स्य धी॒तयो॒ धनु॑त्रीः । हरिः॒ पर्य॑द्रव॒ज्जाः सूर्य॑स्य॒ द्रोणं॑ ननक्षे॒ अत्यो॒ न वा॒जी ॥

Ten generous, agile, spontaneous and simultane- ous sister faculties of the self-controlled, self-established yogi together concentrate, communicate and glorify Hari, Soma spirit of divine joy that eliminates want and suffering, and the Spirit, pervading the vibrations of divinity, the light born of the sun, radiates like a constant wave, reaches and settles in the heart core of the blessed soul, the seat of divinity. (The faculties are faculties of perception, thought and will which normally wander over the world of outside reality but which are controlled, concentrated and inverted in meditation and focussed on the presence of divinity within, and then the presence reveals itself in all its refulgent glory.)

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9.93.2

सं मा॒तृभि॒र्न शिशु॑र्वावशा॒नो वृषा॑ दधन्वे पुरु॒वारो॑ अ॒द्भिः । मर्यो॒ न योषा॑म॒भि नि॑ष्कृ॒तं यन्त्सं ग॑च्छते क॒लश॑ उ॒स्रिया॑भिः ॥

Like a child fulfilled and secure with mother’s and grandmother’s love, the loving Soma, generous treasure home of universal gifts of life, fulfils the celebrant with showers of pranic energy and, like a lover meeting his lady love, blesses his consecrated heart, and therein vibrates with the dedicated soul with divine radiations of light in thought, word and deed.

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9.93.3

उ॒त प्र पि॑प्य॒ ऊध॒रघ्न्या॑या॒ इन्दु॒र्धारा॑भिः सचते सुमे॒धाः । मू॒र्धानं॒ गावः॒ पय॑सा च॒मूष्व॒भि श्री॑णन्ति॒ वसु॑भि॒र्न नि॒क्तैः ॥

Soma, spirit of blessed light and omniscient power, essence of self-refulgent beauty, fills the inviolable receptacles of nature with milky nourishment which the man of enlightenment, joining the milky flow, enjoys. The radiations of light, currents of energy and the words of wisdom all shine and elevate the soul in all situations of life with spiritual food as they shower him with the wealth and honours of immaculate order.

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9.93.4

स नो॑ दे॒वेभिः॑ पवमान र॒देन्दो॑ र॒यिम॒श्विनं॑ वावशा॒नः । र॒थि॒रा॒यता॑मुश॒ती पुरं॑धिरस्म॒द्र्य१॒॑गा दा॒वने॒ वसू॑नाम् ॥

Lord of light and love, refulgent and illuminative, pure, purifying and vibrating with the divinities of nature and humanity, loving and commanding dynamic wealth and virtues of existence, give us the wealth and virtues of the world and open the paths of fast, penetrative, brilliant and all sustaining intelligence and will so that we may achieve the gifts of wealth, honour and excellence without delay or procrastination.

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9.93.5

नू नो॑ र॒यिमुप॑ मास्व नृ॒वन्तं॑ पुना॒नो वा॒ताप्यं॑ वि॒श्वश्च॑न्द्रम् । प्र व॑न्दि॒तुरि॑न्दो ता॒र्यायुः॑ प्रा॒तर्म॒क्षू धि॒याव॑सुर्जगम्यात् ॥

Indu, divine spirit of beauty, brilliance and benevolence, pure and purifying presence, give us the wealth and power of leading lights and noble progeny worthy of the brave, blest with universal beauty and grace flowing in at the spiral speed of winds. O Spirit of life, bless the celebrant with good health and long age, and in the morning may the divine light and spirit of intelligence and will radiate to us.

✦ Sukta 94 · 5 verses ✦

9.94.1

अधि॒ यद॑स्मिन्वा॒जिनी॑व॒ शुभः॒ स्पर्ध॑न्ते॒ धियः॒ सूर्ये॒ न विशः॑ । अ॒पो वृ॑णा॒नः प॑वते कवी॒यन्व्र॒जं न प॑शु॒वर्ध॑नाय॒ मन्म॑ ॥

As people exert themselves for the achievement of light and brilliance and when their mind, thoughts and higher intelligence concentrate on this Soma, divine spirit of peace and inspiring brilliance, for illumination, then the Soma spirit, choosing, loving and enlightening the intelligence, thought and creativity of the devotee, radiates into the mind and spirit of the devotee for the augmentation and elevation of the thought, imagination and sensibility of the celebrant.

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9.94.2

द्वि॒ता व्यू॒र्ण्वन्न॒मृत॑स्य॒ धाम॑ स्व॒र्विदे॒ भुव॑नानि प्रथन्त । धियः॑ पिन्वा॒नाः स्वस॑रे॒ न गाव॑ ऋता॒यन्ती॑र॒भि वा॑वश्र॒ इन्दु॑म् ॥

For the man of divine vision the worlds of existence extend revealing the twofold, physical and spiritual, grandeur of the treasure-hold of immortal Soma. Like cows lowing in their own stall, the songs of divine Veda, inspiring and expanding in their own abode of the mind and nature, resound and celebrate the refulgent Indu, Soma, divine spirit of beauty, peace, power and bliss.

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9.94.3

परि॒ यत्क॒विः काव्या॒ भर॑ते॒ शूरो॒ न रथो॒ भुव॑नानि॒ विश्वा॑ । दे॒वेषु॒ यशो॒ मर्ता॑य॒ भूष॒न्दक्षा॑य रा॒यः पु॑रु॒भूषु॒ नव्यः॑ ॥

Soma, omniscient poetic spirit of the universe, which holds and brings us all celebrated beauties of the world and, as the omnipotent hero and master of the universal chariot, bears and sustains all regions of the universe, is the living glory in all divinities, magnificence for mortal humanity, wealth for the expert artist and ever new life in all forms of existence.

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9.94.4

श्रि॒ये जा॒तः श्रि॒य आ निरि॑याय॒ श्रियं॒ वयो॑ जरि॒तृभ्यो॑ दधाति । श्रियं॒ वसा॑ना अमृत॒त्वमा॑य॒न्भव॑न्ति स॒त्या स॑मि॒था मि॒तद्रौ॑ ॥

Soma manifests in glory for the grace and magnificence of the world, moves simultaneously, omnipresent, for glory and bears beauty and grace, health and age for the celebrants. The yajakas wearing vestments of immortality, with their oblations into the fire of measured law and movement, join together in truth and achieve their immortal meaning and purpose in the battle of life.

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9.94.5

इष॒मूर्ज॑म॒भ्य१॒॑र्षाश्वं॒ गामु॒रु ज्योतिः॑ कृणुहि॒ मत्सि॑ दे॒वान् । विश्वा॑नि॒ हि सु॒षहा॒ तानि॒ तुभ्यं॒ पव॑मान॒ बाध॑से सोम॒ शत्रू॑न् ॥

O Soma, spirit of divine peace and power, move and bring us food, energy and excellence, move and bring movement and progress, lands, cows and light of knowledge. Make these expansive and rising. Give joy and fulfilment to the noble sages, scholars and generous people. You are the power and courage of forbearance. O pure and purifying power, we pray and ask for these of you. You prevent and cast off the enemies and negative forces of life.

✦ Sukta 95 · 5 verses ✦

9.95.1

कनि॑क्रन्ति॒ हरि॒रा सृ॒ज्यमा॑नः॒ सीद॒न्वन॑स्य ज॒ठर॑ऋ पुना॒नः । नृभि॑र्य॒तः कृ॑णुते नि॒र्णिजं॒ गा अतो॑ म॒तीर्ज॑नयत स्व॒धाभिः॑ ॥

Soma, divine spirit blithe and blissful, saviour and sustainer, invoked in meditation, abiding in the heart core of the soul, pure and purifying, vibrates loud and bold. Served and adored and celebrated by devotees, it renders the senses, mind and intelligence pure and immaculate and then it gives rise to spontaneous songs of praise offered with complete surrender and self- sacrifice.

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9.95.2

हरिः॑ सृजा॒नः प॒थ्या॑मृ॒तस्येय॑र्ति॒ वाच॑मरि॒तेव॒ नाव॑म् । दे॒वो दे॒वानां॒ गुह्या॑नि॒ नामा॒विष्कृ॑णोति ब॒र्हिषि॑ प्र॒वाचे॑ ॥

Soma, saviour and sustainer of life, invoked and self-manifested, reveals and proclaims aloud the divine voice of the path to eternal truth guiding listeners to the shores of Infinity like a pilot rowing man to the sea shore. That same spirit, further, reveals the names, definitions, secrets and mysteries of existences in the meditative yajnic mind for expression and communication on the vedi.

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9.95.3

अ॒पामि॒वेदू॒र्मय॒स्तर्तु॑राणाः॒ प्र म॑नी॒षा ई॑रते॒ सोम॒मच्छ॑ । न॒म॒स्यन्ती॒रुप॑ च॒ यन्ति॒ सं चा च॑ विशन्त्युश॒तीरु॒शन्त॑म् ॥

Like waves of the sea pressing onward with force and speed, the songs of adoration rise and radiate with love to Soma. Expressive of ardent love, faith and reverence, they reach and join the divine presence which too is equally ardent and anxious to receive them.

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9.95.4

तं म॑र्मृजा॒नं म॑हि॒षं न साना॑वं॒शुं दु॑हन्त्यु॒क्षणं॑ गिरि॒ष्ठाम् । तं वा॑वशा॒नं म॒तयः॑ सचन्ते त्रि॒तो बि॑भर्ति॒ वरु॑णं समु॒द्रे ॥

That Soma spirit of existence, adored and exalted by devotees like the supreme presence on top of existence, subtlest and self-refulgent, virile and generous, abiding over clouds and mountains and reflected in divine voices, that same loving and beloved spirited and divinity, leading lights of humanity adore, join and milk forth for the nectar of life. The Spirit of three worlds over three times bears and sustains the law, justice and Dharma in space.

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9.95.5

इष्य॒न्वाच॑मुपव॒क्तेव॒ होतुः॑ पुना॒न इ॑न्दो॒ वि ष्या॑ मनी॒षाम् । इन्द्र॑श्च॒ यत्क्षय॑थः॒ सौभ॑गाय सु॒वीर्य॑स्य॒ पत॑यः स्याम ॥

Indu, spirit of peace, light and life of the world, lover of songs of adoration, pure and purifying, we pray you and Indra, omnipotent ruler, like prompter of the priest, abiding both together, give us the vision and wisdom of divinity for our good so that we may be masters of that courage, endurance and fighting force which is worthy of the brave.

✦ Sukta 96 · 23 verses ✦

9.96.1

प्र से॑ना॒नीः शूरो॒ अग्रे॒ रथा॑नां ग॒व्यन्ने॑ति॒ हर्ष॑ते अस्य॒ सेना॑ । भ॒द्रान्कृ॒ण्वन्नि॑न्द्रह॒वान्त्सखि॑भ्य॒ आ सोमो॒ वस्त्रा॑ रभ॒सानि॑ दत्ते ॥

Soma, heroic brave leader, warrior and commander, marches at the head of chariots, ardently ambitious for positive gains for the commonalty, his army follows with joyous enthusiasm. Thus nobly fulfilling the divine call of Indra for the advancement and excellence of the friends of humanity, Soma takes on the robe and role of peace and protection and the arms for the defence of humanity.

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9.96.2

सम॑स्य॒ हरिं॒ हर॑यो मृजन्त्यश्वह॒यैरनि॑शितं॒ नमो॑भिः । आ ति॑ष्ठति॒ रथ॒मिन्द्र॑स्य॒ सखा॑ वि॒द्वाँ ए॑ना सुम॒तिं या॒त्यच्छ॑ ॥

Active and self-sacrificing people of society with fast driving forces and incessant inputs of men, materials and committed loyalties empower the chariot of this leader of humanity.Also, the ruling Indra’s friend, a sagely scholar, comes up and joins the chariot, and with him Soma goes forward well with proper understanding, principles and policies.

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9.96.3

स नो॑ देव दे॒वता॑ते पवस्व म॒हे सो॑म॒ प्सर॑स इन्द्र॒पानः॑ । कृ॒ण्वन्न॒पो व॒र्षय॒न्द्यामु॒तेमामु॒रोरा नो॑ वरिवस्या पुना॒नः ॥

O divine Soma, you are the protector of the honour and excellence of humanity, indeed of the very soul of life. Come and bless our great and beautiful social yajna in honour of divinities, initiating, stimulating and exciting noble thoughts and actions, blessing this earth from heaven and the vast spaces with showers of divine favours of grace, purifying us and giving us fulfilment of our highest order of desire and ambition.

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9.96.4

अजी॑त॒येऽह॑तये पवस्व स्व॒स्तये॑ स॒र्वता॑तये बृह॒ते । तदु॑शन्ति॒ विश्व॑ इ॒मे सखा॑य॒स्तद॒हं व॑श्मि पवमान सोम ॥

O pure and purifying Soma, peace and power of divinity, come, purify and strengthen us against slavery and injury to our honour and excellence, come for our well being and universal welfare of high order. That gift of honour, freedom and welfare, all these friendly communities of the world love and pray for, that same I love, and that we all pray and strive for.

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9.96.5

सोमः॑ पवते जनि॒ता म॑ती॒नां ज॑नि॒ता दि॒वो ज॑नि॒ता पृ॑थि॒व्याः । ज॒नि॒ताग्नेर्ज॑नि॒ता सूर्य॑स्य जनि॒तेन्द्र॑स्य जनि॒तोत विष्णोः॑ ॥

Soma, spirit of divine peace, power and generous creativity, flows and purifies universally. It is generator of heavens, maker of the earth and creator of the nobilities of sagely wisdom, generator of fire, maker of the stars, manifester of its own omnipotence, and manifester of the omnipresence of its own self in expansive space.

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9.96.6

ब्र॒ह्मा दे॒वानां॑ पद॒वीः क॑वी॒नामृषि॒र्विप्रा॑णां महि॒षो मृ॒गाणा॑म् । श्ये॒नो गृध्रा॑णां॒ स्वधि॑ति॒र्वना॑नां॒ सोमः॑ प॒वित्र॒मत्ये॑ति॒ रेभ॑न् ॥

The Soma Spirit is Brahma, supreme over divinities, highest of the poets, divine seer among the wise, lion among the strongest animals, eagle among the birds of power, sword among the killers and, roaring and thundering, it goes forward, excels all others, and blesses the pure heart core of the soul.

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9.96.7

प्रावी॑विपद्वा॒च ऊ॒र्मिं न सिन्धु॒र्गिरः॒ सोमः॒ पव॑मानो मनी॒षाः । अ॒न्तः पश्य॑न्वृ॒जने॒माव॑रा॒ण्या ति॑ष्ठति वृष॒भो गोषु॑ जा॒नन् ॥

Soma stirs and inspires the flow of thought into speech as the sea stirs and rolls the waves of the flood. Pure and purifying, it inspires imagination, poetry and adoration. Pervading all within and watching, it abides in the closest intimacies of all yajna within and without and, potent as it is, knowing every thing, it energises all organs of thought and sense.

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9.96.8

स म॑त्स॒रः पृ॒त्सु व॒न्वन्नवा॑तः स॒हस्र॑रेता अ॒भि वाज॑मर्ष । इन्द्रा॑येन्दो॒ पव॑मानो मनी॒ष्यं१॒॑शोरू॒र्मिमी॑रय॒ गा इ॑ष॒ण्यन् ॥

Soma is inspiration, excitement and ecstasy. Itself unmoved, it destroys negativities in the yajnic battles of life. Power and generative vigour of a thousand sort, pray move and energise all power, energy and enthusiasm of life. Pure and purifying, O spirit of beauty, peace and power, thinker and imaginative creator, inspiring and energising all senses and imagination, pray let the waves of ecstasy roll and flow for Indra, spirit, honour and excellence of life for humanity.

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9.96.9

परि॑ प्रि॒यः क॒लशे॑ दे॒ववा॑त॒ इन्द्रा॑य॒ सोमो॒ रण्यो॒ मदा॑य । स॒हस्र॑धारः श॒तवा॑ज॒ इन्दु॑र्वा॒जी न सप्तिः॒ सम॑ना जिगाति ॥

Soma, spirit of peace, beauty and joy, dearest favourite of all, inspirer and worshipped of divinities and nobilities, beatific shower of joy in a thousand streams, commanding a hundred forms and orders of energy and power, all bliss at heart, radiates like the spirit of energy itself, moves, vibrates and blesses the pure heart core of the soul for its joy, honour and excellence.

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9.96.10

स पू॒र्व्यो व॑सु॒विज्जाय॑मानो मृजा॒नो अ॒प्सु दु॑दुहा॒नो अद्रौ॑ । अ॒भि॒श॒स्ति॒पा भुव॑नस्य॒ राजा॑ वि॒दद्गा॒तुं ब्रह्म॑णे पू॒यमा॑नः ॥

Soma, eternal spirit, master sustainer of the world and its wealth, universally manifestive, adored and exalted, distilled in the cloud and envisioned in thought and action, protector from evil and calumny, ruler and sustainer of the universe, knower and revealer of the paths to divinity is realised in purity and illumined in spiritual yajna of meditation for the attainment of the vision of eternity.

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9.96.11

त्वया॒ हि नः॑ पि॒तरः॑ सोम॒ पूर्वे॒ कर्मा॑णि च॒क्रुः प॑वमान॒ धीराः॑ । व॒न्वन्नवा॑तः परि॒धीँरपो॑र्णु वी॒रेभि॒रश्वै॑र्म॒घवा॑ भवा नः ॥

O Soma, pure and purifying spirit of the world, it is only by your grace that our forefathers of yore all time performed their acts of Dharma in life. Unhurt, unmoved and unchallenged, pray open up all inhibiting limitations and raise us to honour, excellence and glory with brave heroes and dynamic forces of progress and achievement.

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9.96.12

यथाप॑वथा॒ मन॑वे वयो॒धा अ॑मित्र॒हा व॑रिवो॒विद्ध॒विष्मा॑न् । ए॒वा प॑वस्व॒ द्रवि॑णं॒ दधा॑न॒ इन्द्रे॒ सं ति॑ष्ठ ज॒नयायु॑धानि ॥

As ever before for all time immemorial you vibrate, flow and purify humanity for their good, bearing good health and happy age, destroying negativities and enmities, knowing the wealth we need and bearing the wealth unbounded with honour and excellences of life and holy fragrances of the yajna of living, so now too, pray, vibrate, flow and purify, bearing wealth, honour and excellence, vest in the spirit of humanity and in human glory, and create the weapons of defence against the onslaughts of conflict and contradictions.

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9.96.13

पव॑स्व सोम॒ मधु॑माँ ऋ॒तावा॒पो वसा॑नो॒ अधि॒ सानो॒ अव्ये॑ । अव॒ द्रोणा॑नि घृ॒तवा॑न्ति सीद म॒दिन्त॑मो मत्स॒र इ॑न्द्र॒पानः॑ ॥

Flow, purify and bless, O Soma, rich in the honey sweets of life, high priest of cosmic yajna, reflecting in the cosmic processes of evolution on top of protective nature. Flow and abide in the depth of holy hearts deep in love and faith divine, O spirit most exhilarating, ecstatic and infinite source of fulfilment Flow, purify and bless, O Soma, rich in the honey sweets of life, high priest of cosmic yajna, reflecting in the cosmic processes of evolution on top of protective nature. Flow and abide in the depth of holy hearts deep in love and faith divine, O spirit most exhilarating, ecstatic and infinite source of fulfilment for Indra, potent vibrant soul, lover of divine glory.

