9. Maṇḍala 9

Ṛgveda 9.1 · 10 verses

9.1.1

स्वादि॑ष्ठया॒ मदि॑ष्ठया॒ पव॑स्व सोम॒ धार॑या।
इन्द्रा॑य॒ पात॑वे सु॒तः ॥

svādiṣṭhayā madiṣṭhayā pavasva soma dhārayā।
indrāya pātave sutaḥ ॥

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

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9.1.2

र॒क्षो॒हा वि॒श्वच॑र्षणिर॒भि योनि॒मयो॑हतम्।
द्रुणा॑ स॒धस्थ॒मास॑दत् ॥

rakṣohā viśvacarṣaṇirabhi yonimayohatam।
druṇā sadhasthamāsadat ॥

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 ॥

varivodhātamo bhava maṃhiṣṭho vṛtrahantamaḥ।
parṣi rādho maghonām ॥

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 श्रव॑ ॥

abhyarṣa mahānāṃ devānāṃ vītimandhasā।
abhi vājamuta śrava ॥

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,

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9.1.5

त्वामच्छा॑ चरामसि॒ तदिदर्थं॑ दि॒वेदि॑वे।
इन्दो॒ त्वे न॑ आ॒शस॑ ॥

tvāmacchā carāmasi tadidarthaṃ divedive।
indo tve na āśasa ॥

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 ॥

punāti te parisrutaṃ somaṃ sūryasya duhitā।
vāreṇa śaśvatā tanā ॥

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

तमी॒मण्वी॑ सम॒र्य आ गृ॒भ्णन्ति॒ योष॑णो॒ दश॑।
स्वसा॑र॒ पार्ये॑ दि॒वि ॥

tamīmaṇvī samarya ā gṛbhṇanti yoṣaṇo daśa।
svasāra pārye divi ॥

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 ॥

tamīṃ hinvantyagruvo dhamanti bākuraṃ dṛtim।
tridhātu vāraṇaṃ madhu ॥

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

अ॒भी॒३ममघ्न्या॑ उ॒त श्री॒णन्ति॑ धे॒नव॒ शिशु॑म्।
सोम॒मिन्द्रा॑य॒ पात॑वे ॥

abhī3mamaghnyā uta śrīṇanti dhenava śiśum।
somamindrāya pātave ॥

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 ॥

asyedindro madeṣvā viśvā vṛtrāṇi jighnate।
śūro maghā ca maṃhate ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.2 · 10 verses

9.2.1

पव॑स्व देव॒वीरति॑ प॒वित्रं॑ सोम॒ रंह्या॑।
इन्द्र॑मिन्दो॒ वृषा वि॑श ॥

pavasva devavīrati pavitraṃ soma raṃhyā।
indramindo vṛṣā viśa ॥

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 ॥

ā vacyasva mahi psaro vṛṣendo dyumnavattamaḥ।
ā yoniṃ dharṇasiḥ sadaḥ ॥

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 वे॒धस॑।
अ॒पो व॑सिष्ट सु॒क्रतु॑ ॥

adhukṣata priyaṃ madhu dhārā sutasya vedhasa।
apo vasiṣṭa sukratu ॥

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 ॥

mahāntaṃ tvā mahīranvāpo arṣanti sindhavaḥ।
yadgobhirvāsayiṣyase ॥

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।
सोम॑ प॒वित्रे॑ अस्म॒युः ॥

samudro apsu māmṛje viṣṭambho dharuṇo divaḥ।
soma pavitre asmayuḥ ॥

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 ॥

acikradadvṛṣā harirmahānmitro na darśataḥ।
saṃ sūryeṇa rocate ॥

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 अप॒स्युव॑।
याभि॒र्मदा॑य॒ शुम्भ॑से ॥

girasta inda ojasā marmṛjyante apasyuva।
yābhirmadāya śumbhase ॥

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 ॥

taṃ tvā madāya ghṛṣvaya u lokakṛtnumīmahe।
tava praśastayo mahīḥ ॥

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

अ॒स्मभ्य॑मिन्दविन्द्र॒युर्मध्व॑ पवस्व॒ धार॑या।
प॒र्जन्यो॑ वृष्टि॒माँ इ॑व ॥

asmabhyamindavindrayurmadhva pavasva dhārayā।
parjanyo vṛṣṭimām̐ iva ॥

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 ॥

goṣā indo nṛṣā asyaśvasā vājasā uta।
ātmā yajñasya pūrvyaḥ ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.3 · 10 verses

9.3.1

ए॒ष दे॒वो अम॑र्त्यः पर्ण॒वीरि॑व दीयति।
अ॒भि द्रोणा॑न्या॒सद॑म् ॥

eṣa devo amartyaḥ parṇavīriva dīyati।
abhi droṇānyāsadam ॥

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 ॥

eṣa devo vipā kṛto'ti hvarāṃsi dhāvati।
pavamāno adābhyaḥ ॥

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 वि॑प॒न्युभि॒ पव॑मान ऋता॒युभि॑।
हरि॒र्वाजा॑य मृज्यते ॥

eṣa devo vipanyubhi pavamāna ṛtāyubhi।
harirvājāya mṛjyate ॥

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 ॥

eṣa viśvāni vāryā śūro yanniva satvabhiḥ।
pavamānaḥ siṣāsati ॥

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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9.3.5

ए॒ष दे॒वो र॑थर्यति॒ पव॑मानो दशस्यति।
आ॒विष्कृ॑णोति वग्व॒नुम् ॥

eṣa devo ratharyati pavamāno daśasyati।
āviṣkṛṇoti vagvanum ॥

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 ॥

eṣa viprairabhiṣṭuto'po devo vi gāhate।
dadhadratnāni dāśuṣe ॥

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।
पव॑मान॒ कनि॑क्रदत् ॥

eṣa divaṃ vi dhāvati tiro rajāṃsi dhārayā।
pavamāna kanikradat ॥

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 ॥

eṣa divaṃ vyāsarattiro rajāṃsyaspṛtaḥ।
pavamānaḥ svadhvaraḥ ॥

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 दे॒वेभ्य॑ सु॒तः।
हरि॑ प॒वित्रे॑ अर्षति ॥

eṣa pratnena janmanā devo devebhya sutaḥ।
hari pavitre arṣati ॥

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9.3.10

ए॒ष उ॒ स्य पु॑रुव्र॒तो ज॑ज्ञा॒नो ज॒नय॒न्निष॑।
धार॑या पवते सु॒तः ॥

eṣa u sya puruvrato jajñāno janayanniṣa।
dhārayā pavate sutaḥ ॥

Ṛgveda 9.4 · 10 verses

9.4.1

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

sanā ca soma jeṣi ca pavamāna mahi śrava।
athā no vasyasaskṛdhi ॥

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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9.4.2

सना॒ ज्योति॒ सना॒ स्व१र्विश्वा॑ च सोम॒ सौभ॑गा।
अथा॑ नो॒ वस्य॑सस्कृधि ॥

sanā jyoti sanā sva1rviśvā ca soma saubhagā।
athā no vasyasaskṛdhi ॥

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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9.4.3

सना॒ दक्ष॑मु॒त क्रतु॒मप॑ सोम॒ मृधो॑ जहि।
अथा॑ नो॒ वस्य॑सस्कृधि ॥

sanā dakṣamuta kratumapa soma mṛdho jahi।
athā no vasyasaskṛdhi ॥

Soma, spirit of peace and excellence, give us strength and efficiency, protect and promote our noble actions, and ward off all sin, violence and evil forces, and thus make us happy and successful, more and ever more.