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9.96.14

वृ॒ष्टिं दि॒वः श॒तधा॑रः पवस्व सहस्र॒सा वा॑ज॒युर्दे॒ववी॑तौ । सं सिन्धु॑भिः क॒लशे॑ वावशा॒नः समु॒स्रिया॑भिः प्रति॒रन्न॒ आयुः॑ ॥

O lord of thousandfold speed, power and victory, harbinger of a hundred showers of bliss, bring us showers of heavenly light for our yajnic worship of divinity. Loving and abiding in the holy hearts of celebrants, let streams of good health and joyous age flow to us with infinite oceans of love and bliss and showers of the light of knowledge.

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9.96.15

ए॒ष स्य सोमो॑ म॒तिभिः॑ पुना॒नोऽत्यो॒ न वा॒जी तर॒तीदरा॑तीः । पयो॒ न दु॒ग्धमदि॑तेरिषि॒रमु॒र्वि॑व गा॒तुः सु॒यमो॒ न वोळ्हा॑ ॥

This, the lord Soma, celebrated and exalted by devotees and wise sages, overcomes contradictions and negativities like a victor war horse trampling the enemies. It is delicious like the milk of the inviolable cow, sure guide like a wide path on earth, and unfailing carrier and saviour like a trained courser for the destination.

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9.96.16

स्वा॒यु॒धः सो॒तृभिः॑ पू॒यमा॑नो॒ऽभ्य॑र्ष॒ गुह्यं॒ चारु॒ नाम॑ । अ॒भि वाजं॒ सप्ति॑रिव श्रव॒स्याभि वा॒युम॒भि गा दे॑व सोम ॥

Wielding powers of law and justice, exalted by lovers and celebrants, O Name and Word beatific, come and bless the secret cave of the heart. O Soma, like an instant power of transportive ecstasy, take us to the strength and speed of success and fulfilment, lead us to honour and fame of excellence, take us to the vibrancy of the winds and, O lord of light and generosity, give us illuminative knowledge and perceptive and discriminative intelligence.

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9.96.18

ऋषि॑मना॒ य ऋ॑षि॒कृत्स्व॒र्षाः स॒हस्र॑णीथः पद॒वीः क॑वी॒नाम् । तृ॒तीयं॒ धाम॑ महि॒षः सिषा॑स॒न्त्सोमो॑ वि॒राज॒मनु॑ राजति॒ ष्टुप् ॥

Soma is the presence that is the universal seer and poetic creator, maker of poets, exalted by sages, shower streams of bliss, adored a thousand ways for infinite power and glory, ultimate love and desire of poets, awful refulgence radiating to the third blazing space beyond the earthly and paradisal regions of life, the presence that rules and illuminates the heart and soul beyond the state of existential involvement, the one loving, blessing, beatific ultimate object of adoration and worship.

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9.96.19

च॒मू॒षच्छ्ये॒नः श॑कु॒नो वि॒भृत्वा॑ गोवि॒न्दुर्द्र॒प्स आयु॑धानि॒ बिभ्र॑त् । अ॒पामू॒र्मिं सच॑मानः समु॒द्रं तु॒रीयं॒ धाम॑ महि॒षो वि॑वक्ति ॥

Pervading every form of life and nature, adorable supreme Soma presence of divinity, abiding with stars and planets in motion, bearing infinite powers, vibrating with the waves of nature’s dynamics, vesting the cosmic structure, transcends to the fourth state of absolute bliss. Only the mighty sage speaks of the presence beyond speech.

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9.96.20

मर्यो॒ न शु॒भ्रस्त॒न्वं॑ मृजा॒नोऽत्यो॒ न सृत्वा॑ स॒नये॒ धना॑नाम् । वृषे॑व यू॒था परि॒ कोश॒मर्ष॒न्कनि॑क्रदच्च॒म्वो॒३॒॑रा वि॑वेश ॥

Radiant and adorable Soma wearing the manifestive cosmic form like the mortal human wearing the body form, moving fast like radiations of light for the realisation of world’s wealth by pervading, vibrating like a mighty power across the cosmic structure as a virile leader, fills the skies between earth and heaven and abides there proclaiming its presence loud and bold.

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9.96.21

पव॑स्वेन्दो॒ पव॑मानो॒ महो॑भिः॒ कनि॑क्रद॒त्परि॒ वारा॑ण्यर्ष । क्रीळ॑ञ्च॒म्वो॒३॒॑रा वि॑श पू॒यमा॑न॒ इन्द्रं॑ ते॒ रसो॑ मदि॒रो म॑मत्तु ॥

O spirit of light divine, beauty and peace, flow, pure and purifying, adored and exalted by great souls, radiate bright and bold and self-proclaimed, and seep into the heart core of chosen souls. Come playing over and between heaven and earth, enter pure and exalted, and may your exalting spirit of ecstasy exhilarate and exalt the soul and its glory in the world of existence.

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9.96.22

प्रास्य॒ धारा॑ बृह॒तीर॑सृग्रन्न॒क्तो गोभिः॑ क॒लशाँ॒ आ वि॑वेश । साम॑ कृ॒ण्वन्त्सा॑म॒न्यो॑ विप॒श्चित्क्रन्द॑न्नेत्य॒भि सख्यु॒र्न जा॒मिम् ॥

The streams of this Soma joy flow vaulting full, and the spirit adorned by songs of celebration seeps into the heart core of chosen souls. Thus does Soma, creating peace, supreme peace itself, cosmic intelligence omniscient, goes forward with humanity proclaiming its presence and loving like a twin brother and sister.

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9.96.23

अ॒प॒घ्नन्ने॑षि पवमान॒ शत्रू॑न्प्रि॒यां न जा॒रो अ॒भिगी॑त॒ इन्दुः॑ । सीद॒न्वने॑षु शकु॒नो न पत्वा॒ सोमः॑ पुना॒नः क॒लशे॑षु॒ सत्ता॑ ॥

O spirit pure and purifying, you go forward bright and blissful, loving life, casting off and destroying enemy forces of negation and contradiction against life, moving like a lover cleansed by fire to meet his lady love, sitting in the hearts of lovers and admirers, flying like the eagle bird to its nest, and pure, exalted and edifying, abiding in the heart core of the celebrants.

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9.96.24

आ ते॒ रुचः॒ पव॑मानस्य सोम॒ योषे॑व यन्ति सु॒दुघाः॑ सुधा॒राः । हरि॒रानी॑तः पुरु॒वारो॑ अ॒प्स्वचि॑क्रदत्क॒लशे॑ देवयू॒नाम् ॥

The rays of your light and glory, O Soma, spirit pure, purifying and radiating, replete with life energy streaming forth, rain in showers like the love of a youthful mother. The divine spirit, destroyer of want and suffering, love and choice of all humanity, manifests bright and beautiful in the dynamics of nature and in the heart and actions of the lovers of divinity.

✦ Sukta 97 · 58 verses ✦

9.97.1

अ॒स्य प्रे॒षा हे॒मना॑ पू॒यमा॑नो दे॒वो दे॒वेभिः॒ सम॑पृक्त॒ रस॑म् । सु॒तः प॒वित्रं॒ पर्ये॑ति॒ रेभ॑न्मि॒तेव॒ सद्म॑ पशु॒मान्ति॒ होता॑ ॥

Divine Soma, moved and energised by the surge of golden impulse, joins its potency with the senses and mind, and thus seasoned and empowered, vibrant with vitality, it moves to the holiness of the heart like a sanative, or as a priest going to a yajnic enclosure, seat and anchor of sensitive visionary powers of humanity.

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9.97.2

भ॒द्रा वस्त्रा॑ सम॒न्या॒३॒॑ वसा॑नो म॒हान्क॒विर्नि॒वच॑नानि॒ शंस॑न् । आ व॑च्यस्व च॒म्वोः॑ पू॒यमा॑नो विचक्ष॒णो जागृ॑विर्दे॒ववी॑तौ ॥

O holy Soma power, pure, purified and purifying, wearing vestments of a fighting force, great and creative, expressive loud and bold, come, expand and resound between heaven and earth over all things material and spiritual, ever watchful, ever awake, in the service of divinities in yajna.

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9.97.3

समु॑ प्रि॒यो मृ॑ज्यते॒ सानो॒ अव्ये॑ य॒शस्त॑रो य॒शसां॒ क्षैतो॑ अ॒स्मे । अ॒भि स्व॑र॒ धन्वा॑ पू॒यमा॑नो यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

O Soma spirit of power and poetic creativity, exalted on top of protection, defence and advancement, honoured of the honourable, of the earth earthy for our sake, shine and resound across the spaces. O divinities, pray protect and promote us with all round well being and good fortune for all time.

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9.97.4

प्र गा॑यता॒भ्य॑र्चाम दे॒वान्त्सोमं॑ हिनोत मह॒ते धना॑य । स्वा॒दुः प॑वाते॒ अति॒ वार॒मव्य॒मा सी॑दाति क॒लशं॑ देव॒युर्नः॑ ॥

Sing and celebrate, let us honour the divinities and exhort Soma for great victory and achievement of wealth, honour and excellence. Sweet and lovable, Soma rises to the protective position of choice and, loving the divinities, it abides in the right position at the centre.

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9.97.5

इन्दु॑र्दे॒वाना॒मुप॑ स॒ख्यमा॒यन्त्स॒हस्र॑धारः पवते॒ मदा॑य । नृभिः॒ स्तवा॑नो॒ अनु॒ धाम॒ पूर्व॒मग॒न्निन्द्रं॑ मह॒ते सौभ॑गाय ॥

Indu, Soma spirit of light and life, coming close to friendship of the divinities, purifies and flows in a thousand streams for the joy of humanity. Adored by leading lights, it rises to the top of honour and glory in keeping with its position and reaches Indra, the ruling soul, for the great good fortune of society.

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9.97.6

स्तो॒त्रे रा॒ये हरि॑रर्षा पुना॒न इन्द्रं॒ मदो॑ गच्छतु ते॒ भरा॑य । दे॒वैर्या॑हि स॒रथं॒ राधो॒ अच्छा॑ यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

O Hari, Soma spirit destroyer of suffering, flow pure and purifying for the achievement of wealth, honour and excellence when songs are sung and yajna is performed. O Soma, may your vigour and ecstasy flow to Indra, the ruling soul, for the sake of victory and human glory. May your power and potential come well with the light and vigour of divinities by the chariot of glory and may all the divinities protect and promote us with all round well being and good fortune for all time.

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9.97.7

प्र काव्य॑मु॒शने॑व ब्रुवा॒णो दे॒वो दे॒वानां॒ जनि॑मा विवक्ति । महि॑व्रतः॒ शुचि॑बन्धुः पाव॒कः प॒दा व॑रा॒हो अ॒भ्ये॑ति॒ रेभ॑न् ॥

The brilliant poet, singing like an inspired fiery power divine, reveals the origin of nature’s divinities and the rise of human brilliancies. Great is his commitment, inviolable his discipline, bonded is he with purity as a brother, having chosen light of the sun and shower of clouds for his element, and he goes forward proclaiming the message of his vision by the paths of piety.

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9.97.8

प्र हं॒सास॑स्तृ॒पलं॑ म॒न्युमच्छा॒मादस्तं॒ वृष॑गणा अयासुः । आ॒ङ्गू॒ष्यं१॒॑ पव॑मानं॒ सखा॑यो दु॒र्मर्षं॑ सा॒कं प्र व॑दन्ति वा॒णम् ॥

Like hansa birds of discriminative taste by instinct, judicious poets and scholars spontaneously come home to passion and ardour of thought and imagination free from fear and violence and, together in unison as a band of friends, generous and mighty of power and understanding, sing and celebrate the adorable, pure and purifying unforgettable Soma source of beauty, music and poetry.

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9.97.9

स रं॑हत उरुगा॒यस्य॑ जू॒तिं वृथा॒ क्रीळ॑न्तं मिमते॒ न गावः॑ । प॒री॒ण॒सं कृ॑णुते ति॒ग्मशृ॑ङ्गो॒ दिवा॒ हरि॒र्ददृ॑शे॒ नक्त॑मृ॒ज्रः ॥

That Soma source of beauty, music and poetry is ever dynamic spontaneously playing the sportive game. The power, force and velocity of that presence, the mind and senses do not comprehend. The spirit of ultimate penetrative and pervasive power reflects infinite possibilities, the beatific saviour manifests its omnipotence day and night.

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9.97.10

इन्दु॑र्वा॒जी प॑वते॒ गोन्यो॑घा॒ इन्द्रे॒ सोमः॒ सह॒ इन्व॒न्मदा॑य । हन्ति॒ रक्षो॒ बाध॑ते॒ पर्यरा॑ती॒र्वरि॑वः कृ॒ण्वन्वृ॒जन॑स्य॒ राजा॑ ॥

Indu, brilliant Soma, energetic and victorious, pure and purifying, vibrant and dynamic, creating strength, patience and endurance for the soul’s joy, is ever on the move. It destroys evil, prevents negativities and opposition and casts them far off, and, giving wealth, honour and excellence of the best order of our choice, rules as the brilliant creator, controller and dispenser of strength, courage, power and life saving vitality in existence.

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9.97.11

अध॒ धार॑या॒ मध्वा॑ पृचा॒नस्ति॒रो रोम॑ पवते॒ अद्रि॑दुग्धः । इन्दु॒रिन्द्र॑स्य स॒ख्यं जु॑षा॒णो दे॒वो दे॒वस्य॑ मत्स॒रो मदा॑य ॥

And by streams of honey shower, joining spiritual awareness, overflowing the heart cave, Soma, distilled from the adamantine practice of meditative self- control, flows pure, purifying, wholly fulfilling. The brilliant divine spirit of joy cherishing friendly communion with Indra, the Soul, is the ecstasy meant for the joyous fulfilment of the soul.

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9.97.12

अ॒भि प्रि॒याणि॑ पवते पुना॒नो दे॒वो दे॒वान्त्स्वेन॒ रसे॑न पृ॒ञ्चन् । इन्दु॒र्धर्मा॑ण्यृतु॒था वसा॑नो॒ दश॒ क्षिपो॑ अव्यत॒ सानो॒ अव्ये॑ ॥

To all dear loving ones flows divine and brilliant Soma, pure, purifying and fulfilling the noble sages with its nectar of ecstasy. May the brilliant joyous divinity, pervading and shining with virtues according to time and season, purify and fulfill us on top of this protective world of ten senses, ten pranas and ten gross and subtle elements.

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9.97.13

वृषा॒ शोणो॑ अभि॒कनि॑क्रद॒द्गा न॒दय॑न्नेति पृथि॒वीमु॒त द्याम् । इन्द्र॑स्येव व॒ग्नुरा शृ॑ण्व आ॒जौ प्र॑चे॒तय॑न्नर्षति॒ वाच॒मेमाम् ॥

Generous, joyous and refulgent Soma spirit divine pervades the stars and planets and vibrates in the sun rays, making the heaven and earth resound. It is the very voice of Indra, lord omnipotent, heard in the dynamics of existence, awakening the spirit, and it inspires this holy speech to burst forth in adoration.

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9.97.14

र॒साय्यः॒ पय॑सा॒ पिन्व॑मान ई॒रय॑न्नेषि॒ मधु॑मन्तमं॒शुम् । पव॑मानः संत॒निमे॑षि कृ॒ण्वन्निन्द्रा॑य सोम परिषि॒च्यमा॑नः ॥

O Soma, stream of divine joy exalted with songs of praise, inspiring honey sweets of vital growth and enlightenment, you go forward, pure and purifying, and release continuous showers of ecstasy for the soul for its grandeur and glory when you are honoured and adored by the celebrants.

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9.97.15

ए॒वा प॑वस्व मदि॒रो मदा॑योदग्रा॒भस्य॑ न॒मय॑न्वध॒स्नैः । परि॒ वर्णं॒ भर॑माणो॒ रुश॑न्तं ग॒व्युर्नो॑ अर्ष॒ परि॑ सोम सि॒क्तः ॥

Thus vibrate and flow on, spirit of ecstasy, for joy, bending and breaking the clouds which hold up the rain and radiations of light, and, bearing bright light and illuminative varieties of knowledge, continue to flow on, O

Soma, generous and exalted presence, lover of showers and light and bearer of the bolt of power and force to strike down the negativities.

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9.97.16

जु॒ष्ट्वी न॑ इन्दो सु॒पथा॑ सु॒गान्यु॒रौ प॑वस्व॒ वरि॑वांसि कृ॒ण्वन् । घ॒नेव॒ विष्व॑ग्दुरि॒तानि॑ वि॒घ्नन्नधि॒ ष्णुना॑ धन्व॒ सानो॒ अव्ये॑ ॥

Indu, refulgent Soma, happy and kind, flow and purify us, creating simple and straight paths of living in the wide world and giving us honest and virtuous wealth and honours of our choice. Destroying all evils of the world as thunder of the clouds, let ceaseless streams of joy flow for us and protect us on top of the protective world.

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9.97.17

वृ॒ष्टिं नो॑ अर्ष दि॒व्यां जि॑ग॒त्नुमिळा॑वतीं शं॒गयीं॑ जी॒रदा॑नुम् । स्तुके॑व वी॒ता ध॑न्वा विचि॒न्वन्बन्धूँ॑रि॒माँ अव॑राँ इन्दो वा॒यून् ॥

O Soma, refulgent giver, bring us celestial rains, dynamic and universal, productive and illuminative, peace giving and abundantly generous. Selecting and favouring like loved children these friendly and brotherly people here and elsewhere, vibrant as winds, pray inspire and energise them to live a full joyous life.

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9.97.18

ग्र॒न्थिं न वि ष्य॑ ग्रथि॒तं पु॑ना॒न ऋ॒जुं च॑ गा॒तुं वृ॑जि॒नं च॑ सोम । अत्यो॒ न क्र॑दो॒ हरि॒रा सृ॑जा॒नो मर्यो॑ देव धन्व प॒स्त्या॑वान् ॥

O Soma, pure, purifying and refulgent divinity, liberate the man in chains, breaking the bond as you untie a tough knot. Make the paths of life simple and straight, let the strength be natural and sincere, free from guile. Spirit of divinity, you roar as thunder, you are saviour and sustainer, creator and maker of the mortal humanity, and you are the sole master of the universe, your home

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9.97.19

जुष्टो॒ मदा॑य दे॒वता॑त इन्दो॒ परि॒ ष्णुना॑ धन्व॒ सानो॒ अव्ये॑ । स॒हस्र॑धारः सुर॒भिरद॑ब्धः॒ परि॑ स्रव॒ वाज॑सातौ नृ॒षह्ये॑ ॥

O Soma, refulgent spirit of divinity, lover of joy and loved for the sake of joy, in yajna, pray flow, inspire and energise us on top of safety, security and prosperity with incessant stream of joy. Undaunted and invincible, let a thousand streams of ecstasy flow, let the breeze of fragrance blow, in the battle for victory worthy of brave humanity.