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9.4.4

पवी॑तारः पुनी॒तन॒ सोम॒मिन्द्रा॑य॒ पात॑वे।
अथा॑ नो॒ वस्य॑सस्कृधि ॥

pavītāraḥ punītana somamindrāya pātave।
athā no vasyasaskṛdhi ॥

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 तवो॒तिभि॑।
अथा॑ नो॒ वस्य॑सस्कृधि ॥

tvaṃ sūrye na ā bhaja tava kratvā tavotibhi।
athā no vasyasaskṛdhi ॥

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 ॥

tava kratvā tavotibhirjyokpaśyema sūryam।
athā no vasyasaskṛdhi ॥

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 ॥

abhyarṣa svāyudha soma dvibarhasaṃ rayim।
athā no vasyasaskṛdhi ॥

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

अ॒भ्य१र्षान॑पच्युतो र॒यिं स॒मत्सु॑ सास॒हिः।
अथा॑ नो॒ वस्य॑सस्कृधि ॥

abhya1rṣānapacyuto rayiṃ samatsu sāsahiḥ।
athā no vasyasaskṛdhi ॥

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 ॥

tvāṃ yajñairavīvṛdhanpavamāna vidharmaṇi।
athā no vasyasaskṛdhi ॥

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 ॥

rayiṃ naścitramaśvinamindo viśvāyumā bhara।
athā no vasyasaskṛdhi ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.5 · 11 verses

9.5.1

समि॑द्धो वि॒श्वत॒स्पति॒ पव॑मानो॒ वि रा॑जति।
प्री॒णन्वृषा॒ कनि॑क्रदत् ॥

samiddho viśvataspati pavamāno vi rājati।
prīṇanvṛṣā kanikradat ॥

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

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9.5.2

तनू॒नपा॒त्पव॑मान॒ शृङ्गे॒ शिशा॑नो अर्षति।
अ॒न्तरि॑क्षेण॒ रार॑जत् ॥

tanūnapātpavamāna śṛṅge śiśāno arṣati।
antarikṣeṇa rārajat ॥

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

ई॒ळेन्य॒ पव॑मानो र॒यिर्वि रा॑जति द्यु॒मान्।
मधो॒र्धारा॑भि॒रोज॑सा ॥

īḷenya pavamāno rayirvi rājati dyumān।
madhordhārābhirojasā ॥

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 स्तृ॒णन्हरि॑।
दे॒वेषु॑ दे॒व ई॑यते ॥

barhiḥ prācīnamojasā pavamānaḥ stṛṇanhari।
deveṣu deva īyate ॥

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 दे॒वीर्हि॑र॒ण्ययी॑।
पव॑मानेन॒ सुष्टु॑ताः ॥

udātairjihate bṛhaddvāro devīrhiraṇyayī।
pavamānena suṣṭutāḥ ॥

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 ॥

suśilpe bṛhatī mahī pavamāno vṛṣaṇyati।
naktoṣāsā na darśate ॥

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 ॥

ubhā devā nṛcakṣasā hotārā daivyā huve।
pavamāna indro vṛṣā ॥

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 ॥

bhāratī pavamānasya sarasvatīḷā mahī।
imaṃ no yajñamā gamantisro devīḥ supeśasaḥ ॥

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 हरि॒ पव॑मानः प्र॒जाप॑तिः ॥

tvaṣṭāramagrajāṃ gopāṃ puroyāvānamā huve।
indurindro vṛṣā hari pavamānaḥ prajāpatiḥ ॥

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 ॥

vanaspatiṃ pavamāna madhvā samaṅgdhi dhārayā।
sahasravalśaṃ haritaṃ bhrājamānaṃ hiraṇyayam ॥

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 देवा॒ स्वाहा॑कृतिं॒ पव॑मान॒स्या ग॑त।
वा॒युर्बृह॒स्पति॒ सूर्यो॒ऽग्निरिन्द्र॑ स॒जोष॑सः ॥

viśve devā svāhākṛtiṃ pavamānasyā gata।
vāyurbṛhaspati sūryo'gnirindra sajoṣasaḥ ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.6 · 9 verses

9.6.1

म॒न्द्रया॑ सोम॒ धार॑या॒ वृषा॑ पवस्व देव॒युः।
अव्यो॒ वारे॑ष्वस्म॒युः ॥

mandrayā soma dhārayā vṛṣā pavasva devayuḥ।
avyo vāreṣvasmayuḥ ॥

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 ॥

abhi tyaṃ madyaṃ madamindavindra iti kṣara।
abhi vājino arvataḥ ॥

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 श्रव॑ ॥

abhi tyaṃ pūrvyaṃ madaṃ suvāno arṣa pavitra ā।
abhi vājamuta śrava ॥

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 ॥

anu drapsāsa indava āpo na pravatāsaran।
punānā indramāśata ॥

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 ॥

yamatyamiva vājinaṃ mṛjanti yoṣaṇo daśa।
vane krīḷantamatyavim ॥

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 ॥

taṃ gobhirvṛṣaṇaṃ rasaṃ madāya devavītaye।
sutaṃ bharāya saṃ sṛja ॥

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 ॥

devo devāya dhārayendrāya pavate sutaḥ।
payo yadasya pīpayat ॥

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 ॥

ātmā yajñasya raṃhyā suṣvāṇaḥ pavate sutaḥ।
pratnaṃ ni pāti kāvyam ॥

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

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9.6.9

ए॒वा पु॑ना॒न इ॑न्द्र॒युर्मदं॑ मदिष्ठ वी॒तये॑।
गुहा॑ चिद्दधिषे॒ गिर॑ ॥

evā punāna indrayurmadaṃ madiṣṭha vītaye।
guhā ciddadhiṣe gira ॥

Ṛgveda 9.7 · 9 verses

9.7.1

असृ॑ग्र॒मिन्द॑वः प॒था धर्म॑न्नृ॒तस्य॑ सु॒श्रिय॑।
वि॒दा॒ना अ॑स्य॒ योज॑नम् ॥

asṛgramindavaḥ pathā dharmannṛtasya suśriya।
vidānā asya yojanam ॥

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 वन्द्य॑ ॥

pra dhārā madhvo agriyo mahīrapo vi gāhate।
havirhaviṣṣu vandya ॥

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 ॥

pra yujo vāco agriyo vṛṣāva cakradadvane।
sadmābhi satyo adhvaraḥ ॥

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 ॥

pari yatkāvyā kavirnṛmṇā vasāno arṣati।
svarvājī siṣāsati ॥

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 वे॒धस॑ ॥

pavamāno abhi spṛdho viśo rājeva sīdati।
yadīmṛṇvanti vedhasa ॥

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 ॥

avyo vāre pari priyo harirvaneṣu sīdati।
rebho vanuṣyate matī ॥

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 ॥

sa vāyumindramaśvinā sākaṃ madena gacchati।
raṇā yo asya dharmabhiḥ ॥

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 मध्व॑ पवन्त ऊ॒र्मय॑।
वि॒दा॒ना अ॑स्य॒ शक्म॑भिः ॥

ā mitrāvaruṇā bhagaṃ madhva pavanta ūrmaya।
vidānā asya śakmabhiḥ ॥

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 ॥

asmabhyaṃ rodasī rayiṃ madhvo vājasya sātaye।
śravo vasūni saṃ jitam ॥

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

Ṛgveda 9.8 · 9 verses

9.8.1

ए॒ते सोमा॑ अ॒भि प्रि॒यमिन्द्र॑स्य॒ काम॑मक्षरन्।
वर्ध॑न्तो अस्य वी॒र्य॑म् ॥

ete somā abhi priyamindrasya kāmamakṣaran।
vardhanto asya vīryam ॥

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 ॥

punānāsaścamūṣado gacchanto vāyumaśvinā।
te no dhāntu suvīryam ॥

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 ॥

indrasya soma rādhase punāno hārdi codaya।
ṛtasya yonimāsadam ॥

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 धी॒तय॑।
अनु॒ विप्रा॑ अमादिषुः ॥

mṛjanti tvā daśa kṣipo hinvanti sapta dhītaya।
anu viprā amādiṣuḥ ॥

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 मे॒ष्य॑।
सं गोभि॑र्वासयामसि ॥

devebhyastvā madāya kaṃ sṛjānamati meṣya।
saṃ gobhirvāsayāmasi ॥

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 हरि॑।
परि॒ गव्या॑न्यव्यत ॥

punānaḥ kalaśeṣvā vastrāṇyaruṣo hari।
pari gavyānyavyata ॥

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 द्विष॑।
इन्दो॒ सखा॑य॒मा वि॑श ॥

maghona ā pavasva no jahi viśvā apa dviṣa।
indo sakhāyamā viśa ॥

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 धा॑ ॥

vṛṣṭiṃ divaḥ pari srava dyumnaṃ pṛthivyā adhi।
saho naḥ soma pṛtsu dhā ॥

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 ॥

nṛcakṣasaṃ tvā vayamindrapītaṃ svarvidam।
bhakṣīmahi prajāmiṣam ॥

Ṛgveda 9.9 · 9 verses

9.9.1

परि॑ प्रि॒या दि॒वः क॒विर्वयां॑सि न॒प्त्यो॑र्हि॒तः।
सु॒वा॒नो या॑ति क॒विक्र॑तुः ॥

pari priyā divaḥ kavirvayāṃsi naptyorhitaḥ।
suvāno yāti kavikratuḥ ॥

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 ॥

prapra kṣayāya panyase janāya juṣṭo adruhe।
vītyarṣa caniṣṭhayā ॥

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

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9.9.3

स सू॒नुर्मा॒तरा॒ शुचि॑र्जा॒तो जा॒ते अ॑रोचयत्।
म॒हान्म॒ही ऋ॑ता॒वृधा॑ ॥

sa sūnurmātarā śucirjāto jāte arocayat।
mahānmahī ṛtāvṛdhā ॥

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 अजिन्वद॒द्रुह॑।
या एक॒मक्षि॑ वावृ॒धुः ॥

sa sapta dhītibhirhito nadyo ajinvadadruha।
yā ekamakṣi vāvṛdhuḥ ॥

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 ॥

tā abhi santamastṛtaṃ mahe yuvānamā dadhuḥ।
indumindra tava vrate ॥

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

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9.9.6

अ॒भि वह्नि॒रम॑र्त्यः स॒प्त प॑श्यति॒ वाव॑हिः।
क्रिवि॑र्दे॒वीर॑तर्पयत् ॥

abhi vahniramartyaḥ sapta paśyati vāvahiḥ।
krivirdevīratarpayat ॥

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 ॥

avā kalpeṣu naḥ pumastamāṃsi soma yodhyā।
tāni punāna jaṅghanaḥ ॥

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 रुच॑ ॥

nū navyase navīyase sūktāya sādhayā pathaḥ।
pratnavadrocayā ruca ॥

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 स्व॑ ॥

pavamāna mahi śravo gāmaśvaṃ rāsi vīravat।
sanā medhāṃ sanā sva ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.10 · 9 verses

9.10.1

प्र स्वा॒नासो॒ रथा॑ इ॒वार्व॑न्तो॒ न श्र॑व॒स्यव॑।
सोमा॑सो रा॒ये अ॑क्रमुः ॥

pra svānāso rathā ivārvanto na śravasyava।
somāso rāye akramuḥ ॥

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 ॥

hinvānāso rathā iva dadhanvire gabhastyoḥ।
bharāsaḥ kāriṇāmiva ॥

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 प्रश॑स्तिभि॒ सोमा॑सो॒ गोभि॑रञ्जते।
य॒ज्ञो न स॒प्त धा॒तृभि॑ ॥

rājāno na praśastibhi somāso gobhirañjate।
yajño na sapta dhātṛbhi ॥

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 ॥

pari suvānāsa indavo madāya barhaṇā girā।
sutā arṣanti dhārayā ॥

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 ॥

āpānāso vivasvato jananta uṣaso bhagam।
sūrā aṇvaṃ vi tanvate ॥

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 का॒रव॑।
वृष्णो॒ हर॑स आ॒यव॑ ॥