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9.97.20

अ॒र॒श्मानो॒ ये॑ऽर॒था अयु॑क्ता॒ अत्या॑सो॒ न स॑सृजा॒नास॑ आ॒जौ । ए॒ते शु॒क्रासो॑ धन्वन्ति॒ सोमा॒ देवा॑स॒स्ताँ उप॑ याता॒ पिब॑ध्यै ॥

Soma streams of ecstasy, unfettered, unbound, uninvolved, flow free like radiations of energy, refulgent, pure and consecrated, inspiring and energising in the yajnic battle of life. Let the leading lights of humanity advance and join the yajna to drink of the nectar.

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9.97.21

ए॒वा न॑ इन्दो अ॒भि दे॒ववी॑तिं॒ परि॑ स्रव॒ नभो॒ अर्ण॑श्च॒मूषु॑ । सोमो॑ अ॒स्मभ्यं॒ काम्यं॑ बृ॒हन्तं॑ र॒यिं द॑दातु वी॒रव॑न्तमु॒ग्रम् ॥

Thus O self-refulgent Indu, spirit of divine peace, power, beauty and prosperity, let there be a shower of light and knowledge on us in yajna. Let showers of rain fill our tanks, lakes and rivers and fructify our fields and gardens. May Soma give us wealth, honour and excellence of the highest order of our choice with mighty brave heroes.

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9.97.22

तक्ष॒द्यदी॒ मन॑सो॒ वेन॑तो॒ वाग्ज्येष्ठ॑स्य वा॒ धर्म॑णि॒ क्षोरनी॑के । आदी॑माय॒न्वर॒मा वा॑वशा॒ना जुष्टं॒ पतिं॑ क॒लशे॒ गाव॒ इन्दु॑म् ॥

If the language of the mind in words of love of the vibrant sage of worshipful devotion, established in the beauty and splendour of the supreme spirit and law of the universe, were to visualise the picture-presence of Soma, ultimate sustenance of life, then all perceptions, thoughts and imaginations, loving and faithful, would move and concentrate into that presence of the choicest, most loved and beatific master vibrating in the heart core of the soul.

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9.97.23

प्र दा॑नु॒दो दि॒व्यो दा॑नुपि॒न्व ऋ॒तमृ॒ताय॑ पवते सुमे॒धाः । ध॒र्मा भु॑वद्वृज॒न्य॑स्य॒ राजा॒ प्र र॒श्मिभि॑र्द॒शभि॑र्भारि॒ भूम॑ ॥

Most charitable giver, heavenly, promoter of liberal philanthropists, self-refulgent inspirer of noble intelligence, Soma purifies and enhances the rectitude of the enlightened. Being the sustainer of Dharma, master ruler of all powers and forces of the universe, the mighty Soma sustains the world by the dynamics of the ten gross and subtle elements of nature

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9.97.24

प॒वित्रे॑भिः॒ पव॑मानो नृ॒चक्षा॒ राजा॑ दे॒वाना॑मु॒त मर्त्या॑नाम् । द्वि॒ता भु॑वद्रयि॒पती॑ रयी॒णामृ॒तं भ॑र॒त्सुभृ॑तं॒ चार्विन्दुः॑ ॥

Flowing and purifying by its pervasive presence of sanctity, all watching Soma is the ruler of all divine forces of both nature and humanity. Controller of both nature and humanity, presiding over the dynamics of universal law, bearing and sustaining the cosmos, brilliant and beatific, Soma is the master, ruler and dispenser of all wealth, honours and excellence of the world.

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9.97.25

अर्वाँ॑ इव॒ श्रव॑से सा॒तिमच्छेन्द्र॑स्य वा॒योर॒भि वी॒तिम॑र्ष । स नः॑ स॒हस्रा॑ बृह॒तीरिषो॑ दा॒ भवा॑ सोम द्रविणो॒वित्पु॑ना॒नः ॥

Vibrate and flow for the good of Indra, the soul in search of power, and for Vayu, the vibrant seeker of Karma, radiating like energy itself for the sake of honour and success in yajna. O Soma, knowing and commanding wealth and power, pure and purifying, be the giver of a thousand powers of sustenance, energy and enlightenment for us.

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9.97.26

दे॒वा॒व्यो॑ नः परिषि॒च्यमा॑नाः॒ क्षयं॑ सु॒वीरं॑ धन्वन्त॒ सोमाः॑ । आ॒य॒ज्यवः॑ सुम॒तिं वि॒श्ववा॑रा॒ होता॑रो॒ न दि॑वि॒यजो॑ म॒न्द्रत॑माः ॥

May showers of the power and grace of Soma, generous to the divinities of nature and nobilities of humanity, served, adored and sanctifying, bless our peaceful home with noble heroes of action. Creative they are by nature’s yajna, overflowing with universal light and intelligence like yajakas in the regions of the sun where universal Soma yajna is going on, and they are the most inspiring and most beatific.

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9.97.27

ए॒वा दे॑व दे॒वता॑ते पवस्व म॒हे सो॑म॒ प्सर॑से देव॒पानः॑ । म॒हश्चि॒द्धि ष्मसि॑ हि॒ताः स॑म॒र्ये कृ॒धि सु॑ष्ठा॒ने रोद॑सी पुना॒नः ॥

O self-refulgent Soma, sanctifier and giver of fulfilment to the holy and nobly brave in yajna, flow, inspire and energise us for the achievement of a great organised social order. Pure and purifying power of divinity, great we shall be, for sure, nobly inspired and committed to the good in the battle of life. Make the earth and the global environment, heavens and the skies, noble, good and creative as a home good for the progress of life.

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9.97.28

अश्वो॒ नो क्र॑दो॒ वृष॑भिर्युजा॒नः सिं॒हो न भी॒मो मन॑सो॒ जवी॑यान् । अ॒र्वा॒चीनैः॑ प॒थिभि॒र्ये रजि॑ष्ठा॒ आ प॑वस्व सौमन॒सं न॑ इन्दो ॥

Roaring as thunder and lightning, awful as a lion, faster than mind, enjoining and inspiring the generous and the brave, O lord self-refulgent and gracious, come by the latest modern paths which are simple, natural and true, and purify, inspire and energise the noble power and virtue of our mind and soul.

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9.97.29

श॒तं धारा॑ दे॒वजा॑ता असृग्रन्त्स॒हस्र॑मेनाः क॒वयो॑ मृजन्ति । इन्दो॑ स॒नित्रं॑ दि॒व आ प॑वस्व पुरए॒तासि॑ मह॒तो धन॑स्य ॥

Hundred streams of soma joy born of divinity flow for the divinities of nature and nobilities of humanity.Athousand ways poets and sages sing of them, adore and exalt them. O self-refulgent lord of bliss and generosity, let the holiest wealth and virtue flow from the light of divinity. You alone are the eternal, original and prime giver of the great wealth, honour and excellence of life.

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9.97.30

दि॒वो न सर्गा॑ अससृग्र॒मह्नां॒ राजा॒ न मि॒त्रं प्र मि॑नाति॒ धीरः॑ । पि॒तुर्न पु॒त्रः क्रतु॑भिर्यता॒न आ प॑वस्व वि॒शे अ॒स्या अजी॑तिम् ॥

As the rays of day light radiate from the sun, as a good ruler does not hurt the people and treats them as friends, as the son tries by yajnic actions to win the father’s love and favour, so O Soma, come to bless this people and assure their victory and progress.

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9.97.31

प्र ते॒ धारा॒ मधु॑मतीरसृग्र॒न्वारा॒न्यत्पू॒तो अ॒त्येष्यव्या॑न् । पव॑मान॒ पव॑से॒ धाम॒ गोनां॑ जज्ञा॒नः सूर्य॑मपिन्वो अ॒र्कैः ॥

O Soma, the honeyed showers of your gifts radiate and flow when you, with your power and purity, move to your favourite choices well protective and well protected. Indeed, pure and purifying, you move and bless the treasure homes of light, and, self-manifesting and generative, you vest the sun with the light that illuminates the days.

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9.97.32

कनि॑क्रद॒दनु॒ पन्था॑मृ॒तस्य॑ शु॒क्रो वि भा॑स्य॒मृत॑स्य॒ धाम॑ । स इन्द्रा॑य पवसे मत्स॒रवा॑न्हिन्वा॒नो वाचं॑ म॒तिभिः॑ कवी॒नाम् ॥

Loud and bold you reveal the path of truth and rectitude and define the eternal law of existence. Self- refulgent, immaculate and omnipotent, you shine in glory, the very abode of immortality. You vibrate, radiate and sanctify for the sake of Indra, the soul of the karma- yogi, and for the conscience of humanity, inspiring the poets and sages with vision and imagination and the visionary scientists with thought to burst forth in spontaneous songs of adoration, you being the treasure- hold of ecstasy, indeed ecstasy itself.

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9.97.33

दि॒व्यः सु॑प॒र्णोऽव॑ चक्षि सोम॒ पिन्व॒न्धाराः॒ कर्म॑णा दे॒ववी॑तौ । एन्दो॑ विश क॒लशं॑ सोम॒धानं॒ क्रन्द॑न्निहि॒ सूर्य॒स्योप॑ र॒श्मिम् ॥

Heavenly light, super-abundant spirit of peace, protection and divine bliss, O Soma, reveal yourself, speak and shine, and let the rising streams of your presence flow into our divine life-yajna with higher and higher potential. O Spirit of peace and protection, bliss and beauty, consecrate this heart-core of the soul open to Soma, awaiting, come resounding, and let the radiations of refulgent divinity illuminate and sanctify us.

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9.97.34

ति॒स्रो वाच॑ ईरयति॒ प्र वह्नि॑ॠ॒तस्य॑ धी॒तिं ब्रह्म॑णो मनी॒षाम् । गावो॑ यन्ति॒ गोप॑तिं पृ॒च्छमा॑नाः॒ सोमं॑ यन्ति म॒तयो॑ वावशा॒नाः ॥

Soma inspires three orders of speech: practical speech that carries on the daily business of life, the thought that conceives of the vibrant immanent divine presence, and the deeper language of silence which is the mode of transcendent reality. The language operations of daily business move in search of the master source of world mystery as in science and philosophy, and the speech of thought and imagination and of love and worship moves to the presence of peace and bliss, Soma. (The three speeches in Vedic language are Ida, Sarasvati, and Mahi or Bharati as described in Rgveda 1, 13, 9 and Yajurveda 21, 19. Explained another way these are the language of the Rks or knowledge, Yajus or karma, and Samans or worship.)

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9.97.35

सोमं॒ गावो॑ धे॒नवो॑ वावशा॒नाः सोमं॒ विप्रा॑ म॒तिभिः॑ पृ॒च्छमा॑नाः । सोमः॑ सु॒तः पू॑यते अ॒ज्यमा॑नः॒ सोमे॑ अ॒र्कास्त्रि॒ष्टुभः॒ सं न॑वन्ते ॥

Dynamic and creative languages of love and faith celebrate Soma, the languages of scholars enquiring into reality with thought and analysis concentrate on Soma. It is Soma which, distilled from observation and experience and crystallised in nature and function, is sought to be comprehended or apprehended in the language medium. Indeed all speech media of description, definition, comprehension, apprehension, celebration or adoration arise from Soma and merge into Soma.

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9.97.36

ए॒वा नः॑ सोम परिषि॒च्यमा॑न॒ आ प॑वस्व पू॒यमा॑नः स्व॒स्ति । इन्द्र॒मा वि॑श बृह॒ता रवे॑ण व॒र्धया॒ वाचं॑ ज॒नया॒ पुरं॑धिम् ॥

Thus, O Soma, served, adored and celebrated with your power and purity, let your presence radiate and purify us for our good and all round well being. Come and settle in the soul with the mighty voice of divinity. Generate and exalt the awareness and speech of vision and celebration communicative of high divine realisation.

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9.97.37

आ जागृ॑वि॒र्विप्र॑ ऋ॒ता म॑ती॒नां सोमः॑ पुना॒नो अ॑सदच्च॒मूषु॑ । सप॑न्ति॒ यं मि॑थु॒नासो॒ निका॑मा अध्व॒र्यवो॑ रथि॒रासः॑ सु॒हस्ताः॑ ॥

Ever wakeful, all intelligent, ever true, pure, purifying and celebrated, Soma abides in the heart core of the visionary sages, and him, loving yajakas dedicated to yajna of love and non-violence, noble of action commanding their body chariot of personality, together serve, adore and worship with high love and devotion of their mind and soul.

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9.97.38

स पु॑ना॒न उप॒ सूरे॒ न धातोभे अ॑प्रा॒ रोद॑सी॒ वि ष आ॑वः । प्रि॒या चि॒द्यस्य॑ प्रिय॒सास॑ ऊ॒ती स तू धनं॑ का॒रिणे॒ न प्र यं॑सत् ॥

That Soma, pure and purifying, creator and sustainer, pervades and fills the heaven and earth as it abides in the sun and destroys darkness and ignorance. Dearer than dear are its powers for our protection for sure. May Soma give us wealth, honour and excellence as one would give wealth to the artist.

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9.97.39

स व॑र्धि॒ता वर्ध॑नः पू॒यमा॑नः॒ सोमो॑ मी॒ढ्वाँ अ॒भि नो॒ ज्योति॑षावीत् । येना॑ नः॒ पूर्वे॑ पि॒तरः॑ पद॒ज्ञाः स्व॒र्विदो॑ अ॒भि गा अद्रि॑मु॒ष्णन् ॥

Soma, exalted and exalting, pure and purifying, virile and generous, may, we pray, protect and promote us with the light of knowledge by which our forefathers, knowing the meaning and purpose of life step by step with a passionate desire for knowledge, rising to the sun, attained to the ultimate freedom and bliss of heaven.

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9.97.40

अक्रा॑न्त्समु॒द्रः प्र॑थ॒मे विध॑र्मञ्ज॒नय॑न्प्र॒जा भुव॑नस्य॒ राजा॑ । वृषा॑ प॒वित्रे॒ अधि॒ सानो॒ अव्ये॑ बृ॒हत्सोमो॑ वावृधे सुवा॒न इन्दुः॑ ॥

Soma, prime cause of the world of existence, unfathomable as ocean, taking on by itself countless causes of existence in the vast vault of space and time, roaring and generating the evolving stars, planets and forms of life, is the ruling power of the universe. Potent and generous, infinite, creative and generative, refulgent Soma pervades the immaculate, sacred and protective universe and on top of it expands it and transcends.

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9.97.41

म॒हत्तत्सोमो॑ महि॒षश्च॑कारा॒पां यद्गर्भोऽवृ॑णीत दे॒वान् । अद॑धा॒दिन्द्रे॒ पव॑मान॒ ओजोऽज॑नय॒त्सूर्ये॒ ज्योति॒रिन्दुः॑ ॥

Soma, potent absolute, generated the Mahat mode of Prakrti, Mother Nature, which is the womb of all elements, energies and forms of existence and which comprehends all perceptive, intelligential and psychic powers as well. And then the creative-generative lord of evolutionary action, Soma, vested lustre and energy in Indra, the soul, and, lord of light as it is, Soma vested light in the sun.

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9.97.42

मत्सि॑ वा॒युमि॒ष्टये॒ राध॑से च॒ मत्सि॑ मि॒त्रावरु॑णा पू॒यमा॑नः । मत्सि॒ शर्धो॒ मारु॑तं॒ मत्सि॑ दे॒वान्मत्सि॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी दे॑व सोम ॥

O self-refulgent Soma, you energise the Vayu for its windy fulfilment and accomplishment of the purpose of creative evolution and, purifying and sanctifying as you are, you energise and fulfil the centripetal and centrifugal modes of energy. You energise the sense of courage, boldness and even defiance of stormy energy, you energise the senses, mind and intelligence, and you energise and fulfil the heaven, earth and the skies of space.

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9.97.43

ऋ॒जुः प॑वस्व वृजि॒नस्य॑ ह॒न्तापामी॑वां॒ बाध॑मानो॒ मृध॑श्च । अ॒भि॒श्री॒णन्पयः॒ पय॑सा॒भि गोना॒मिन्द्र॑स्य॒ त्वं तव॑ व॒यं सखा॑यः ॥

Flow on, creative power, pure and purifying, simple, straight and natural, destroyer of crookedness, driving away and warding off violence and negativities, extending and refining knowledge with knowledge of the dynamics of nature, mind and senses. You and we, then, are friends and cooperators in progress, O friend of the karma-yogi.

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9.97.44

मध्वः॒ सूदं॑ पवस्व॒ वस्व॒ उत्सं॑ वी॒रं च॑ न॒ आ प॑वस्वा॒ भगं॑ च । स्वद॒स्वेन्द्रा॑य॒ पव॑मान इन्दो र॒यिं च॑ न॒ आ प॑वस्वा समु॒द्रात् ॥

Pacify and consecrate the springs of honey sweets and let these flow free, let abundance of wealth, honour and excellence, let power, prosperity and glory flow to us all. Spirit and power of peace and purity, refulgent and beatific Indu, be sweet and kind for the soul. Let immense wealth flow from the bottomless sea.

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9.97.45

सोमः॑ सु॒तो धार॒यात्यो॒ न हित्वा॒ सिन्धु॒र्न नि॒म्नम॒भि वा॒ज्य॑क्षाः । आ योनिं॒ वन्य॑मसदत्पुना॒नः समिन्दु॒र्गोभि॑रसर॒त्सम॒द्भिः ॥

Soma, self-existent Spirit of creativity realised and exalted by humanity, inspiring and energising like radiations of light, rushing down in streams like a flood, pray come with the glory of victory. May the spirit of Soma, pure and purifying, flow and bless the loved heart core of the soul. May the spirit, bright and illuminating, flow with showers of knowledge and enlightenment and beatify us with the soothing waters of peace for the mind, senses and the soul.

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9.97.46

ए॒ष स्य ते॑ पवत इन्द्र॒ सोम॑श्च॒मूषु॒ धीर॑ उश॒ते तव॑स्वान् । स्व॑र्चक्षा रथि॒रः स॒त्यशु॑ष्मः॒ कामो॒ न यो दे॑वय॒तामस॑र्जि ॥

Hey Indra, dear soul, it is that Soma, Spirit of divinity which flows free and purifying for you, the human lover that cherish the Spirit. Pervasive in the holy hearts and indeed in all forms of existence, constant, almighty, watching, radiating and revealing, itself the light of heaven, master of the cosmic chariot, inviolably true in its potential, it flows free like the love as well as the lover of the celebrants of divinity.

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9.97.47

ए॒ष प्र॒त्नेन॒ वय॑सा पुना॒नस्ति॒रो वर्पां॑सि दुहि॒तुर्दधा॑नः । वसा॑नः॒ शर्म॑ त्रि॒वरू॑थम॒प्सु होते॑व याति॒ सम॑नेषु॒ रेभ॑न् ॥

This Soma, for eternity, bearing eternal life energy for body, mind and soul, pure, purifying, sanctifying, sustaining and yet transcending all existential forms of its generated world, its darling daughter, pervading, loving and enlightening the holy peaceful three-level universe of heaven, earth and the middle regions sustained in the atomic dynamics of nature’s laws, goes on and on resounding as the high- priest and chief yajaka through the creative-conflictive- evolving orders of yajnic mutability reaching the divine destination.

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9.97.48

नू न॒स्त्वं र॑थि॒रो दे॑व सोम॒ परि॑ स्रव च॒म्वोः॑ पू॒यमा॑नः । अ॒प्सु स्वादि॑ष्ठो॒ मधु॑माँ ऋ॒तावा॑ दे॒वो न यः स॑वि॒ता स॒त्यम॑न्मा ॥

Verily to us for our vision and experience, you, O master of the cosmic chariot, refulgent Soma, flow on in the mighty forms of existence both physical and psychic. Flow on, pure, purifying and sanctifying in the dynamics of nature, flow into our actions, thoughts and words. Flow on, sweetest spirit, bearing honeyed joys of life, the very spirit of truth and eternal law, you who are self-refulgent and generous like the life-giving sun, sole lord of truth and laws of constant mutability at heart.

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9.97.49

अ॒भि वा॒युं वी॒त्य॑र्षा गृणा॒नो॒३॒॑ऽभि मि॒त्रावरु॑णा पू॒यमा॑नः । अ॒भी नरं॑ धी॒जव॑नं रथे॒ष्ठाम॒भीन्द्रं॒ वृष॑णं॒ वज्र॑बाहुम् ॥

O Soma, pure and purifying, resounding across the spaces, flow, sung and celebrated, and bring peace, progress and fulfilment to humanity, to the man of vibrant enthusiasm, to the man of love and judgement. To humanity, bring readiness of intellect and understanding, firm and undisturbed yet dynamic like a master of the chariot sitting at peace, unmoving and undisturbed, while the chariot may be speeding at the velocity of light. So also flow to Indra, master ruler of the arms of thunder, virile and generous, mighty yet calm.

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9.97.50

अ॒भि वस्त्रा॑ सुवस॒नान्य॑र्षा॒भि धे॒नूः सु॒दुघाः॑ पू॒यमा॑नः । अ॒भि च॒न्द्रा भर्त॑वे नो॒ हिर॑ण्या॒भ्यश्वा॑न्र॒थिनो॑ देव सोम ॥

O refulgent Soma, pure and purifying, sung and celebrated, bring us vestments of beauty and grace, cows, abundant and fertile, words of knowledge brilliant, deep and creative, bring us golden graces of beauty and soothing vitality for sustenance and success, bring us the energy and motive powers for our chariot of corporate life.

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9.97.51

अ॒भी नो॑ अर्ष दि॒व्या वसू॑न्य॒भि विश्वा॒ पार्थि॑वा पू॒यमा॑नः । अ॒भि येन॒ द्रवि॑णम॒श्नवा॑मा॒भ्या॑र्षे॒यं ज॑मदग्नि॒वन्नः॑ ॥

O Soma, pure and purifying spirit and power of divinity, bring us celestial honour and excellence and the peaceful shelter of divinity, all materials of the world’s wealth and power by which, like people of divine vision, we may attain to the universal wealth and virtue of the universe worthy of the sages of divine imagination.

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9.97.52

अ॒या प॒वा प॑वस्वै॒ना वसू॑नि माँश्च॒त्व इ॑न्दो॒ सर॑सि॒ प्र ध॑न्व । ब्र॒ध्नश्चि॒दत्र॒ वातो॒ न जू॒तः पु॑रु॒मेध॑श्चि॒त्तक॑वे॒ नरं॑ दात् ॥

Generous, refulgent Soma spirit of beauty, peace and glory, sanctify us by these streams of grace. In the ocean depths of this honourable universe, energise and move all forms of wealth and peaceful settlements and consecrate us in the space of divine voice and wisdom. Spirit of the expansive universe, dynamic like the stormy winds, high-priest of cosmic yajna for all, bless us with a settled state of humanity in the vibrant system of a volatile world.

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9.97.53

उ॒त न॑ ए॒ना प॑व॒या प॑व॒स्वाधि॑ श्रु॒ते श्र॒वाय्य॑स्य ती॒र्थे । ष॒ष्टिं स॒हस्रा॑ नैगु॒तो वसू॑नि वृ॒क्षं न प॒क्वं धू॑नव॒द्रणा॑य ॥

And by this sacred stream of divinity, cleanse and sanctify us in this holy lake of the divine Word worth hearing over and above what has been heard. Master of infinite power and wealth, destroyer of hoards of negativities, give us boundless forms of wealth for our battle of life, shaking, as if, like a tree of ripe fruit this mighty tree of the world.

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9.97.54

मही॒मे अ॑स्य॒ वृष॒नाम॑ शू॒षे माँश्च॑त्वे वा॒ पृश॑ने वा॒ वध॑त्रे । अस्वा॑पयन्नि॒गुतः॑ स्ने॒हय॒च्चापा॒मित्राँ॒ अपा॒चितो॑ अचे॒तः ॥

These are the mighty great and constructive works of the virile and generous Soma in the battles of life either in social dynamics or close encounters or in fierce conflicts: sending the destroyers to sleep, separating off the unfriendly and removing the unawake and unaware from here where they are, (by constructive, waking up friendly exercise).

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9.97.55

सं त्री प॒वित्रा॒ वित॑तान्ये॒ष्यन्वेकं॑ धावसि पू॒यमा॑नः । असि॒ भगो॒ असि॑ दा॒त्रस्य॑ दा॒तासि॑ म॒घवा॑ म॒घव॑द्भ्य इन्दो ॥

Hey Indu, spirit of beauty, power and glory of divinity, you move and bless three holy expansive loved favourites of your choice and, pure and purifying, you hasten to them one by one since you are the wealth and power for the mighty, you are the giver for the generous, and you are the glory for the glorious.

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9.97.56

ए॒ष वि॑श्व॒वित्प॑वते मनी॒षी सोमो॒ विश्व॑स्य॒ भुव॑नस्य॒ राजा॑ । द्र॒प्साँ ई॒रय॑न्वि॒दथे॒ष्विन्दु॒र्वि वार॒मव्यं॑ स॒मयाति॑ याति ॥

This Soma knows, holds and consecrates the world as a holy place for life. Omniscient and all- sentient, it is the refulgent ruler of the entire universe. Spirit of light, beauty and grace of generosity, inspiring and energising perception and awareness of the holy performers in yajnas, it moves and enlightens the chosen protected soul, abides there and moves on.

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9.97.57

इन्दुं॑ रिहन्ति महि॒षा अद॑ब्धाः प॒दे रे॑भन्ति क॒वयो॒ न गृध्राः॑ । हि॒न्वन्ति॒ धीरा॑ द॒शभिः॒ क्षिपा॑भिः॒ सम॑ञ्जते रू॒पम॒पां रसे॑न ॥

Great undaunted celebrants love and adore Soma on the yajna vedi. Passionate strivers as well as poets sing and celebrate it in song. Constant devotees with all ten senses and pranic energies worship it in peace and quiet, and by the fluent pleasure and power of it they join the very presence of it.

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9.97.58

त्वया॑ व॒यं पव॑मानेन सोम॒ भरे॑ कृ॒तं वि चि॑नुयाम॒ शश्व॑त् । तन्नो॑ मि॒त्रो वरु॑णो मामहन्ता॒मदि॑तिः॒ सिन्धुः॑ पृथि॒वी उ॒त द्यौः ॥

O Soma, spirit of divine peace, power, beauty and glory, in our battle for self-control and divine realisation, let us always choose and abide by paths and performances shown and accomplished by you, pure and purifying power of divinity. And that resolve of ours, we pray, may Mitra, the sun, Varuna, the ocean, Aditi, mother Infinity, Sindhu, divine space and fluent vapour, earth and heaven, help us achieve with credit.

✦ Sukta 98 · 12 verses ✦

9.98.1

अ॒भि नो॑ वाज॒सात॑मं र॒यिम॑र्ष पुरु॒स्पृह॑म् । इन्दो॑ स॒हस्र॑भर्णसं तुविद्यु॒म्नं वि॑भ्वा॒सह॑म् ॥

Indu, divine spirit of peace, power, beauty and grace, move and bless us to achieve wealth, honour and excellence of high order, universally loved and valued, a thousandfold sustaining, mighty powerful, all challenging and finally victorious.

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9.98.2

परि॒ ष्य सु॑वा॒नो अ॒व्ययं॒ रथे॒ न वर्मा॑व्यत । इन्दु॑र॒भि द्रुणा॑ हि॒तो हि॑या॒नो धारा॑भिरक्षाः ॥

May that Soma, brilliant spirit of peace, power and purity of divinity, invoked and inspired to bless the pious heart, flow by streams and showers, inspiring and fertilizing, and reach the imperishable soul of the devotee and protect him like the armour protecting the warrior in the chariot.

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9.98.3

परि॒ ष्य सु॑वा॒नो अ॑क्षा॒ इन्दु॒रव्ये॒ मद॑च्युतः । धारा॒ य ऊ॒र्ध्वो अ॑ध्व॒रे भ्रा॒जा नैति॑ गव्य॒युः ॥

May that Indu, divine Spirit of peace, purity and beauty, inspiring and strengthening, overflowing with the power of ecstasy, flow and reach into the favoured heart of the devotee, that supreme shower of divinity which goes forward like radiations of light into the yajna of love and non-violence with love and desire to reveal the truth of life.

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9.98.4

स हि त्वं दे॑व॒ शश्व॑ते॒ वसु॒ मर्ता॑य दा॒शुषे॑ । इन्दो॑ सह॒स्रिणं॑ र॒यिं श॒तात्मा॑नं विवाससि ॥

O Soma, refulgent and generous spirit of peace, prosperity and beauty, you shine upon the charitable mortal of relentless discipline and bestow upon him wealth, honour and excellence of a hundredfold power and a thousandfold value.

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9.98.5

व॒यं ते॑ अ॒स्य वृ॑त्रह॒न्वसो॒ वस्वः॑ पुरु॒स्पृहः॑ । नि नेदि॑ष्ठतमा इ॒षः स्याम॑ सु॒म्नस्या॑ध्रिगो ॥

O spirit of instant mantra movement, lord of world’s wealth and shelter home of life, destroyer of evil, darkness and ignorance, let us be closest to you and the all desired world’s wealth, let us be closest to your treasure of food, energy, and knowledge and to your divine peace and comfort.

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9.98.6

द्विर्यं पञ्च॒ स्वय॑शसं॒ स्वसा॑रो॒ अद्रि॑संहतम् । प्रि॒यमिन्द्र॑स्य॒ काम्यं॑ प्रस्ना॒पय॑न्त्यू॒र्मिण॑म् ॥

Soma, dearest love of the soul, innately glorious, the glory intensified by spiritual light, vibrant spirit rolling in the consciousness whom ten psychic powers of mind and sense perceive, conceive and exalt, that spirit we cherish and adore.

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9.98.7

परि॒ त्यं ह॑र्य॒तं हरिं॑ ब॒भ्रुं पु॑नन्ति॒ वारे॑ण । यो दे॒वान्विश्वाँ॒ इत्परि॒ मदे॑न स॒ह गच्छ॑ति ॥

Ten psychic powers with the best of their potential adore and exalt that dear divinity, omniscience itself, who, omnipresent, pervades and rejoices with all divinities of the world with divine ecstasy.

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9.98.8

अ॒स्य वो॒ ह्यव॑सा॒ पान्तो॑ दक्ष॒साध॑नम् । यः सू॒रिषु॒ श्रवो॑ बृ॒हद्द॒धे स्व१॒॑र्ण ह॑र्य॒तः ॥

This spirit of beauty and perfection, sublime like the sun, by virtue of its own innate potential which vests all great ones with their mighty power and honour, that spirit you all adore for protection and perfection of your life.

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9.98.9

स वां॑ य॒ज्ञेषु॑ मानवी॒ इन्दु॑र्जनिष्ट रोदसी । दे॒वो दे॑वी गिरि॒ष्ठा अस्रे॑ध॒न्तं तु॑वि॒ष्वणि॑ ॥

That divine spirit of beauty and perfection, brilliant and generous, resounding over heaven and earth, vested in cloud showers and mountain tops, loving, gracious and deeply human at heart, O men and women of the earth, create in your yajnas and realise in life.

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9.98.10

इन्द्रा॑य सोम॒ पात॑वे वृत्र॒घ्ने परि॑ षिच्यसे । नरे॑ च॒ दक्षि॑णावते दे॒वाय॑ सदना॒सदे॑ ॥

O Soma spirit of light and ecstasy of grace, you are adored and served for the soul’s experience of divinity, for the man of charity and the brilliant sage on the vedi of yajnic service so that the demon of evil, darkness and ignorance may be expelled from the soul of humanity and destroyed.

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9.98.11

ते प्र॒त्नासो॒ व्यु॑ष्टिषु॒ सोमाः॑ प॒वित्रे॑ अक्षरन् । अ॒प॒प्रोथ॑न्तः सनु॒तर्हु॑र॒श्चितः॑ प्रा॒तस्ताँ अप्र॑चेतसः ॥

Those eternal, natural and universal vibrations of divine love and grace flow and beatify the human soul in the purity of heart core in the holy light of the dawn, subduing, expelling and destroying those crooked and clandestine forces of evil, darkness and ignorance of the human mind.

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9.98.12

तं स॑खायः पुरो॒रुचं॑ यू॒यं व॒यं च॑ सू॒रयः॑ । अ॒श्याम॒ वाज॑गन्ध्यं स॒नेम॒ वाज॑पस्त्यम् ॥

Come friends, all of us and all the wise and brave, let us reach that Soma spirit of light and grace and achieve the spirit as a prize and treasure home of peace, fragrance and life’s victory.

✦ Sukta 99 · 8 verses ✦

9.99.1

आ ह॑र्य॒ताय॑ धृ॒ष्णवे॒ धनु॑स्तन्वन्ति॒ पौंस्य॑म् । शु॒क्रां व॑य॒न्त्यसु॑राय नि॒र्णिजं॑ वि॒पामग्रे॑ मही॒युवः॑ ॥

For the lovely bold Soma, devotees wield and stretch the manly bow, and joyous celebrants of heaven and earth before the vibrants create and sing exalting songs of power and purity in honour of the life giving spirit of divinity.

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9.99.2

अध॑ क्ष॒पा परि॑ष्कृतो॒ वाजाँ॑ अ॒भि प्र गा॑हते । यदी॑ वि॒वस्व॑तो॒ धियो॒ हरिं॑ हि॒न्वन्ति॒ यात॑वे ॥

When the thoughts and actions of bright celebrants invoke, invite and inspire Soma to move, initiate and bless, then the divine spirit, exalted by the songs, moves toward battles and inspires, energises and exalts their mind and courage for victory.

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9.99.3

तम॑स्य मर्जयामसि॒ मदो॒ य इ॑न्द्र॒पात॑मः । यं गाव॑ आ॒सभि॑र्द॒धुः पु॒रा नू॒नं च॑ सू॒रयः॑ ॥

That power and ecstasy of this Soma, worthiest of the soul’s delight, we adore and exalt, which the sense and mind with their perceptions and reflection receive and which, for sure, veteran sages too have experienced for times immemorial.

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9.99.4

तं गाथ॑या पुरा॒ण्या पु॑ना॒नम॒भ्य॑नूषत । उ॒तो कृ॑पन्त धी॒तयो॑ दे॒वानां॒ नाम॒ बिभ्र॑तीः ॥

That spirit of Soma, pure and purifying, the celebrants adore and exalt by songs of old in Vedic voice and, the same, thoughts and actions of veteran sages with the divine name content of the lord supplicate and glorify.

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9.99.5

तमु॒क्षमा॑णम॒व्यये॒ वारे॑ पुनन्ति धर्ण॒सिम् । दू॒तं न पू॒र्वचि॑त्तय॒ आ शा॑सते मनी॒षिणः॑ ॥

That omnipotent virile generative Soma creator, the very pillar and foundation of the universe, thinkers and meditative sages sanctify and hold in the pure heart core of their soul and celebrate as the prime divine voice of revelation of the eternal Vedic knowledge for enlightenment of the human soul.

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9.99.6

स पु॑ना॒नो म॒दिन्त॑मः॒ सोम॑श्च॒मूषु॑ सीदति । प॒शौ न रेत॑ आ॒दध॒त्पति॑र्वचस्यते धि॒यः ॥

That Soma, pure and purifying, most ecstatic and exhilarating, abides in all forms of yajnic existence and, holding the cosmic seed and impregnating Nature as a living organism, is worshipped as the father and sustainer of all thoughts of living beings.

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9.99.7

स मृ॑ज्यते सु॒कर्म॑भिर्दे॒वो दे॒वेभ्यः॑ सु॒तः । वि॒दे यदा॑सु संद॒दिर्म॒हीर॒पो वि गा॑हते ॥

That divine, refulgent and generous Soma, realised by sages of holy action for noble humanity, is celebrated and glorified in the human world, and when it is known as the sole giver of every thing among these people, then it releases mighty floods of living waters for life sustenance.

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9.99.8

सु॒त इ॑न्दो प॒वित्र॒ आ नृभि॑र्य॒तो वि नी॑यसे । इन्द्रा॑य मत्स॒रिन्त॑मश्च॒मूष्वा नि षी॑दसि ॥

O spirit of divinity, brilliant and blissful, perceived, reflected and meditated with constant exercise of spiritual discipline, you are distilled from experience and realised by devoted people in the purity of heart for the soul. It is thus that, most ecstatic and exhilarating, you abide in the heart and soul of humanity.

✦ Sukta 100 · 9 verses ✦

9.100.1

अ॒भी न॑वन्ते अ॒द्रुहः॑ प्रि॒यमिन्द्र॑स्य॒ काम्य॑म् । व॒त्सं न पूर्व॒ आयु॑नि जा॒तं रि॑हन्ति मा॒तरः॑ ॥

Just as young mothers love and caress the first born baby in early age, so do people free from malice and jealousy take to Soma, meditative realisation of divinity, dear favourite love of Indra, the soul.

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9.100.2

पु॒ना॒न इ॑न्द॒वा भ॑र॒ सोम॑ द्वि॒बर्ह॑सं र॒यिम् । त्वं वसू॑नि पुष्यसि॒ विश्वा॑नि दा॒शुषो॑ गृ॒हे ॥

O Soma spirit of divinity, bright and blissful, bring us twofold wealth and excellence, expansive for both life on earth and beyond, and give us complete fulfilment. Indeed, you create and augment the wealth, honour and excellence of the world in the house of the man of generosity and charity.

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9.100.3

त्वं धियं॑ मनो॒युजं॑ सृ॒जा वृ॒ष्टिं न त॑न्य॒तुः । त्वं वसू॑नि॒ पार्थि॑वा दि॒व्या च॑ सोम पुष्यसि ॥

O Soma, like the rain showers of the clouds, pray create, inspire and augment the vision, intelligence, understanding and will which may stabilise the mind in the state of peace and constancy. Indeed, you create and augment the wealth, honour and excellence of both earthly and heavenly order.

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9.100.4

परि॑ ते जि॒ग्युषो॑ यथा॒ धारा॑ सु॒तस्य॑ धावति । रंह॑माणा॒ व्य१॒॑व्ययं॒ वारं॑ वा॒जीव॑ सान॒सिः ॥

When you are distilled from experience and meditation, then the stream of your bliss, fast and ceaseless, flows to the chosen and protected heart of the devotee like the prize winning spirit of a victorious warrior.

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9.100.5

क्रत्वे॒ दक्षा॑य नः कवे॒ पव॑स्व सोम॒ धार॑या । इन्द्रा॑य॒ पात॑वे सु॒तो मि॒त्राय॒ वरु॑णाय च ॥

Soma, spirit of poetic omniscience, flow and purify us by streams of bliss distilled from experience and meditation for our intelligence, expertise and enlightenment, for fulfilment of Indra, man of power, Mitra, man of love, and Varuna, man of judgement.