apa dvārā matīnāṃ pratnā ṛṇvanti kārava।
vṛṣṇo harasa āyava ॥

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 ॥

samīcīnāsa āsate hotāraḥ saptajāmayaḥ।
padamekasya piprataḥ ॥

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 ॥

nābhā nābhiṃ na ā dade cakṣuścitsūrye sacā।
kaverapatyamā duhe ॥

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।
सूर॑ पश्यति॒ चक्ष॑सा ॥

abhi priyā divaspadamadhvaryubhirguhā hitam।
sūra paśyati cakṣasā ॥

Ṛgveda 9.11 · 9 verses

9.11.1

उपा॑स्मै गायता नर॒ पव॑माना॒येन्द॑वे।
अ॒भि दे॒वाँ इय॑क्षते ॥

upāsmai gāyatā nara pavamānāyendave।
abhi devām̐ iyakṣate ॥

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 ॥

abhi te madhunā payo'tharvāṇo aśiśrayuḥ।
devaṃ devāya devayu ॥

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 न॑ पवस्व॒ शं गवे॒ शं जना॑य॒ शमर्व॑ते।
शं रा॑ज॒न्नोष॑धीभ्यः ॥

sa na pavasva śaṃ gave śaṃ janāya śamarvate।
śaṃ rājannoṣadhībhyaḥ ॥

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 ॥

babhrave nu svatavase'ruṇāya divispṛśe।
somāya gāthamarcata ॥

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 ॥

hastacyutebhiradribhiḥ sutaṃ somaṃ punītana।
madhāvā dhāvatā madhu ॥

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 ॥

namasedupa sīdata dadhnedabhi śrīṇītana।
indumindre dadhātana ॥

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 विच॑र्षणि॒ पव॑स्व सोम॒ शं गवे॑।
दे॒वेभ्यो॑ अनुकाम॒कृत् ॥

amitrahā vicarṣaṇi pavasva soma śaṃ gave।
devebhyo anukāmakṛt ॥

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।
म॒न॒श्चिन्मन॑स॒स्पति॑ ॥

indrāya soma pātave madāya pari ṣicyase।
manaścinmanasaspati ॥

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 ॥

pavamāna suvīryaṃ rayiṃ soma rirīhi naḥ।
indavindreṇa no yujā ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.12 · 9 verses

9.12.1

सोमा॑ असृग्र॒मिन्द॑वः सु॒ता ऋ॒तस्य॒ साद॑ने।
इन्द्रा॑य॒ मधु॑मत्तमाः ॥

somā asṛgramindavaḥ sutā ṛtasya sādane।
indrāya madhumattamāḥ ॥

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 मा॒तर॑।
इन्द्रं॒ सोम॑स्य पी॒तये॑ ॥

abhi viprā anūṣata gāvo vatsaṃ na mātara।
indraṃ somasya pītaye ॥

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 ॥

madacyutkṣeti sādane sindhorūrmā vipaścit।
somo gaurī adhi śritaḥ ॥

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 सु॒क्रतु॑ क॒विः ॥

divo nābhā vicakṣaṇo'vyo vāre mahīyate।
somo yaḥ sukratu kaviḥ ॥

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 सोम॑ क॒लशे॒ष्वाँ अ॒न्तः प॒वित्र॒ आहि॑तः।
तमिन्दु॒ परि॑ षस्वजे ॥

yaḥ soma kalaśeṣvām̐ antaḥ pavitra āhitaḥ।
tamindu pari ṣasvaje ॥

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 ॥

pra vācaminduriṣyati samudrasyādhi viṣṭapi।
jinvankośaṃ madhuścutam ॥

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 स॑ब॒र्दुघ॑।
हि॒न्वा॒नो मानु॑षा यु॒गा ॥

nityastotro vanaspatirdhīnāmantaḥ sabardugha।
hinvāno mānuṣā yugā ॥

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 ॥

abhi priyā divaspadā somo hinvāno arṣati।
viprasya dhārayā kaviḥ ॥

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 ॥

ā pavamāna dhāraya rayiṃ sahasravarcasam।
asme indo svābhuvam ॥

Ṛgveda 9.13 · 9 verses

9.13.1

सोम॑ पुना॒नो अ॑र्षति स॒हस्र॑धारो॒ अत्य॑विः।
वा॒योरिन्द्र॑स्य निष्कृ॒तम् ॥

soma punāno arṣati sahasradhāro atyaviḥ।
vāyorindrasya niṣkṛtam ॥

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 ॥

pavamānamavasyavo vipramabhi pra gāyata।
suṣvāṇaṃ devavītaye ॥

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 सोमा॑ स॒हस्र॑पाजसः।
गृ॒णा॒ना दे॒ववी॑तये ॥

pavante vājasātaye somā sahasrapājasaḥ।
gṛṇānā devavītaye ॥

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 बृह॒तीरिष॑।
द्यु॒मदि॑न्दो सु॒वीर्य॑म् ॥

uta no vājasātaye pavasva bṛhatīriṣa।
dyumadindo suvīryam ॥

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 न॑ सह॒स्रिणं॑ र॒यिं पव॑न्ता॒मा सु॒वीर्य॑म्।
सु॒वा॒ना दे॒वास॒ इन्द॑वः ॥

te na sahasriṇaṃ rayiṃ pavantāmā suvīryam।
suvānā devāsa indavaḥ ॥

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 वार॒मव्य॑मा॒शव॑ ॥

atyā hiyānā na hetṛbhirasṛgraṃ vājasātaye।
vi vāramavyamāśava ॥

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 धे॒नव॑।
द॒ध॒न्वि॒रे गभ॑स्त्योः ॥

vāśrā arṣantīndavo'bhi vatsaṃ na dhenava।
dadhanvire gabhastyoḥ ॥

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 ॥

juṣṭa indrāya matsaraḥ pavamāna kanikradat।
viśvā apa dviṣo jahi ॥

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 अरा॑व्ण॒ पव॑मानाः स्व॒र्दृश॑।
योना॑वृ॒तस्य॑ सीदत ॥

apaghnanto arāvṇa pavamānāḥ svardṛśa।
yonāvṛtasya sīdata ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.14 · 8 verses