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9.100.6

पव॑स्व वाज॒सात॑मः प॒वित्रे॒ धार॑या सु॒तः । इन्द्रा॑य सोम॒ विष्ण॑वे दे॒वेभ्यो॒ मधु॑मत्तमः ॥

Soma, all inspiring spirit of the universe, sweetest presence distilled and realised in the holy heart, flow on purifying by the stream of exhilaration, giving food, energy and fulfilment for the soul, for the universal vibrancy of nature and humanity, and for all the noble, generous and enlightened people.

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9.100.7

त्वां रि॑हन्ति मा॒तरो॒ हरिं॑ प॒वित्रे॑ अ॒द्रुहः॑ । व॒त्सं जा॒तं न धे॒नवः॒ पव॑मान॒ विध॑र्मणि ॥

O Soma, pure and purifying saviour spirit of universal sanctity, just as mother cows love and caress a new born calf, so do the motherly forces of nature and humanity free from the negativities of malice and jealousy love and cherish you arising in the heart and inspiring the soul in various dharmic situations of life.

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9.100.8

पव॑मान॒ महि॒ श्रव॑श्चि॒त्रेभि॑र्यासि र॒श्मिभिः॑ । शर्ध॒न्तमां॑सि जिघ्नसे॒ विश्वा॑नि दा॒शुषो॑ गृ॒हे ॥

Soma, pure, purifying vibrant spirit of life divine commanding great power, honour and glory, you go forward with wondrous manifestations of your power, bold and indomitable, destroying the darkness and evils of the world, and reach and bless the yajnic house of the man of charity and generosity.

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9.100.9

त्वं द्यां च॑ महिव्रत पृथि॒वीं चाति॑ जभ्रिषे । प्रति॑ द्रा॒पिम॑मुञ्चथाः॒ पव॑मान महित्व॒ना ॥

O Soma, universal soul of high commitment of Dharma, pure and purifying energy of omnipresent divine flow, you wear the armour of omnipotence, bear, sustain and edify the heaven and earth by your majesty and transcend.

✦ Sukta 101 · 16 verses ✦

9.101.1

पु॒रोजि॑ती वो॒ अन्ध॑सः सु॒ताय॑ मादयि॒त्नवे॑ । अप॒ श्वानं॑ श्नथिष्टन॒ सखा॑यो दीर्घजि॒ह्व्य॑म् ॥

O friends, for your attainment of the purified and exhilarating Soma bliss of existence, eliminate vociferous disturbances of the mind and concentrate on the deep resounding voice of divinity.

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9.101.2

यो धार॑या पाव॒कया॑ परिप्र॒स्यन्द॑ते सु॒तः । इन्दु॒रश्वो॒ न कृत्व्यः॑ ॥

Brilliant and blissful Soma, when, filtered and exhilarated, vibrates and flows in clear purifying streams like waves of energy itself.

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9.101.3

तं दु॒रोष॑म॒भी नरः॒ सोमं॑ वि॒श्वाच्या॑ धि॒या । य॒ज्ञं हि॑न्व॒न्त्यद्रि॑भिः ॥

That blazing unassailable Soma, adorable in yajna, leading lights invoke and impel with universal thought and speech, with controlled mental reflection for self-realisation.

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9.101.4

सु॒तासो॒ मधु॑मत्तमाः॒ सोमा॒ इन्द्रा॑य म॒न्दिनः॑ । प॒वित्र॑वन्तो अक्षरन्दे॒वान्ग॑च्छन्तु वो॒ मदाः॑ ॥

Filtered, felt and cleansed, honey sweet soma streams, pure and exhilarating, flow for Indra, the soul, and may the exhilarations reach you, noble favourites of divinity.

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9.101.5

इन्दु॒रिन्द्रा॑य पवत॒ इति॑ दे॒वासो॑ अब्रुवन् । वा॒चस्पति॑र्मखस्यते॒ विश्व॒स्येशा॑न॒ ओज॑सा ॥

Soma, divine, brilliant and blissful, flows for Indra, the soul, say the noble sages, and thus Soma, divine source and master of speech and thought, ruler and sustainer of the entire world by his own lustre and power, is honoured at all yajnas of knowledge, yoga and austerity, for advancement.

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9.101.6

स॒हस्र॑धारः पवते समु॒द्रो वा॑चमीङ्ख॒यः । सोमः॒ पती॑ रयी॒णां सखेन्द्र॑स्य दि॒वेदि॑वे ॥

A thousand streams of Soma joy and enlightenment flow, inspiring and purifying. It is a bottomless ocean that rolls impelling the language and thought of new knowledge. It is the preserver, promoter and sustainer of all wealths and honours and a friend of the soul, inspiring and exalting us day by day.

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9.101.7

अ॒यं पू॒षा र॒यिर्भगः॒ सोमः॑ पुना॒नो अ॑र्षति । पति॒र्विश्व॑स्य॒ भूम॑नो॒ व्य॑ख्य॒द्रोद॑सी उ॒भे ॥

It is Pusha, life-sustaining and nourishing protector, wealth and honour of the world, power and the glory, Soma that is pure and purifying, ever going forward with the world. It is the master, sustainer and ruler of the vast expansive universe and illuminates both heaven and earth.

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9.101.8

समु॑ प्रि॒या अ॑नूषत॒ गावो॒ मदा॑य॒ घृष्व॑यः । सोमा॑सः कृण्वते प॒थः पव॑मानास॒ इन्द॑वः ॥

Dear daring voices exalt and extol Soma for the sheer joy of illumination. Indeed men of Soma vision and courage, blazing brilliant, pure, purifying and pursuing, create and carve their own paths of progress.

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9.101.9

य ओजि॑ष्ठ॒स्तमा भ॑र॒ पव॑मान श्र॒वाय्य॑म् । यः पञ्च॑ चर्ष॒णीर॒भि र॒यिं येन॒ वना॑महै ॥

O pure and purifying Soma, bring us honour and excellence most lustrous and renowned, valued among all the five classes of people by which we may be able to win the real material and spiritual wealth of life.

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9.101.10

सोमाः॑ पवन्त॒ इन्द॑वो॒ऽस्मभ्यं॑ गातु॒वित्त॑माः । मि॒त्राः सु॑वा॒ना अ॑रे॒पसः॑ स्वा॒ध्यः॑ स्व॒र्विदः॑ ॥

Streams of Soma flow for us, brilliant, eloquent and expansive, friendly, inspiring, free from sin, intellectually creative and spiritually illuminative.

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9.101.11

सु॒ष्वा॒णासो॒ व्यद्रि॑भि॒श्चिता॑ना॒ गोरधि॑ त्व॒चि । इष॑म॒स्मभ्य॑म॒भितः॒ सम॑स्वरन्वसु॒विदः॑ ॥

Reflective, inspiring and generative by controlled operations of higher mind in the purified heart core, let the Soma streams, vibrant and vocal, bring us spiritual energy, intelligential illumination and divine awareness all round in the world.

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9.101.12

ए॒ते पू॒ता वि॑प॒श्चितः॒ सोमा॑सो॒ दध्या॑शिरः । सूर्या॑सो॒ न द॑र्श॒तासो॑ जिग॒त्नवो॑ ध्रु॒वा घृ॒ते ॥

These Soma streams, nourishing, energising, illuminating, are bright and beatific as the dawn and, vibrant but unfluctuating, they abide constant in the heart.

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9.101.13

प्र सु॑न्वा॒नस्यान्ध॑सो॒ मर्तो॒ न वृ॑त॒ तद्वचः॑ । अप॒ श्वान॑मरा॒धसं॑ ह॒ता म॒खं न भृग॑वः ॥

That silent voice of the generative illuminative Soma of divine food, energy and enlightenment, the ordinary mortal does not perceive. O yajakas, ward off the clamours and noises which disturb the meditative yajna as men of wisdom ward them off to save their yajna.

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9.101.14

आ जा॒मिरत्के॑ अव्यत भु॒जे न पु॒त्र ओ॒ण्योः॑ । सर॑ज्जा॒रो न योष॑णां व॒रो न योनि॑मा॒सद॑म् ॥

As a child feels secure with joy in the arms of its parents, as the lover goes to the beloved, as the groom sits on the wedding vedi, so does the Soma spirit pervade in the natural form of its choice love.

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9.101.15

स वी॒रो द॑क्ष॒साध॑नो॒ वि यस्त॒स्तम्भ॒ रोद॑सी । हरिः॑ प॒वित्रे॑ अव्यत वे॒धा न योनि॑मा॒सद॑म् ॥

That potent Soma, master controller of all powers, means and materials of

success in existence, who sustains both heaven and earth, is the saviour power of protection and pervades the universe presiding as omniscient high priest over the vedi of cosmic yajna.

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9.101.16

अव्यो॒ वारे॑भिः पवते॒ सोमो॒ गव्ये॒ अधि॑ त्व॒चि । कनि॑क्रद॒द्वृषा॒ हरि॒रिन्द्र॑स्या॒भ्ये॑ति निष्कृ॒तम् ॥

soma, omnipresent protector, abides with the souls of its choice discipline, vibrating in the heart core across the fluctuations of mind and senses. loud and bold and voluble, thus, the generous potent saviour spirit blesses the original nature of the soul in its innate purity.

✦ Sukta 102 · 8 verses ✦

9.102.1

क्रा॒णा शिशु॑र्म॒हीनां॑ हि॒न्वन्नृ॒तस्य॒ दीधि॑तिम् । विश्वा॒ परि॑ प्रि॒या भु॑व॒दध॑ द्वि॒ता ॥

Maker of stars and planets, inspiring the light and law of the dynamics of existence, dear adorable giver of fulfilment, Soma rules over both spirit and nature, heaven and earth.

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9.102.2

उप॑ त्रि॒तस्य॑ पा॒ष्यो॒३॒॑रभ॑क्त॒ यद्गुहा॑ प॒दम् । य॒ज्ञस्य॑ स॒प्त धाम॑भि॒रध॑ प्रि॒यम् ॥

Close to the adamantine integration of Purusha and Prakrti in human form is the secret seat of heart and clairvoyant intelligence wherein the climactic presence of the master of three orders of Prakrti and super presence of divinity, and there it is shared by seven prakrtic, pranic and psychic orders of existence and adored by seven metres of Vedic hymns as the dearest supreme object of worship.

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9.102.3

त्रीणि॑ त्रि॒तस्य॒ धार॑या पृ॒ष्ठेष्वेर॑या र॒यिम् । मिमी॑ते अस्य॒ योज॑ना॒ वि सु॒क्रतुः॑ ॥

By three streams of the moving particles of matter, energy and mind does the triple master, Soma, move the dynamics of existence, and thus does the supreme high priest order and accomplish his cosmic plan.

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9.102.4

ज॒ज्ञा॒नं स॒प्त मा॒तरो॑ वे॒धाम॑शासत श्रि॒ये । अ॒यं ध्रु॒वो र॑यी॒णां चिके॑त॒ यत् ॥

Seven measured motherly orders of existenceat the material, pranic and psychic level join, reveal and celebrate Soma manifesting in beauty and glory, this constant unmoved mover who, being omnipresent and pervasive, knows of the wealth and sublimity of the universe.

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9.102.5

अ॒स्य व्र॒ते स॒जोष॑सो॒ विश्वे॑ दे॒वासो॑ अ॒द्रुहः॑ । स्पा॒र्हा भ॑वन्ति॒ रन्त॑यो जु॒षन्त॒ यत् ॥

Enjoined in the law and order of discipline of this Soma, all divinities of nature and nobilities of humanity, committed and free from malice and negativity, who join and rejoice in him command the enviable love and respect of the world.

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9.102.6

यमी॒ गर्भ॑मृता॒वृधो॑ दृ॒शे चारु॒मजी॑जनन् । क॒विं मंहि॑ष्ठमध्व॒रे पु॑रु॒स्पृह॑म् ॥

To realise and reveal that divine treasure origin of the world and its glory, sages and divines, celebrating his law, truth and yajnic evolution, love and join the presence of Soma, great and glorious, poetic creator, mighty generous, universally adored, and manifesting anew in the world of love and beauty.

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9.102.7

स॒मी॒ची॒ने अ॒भि त्मना॑ य॒ह्वी ऋ॒तस्य॑ मा॒तरा॑ । त॒न्वा॒ना य॒ज्ञमा॑नु॒षग्यद॑ञ्ज॒ते ॥

The great joint spontaneous generators of the dynamic world in existence are Soma, supreme Purusha, and Prakrti, which the sages, who enact and advance the meditative yajna of science and direct realisation, constantly adore and glorify.

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9.102.8

क्रत्वा॑ शु॒क्रेभि॑र॒क्षभि॑ॠ॒णोरप॑ व्र॒जं दि॒वः । हि॒न्वन्नृ॒तस्य॒ दीधि॑तिं॒ प्राध्व॒रे ॥

O Soma, creative spirit of the universe, by holy action, brilliant light of pure knowledge and the inner vision of the spirit, pray open wide the paths and doors of the light of divinity, thereby inspiring and advancing yajnic revelations of the divine law and its operation in this advancing world of love and non-violence.

✦ Sukta 103 · 6 verses ✦

9.103.1

प्र पु॑ना॒नाय॑ वे॒धसे॒ सोमा॑य॒ वच॒ उद्य॑तम् । भृ॒तिं न भ॑रा म॒तिभि॒र्जुजो॑षते ॥

Sing rising songs of adoration in honour of Soma, pure and purifying, omniscient and inspiring ordainer of life, and offer the songs as homage of yajnic gratitude. Soma feels pleased with enlightened songs of love and faith.

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9.103.2

परि॒ वारा॑ण्य॒व्यया॒ गोभि॑रञ्जा॒नो अ॑र्षति । त्री ष॒धस्था॑ पुना॒नः कृ॑णुते॒ हरिः॑ ॥

Pleased and exalted with songs of adoration, Soma, saviour spirit of bliss, radiates with its protective presence to the distinguished hearts and, purifying the body, mind and soul of the celebrants, blesses them in their physical, subtle and causal body states of existence.

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9.103.3

परि॒ कोशं॑ मधु॒श्चुत॑म॒व्यये॒ वारे॑ अर्षति । अ॒भि वाणी॒ॠषी॑णां स॒प्त नू॑षत ॥

In the protected heart core of the blessed soul overflowing with honey joy, the Soma presence vibrates, and hymnal voices of the seer sages in seven Vedic musical metres adore and glorify the divine presence in ecstatic response to the guiding spirit of divinity.

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9.103.4

परि॑ णे॒ता म॑ती॒नां वि॒श्वदे॑वो॒ अदा॑भ्यः । सोमः॑ पुना॒नश्च॒म्वो॑र्विश॒द्धरिः॑ ॥

Soma, guiding spirit of the mind and soul, self- refulgent soul of the universe, undaunted and invincible, pure and purifying, pervading the heaven and earth, manifests inspiring in the mind and soul of meditative celebrants, eliminating their darkness and sufferance.

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9.103.5

परि॒ दैवी॒रनु॑ स्व॒धा इन्द्रे॑ण याहि स॒रथ॑म् । पु॒ना॒नो वा॒घद्वा॒घद्भि॒रम॑र्त्यः ॥

O Soma, immortal spirit of existence, pure, purifying and realised in the pure heart core of the soul, vibrant and voluble with the celebrants in response to their yajnic homage and divine attainments, radiate with the human soul as a chariot mate of its physical existence on the move.

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9.103.6

परि॒ सप्ति॒र्न वा॑ज॒युर्दे॒वो दे॒वेभ्यः॑ सु॒तः । व्या॒न॒शिः पव॑मानो॒ वि धा॑वति ॥

Like universal energy, the glorious Soma, all victorious, brilliant, realised by sages in its original nature and character, pervades vibrant here, there, everywhere and beyond, transcending.

✦ Sukta 104 · 6 verses ✦

9.104.1

सखा॑य॒ आ नि षी॑दत पुना॒नाय॒ प्र गा॑यत । शिशुं॒ न य॒ज्ञैः परि॑ भूषत श्रि॒ये ॥

Come friends, sit on the yajna vedi, sing and celebrate Soma, pure and purifying spirit of life, and with yajna exalt him like an adorable power for the grace and glory of life.

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9.104.2

समी॑ व॒त्सं न मा॒तृभिः॑ सृ॒जता॑ गय॒साध॑नम् । दे॒वा॒व्यं१॒॑ मद॑म॒भि द्विश॑वसम् ॥

As mothers love, adore and adorn a child with beauty and ornaments, so energise and exalt Soma as versatile beauty and grace of life, protector of divinities, source of ecstasy and doubly strong both physically and spiritually.

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9.104.3

पु॒नाता॑ दक्ष॒साध॑नं॒ यथा॒ शर्धा॑य वी॒तये॑ । यथा॑ मि॒त्राय॒ वरु॑णाय॒ शंत॑मः ॥

Realise and exalt Soma in the essential purity of its nature, power and presence as the very foundation of perfection and achievement in life, so that it may be the surest and most peaceful base of strength, power and fulfilment for the spirit of love and friendship as well as for freedom and judgement.

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9.104.4

अ॒स्मभ्यं॑ त्वा वसु॒विद॑म॒भि वाणी॑रनूषत । गोभि॑ष्टे॒ वर्ण॑म॒भि वा॑सयामसि ॥

Our songs of adoration celebrate and exalt you as creator, knower and giver of peace, power, wealth and honours of the world. Indeed, with thoughts, words and vision, we glorify your power and presence as it emerges in our experience.

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9.104.5

स नो॑ मदानां पत॒ इन्दो॑ दे॒वप्स॑रा असि । सखे॑व॒ सख्ये॑ गातु॒वित्त॑मो भव ॥

O spirit of beauty, brightness and bliss, controller, protector and promoter of life’s joys, divine and heavenly indeed is your power and presence. We pray be the guide and pioneer as a friend and spirit of love for friends.

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9.104.6

सने॑मि कृ॒ध्य१॒॑स्मदा र॒क्षसं॒ कं चि॑द॒त्रिण॑म् । अपादे॑वं द्व॒युमंहो॑ युयोधि नः ॥

O Soma, let us be together in peace and friendship, in arms and in the daily business rounds forward as ever before. Keep off the demonic destroyer, the ogre, the impious, the double dealer, and the sin and sinner.

✦ Sukta 105 · 6 verses ✦

9.105.1

तं वः॑ सखायो॒ मदा॑य पुना॒नम॒भि गा॑यत । शिशुं॒ न य॒ज्ञैः स्व॑दयन्त गू॒र्तिभिः॑ ॥

O friends, enjoying together with creative acts of yajna, sing and celebrate Soma, pure and purifying presence of divinity, with songs of praise, and exalt and adorn him as a darling adorable power for winning the joy of life’s fulfilment.

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9.105.2

सं व॒त्स इ॑व मा॒तृभि॒रिन्दु॑र्हिन्वा॒नो अ॑ज्यते । दे॒वा॒वीर्मदो॑ म॒तिभिः॒ परि॑ष्कृतः ॥

Holily is Soma, brilliant presence of beauty, peace and power of divinity, protector of sages, ecstasy of life, realised in the essence, and, adorned by devotees as a darling presence, it is invoked and worshipped with creative acts of meditation by the celebrants.

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9.105.3

अ॒यं दक्षा॑य॒ साध॑नो॒ऽयं शर्धा॑य वी॒तये॑ । अ॒यं दे॒वेभ्यो॒ मधु॑मत्तमः सु॒तः ॥

This is the means to efficiency for perfection, this is for strength and success for fulfilment, and when it is realised, it is the sweetest, most honeyed experience for the divines.

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9.105.4

गोम॑न्न इन्दो॒ अश्व॑वत्सु॒तः सु॑दक्ष धन्व । शुचिं॑ ते॒ वर्ण॒मधि॒ गोषु॑ दीधरम् ॥

O Soma, refulgent spirit of divine bliss and beauty, manifest every where and realised within, commanding universal power and perfection, pray set

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9.105.5

स नो॑ हरीणां पत॒ इन्दो॑ दे॒वप्स॑रस्तमः । सखे॑व॒ सख्ये॒ नर्यो॑ रु॒चे भ॑व ॥

O spirit of beauty and universal majesty, controller of all movements, beauties and perfections, divine presence that comprehend all forms of refulgence and generosity, like a friend for friends, be good for our pioneer leadership and brilliance on the vedi.

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9.105.6

सने॑मि॒ त्वम॒स्मदाँ अदे॑वं॒ कं चि॑द॒त्रिण॑म् । सा॒ह्वाँ इ॑न्दो॒ परि॒ बाधो॒ अप॑ द्व॒युम् ॥

O spirit of divine beauty, bliss and brilliance, one with us in all acts and movements, courageous, bold and forbearing, ward off from us all impieties and keep away the impious and ungenerous people wherever they be, whoever is a devouring destroyer, and a double dealer.

✦ Sukta 106 · 14 verses ✦

9.106.1

इन्द्र॒मच्छ॑ सु॒ता इ॒मे वृष॑णं यन्तु॒ हर॑यः । श्रु॒ष्टी जा॒तास॒ इन्द॑वः स्व॒र्विदः॑ ॥

May these realised, cleansed and confirmed, blessed, beautiful and brilliant virtues and sanskars touching the bounds of divine bliss, emerging and risen in the mind, well reach and seep into the heart core of the soul completely and permanently.

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9.106.2

अ॒यं भरा॑य सान॒सिरिन्द्रा॑य पवते सु॒तः । सोमो॒ जैत्र॑स्य चेतति॒ यथा॑ वि॒दे ॥

This Soma, competent and victorious for the battle of life, when realised, flows for Indra, the winning soul, and enlightens it about the world’s reality as it is and as it knows.

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9.106.3

अ॒स्येदिन्द्रो॒ मदे॒ष्वा ग्रा॒भं गृ॑भ्णीत सान॒सिम् । वज्रं॑ च॒ वृष॑णं भर॒त्सम॑प्सु॒जित् ॥

Under the inspiration and ecstasy of this soma of divine love, let the soul seize the victorious bow, take on the generous virile and mighty bolt of will and power of faith and win the target of the battle of Karma to the attainment of Divinity.

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9.106.4

प्र ध॑न्वा सोम॒ जागृ॑वि॒रिन्द्रा॑येन्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव । द्यु॒मन्तं॒ शुष्म॒मा भ॑रा स्व॒र्विद॑म् ॥

Flow on, O Soma, spirit of divine bliss, ever awake, brilliant and enlightening, streaming on and on for Indra, the soul, bear and bring the light and fire of the sun and vision of heaven.

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9.106.5

इन्द्रा॑य॒ वृष॑णं॒ मदं॒ पव॑स्व वि॒श्वद॑र्शतः । स॒हस्र॑यामा पथि॒कृद्वि॑चक्ष॒णः ॥

Let divine showers and streams of visionary ecstasy rain and flow for Indra, the soul, O Soma, charming cosmic power, moving a thousand ways, maker of a thousand paths, shining, all watching and revealing.

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9.106.6

अ॒स्मभ्यं॑ गातु॒वित्त॑मो दे॒वेभ्यो॒ मधु॑मत्तमः । स॒हस्रं॑ याहि प॒थिभिः॒ कनि॑क्रदत् ॥

Best pioneer, path finder and highest honeyed joy for us, for the divines, come roaring by a thousand paths of light and holiness.

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9.106.7

पव॑स्व दे॒ववी॑तय॒ इन्दो॒ धारा॑भि॒रोज॑सा । आ क॒लशं॒ मधु॑मान्त्सोम नः सदः ॥

O Soma of divine light and peace, harbinger of honeyed joy, flow in streams with power and lustre for our attainment of the path of divinity and abide in our heart core of the soul.

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9.106.8

तव॑ द्र॒प्सा उ॑द॒प्रुत॒ इन्द्रं॒ मदा॑य वावृधुः । त्वां दे॒वासो॑ अ॒मृता॑य॒ कं प॑पुः ॥

The streams of your peace, beauty and bliss swell like streams of water in flood, and the divines drink of the ecstasy for the attainment of immortality.

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9.106.9

आ नः॑ सुतास इन्दवः पुना॒ना धा॑वता र॒यिम् । वृ॒ष्टिद्या॑वो रीत्यापः स्व॒र्विदः॑ ॥

O streams of the beauty and bliss of peace and joy filtered from experience, heavenly showers, liquid floods, paradisal bliss pure and purifying, bring us the wealth, honour and excellence of the highest order.

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9.106.10

सोमः॑ पुना॒न ऊ॒र्मिणाव्यो॒ वारं॒ वि धा॑वति । अग्रे॑ वा॒चः पव॑मानः॒ कनि॑क्रदत् ॥

Soma, pure and purifying, protective and blissful, flowing by streams and sanctifying, roaring with ancient and original hymns of divine adoration, rushes to the heart core of the distinguished soul.

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9.106.11

धी॒भिर्हि॑न्वन्ति वा॒जिनं॒ वने॒ क्रीळ॑न्त॒मत्य॑विम् । अ॒भि त्रि॑पृ॒ष्ठं म॒तयः॒ सम॑स्वरन् ॥

Men of distinguished mind, adoring Soma with holy thoughts, words and action, invoke and celebrate all protective Soma, victorious spirit and cosmic energy, playing in the beautiful world over three regions of heaven, earth and the skies.

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9.106.12

अस॑र्जि क॒लशाँ॑ अ॒भि मी॒ळ्हे सप्ति॒र्न वा॑ज॒युः । पु॒ना॒नो वाचं॑ ज॒नय॑न्नसिष्यदत् ॥

Soma, vibrant spirit of divinity, rushes to the heart core of realised souls like instant energy radiating to the centre of its target in the human battle of survival and distinguished search for immortality, there stimulating, creating and sanctifying hymns of adoration, and there in the soul it abides.

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9.106.13

पव॑ते हर्य॒तो हरि॒रति॒ ह्वरां॑सि॒ रंह्या॑ । अ॒भ्यर्ष॑न्त्स्तो॒तृभ्यो॑ वी॒रव॒द्यशः॑ ॥

The beauteous and beatific divine saviour spirit of Soma vibrates, purifies and flows with tremendous force, casting off all crookedness and contradictions, and overflowing with valour, honour and excellence for the celebrants and their heroic progeny for generations.

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9.106.14

अ॒या प॑वस्व देव॒युर्मधो॒र्धारा॑ असृक्षत । रेभ॑न्प॒वित्रं॒ पर्ये॑षि वि॒श्वतः॑ ॥

Thus vibrate, purify and flow, friend of sages and divines, releasing these honey streams of joy, and go on eloquent to bless the pure heart all round all ways in the world.

✦ Sukta 107 · 26 verses ✦

9.107.1

परी॒तो षि॑ञ्चता सु॒तं सोमो॒ य उ॑त्त॒मं ह॒विः । द॒ध॒न्वाँ यो नर्यो॑ अ॒प्स्व१॒॑न्तरा सु॒षाव॒ सोम॒मद्रि॑भिः ॥

From here onward sprinkle Soma with love and service, Soma, the spirit of beauty, peace and joy of life, Soma, realised with best of thoughts, effort and determined discipline of meditation, Soma which bears the best materials for creative yajna of personal and social development, Soma which is the leading light of life, realised within in the heart and our Karmas performed in life.

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9.107.2

नू॒नं पु॑ना॒नोऽवि॑भिः॒ परि॑ स्र॒वाद॑ब्धः सुर॒भिन्त॑रः । सु॒ते चि॑त्त्वा॒प्सु म॑दामो॒ अन्ध॑सा श्री॒णन्तो॒ गोभि॒रुत्त॑रम् ॥

For sure, pure and purifying, flow on with protective and promotive forces, gracious, undaunted, more and more charming and blissful. When you are realised in our actions, mixed as one with our energies, will and senses, then we rejoice and celebrate you in our perceptions with hymns of praise, and later in silent communion.

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9.107.3

परि॑ सुवा॒नश्चक्ष॑से देव॒माद॑नः॒ क्रतु॒रिन्दु॑र्विचक्ष॒णः ॥

Celebrated in our thoughts and perceptions, joy of the sages, power of holy yajnic action, brilliant and blissful, all intelligent and omniscient, we adore you for the augmentation of our intelligence and enlightenment.

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9.107.4

पु॒ना॒नः सो॑म॒ धार॑या॒पो वसा॑नो अर्षसि । आ र॑त्न॒धा योनि॑मृ॒तस्य॑ सीद॒स्युत्सो॑ देव हिर॒ण्ययः॑ ॥

O Soma, pure and purifying our thought, will and actions, abiding in the heart, you move and flow on in our consciousness. Bearing treasures of jewels, pray come and sit on the seat of yajna vedi and our sense of truth and eternal law. Indeed, O lord refulgent, you are the fountain head of life’s golden treasures.

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9.107.5

दु॒हा॒न ऊध॑र्दि॒व्यं मधु॑ प्रि॒यं प्र॒त्नं स॒धस्थ॒मास॑दत् । आ॒पृच्छ्यं॑ ध॒रुणं॑ वा॒ज्य॑र्षति॒ नृभि॑र्धू॒तो वि॑चक्ष॒णः ॥

Giver of fulfilment, treasure trove of life’s sustaining milk, yielding celestial dear honey sweets of living strength and joy, pervasive in its eternal universal loved seat, all conqueror all watching and knowing, when moved by meditative celebrants, Soma radiates and vibrates in the faithful heart of earnest seekers.

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9.107.6

पु॒ना॒नः सो॑म॒ जागृ॑वि॒रव्यो॒ वारे॒ परि॑ प्रि॒यः । त्वं विप्रो॑ अभ॒वोऽङ्गि॑रस्तमो॒ मध्वा॑ य॒ज्ञं मि॑मिक्ष नः ॥

Pure and all purifying, O Soma, spirit of peace and bliss, ever awake and awakening with your eternal consciousness, all protective and promotive, dearest in the heart of the cherished loving soul, you are the vibrant awareness of omniscience and the very life energy of life. O Spirit of peace, joy and divine bliss, pray bless our yajna of life with the honey sweets of existence.

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9.107.7

सोमो॑ मी॒ढ्वान्प॑वते गातु॒वित्त॑म॒ ऋषि॒र्विप्रो॑ विचक्ष॒णः । त्वं क॒विर॑भवो देव॒वीत॑म॒ आ सूर्यं॑ रोहयो दि॒वि ॥

Soma, virile and generous giver of fulfilment, omniscient master of the ways of existence, supreme creative seer, vibrant super-soul, all watching and knowing, flows and purifies all. O Soma, you are the poetic creator, dearest friend of the divines, and it is you who generate and raise the sun over to the heaven of light.

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9.107.8

सोम॑ उ षुवा॒णः सो॒तृभि॒रधि॒ ष्णुभि॒रवी॑नाम् । अश्व॑येव ह॒रिता॑ याति॒ धार॑या म॒न्द्रया॑ याति॒ धार॑या ॥

Soma, invoked by celebrants, manifests with blissful inspiring powers of protection and promotion and, saving, watching, fascinating, goes forward, rushing, compelling, in an impetuous stream like waves of energy, and it also goes forward by a stream of mild motion, soothing and refreshing.

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9.107.9

अ॒नू॒पे गोमा॒न्गोभि॑रक्षाः॒ सोमो॑ दु॒ग्धाभि॑रक्षाः । स॒मु॒द्रं न सं॒वर॑णान्यग्मन्म॒न्दी मदा॑य तोशते ॥

Soma, divine master of holy speech, emerges in the depth of the heart with the voice of divinity and blesses the devotee with the revelation of the milk of spiritual sustenance. Just as streams of water flow and reach the sea, so is the divine stream and spirit of joy invoked and celebrated for the central bliss of the soul.

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9.107.10

आ सो॑म सुवा॒नो अद्रि॑भिस्ति॒रो वारा॑ण्य॒व्यया॑ । जनो॒ न पु॒रि च॒म्वो॑र्विश॒द्धरिः॒ सदो॒ वने॑षु दधिषे ॥

O Soma, spirit of universal bliss and protection, invoked and stirred by acts of meditation, radiating across the covers of darkness, enter the heart core of the soul as citizens enter their home in town, arise in the depth of heart and intelligence and abide there in the love and faith of the soul, your own cherished seat of existence among the wise.

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9.107.11

स मा॑मृजे ति॒रो अण्वा॑नि मे॒ष्यो॑ मी॒ळ्हे सप्ति॒र्न वा॑ज॒युः । अ॒नु॒माद्यः॒ पव॑मानो मनी॒षिभिः॒ सोमो॒ विप्रे॑भि॒ॠक्व॑भिः ॥

Like a war horse in victorious battle, Soma radiates across the fine fluctuations of senses, ecstatic, flowing in exuberant streams, when it is impelled and realised by the wise, vibrant Vedic sages in meditation.

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9.107.12

प्र सो॑म दे॒ववी॑तये॒ सिन्धु॒र्न पि॑प्ये॒ अर्ण॑सा । अं॒शोः पय॑सा मदि॒रो न जागृ॑वि॒रच्छा॒ कोशं॑ मधु॒श्चुत॑म् ॥

O Soma, be full with the liquid spirit of joy like the sea which is full with the flood of streams and rivers, and, like the very spirit of ecstasy overflowing with delicious exuberance of light divine, ever awake, flow into the devotee’s heart blest with the honeyed joy of divinity.

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9.107.13

आ ह॑र्य॒तो अर्जु॑ने॒ अत्के॑ अव्यत प्रि॒यः सू॒नुर्न मर्ज्यः॑ । तमीं॑ हिन्वन्त्य॒पसो॒ यथा॒ रथं॑ न॒दीष्वा गभ॑स्त्योः ॥

Dear, loved and fascinating, Soma emerges in transparent unsullied form, winsome worth refinement like a child’s and inspiring as a sanative. Devotees stimulate it with holy karma, a thing beautiful and inspiring, and let it join and flow in the streams of thought and action between their intellect and emotion and their prana and apana energies.

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9.107.14

अ॒भि सोमा॑स आ॒यवः॒ पव॑न्ते॒ मद्यं॒ मद॑म् । स॒मु॒द्रस्याधि॑ वि॒ष्टपि॑ मनी॒षिणो॑ मत्स॒रासः॑ स्व॒र्विदः॑ ॥

Intelligent and dedicated lovers of Soma refine and sublimate their pleasurable joy of the heart and emotion, direct it to divinity on top of the existential ocean of daily business and, thoughtful, ecstatic and divinely oriented, experience the heavenly ecstasy of Soma as in samadhi.

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9.107.15

तर॑त्समु॒द्रं पव॑मान ऊ॒र्मिणा॒ राजा॑ दे॒व ऋ॒तं बृ॒हत् । अर्ष॑न्मि॒त्रस्य॒ वरु॑णस्य॒ धर्म॑णा॒ प्र हि॑न्वा॒न ऋ॒तं बृ॒हत् ॥

Across the ocean of existence, pure, purifying and flowing by waves of ecstasy, refulgent generous divine ruler of life, itself the law of expansive universe, radiating by and with the Dharma of Mitra, spirit of love, and Varuna, spirit of justice, inspiring and stimulating the universal law of truth and advancement, rolls Soma.

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9.107.16

नृभि॑र्येमा॒नो ह॑र्य॒तो वि॑चक्ष॒णो राजा॑ दे॒वः स॑मु॒द्रियः॑ ॥

Invoked and impelled by leading lights of intelligent humanity, graciously charming, all watching, self-refulgent divine light of life, omnipresent in the universe, it rolls for Indra, the soul.

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9.107.17

इन्द्रा॑य पवते॒ मदः॒ सोमो॑ म॒रुत्व॑ते सु॒तः । स॒हस्र॑धारो॒ अत्यव्य॑मर्षति॒ तमी॑ मृजन्त्या॒यवः॑ ॥

Soma, joy of existence, invoked and realised, flows purifying and consecrating for Indra, the vibrant soul, in a thousand streams of ecstasy and overflows the heart and soul of the devotee. That Spirit of the universe, intelligent dedicated yogis realise, exalt and glorify.

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9.107.18

पु॒ना॒नश्च॒मू ज॒नय॑न्म॒तिं क॒विः सोमो॑ दे॒वेषु॑ रण्यति । अ॒पो वसा॑नः॒ परि॒ गोभि॒रुत्त॑रः॒ सीद॒न्वने॑ष्वव्यत ॥

Pervading and energising heaven and earth, indeed the entire world of Prakrti and Jiva, stimulating intelligence, the poetic creator rejoices among the divinities, stars and planets and the senses and mind of humanity. Wearing the cosmic waters as a cloak, inspiring and sanctifying our thoughts and actions, manifesting in all beautiful things, and thus perceived by our senses and apprehended by intelligence, it abides higher and somewhere beyond our apprehension.

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9.107.19

तवा॒हं सो॑म रारण स॒ख्य इ॑न्दो दि॒वेदि॑वे । पु॒रूणि॑ बभ्रो॒ नि च॑रन्ति॒ मामव॑ परि॒धीँरति॒ ताँ इ॑हि ॥

O Soma, light of life and universal joy of existence, I rejoice in your friendly company day in and day out. O mighty bearer sustainer of the universe, a host of negativities surround me, pray break through their bounds and come and save me.

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9.107.20

उ॒ताहं नक्त॑मु॒त सो॑म ते॒ दिवा॑ स॒ख्याय॑ बभ्र॒ ऊध॑नि । घृ॒णा तप॑न्त॒मति॒ सूर्यं॑ प॒रः श॑कु॒ना इ॑व पप्तिम ॥

And I, O Soma, bearer and sustainer, yearn day and night to abide in your presence for the sake of your love and friendship, and pray that we may rise, flying like birds beyond the sun blazing with its refulgence, and reach you, the Ultimate.

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9.107.21

मृ॒ज्यमा॑नः सुहस्त्य समु॒द्रे वाच॑मिन्वसि । र॒यिं पि॒शङ्गं॑ बहु॒लं पु॑रु॒स्पृहं॒ पव॑माना॒भ्य॑र्षसि ॥

O Spirit omnipotent with the world in your generous hands, celebrated and exalted, you stimulate and inspire the song of adoration in the depths of the heart and, pure, purifying, radiating and exalting, set in motion immense wealth of golden graces of universal love and desire for us.

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9.107.22

मृ॒जा॒नो वारे॒ पव॑मानो अ॒व्यये॒ वृषाव॑ चक्रदो॒ वने॑ । दे॒वानां॑ सोम पवमान निष्कृ॒तं गोभि॑रञ्जा॒नो अ॑र्षसि ॥

O Soma, universal spirit of generosity, cleansing, purifying and radiating in the protected heart of the cherished celebrant, you manifest loud and bold in the deep and beautiful world of existence and, sung and celebrated with songs of adoration, you move and manifest in the holy heart of divinities, pure, purifying, vibrating.