9.14.1

परि॒ प्रासि॑ष्यदत्क॒विः सिन्धो॑रू॒र्मावधि॑ श्रि॒तः।
का॒रं बिभ्र॑त्पुरु॒स्पृह॑म् ॥

pari prāsiṣyadatkaviḥ sindhorūrmāvadhi śritaḥ।
kāraṃ bibhratpuruspṛham ॥

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, mR^ucjPh' SJufRiqjl ^ II

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9.14.2

गि॒रा यदी॒ सब॑न्धव॒ पञ्च॒ व्राता॑ अप॒स्यव॑।
प॒रि॒ष्कृ॒ण्वन्ति॑ धर्ण॒सिम् ॥

girā yadī sabandhava pañca vrātā apasyava।
pariṣkṛṇvanti dharṇasim ॥

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 ॥

ādasya śuṣmiṇo rase viśve devā amatsata।
yadī gobhirvasāyate ॥

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 ॥

niriṇāno vi dhāvati jahaccharyāṇi tānvā।
atrā saṃ jighnate yujā ॥

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 ॥

naptībhiryo vivasvataḥ śubhro na māmṛje yuvā।
gāḥ kṛṇvāno na nirṇijam ॥

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 ॥

ati śritī tiraścatā gavyā jigātyaṇvyā।
vagnumiyarti yaṃ vide ॥

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 क्षिप॒ सम॑ग्मत म॒र्जय॑न्तीरि॒षस्पति॑म्।
पृ॒ष्ठा गृ॑भ्णत वा॒जिन॑ ॥

abhi kṣipa samagmata marjayantīriṣaspatim।
pṛṣṭhā gṛbhṇata vājina ॥

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 ॥

pari divyāni marmṛśadviśvāni soma pārthivā।
vasūni yāhyasmayuḥ ॥

O Soma, lord of peace, power and intelligence, pray, having collected and concentrated all heavenly

Ṛgveda 9.15 · 8 verses

9.15.1

ए॒ष धि॒या या॒त्यण्व्या॒ शूरो॒ रथे॑भिरा॒शुभि॑।
गच्छ॒न्निन्द्र॑स्य निष्कृ॒तम् ॥

eṣa dhiyā yātyaṇvyā śūro rathebhirāśubhi।
gacchannindrasya niṣkṛtam ॥

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 ॥

eṣa purū dhiyāyate bṛhate devatātaye।
yatrāmṛtāsa āsate ॥

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 ॥

eṣa hito vi nīyate'ntaḥ śubhrāvatā pathā।
yadī tuñjanti bhūrṇayaḥ ॥

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 यू॒थ्यो॒३ वृषा॑।
नृ॒म्णा दधा॑न॒ ओज॑सा ॥

eṣa śṛṅgāṇi dodhuvacchiśīte yūthyo3 vṛṣā।
nṛmṇā dadhāna ojasā ॥

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 शु॒भ्रेभि॑रं॒शुभि॑।
पति॒ सिन्धू॑नां॒ भव॑न् ॥

eṣa rukmibhirīyate vājī śubhrebhiraṃśubhi।
pati sindhūnāṃ bhavan ॥

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 ॥

eṣa vasūni pibdanā paruṣā yayivām̐ ati।
ava śādeṣu gacchati ॥

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 द्रोणे॑ष्वा॒यव॑।
प्र॒च॒क्रा॒णं म॒हीरिष॑ ॥

etaṃ mṛjanti marjyamupa droṇeṣvāyava।
pracakrāṇaṃ mahīriṣa ॥

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9.15.8

ए॒तमु॒ त्यं दश॒ क्षिपो॑ मृ॒जन्ति॑ स॒प्त धी॒तय॑।
स्वा॒यु॒धं म॒दिन्त॑मम् ॥

etamu tyaṃ daśa kṣipo mṛjanti sapta dhītaya।
svāyudhaṃ madintamam ॥

Ṛgveda 9.16 · 8 verses

9.16.1

प्र ते॑ सो॒तार॑ ओ॒ण्यो॒३ रसं॒ मदा॑य॒ घृष्व॑ये।
सर्गो॒ न त॒क्त्येत॑शः ॥

pra te sotāra oṇyo3 rasaṃ madāya ghṛṣvaye।
sargo na taktyetaśaḥ ॥

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 ॥

kratvā dakṣasya rathyamapo vasānamandhasā।
goṣāmaṇveṣu saścima ॥

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 ॥

anaptamapsu duṣṭaraṃ somaṃ pavitra ā sṛja।
punīhīndrāya pātave ॥

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 सोम॑ प॒वित्रे॑ अर्षति।
क्रत्वा॑ स॒धस्थ॒मास॑दत् ॥

pra punānasya cetasā soma pavitre arṣati।
kratvā sadhasthamāsadat ॥

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 का॒रिण॑ ॥

pra tvā namobhirindava indra somā asṛkṣata।
mahe bharāya kāriṇa ॥

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 श्रिय॑।
शूरो॒ न गोषु॑ तिष्ठति ॥

punāno rūpe avyaye viśvā arṣannabhi śriya।
śūro na goṣu tiṣṭhati ॥

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 वे॒धस॑।
वृथा॑ प॒वित्रे॑ अर्षति ॥

divo na sānu pipyuṣī dhārā sutasya vedhasa।
vṛthā pavitre arṣati ॥

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 ॥

tvaṃ soma vipaścitaṃ tanā punāna āyuṣu।
avyo vāraṃ vi dhāvasi ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.17 · 8 verses

9.17.1

प्र नि॒म्नेने॑व॒ सिन्ध॑वो॒ घ्नन्तो॑ वृ॒त्राणि॒ भूर्ण॑यः।
सोमा॑ असृग्रमा॒शव॑ ॥

pra nimneneva sindhavo ghnanto vṛtrāṇi bhūrṇayaḥ।
somā asṛgramāśava ॥

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 वृ॒ष्टय॑ पृथि॒वीमि॑व।
इन्द्रं॒ सोमा॑सो अक्षरन् ॥

abhi suvānāsa indavo vṛṣṭaya pṛthivīmiva।
indraṃ somāso akṣaran ॥

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 मद॒ सोम॑ प॒वित्रे॑ अर्षति।
वि॒घ्नन्रक्षां॑सि देव॒युः ॥

atyūrmirmatsaro mada soma pavitre arṣati।
vighnanrakṣāṃsi devayuḥ ॥

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 ॥

ā kalaśeṣu dhāvati pavitre pari ṣicyate।
ukthairyajñeṣu vardhate ॥

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।
इ॒ष्णन्सूर्यं॒ न चो॑दयः ॥

ati trī soma rocanā rohanna bhrājase divam।
iṣṇansūryaṃ na codayaḥ ॥

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 का॒रव॑।
दधा॑ना॒श्चक्ष॑सि प्रि॒यम् ॥

abhi viprā anūṣata mūrdhanyajñasya kārava।
dadhānāścakṣasi priyam ॥

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 अव॒स्यव॑।
मृ॒जन्ति॑ दे॒वता॑तये ॥

tamu tvā vājinaṃ naro dhībhirviprā avasyava।
mṛjanti devatātaye ॥

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।
चारु॑रृ॒ताय॑ पी॒तये॑ ॥

madhordhārāmanu kṣara tīvraḥ sadhasthamāsadaḥ।
cārurṛtāya pītaye ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.18 · 7 verses