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9.107.23

पव॑स्व॒ वाज॑सातये॒ऽभि विश्वा॑नि॒ काव्या॑ । त्वं स॑मु॒द्रं प्र॑थ॒मो वि धा॑रयो दे॒वेभ्यः॑ सोम मत्स॒रः ॥

O Soma, spirit of universal light and joy, radiate and move, purifying and inspiring, toward the spirit of universal vision and creativity for the achievement of knowledge and enlightenment. You are the first highest and original master poet creator who bore the mighty treasure trove of infinite light and joy and let it open to flow for the divine sages.

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9.107.24

स तू प॑वस्व॒ परि॒ पार्थि॑वं॒ रजो॑ दि॒व्या च॑ सोम॒ धर्म॑भिः । त्वां विप्रा॑सो म॒तिभि॑र्विचक्षण शु॒भ्रं हि॑न्वन्ति धी॒तिभिः॑ ॥

O Soma, with all your power, laws and virtues, flow purifying and inspiring all that is earthly, heavenly and in the middle regions of the universe. O Spirit all knowing and watching, bright and pure, the sages with their thoughts and actions invoke and exalt you for inspiration and enlightenment.

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9.107.25

पव॑माना असृक्षत प॒वित्र॒मति॒ धार॑या । म॒रुत्व॑न्तो मत्स॒रा इ॑न्द्रि॒या हया॑ मे॒धाम॒भि प्रयां॑सि च ॥

Purifying, energising and inspiring currents of ecstasy and nourishment for the senses, will, intellect and imagination flow by stream and shower at the speed of winds to the holy heart of the sagely celebrant.

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9.107.26

अ॒पो वसा॑नः॒ परि॒ कोश॑मर्ष॒तीन्दु॑र्हिया॒नः सो॒तृभिः॑ । ज॒नय॒ञ्ज्योति॑र्म॒न्दना॑ अवीवश॒द्गाः कृ॑ण्वा॒नो न नि॒र्णिज॑म् ॥

Invoked and exalted by celebrants, the Soma spirit of light and joy radiates to the heart and soul of the devotee, there inspiring and enlightening the thoughts, will and imagination to action, creating the light of joyous vision and energising the mind and senses, as if shaping the original spirit of purity and divinity of the soul anew.

✦ Sukta 108 · 16 verses ✦

9.108.1

पव॑स्व॒ मधु॑मत्तम॒ इन्द्रा॑य सोम क्रतु॒वित्त॑मो॒ मदः॑ । महि॑ द्यु॒क्षत॑मो॒ मदः॑ ॥

O Soma, sweetest honey spirit of light, action and joy, radiate purifying for Indra, the soul. You are the wisest spirit of the knowledge of holy action, greatest and most enlightened spirit of joy.

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9.108.2

यस्य॑ ते पी॒त्वा वृ॑ष॒भो वृ॑षा॒यते॒ऽस्य पी॒ता स्व॒र्विदः॑ । स सु॒प्रके॑तो अ॒भ्य॑क्रमी॒दिषोऽच्छा॒ वाजं॒ नैत॑शः ॥

Having drunk of the Soma spirit of light, action and joy, Indra, the soul, overflows with strength and virile generosity. Having drunk of it, the soul receives the light of heavenly knowledge. And the soul, also, blest with inner light of spiritual awareness, rushes to achieve food, energy and enlightenment as a warrior wins the battle of his challenges.

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9.108.3

त्वं ह्य१॒॑ङ्ग दैव्या॒ पव॑मान॒ जनि॑मानि द्यु॒मत्त॑मः । अ॒मृ॒त॒त्वाय॑ घो॒षयः॑ ॥

O Soma, dear as life, pure and purifying, most refulgent enlightened spirit, only you can call up born humanity to holy life and proclaim the path to immortality.

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9.108.4

येना॒ नव॑ग्वो द॒ध्यङ्ङ॑पोर्णु॒ते येन॒ विप्रा॑स आपि॒रे । दे॒वानां॑ सु॒म्ने अ॒मृत॑स्य॒ चारु॑णो॒ येन॒ श्रवां॑स्यान॒शुः ॥

Soma is that spirit of enlightenment by which the meditative sages on way to divinity open up the path to immortality, by which the saints attain to the peace and well being worthy of divinities, and by which the lovers of immortality obtain their desired ambition and fulfilment.

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9.108.5

ए॒ष स्य धार॑या सु॒तोऽव्यो॒ वारे॑भिः पवते म॒दिन्त॑मः । क्रीळ॑न्नू॒र्मिर॒पामि॑व ॥

It is that Soma, most joyous spirit of life’s beauty, which, when realised by controlled minds of choice meditative order, flows pure and purifying by the stream of ecstasy, playful and exalting like waves of the sea.

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9.108.6

य उ॒स्रिया॒ अप्या॑ अ॒न्तरश्म॑नो॒ निर्गा अकृ॑न्त॒दोज॑सा । अ॒भि व्र॒जं त॑त्निषे॒ गव्य॒मश्व्यं॑ व॒र्मीव॑ धृष्ण॒वा रु॑ज ॥

You who with your might and lustre break open the cloud and release the streams of water from the womb of the cloud, who pervade and extend your power over the vault of the universe, pray come like a warrior in arms and break open the paths of progress in knowledge and advancement.

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9.108.7

आ सो॑ता॒ परि॑ षिञ्च॒ताश्वं॒ न स्तोम॑म॒प्तुरं॑ रज॒स्तुर॑म् । व॒न॒क्र॒क्षमु॑द॒प्रुत॑म् ॥

O celebrants, come, realise and all-ways serve Soma like sacred adorable energy impelling as particles of water and rays of light, the spirit pervasive in the universe and deep as the bottomless ocean.

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9.108.8

स॒हस्र॑धारं वृष॒भं प॑यो॒वृधं॑ प्रि॒यं दे॒वाय॒ जन्म॑ने । ऋ॒तेन॒ य ऋ॒तजा॑तो विवावृ॒धे राजा॑ दे॒व ऋ॒तं बृ॒हत् ॥

For the rise of the self to the state of divine refulgence, let us serve and adore Soma, divine spirit of a thousand streams and showers, potent and generous, augmenter of the milk of life, dear as father and friend, who, manifestive in the laws of universal existence, pervades the expansive creativity of divine power and is the self-refulgent ruler, generous divinity and the infinite law, truth and ultimate reality itself.

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9.108.9

अ॒भि द्यु॒म्नं बृ॒हद्यश॒ इष॑स्पते दिदी॒हि दे॑व देव॒युः । वि कोशं॑ मध्य॒मं यु॑व ॥

O refulgent generous Soma spirit of life, lover of divinities, master of food and energy for body, mind and soul, give us the light to rise to the honour and excellence of higher life towards divinity, and for that pray open the middle cover of the soul and let us rise to the state of divine bliss.

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9.108.10

आ व॑च्यस्व सुदक्ष च॒म्वोः॑ सु॒तो वि॒शां वह्नि॒र्न वि॒श्पतिः॑ । वृ॒ष्टिं दि॒वः प॑वस्व री॒तिम॒पां जिन्वा॒ गवि॑ष्टये॒ धियः॑ ॥

O Spirit omnipotent of divine action, invoked, adored and vibrant in the internal world of mind and soul and in the external world of nature, sustainer and ruler as burden bearer of humanity, stimulate the radiation of light from heaven, sanctify the shower of bliss, and inspire and illuminate the mind and intelligence for the seeker of enlightenment.

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9.108.11

ए॒तमु॒ त्यं म॑द॒च्युतं॑ स॒हस्र॑धारं वृष॒भं दिवो॑ दुहुः । विश्वा॒ वसू॑नि॒ बिभ्र॑तम् ॥

This treasure trove of the wealth, honour and excellence of existence, overflowing with honey sweets of ecstasy in a thousand streams, virile, brilliant and generous, the sages worship and they receive the milky grace of divinity for life and joy.

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9.108.12

वृषा॒ वि ज॑ज्ञे ज॒नय॒न्नम॑र्त्यः प्र॒तप॒ञ्ज्योति॑षा॒ तमः॑ । स सुष्टु॑तः क॒विभि॑र्नि॒र्णिजं॑ दधे त्रि॒धात्व॑स्य॒ दंस॑सा ॥

Generous immortal Soma, supreme spirit of eternal light, manifests, generating life and removing darkness with light. Celebrated and worshipped by visionary sages, it manifests in their consciousness wearing its immaculate garb of threefold Prakrti of matter, mind and motion by virtue of its omnipotence.

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9.108.13

स सु॑न्वे॒ यो वसू॑नां॒ यो रा॒यामा॑ने॒ता य इळा॑नाम् । सोमो॒ यः सु॑क्षिती॒नाम् ॥

That Soma which is the generator, harbinger and ruler guide of all forms of wealth, honour and excellence, lands, knowledge and awareness, and of happy homes is thus realised in its divine manifestation.

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9.108.14

यस्य॑ न॒ इन्द्रः॒ पिबा॒द्यस्य॑ म॒रुतो॒ यस्य॑ वार्य॒मणा॒ भगः॑ । आ येन॑ मि॒त्रावरु॑णा॒ करा॑मह॒ एन्द्र॒मव॑से म॒हे ॥

Soma is the omniscient and omnipotent divine spirit, whose ecstatic presence, our soul experiences, whose powers, our vibrant forces experience and adore, by whose path and guidance our power and honour moves and moves forward, by whose grace we develop our pranic energies and our sense of love and judgement, and by whose word and grace we anoint and consecrate our ruler for our high level of defence and security.

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9.108.15

इन्द्रा॑य सोम॒ पात॑वे॒ नृभि॑र्य॒तः स्वा॑यु॒धो म॒दिन्त॑मः । पव॑स्व॒ मधु॑मत्तमः ॥

O Soma, life divine, realised by leading lights, wielding noble arms of defence, being most exciting and bearing sweetest honey gifts, flow forth in consciousness for the soul’s fulfilment and for glory of the social order.

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9.108.16

इन्द्र॑स्य॒ हार्दि॑ सोम॒धान॒मा वि॑श समु॒द्रमि॑व॒ सिन्ध॑वः । जुष्टो॑ मि॒त्राय॒ वरु॑णाय वा॒यवे॑ दि॒वो वि॑ष्ट॒म्भ उ॑त्त॒मः ॥

O Soma spirit of life divine dear to humanity, come, enter the heart core of the soul of humanity’s social order full of love and reverence for the joy and glory of life. Come, enter as rivers flow to the sea. Loved and worshipped for Mitra, spirit of friendship, for Varuna, spirit of freedom and choice with justice and vision, and for Vayu, vibrant power and dignity of the human nation, come and bless, supreme sustainer of heaven and earth.

✦ Sukta 109 · 22 verses ✦

9.109.1

परि॒ प्र ध॒न्वेन्द्रा॑य सोम स्वा॒दुर्मि॒त्राय॑ पू॒ष्णे भगा॑य ॥

O Soma, come and inspire as the most delicious psychic and spiritual experience for the soul and the nation, for friends, for the sustaining guardians and for the spirit of honour and glory of humanity.

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9.109.2

इन्द्र॑स्ते सोम सु॒तस्य॑ पेयाः॒ क्रत्वे॒ दक्षा॑य॒ विश्वे॑ च दे॒वाः ॥

Soma, spirit of glory and grandeur, loved, realised and reverenced, let Indra, the ruling soul, experience the ecstasy for noble action and efficiency. Let all divinities of the world enjoy the divine presence.

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9.109.3

ए॒वामृता॑य म॒हे क्षया॑य॒ स शु॒क्रो अ॑र्ष दि॒व्यः पी॒यूषः॑ ॥

Thus for immortality, for great dominion and for highest ascension, may that pure, potent and celestial Soma presence flow and radiate as the sweetest taste of life.

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9.109.4

पव॑स्व सोम म॒हान्त्स॑मु॒द्रः पि॒ता दे॒वानां॒ विश्वा॒भि धाम॑ ॥

Flow forth and consecrate, O Soma presence of divinity, as great ocean of life, father, generator and sustainer of divinities and ultimate haven and home of all the worlds of existence.

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9.109.5

शु॒क्रः प॑वस्व दे॒वेभ्यः॑ सोम दि॒वे पृ॑थि॒व्यै शं च॑ प्र॒जायै॑ ॥

O pure and potent Soma spirit of divinity, consecrate and radiate for the generous brilliant nobilities and divinities and bring showers of peace and joy for heaven and earth and for the human people and all other forms of life.

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9.109.6

दि॒वो ध॒र्तासि॑ शु॒क्रः पी॒यूषः॑ स॒त्ये विध॑र्मन्वा॒जी प॑वस्व ॥

You are the sustainer of the heavenly regions of light, most blissful presence for experience in the yajna of truth and divine law, and the ultimate winner of the victory. Flow forth, divine Soma, purify and consecrate us in the presence.

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9.109.7

पव॑स्व सोम द्यु॒म्नी सु॑धा॒रो म॒हामवी॑ना॒मनु॑ पू॒र्व्यः ॥

O Soma, you are the glory and the grandeur, holy stream and shower, the first and eternal of the greatest of the great, pray flow forth in presence, radiate and purify as ever before.

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9.109.8

नृभि॑र्येमा॒नो ज॑ज्ञा॒नः पू॒तः क्षर॒द्विश्वा॑नि म॒न्द्रः स्व॒र्वित् ॥

Realised by leading lights, manifestive in the world and consciousness, presence consecrated in the heart core, blessing the world with divinity, ecstatic, the presence of heaven itself, that’s what you are, Soma.

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9.109.9

इन्दुः॑ पुना॒नः प्र॒जामु॑रा॒णः कर॒द्विश्वा॑नि॒ द्रवि॑णानि नः ॥

Soma, generous, brilliant and blissful spirit of divinity, pure and purifying, inspirer and energiser of people, may, we pray, generate all wealth and honours of the world for us.

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9.109.10

पव॑स्व सोम॒ क्रत्वे॒ दक्षा॒याश्वो॒ न नि॒क्तो वा॒जी धना॑य ॥

O Soma, as victor of life and divine glory, flow, radiate and inspire us like energy itself controlled and consecrated for creative and productive holy work, expert technique and the production and achievement of wealth.

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9.109.11

तं ते॑ सो॒तारो॒ रसं॒ मदा॑य पु॒नन्ति॒ सोमं॑ म॒हे द्यु॒म्नाय॑ ॥

O Soma, spirit of divine energy and peace, your yajnic celebrants create and consecrate that very blissful liquid flow of your ecstatic energy for joy and for the great honour and glory of life.

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9.109.12

शिशुं॑ जज्ञा॒नं हरिं॑ मृजन्ति प॒वित्रे॒ सोमं॑ दे॒वेभ्य॒ इन्दु॑म् ॥

They adore and exalt that Soma spirit of divine beauty, peace and glory in their pure heart core, the spirit that is creative and lovable, manifestive, saviour and inspirer, for the achievement of noble virtues worthy of the noble and generous people.

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9.109.13

इन्दुः॑ पविष्ट॒ चारु॒र्मदा॑या॒पामु॒पस्थे॑ क॒विर्भगा॑य ॥

Indu, Soma spirit of refulgent divinity, blissful and poetically creative is the omniscient highest purifying and saving spirit and power for the sake of honour and joy on the basis of one’s own Karmic performance.

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9.109.14

बिभ॑र्ति॒ चार्विन्द्र॑स्य॒ नाम॒ येन॒ विश्वा॑नि वृ॒त्रा ज॒घान॑ ॥

That Soma spirit of beauteous and blissful divinity bears the name of Indra, power of omnipotence, by virtue of which it overcomes and destroys all the darkness and evil of the world.

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9.109.15

पिब॑न्त्यस्य॒ विश्वे॑ दे॒वासो॒ गोभिः॑ श्री॒तस्य॒ नृभिः॑ सु॒तस्य॑ ॥

All the divine nobilities and brilliancies of the world drink of this soma sweetness of divine joy realised by leading lights of humanity and exalted with the beauty and grace of art and imagination.

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9.109.16

प्र सु॑वा॒नो अ॑क्षाः स॒हस्र॑धारस्ति॒रः प॒वित्रं॒ वि वार॒मव्य॑म् ॥

The Soma spirit of divinity realised and exalted by the celebrant, streaming in a thousand showers, reaches and sanctifies the pure, protected and sanctified heart of its cherished devotee.

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9.109.17

स वा॒ज्य॑क्षाः स॒हस्र॑रेता अ॒द्भिर्मृ॑जा॒नो गोभिः॑ श्रीणा॒नः ॥

May that victor spirit of Soma divinity of infinite power, realised with meditative Karma and crystallized by perception and awareness, manifest in the heart and bless us.

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9.109.18

प्र सो॑म या॒हीन्द्र॑स्य कु॒क्षा नृभि॑र्येमा॒नो अद्रि॑भिः सु॒तः ॥

O Soma spirit of divinity, pursued in practice by men and realised in name and presence through senses, mind and intelligence of the yogis, come and abide in the heart core of the soul.

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9.109.19

अस॑र्जि वा॒जी ति॒रः प॒वित्र॒मिन्द्रा॑य॒ सोमः॑ स॒हस्र॑धारः ॥

Soma, the vibrant victor spirit of divinity of infinite streams of joy, manifests through the purity of heart for the soul’s experience.

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9.109.20

अ॒ञ्जन्त्ये॑नं॒ मध्वो॒ रसे॒नेन्द्रा॑य॒ वृष्ण॒ इन्दुं॒ मदा॑य ॥

Celebrants exalt this Soma spirit of beauty and bliss with honey sweets of poetic flavour for the joy of generous and virile human soul.

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9.109.21

दे॒वेभ्य॑स्त्वा॒ वृथा॒ पाज॑से॒ऽपो वसा॑नं॒ हरिं॑ मृजन्ति ॥

They spontaneously exalt you, Soma, vibrant in Prakrti and in Karma, the saviour spirit, for the sages and for achievement of strength.

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9.109.22

इन्दु॒रिन्द्रा॑य तोशते॒ नि तो॑शते श्री॒णन्नु॒ग्रो रि॒णन्न॒पः ॥

The mighty self-refulgent Soma spirit of beauty and bliss is realised for the soul and, mingling and moving with the flow of karma, it is attained for the salvation of the soul in ultimate freedom from karma and sufferance.

✦ Sukta 110 · 12 verses ✦

9.110.1

पर्यू॒ षु प्र ध॑न्व॒ वाज॑सातये॒ परि॑ वृ॒त्राणि॑ स॒क्षणिः॑ । द्वि॒षस्त॒रध्या॑ ऋण॒या न॑ ईयसे ॥

O Soma, vibrant Spirit of life, victor over evils and darkness, move on with us, inspiring and energising us for the achievement of food, energy and enlightenment, for elimination of malignity, negativities and contradictions, with the obligation that we pay the debts and never overdraw on our karmic account.

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9.110.2

अनु॒ हि त्वा॑ सु॒तं सो॑म॒ मदा॑मसि म॒हे स॑मर्य॒राज्ये॑ । वाजाँ॑ अ॒भि प॑वमान॒ प्र गा॑हसे ॥

While you are with us at heart, O Soma, spirit of constant peaceful life, we rejoice with you in the great common-wealth order of governance where, dynamic, pure and purifying, you ever advance to victories in honour, excellence and glory.