9.18.1

परि॑ सुवा॒नो गि॑रि॒ष्ठाः प॒वित्रे॒ सोमो॑ अक्षाः।
मदे॑षु सर्व॒धा अ॑सि ॥

pari suvāno giriṣṭhāḥ pavitre somo akṣāḥ।
madeṣu sarvadhā asi ॥

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 ॥

tvaṃ viprastvaṃ kavirmadhu pra jātamandhasaḥ।
madeṣu sarvadhā asi ॥

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 दे॒वास॑ पी॒तिमा॑शत।
मदे॑षु सर्व॒धा अ॑सि ॥

tava viśve sajoṣaso devāsa pītimāśata।
madeṣu sarvadhā asi ॥

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 ॥

ā yo viśvāni vāryā vasūni hastayordadhe।
madeṣu sarvadhā asi ॥

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 ॥

ya ime rodasī mahī saṃ mātareva dohate।
madeṣu sarvadhā asi ॥

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 ॥

pari yo rodasī ubhe sadyo vājebhirarṣati।
madeṣu sarvadhā asi ॥

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 ॥

sa śuṣmī kalaśeṣvā punāno acikradat।
madeṣu sarvadhā asi ॥

Ṛgveda 9.19 · 7 verses

9.19.1

यत्सो॑म चि॒त्रमु॒क्थ्यं॑ दि॒व्यं पार्थि॑वं॒ वसु॑।
तन्न॑ पुना॒न आ भ॑र ॥

yatsoma citramukthyaṃ divyaṃ pārthivaṃ vasu।
tanna punāna ā bhara ॥

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 धिय॑ ॥

yuvaṃ hi sthaḥ svarpatī indraśca soma gopatī।
īśānā pipyataṃ dhiya ॥

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।
हरि॒ सन्योनि॒मास॑दत् ॥

vṛṣā punāna āyuṣu stanayannadhi barhiṣi।
hari sanyonimāsadat ॥

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 मा॒तर॑ ॥

avāvaśanta dhītayo vṛṣabhasyādhi retasi।
sūnorvatsasya mātara ॥

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 पय॑ ॥

kuvidvṛṣaṇyantībhyaḥ punāno garbhamādadhat।
yāḥ śukraṃ duhate paya ॥

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.

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9.19.6

उप॑ शिक्षापत॒स्थुषो॑ भि॒यस॒मा धे॑हि॒ शत्रु॑षु।
पव॑मान वि॒दा र॒यिम् ॥

upa śikṣāpatasthuṣo bhiyasamā dhehi śatruṣu।
pavamāna vidā rayim ॥

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9.19.7

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

ni śatro soma vṛṣṇyaṃ ni śuṣmaṃ ni vayastira।
dūre vā sato anti vā ॥

Ṛgveda 9.20 · 7 verses

9.20.1

प्र क॒विर्दे॒ववी॑त॒येऽव्यो॒ वारे॑भिरर्षति।
सा॒ह्वान्विश्वा॑ अ॒भि स्पृध॑ ॥

pra kavirdevavītaye'vyo vārebhirarṣati।
sāhvānviśvā abhi spṛdha ॥

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.

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9.20.2

स हि ष्मा॑ जरि॒तृभ्य॒ आ वाजं॒ गोम॑न्त॒मिन्व॑ति।
पव॑मानः सह॒स्रिण॑म् ॥

sa hi ṣmā jaritṛbhya ā vājaṃ gomantaminvati।
pavamānaḥ sahasriṇam ॥

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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9.20.3

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

pari viśvāni cetasā mṛśase pavase matī।
sa na soma śravo vidaḥ ॥

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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9.20.4

अ॒भ्य॑र्ष बृ॒हद्यशो॑ म॒घव॑द्भ्यो ध्रु॒वं र॒यिम्।
इषं॑ स्तो॒तृभ्य॒ आ भ॑र ॥

abhyarṣa bṛhadyaśo maghavadbhyo dhruvaṃ rayim।
iṣaṃ stotṛbhya ā bhara ॥

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 गिर॑ सो॒मा वि॑वेशिथ।
पु॒ना॒नो व॑ह्ने अद्भुत ॥

tvaṃ rājeva suvrato gira somā viveśitha।
punāno vahne adbhuta ॥

O Soma, you are like a ruler sustainer of the holy laws of existence. You are present in the hymns of

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9.20.6

स वह्नि॑र॒प्सु दु॒ष्टरो॑ मृ॒ज्यमा॑नो॒ गभ॑स्त्योः।
सोम॑श्च॒मूषु॑ सीदति ॥

sa vahnirapsu duṣṭaro mṛjyamāno gabhastyoḥ।
somaścamūṣu sīdati ॥

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9.20.7

क्री॒ळुर्म॒खो न मं॑ह॒युः प॒वित्रं॑ सोम गच्छसि।
दध॑त्स्तो॒त्रे सु॒वीर्य॑म् ॥

krīḷurmakho na maṃhayuḥ pavitraṃ soma gacchasi।
dadhatstotre suvīryam ॥

Ṛgveda 9.21 · 7 verses

9.21.1

ए॒ते धा॑व॒न्तीन्द॑व॒ सोमा॒ इन्द्रा॑य॒ घृष्व॑यः।
म॒त्स॒रास॑ स्व॒र्विद॑ ॥

ete dhāvantīndava somā indrāya ghṛṣvayaḥ।
matsarāsa svarvida ॥

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 अभि॒युज॒ सुष्व॑ये वरिवो॒विद॑।
स्व॒यं स्तो॒त्रे व॑य॒स्कृत॑ ॥

pravṛṇvanto abhiyuja suṣvaye varivovida।
svayaṃ stotre vayaskṛta ॥

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 ॥

vṛthā krīḷanta indavaḥ sadhasthamabhyekamit।
sindhorūrmā vyakṣaran ॥

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 ॥

ete viśvāni vāryā pavamānāsa āśata।
hitā na saptayo rathe ॥

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 ॥

āsminpiśaṅgamindavo dadhātā venamādiśe।
yo asmabhyamarāvā ॥

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 ॥

ṛbhurna rathyaṃ navaṃ dadhātā ketamādiśe।
śukrāḥ pavadhvamarṇasā ॥

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 ॥

eta u tye avīvaśankāṣṭhāṃ vājino akrata।
sataḥ prāsāviṣurmatim ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.22 · 7 verses

9.22.1

ए॒ते सोमा॑स आ॒शवो॒ रथा॑ इव॒ प्र वा॒जिन॑।
सर्गा॑ सृ॒ष्टा अ॑हेषत ॥

ete somāsa āśavo rathā iva pra vājina।
sargā sṛṣṭā aheṣata ॥

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 इवो॒रव॑ प॒र्जन्य॑स्येव वृ॒ष्टय॑।
अ॒ग्नेरि॑व भ्र॒मा वृथा॑ ॥

ete vātā ivorava parjanyasyeva vṛṣṭaya।
agneriva bhramā vṛthā ॥

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 वि॑प॒श्चित॒ सोमा॑सो॒ दध्या॑शिरः।
वि॒पा व्या॑नशु॒र्धिय॑ ॥

ete pūtā vipaścita somāso dadhyāśiraḥ।
vipā vyānaśurdhiya ॥

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 रज॑ ॥

ete mṛṣṭā amartyāḥ sasṛvāṃso na śaśramuḥ।
iyakṣantaḥ patho raja ॥

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 रज॑ ॥

ete pṛṣṭhāni rodasorviprayanto vyānaśuḥ।
utedamuttamaṃ raja ॥

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 ॥

tantuṃ tanvānamuttamamanu pravata āśata।
utedamuttamāyyam ॥

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 ॥

tvaṃ soma paṇibhya ā vasu gavyāni dhārayaḥ।
tataṃ tantumacikradaḥ ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.23 · 7 verses

9.23.1

सोमा॑ असृग्रमा॒शवो॒ मधो॒र्मद॑स्य॒ धार॑या।
अ॒भि विश्वा॑नि॒ काव्या॑ ॥

somā asṛgramāśavo madhormadasya dhārayā।
abhi viśvāni kāvyā ॥

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 आ॒यव॑ प॒दं नवी॑यो अक्रमुः।
रु॒चे ज॑नन्त॒ सूर्य॑म् ॥

anu pratnāsa āyava padaṃ navīyo akramuḥ।
ruce jananta sūryam ॥

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 प्र॒जाव॑ती॒रिष॑ ॥

ā pavamāna no bharāryo adāśuṣo gayam।
kṛdhi prajāvatīriṣa ॥

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 आ॒यव॒ पव॑न्ते॒ मद्यं॒ मद॑म्।
अ॒भि कोशं॑ मधु॒श्चुत॑म् ॥

abhi somāsa āyava pavante madyaṃ madam।
abhi kośaṃ madhuścutam ॥

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 ॥

somo arṣati dharṇasirdadhāna indriyaṃ rasam।
suvīro abhiśastipāḥ ॥

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 दे॒वेभ्य॑ सध॒माद्य॑।
इन्दो॒ वाजं॑ सिषाससि ॥

indrāya soma pavase devebhya sadhamādya।
indo vājaṃ siṣāsasi ॥

0 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 ॥

asya pītvā madānāmindro vṛtrāṇyaprati।
jaghāna jaghanacca nu ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.24 · 7 verses

9.24.1

प्र सोमा॑सो अधन्विषु॒ पव॑मानास॒ इन्द॑वः।
श्री॒णा॒ना अ॒प्सु मृ॑ञ्जत ॥

pra somāso adhanviṣu pavamānāsa indavaḥ।
śrīṇānā apsu mṛñjata ॥

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 ॥

abhi gāvo adhanviṣurāpo na pravatā yatīḥ।
punānā indramāśata ॥

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 ॥

pra pavamāna dhanvasi somendrāya pātave।
nṛbhiryato vi nīyase ॥

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 नृ॒माद॑न॒ पव॑स्व चर्षणी॒सहे॑।
सस्नि॒र्यो अ॑नु॒माद्य॑ ॥

tvaṃ soma nṛmādana pavasva carṣaṇīsahe।
sasniryo anumādya ॥

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 ॥

indo yadadribhiḥ sutaḥ pavitraṃ paridhāvasi।
aramindrasya dhāmne ॥

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 वृत्रहन्तमो॒क्थेभि॑रनु॒माद्य॑।
शुचि॑ पाव॒को अद्भु॑तः ॥

pavasva vṛtrahantamokthebhiranumādya।
śuci pāvako adbhutaḥ ॥

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

शुचि॑ पाव॒क उ॑च्यते॒ सोम॑ सु॒तस्य॒ मध्व॑।
दे॒वा॒वीर॑घशंस॒हा ॥

śuci pāvaka ucyate soma sutasya madhva।
devāvīraghaśaṃsahā ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.25 · 6 verses

9.25.1

पव॑स्व दक्ष॒साध॑नो दे॒वेभ्य॑ पी॒तये॑ हरे।
म॒रुद्भ्यो॑ वा॒यवे॒ मद॑ ॥

pavasva dakṣasādhano devebhya pītaye hare।
marudbhyo vāyave mada ॥

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 हि॒तो॒३ऽभि योनिं॒ कनि॑क्रदत्।
धर्म॑णा वा॒युमा वि॑श ॥

pavamāna dhiyā hito3'bhi yoniṃ kanikradat।
dharmaṇā vāyumā viśa ॥

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 ॥

saṃ devaiḥ śobhate vṛṣā kaviryonāvadhi priyaḥ।
vṛtrahā devavītamaḥ ॥

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 ॥

viśvā rūpāṇyāviśanpunāno yāti haryataḥ।
yatrāmṛtāsa āsate ॥

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 ज॒नय॒न्गिर॒ सोम॑ पवत आयु॒षक्।
इन्द्रं॒ गच्छ॑न्क॒विक्र॑तुः ॥

aruṣo janayangira soma pavata āyuṣak।
indraṃ gacchankavikratuḥ ॥

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 ॥

ā pavasva madintama pavitraṃ dhārayā kave।
arkasya yonimāsadam ॥

Ṛgveda 9.26 · 6 verses

9.26.1

तम॑मृक्षन्त वा॒जिन॑मु॒पस्थे॒ अदि॑ते॒रधि॑।
विप्रा॑सो॒ अण्व्या॑ धि॒या ॥

tamamṛkṣanta vājinamupasthe aditeradhi।
viprāso aṇvyā dhiyā ॥

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 ॥

taṃ gāvo abhyanūṣata sahasradhāramakṣitam।
induṃ dhartāramā divaḥ ॥

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 ॥

taṃ vedhāṃ medhayāhyanpavamānamadhi dyavi।
dharṇasiṃ bhūridhāyasam ॥

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 ॥

tamahyanbhurijordhiyā saṃvasānaṃ vivasvataḥ।
patiṃ vāco adābhyam ॥

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 ॥

taṃ sānāvadhi jāmayo hariṃ hinvantyadribhiḥ।
haryataṃ bhūricakṣasam ॥

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 वे॒धस॒ पव॑मान गिरा॒वृध॑म्।
इन्द॒विन्द्रा॑य मत्स॒रम् ॥