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9.110.3

अजी॑जनो॒ हि प॑वमान॒ सूर्यं॑ वि॒धारे॒ शक्म॑ना॒ पयः॑ । गोजी॑रया॒ रंह॑माणः॒ पुरं॑ध्या ॥

Soma, pure, purifying and dynamic by your essential omnipotence, mighty moving with cosmic intelligence and ignition of oceanic particles

of Prakrti, you create the sun, generate bio-energy in all containing space and set in motion the stars and planets of the universe.

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9.110.4

अजी॑जनो अमृत॒ मर्त्ये॒ष्वाँ ऋ॒तस्य॒ धर्म॑न्न॒मृत॑स्य॒ चारु॑णः । सदा॑सरो॒ वाज॒मच्छा॒ सनि॑ष्यदत् ॥

Immortal Soma, manifesting in mortal forms, radiating in the operative laws of eternal and immortal blissful dynamics of existence, vesting in mortals the energy and ambition to live, you move on ever in union with mortals and immortals.

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9.110.5

अ॒भ्य॑भि॒ हि श्रव॑सा त॒तर्दि॒थोत्सं॒ न कं चि॑ज्जन॒पान॒मक्षि॑तम् । शर्या॑भि॒र्न भर॑माणो॒ गभ॑स्त्योः ॥

Bearing in hands as if, and maintaining in balance by evolutionary powers, you hold and control the means of life sustenance, and release them in constant flow of food and energy like an inexhaustible stream of water for the maintenance and fulfilment of common humanity.

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9.110.6

आदीं॒ के चि॒त्पश्य॑मानास॒ आप्यं॑ वसु॒रुचो॑ दि॒व्या अ॒भ्य॑नूषत । वारं॒ न दे॒वः स॑वि॒ता व्यू॑र्णुते ॥

And some men of vision who can perceive the adorable presence worthy of attainment, and some divinely blest lovers of the life sustainer Soma who adore and exalt him, these reveal the mystery and majesty of the supreme Soma spirit as the sun reveals the world of physical reality.

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9.110.7

त्वे सो॑म प्रथ॒मा वृ॒क्तब॑र्हिषो म॒हे वाजा॑य॒ श्रव॑से॒ धियं॑ दधुः । स त्वं नो॑ वीर वी॒र्या॑य चोदय ॥

Into you, O Soma, did ancient sages of uninvolved mind with yajnic dedication concentrate and focus their mind and senses for the attainment of a high order of spiritual enlightenment. O Soma spirit of divinity that enlightened the sages, pray inspire and enlighten us too with that same divine manliness of vision and action.

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9.110.8

दि॒वः पी॒यूषं॑ पू॒र्व्यं यदु॒क्थ्यं॑ म॒हो गा॒हाद्दि॒व आ निर॑धुक्षत । इन्द्र॑म॒भि जाय॑मानं॒ सम॑स्वरन् ॥

That nectar of divinity, eternal and adorable, which the ancient sages distilled from the mighty great and infinite heaven of light, and which they perceived rising for the soul while they sang in adoration, that same nectar, O Soma, may shower on us too, we pray.

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9.110.9

अध॒ यदि॒मे प॑वमान॒ रोद॑सी इ॒मा च॒ विश्वा॒ भुव॑ना॒भि म॒ज्मना॑ । यू॒थे न नि॒ष्ठा वृ॑ष॒भो वि ति॑ष्ठसे ॥

And then, O pure and purifying Soma, as long as these heaven and earth and all these regions of the world you wield with your might abide, you abide as the master in the centre of the multitude,

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9.110.10

सोमः॑ पुना॒नो अ॒व्यये॒ वारे॒ शिशु॒र्न क्रीळ॒न्पव॑मानो अक्षाः । स॒हस्र॑धारः श॒तवा॑ज॒ इन्दुः॑ ॥

And that long may Soma bless us, pure and purifying, vibrant as wind and joyously manifesting playfully as a darling spirit in the protective world of choice beauty, flowing with a thousand streams and commanding a hundred forces of existence, blissful, brilliant and gracious as it is.

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9.110.11

ए॒ष पु॑ना॒नो मधु॑माँ ऋ॒तावेन्द्रा॒येन्दुः॑ पवते स्वा॒दुरू॒र्मिः । वा॒ज॒सनि॑र्वरिवो॒विद्व॑यो॒धाः ॥

This Soma, pure and purifying, honeyed presence, ruling lord of truth and eternal law, bright and beautiful, treasurehold of power and sustenance, master of wealth and honour, mighty warrior and victor, pervades and vibrates as the sweetest presence in waves of ecstasy.

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9.110.12

स प॑वस्व॒ सह॑मानः पृत॒न्यून्त्सेध॒न्रक्षां॒स्यप॑ दु॒र्गहा॑णि । स्वा॒यु॒धः सा॑स॒ह्वान्त्सो॑म॒ शत्रू॑न् ॥

O Soma, spirit of power, patience and fortitude, wielder of mighty arms, flow pure, protect and purify us, warding off fighting forces of evil, eliminating difficulties, and challenging and defeating enemies.

✦ Sukta 111 · 3 verses ✦

9.111.1

अ॒या रु॒चा हरि॑ण्या पुना॒नो विश्वा॒ द्वेषां॑सि तरति स्व॒युग्व॑भिः॒ सूरो॒ न स्व॒युग्व॑भिः । धारा॑ सु॒तस्य॑ रोचते पुना॒नो अ॑रु॒षो हरिः॑ । विश्वा॒ यद्रू॒पा प॑रि॒यात्यृक्व॑भिः स॒प्तास्ये॑भि॒ॠक्व॑भिः ॥

This Soma spirit of the fighting force of divinity, protecting and purifying by its own victorious lustre of innate powers, overcomes all forces of jealousy and enmity as the sun dispels all darkness with its own rays of light. The stream of its radiance, realised and purifying, shines beautiful and blissful. The lustrous saviour spirit which pervades all existent forms of the world, goes forward pure and purifying with seven notes of its exalting voice and seven rays of light and seven pranic energies expressive of its mighty force.

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9.111.2

त्वं त्यत्प॑णी॒नां वि॑दो॒ वसु॒ सं मा॒तृभि॑र्मर्जयसि॒ स्व आ दम॑ ऋ॒तस्य॑ धी॒तिभि॒र्दमे॑ । प॒रा॒वतो॒ न साम॒ तद्यत्रा॒ रण॑न्ति धी॒तयः॑ । त्रि॒धातु॑भि॒ररु॑षीभि॒र्वयो॑ दधे॒ रोच॑मानो॒ वयो॑ दधे ॥

You win the wealth of advantage over hard bargainers in exchange and, in trade and commerce, turn deficit into surplus and make it shine with native resources in your own home, yes with open, honest, yajnic transactions of law and truth as on the vedi of yajna. Songs of praise and appreciation from afar are heard where expert organisers and workers rejoice in action. Bright and brilliant Soma spirit of peace holds life and sustenance in hand by shining wealth of matter, mind and motion in open peaceable circulation, yes Soma holds life and sustenance in hand, under control, and provides it freely.

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9.111.3

पूर्वा॒मनु॑ प्र॒दिशं॑ याति॒ चेकि॑त॒त्सं र॒श्मिभि॑र्यतते दर्श॒तो रथो॒ दैव्यो॑ दर्श॒तो रथः॑ । अग्म॑न्नु॒क्थानि॒ पौंस्येन्द्रं॒ जैत्रा॑य हर्षयन् । वज्र॑श्च॒ यद्भव॑थो॒ अन॑पच्युता स॒मत्स्वन॑पच्युता ॥

Intelligent and well aware, Soma warrior goes forward in the line and to the destination in consonance and continuation of living tradition of law and custom, his glorious divine chariot is directed by rays of light and vibrant enthusiasm, thus the glorious chariot goes on. Songs of praise in honour of the brave resound, exalting Indra, the ruling soul of the order, for the victory, when the ruling soul and the fighting force both become the one thunderbolt infallible in battles, verily one invincible power in battle.

✦ Sukta 112 · 4 verses ✦

9.112.1

ना॒ना॒नं वा उ॑ नो॒ धियो॒ वि व्र॒तानि॒ जना॑नाम् । तक्षा॑ रि॒ष्टं रु॒तं भि॒षग्ब्र॒ह्मा सु॒न्वन्त॑मिच्छ॒तीन्द्रा॑येन्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव ॥

Different are our thoughts and ways of thinking, different are people’s acts, plans and commitments. The maker wants to repair the broken, the physician looks for the sick, the Vedic scholar loves the maker of soma and soma yajna, and you, O Soma, spirit of life’s joy, flow for Indra, soul of the system.

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9.112.2

जर॑तीभि॒रोष॑धीभिः प॒र्णेभिः॑ शकु॒नाना॑म् । का॒र्मा॒रो अश्म॑भि॒र्द्युभि॒र्हिर॑ण्यवन्तमिच्छ॒तीन्द्रा॑येन्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव ॥

With ripe herbs, bird’s feathers and with stones and flames, the smith makes the arrows and seeks the man of gold who can buy. O bright and sparkling Soma, you go forward with Indra, ruler of the social order.

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9.112.3

का॒रुर॒हं त॒तो भि॒षगु॑पलप्र॒क्षिणी॑ न॒ना । नाना॑धियो वसू॒यवोऽनु॒ गा इ॑व तस्थि॒मेन्द्रा॑येन्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव ॥

I am an artist, maker, craftsman, father, a physician, mother, a miller. We are of different mind, competence and interests and in search of wealth and sustenance we go in different directions like the senses and yet stay together. You, O Soma, flow for Indra, centre and soul of the system.

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9.112.4

अश्वो॒ वोळ्हा॑ सु॒खं रथं॑ हस॒नामु॑पम॒न्त्रिणः॑ । शेपो॒ रोम॑ण्वन्तौ भे॒दौ वारिन्म॒ण्डूक॑ इच्छ॒तीन्द्रा॑येन्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव ॥

The motive power needs a smooth carrier, close friends in concert love fun, the beautician wants the cosmetics of her choice, and the vibrant sensitive loves to appreciate and value the subtlest distinctions between the seductive sweets and elevating beauties of life in experience. O Soma, spirit of peace and joy of life, you flow for the soul’s bliss. (That’s what I am. I am the soul. I love Soma.)

✦ Sukta 113 · 11 verses ✦

9.113.1

श॒र्य॒णाव॑ति॒ सोम॒मिन्द्रः॑ पिबतु वृत्र॒हा । बलं॒ दधा॑न आ॒त्मनि॑ करि॒ष्यन्वी॒र्यं॑ म॒हदिन्द्रा॑येन्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव ॥

In the order of power and prosperity, let Indra, ruler soul of the order, dispelling darkness and destroying evil, wielding the power and creating super- strength and lustre in the self, enjoy, protect and promote the honour and glory of the order to the heights of excellence. O Spirit of cosmic beauty, glory and grace, flow and radiate in the service of the glory of divinity higher and higher.

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9.113.2

आ प॑वस्व दिशां पत आर्जी॒कात्सो॑म मीढ्वः । ऋ॒त॒वा॒केन॑ स॒त्येन॑ श्र॒द्धया॒ तप॑सा सु॒त इन्द्रा॑येन्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव ॥

O Indu, Soma, spirit of power and glory, master ruler and protector of the quarters of space, virile and generous, realised with faith and relentless austere discipline in pursuance of the Vedic voice, come from the depths of nature and simplicity of eternal law, and flow, pure and purifying, for Indra, the ruling soul, in the service of divinity.

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9.113.3

प॒र्जन्य॑वृद्धं महि॒षं तं सूर्य॑स्य दुहि॒ताभ॑रत् । तं ग॑न्ध॒र्वाः प्रत्य॑गृभ्ण॒न्तं सोमे॒ रस॒माद॑धु॒रिन्द्रा॑येन्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव ॥

That Soma, glory of life, growing great as the cloud by the cloud, daughter of the sun, the dawn and divine faith, brings to the earth. The forces that sustain the earth take and fill that glory of soma with beauty and joy of life. O Indu, spirit of power and grace of glory, flow for the power and majesty of Indra in the service of divinity.

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9.113.4

ऋ॒तं वद॑न्नृतद्युम्न स॒त्यं वद॑न्त्सत्यकर्मन् । श्र॒द्धां वद॑न्त्सोम राजन्धा॒त्रा सो॑म॒ परि॑ष्कृत॒ इन्द्रा॑येन्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव ॥

O Soma, spirit of glory and majesty of the order, great with the light and lustre of truth, reflecting the truth and rectitude of the order, speaking the truth, doing things aright, reflecting divine faith in action and policy, shining bright and ruling, purified and consecrated by the universal divine ordainer, O Soma, flow for Indra, soul of the system in the service of divinity.

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9.113.5

स॒त्यमु॑ग्रस्य बृह॒तः सं स्र॑वन्ति संस्र॒वाः । सं य॑न्ति र॒सिनो॒ रसाः॑ पुना॒नो ब्रह्म॑णा हर॒ इन्द्रा॑येन्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव ॥

Together and in truth flow the laws of infinite potent majesty. Beauties and graces of gracious blissful divinity flow together delicious sweet. O Indu, saviour spirit of beauty and joy, purified and energised by the spirit of Infinity, flow for the sake of Indra, ruling soul of the system in the service of divinity.

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9.113.6

यत्र॑ ब्र॒ह्मा प॑वमान छन्द॒स्यां॒३॒॑ वाचं॒ वद॑न् । ग्राव्णा॒ सोमे॑ मही॒यते॒ सोमे॑नान॒न्दं ज॒नय॒न्निन्द्रा॑येन्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव ॥

Where the sage, pure at heart and purifying, chanting the sacred word of the Veda grows to spiritual dignity by the control of mind and senses, there, creating the joy of life by the experience of divine ecstasy, O Spirit of glory and majesty, flow for Indra, the ruling soul in the service of divinity.

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9.113.7

यत्र॒ ज्योति॒रज॑स्रं॒ यस्मिँ॑ल्लो॒के स्व॑र्हि॒तम् । तस्मि॒न्मां धे॑हि पवमाना॒मृते॑ लो॒के अक्षि॑त॒ इन्द्रा॑येन्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव ॥

Where light is eternal, where divine bliss is vested in life itself, in that immortal imperishable haven of freedom and bliss place me, O Spirit of beauty, majesty and grace, and flow for the sake of Indu, soul of the system I love and admire.

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9.113.8

यत्र॒ राजा॑ वैवस्व॒तो यत्रा॑व॒रोध॑नं दि॒वः । यत्रा॒मूर्य॒ह्वती॒राप॒स्तत्र॒ माम॒मृतं॑ कृ॒धीन्द्रा॑येन्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव ॥

Where eternal Time is the ruler supreme, where light and bliss is self- contained eternally without obstruction of mutability, where those mighty streams of bliss flow within constant Infinity, there, O Soma, place me immortal. Indu, O spirit of joy, generosity and grace, flow for Indra, soul of the system of existence in the service of divinity.

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9.113.9

यत्रा॑नुका॒मं चर॑णं त्रिना॒के त्रि॑दि॒वे दि॒वः । लो॒का यत्र॒ ज्योति॑ष्मन्त॒स्तत्र॒ माम॒मृतं॑ कृ॒धीन्द्रा॑येन्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव ॥

Where you move free as you wish, in the highest paradisal bliss, in the highest heavenly light, yourself the light of Being itself, where all worlds and all people are vested in light divine, there in that heaven of bliss, O Soma, place me immortal. O Indu, spirit of light and bliss, flow for Indra, the soul that I am, for the soul that is supreme.

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9.113.10

यत्र॒ कामा॑ निका॒माश्च॒ यत्र॑ ब्र॒ध्नस्य॑ वि॒ष्टप॑म् । स्व॒धा च॒ यत्र॒ तृप्ति॑श्च॒ तत्र॒ माम॒मृतं॑ कृ॒धीन्द्रा॑येन्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव ॥

Where all desire is beyond desire, where knowledge is climactic supreme, where faith, self- sacrifice, surrender and the self itself is fulfilment, there in that heaven of peace, place me immortal. O Indu, spirit of universal eternal peace, flow for Indra, the soul of existence.

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9.113.11

यत्रा॑न॒न्दाश्च॒ मोदा॑श्च॒ मुदः॑ प्र॒मुद॒ आस॑ते । काम॑स्य॒ यत्रा॒प्ताः कामा॒स्तत्र॒ माम॒मृतं॑ कृ॒धीन्द्रा॑येन्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव ॥

Where all orders of bliss, all forms of pleasure, all delights and ecstasies abide subsistent in bliss divine, where all desires and ambitions are subsumed in fulfilment, there in that heaven of eternal joy and fulfilment, place me immortal. O Indu, flow for Indra, ultimate soul of existence.

✦ Sukta 114 · 4 verses ✦

9.114.1

य इन्दोः॒ पव॑मान॒स्यानु॒ धामा॒न्यक्र॑मीत् । तमा॑हुः सुप्र॒जा इति॒ यस्ते॑ सो॒मावि॑ध॒न्मन॒ इन्द्रा॑येन्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव ॥

One who rises and lives upto the presence, rules and laws of vibrant omnipresent Soma, light of the world, they say, he is the man, fulfilled in the self and family. O Soma, spirit of light and joy divine, vibrate and bless the man who dedicates his mind and sense, will and action to your presence and law.

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9.114.2

ऋषे॑ मन्त्र॒कृतां॒ स्तोमैः॒ कश्य॑पोद्व॒र्धय॒न्गिरः॑ । सोमं॑ नमस्य॒ राजा॑नं॒ यो ज॒ज्ञे वी॒रुधां॒ पति॒रिन्द्रा॑येन्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव ॥

O lord omniscient, cosmic seer, sustainer of life, the sage who sublimates and raises his songs of praise with hymns realised in the essence by the Vedic seers, and, having paid homage to self-refulgent ruling Soma, rises in the self-awareness of divinity is divine. O Indu, lord of light, sustainer of nature, vibrate and flow in your presence for such a soul and bless him.

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9.114.3

स॒प्त दिशो॒ नाना॑सूर्याः स॒प्त होता॑र ऋ॒त्विजः॑ । दे॒वा आ॑दि॒त्या ये स॒प्त तेभिः॑ सोमा॒भि र॑क्ष न॒ इन्द्रा॑येन्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव ॥

Seven are the directions, regions of the universe, many many suns, seven priests and seasonal yajakas of nature, bright divinities, suns and stars, all the seven orders of existence that there are, with all these, pray protect and promote us. O Soma, let the divine power and presence vibrate and flow for Indra, the soul of humanity.

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9.114.4

यत्ते॑ राजञ्छृ॒तं ह॒विस्तेन॑ सोमा॒भि र॑क्ष नः । अ॒रा॒ती॒वा मा न॑स्तारी॒न्मो च॑ नः॒ किं च॒नाम॑म॒दिन्द्रा॑येन्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव ॥

O Soma, spirit of light and life of the universe, whatever your ripest gifts of knowledge and power, with those, pray, bless and promote us. Let no enemy oppress us. Let none hurt anything of ours. O Indu, spirit of light and bliss, may your presence flow for the soul and promote the life and spirit of humanity.