taṃ tvā hinvanti vedhasa pavamāna girāvṛdham।
indavindrāya matsaram ॥

Ṛgveda 9.27 · 6 verses

9.27.1

ए॒ष क॒विर॒भिष्टु॑तः प॒वित्रे॒ अधि॑ तोशते।
पु॒ना॒नो घ्नन्नप॒ स्रिध॑ ॥

eṣa kavirabhiṣṭutaḥ pavitre adhi tośate।
punāno ghnannapa sridha ॥

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 ॥

eṣa indrāya vāyave svarjitpari ṣicyate।
pavitre dakṣasādhanaḥ ॥

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 ॥

eṣa nṛbhirvi nīyate divo mūrdhā vṛṣā sutaḥ।
somo vaneṣu viśvavit ॥

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।
इन्दु॑ सत्रा॒जिदस्तृ॑तः ॥

eṣa gavyuracikradatpavamāno hiraṇyayuḥ।
indu satrājidastṛtaḥ ॥

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 मद॑ ॥

eṣa sūryeṇa hāsate pavamāno adhi dyavi।
pavitre matsaro mada ॥

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 हरि॑।
पु॒ना॒न इन्दु॒रिन्द्र॒मा ॥

eṣa śuṣmyasiṣyadadantarikṣe vṛṣā hari।
punāna indurindramā ॥

Ṛgveda 9.28 · 6 verses

9.28.1

ए॒ष वा॒जी हि॒तो नृभि॑र्विश्व॒विन्मन॑स॒स्पति॑।
अव्यो॒ वारं॒ वि धा॑वति ॥

eṣa vājī hito nṛbhirviśvavinmanasaspati।
avyo vāraṃ vi dhāvati ॥

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 दे॒वेभ्य॑ सु॒तः।
विश्वा॒ धामा॑न्यावि॒शन् ॥

eṣa pavitre akṣaratsomo devebhya sutaḥ।
viśvā dhāmānyāviśan ॥

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 ॥

eṣa devaḥ śubhāyate'dhi yonāvamartyaḥ।
vṛtrahā devavītamaḥ ॥

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 ॥

eṣa vṛṣā kanikradaddaśabhirjāmibhiryataḥ।
abhi droṇāni dhāvati ॥

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 ॥

eṣa sūryamarocayatpavamāno vicarṣaṇiḥ।
viśvā dhāmāni viśvavit ॥

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 शु॒ष्म्यदा॑भ्य॒ सोम॑ पुना॒नो अ॑र्षति।
दे॒वा॒वीर॑घशंस॒हा ॥

eṣa śuṣmyadābhya soma punāno arṣati।
devāvīraghaśaṃsahā ॥

Ṛgveda 9.29 · 6 verses

9.29.1

प्रास्य॒ धारा॑ अक्षर॒न्वृष्ण॑ सु॒तस्यौज॑सा।
दे॒वाँ अनु॑ प्र॒भूष॑तः ॥

prāsya dhārā akṣaranvṛṣṇa sutasyaujasā।
devām̐ anu prabhūṣataḥ ॥

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 गृ॒णन्त॑ का॒रवो॑ गि॒रा।
ज्योति॑र्जज्ञा॒नमु॒क्थ्य॑म् ॥

saptiṃ mṛjanti vedhaso gṛṇanta kāravo girā।
jyotirjajñānamukthyam ॥

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 ॥

suṣahā soma tāni te punānāya prabhūvaso।
vardhā samudramukthyam ॥

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 ॥

viśvā vasūni saṃjayanpavasva soma dhārayā।
inu dveṣāṃsi sadhryak ॥

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 ॥

rakṣā su no araruṣaḥ svanātsamasya kasya cit।
nido yatra mumucmahe ॥

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 ॥

endo pārthivaṃ rayiṃ divyaṃ pavasva dhārayā।
dyumantaṃ śuṣmamā bhara ॥

Ṛgveda 9.30 · 6 verses

9.30.1

प्र धारा॑ अस्य शु॒ष्मिणो॒ वृथा॑ प॒वित्रे॑ अक्षरन्।
पु॒ना॒नो वाच॑मिष्यति ॥

pra dhārā asya śuṣmiṇo vṛthā pavitre akṣaran।
punāno vācamiṣyati ॥

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 सो॒तृभि॑र्मृ॒ज्यमा॑न॒ कनि॑क्रदत्।
इय॑र्ति व॒ग्नुमि॑न्द्रि॒यम् ॥

indurhiyānaḥ sotṛbhirmṛjyamāna kanikradat।
iyarti vagnumindriyam ॥

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 न॒ शुष्मं॑ नृ॒षाह्यं॑ वी॒रव॑न्तं पुरु॒स्पृह॑म्।
पव॑स्व सोम॒ धार॑या ॥

ā na śuṣmaṃ nṛṣāhyaṃ vīravantaṃ puruspṛham।
pavasva soma dhārayā ॥

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 ॥

pra somo ati dhārayā pavamāno asiṣyadat।
abhi droṇānyāsadam ॥

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 ॥

apsu tvā madhumattamaṃ hariṃ hinvantyadribhiḥ।
indavindrāya pītaye ॥

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 ॥

sunotā madhumattamaṃ somamindrāya vajriṇe।
cāruṃ śardhāya matsaram ॥

Ṛgveda 9.31 · 6 verses

9.31.1

प्र सोमा॑सः स्वा॒ध्य१ः पव॑मानासो अक्रमुः।
र॒यिं कृ॑ण्वन्ति॒ चेत॑नम् ॥

pra somāsaḥ svādhya1ḥ pavamānāso akramuḥ।
rayiṃ kṛṇvanti cetanam ॥

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 पति॑ ॥

divaspṛthivyā adhi bhavendo dyumnavardhanaḥ।
bhavā vājānāṃ pati ॥

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 मह॑ ॥

tubhyaṃ vātā abhipriyastubhyamarṣanti sindhavaḥ।
soma vardhanti te maha ॥

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 वि॒श्वत॑ सोम॒ वृष्ण्य॑म्।
भवा॒ वाज॑स्य संग॒थे ॥

ā pyāyasva sametu te viśvata soma vṛṣṇyam।
bhavā vājasya saṃgathe ॥

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 ॥

tubhyaṃ gāvo ghṛtaṃ payo babhro duduhre akṣitam।
varṣiṣṭhe adhi sānavi ॥

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 ॥

svāyudhasya te sato bhuvanasya pate vayam।
indo sakhitvamuśmasi ॥

Ṛgveda 9.32 · 6 verses

9.32.1

प्र सोमा॑सो मद॒च्युत॒ श्रव॑से नो म॒घोन॑।
सु॒ता वि॒दथे॑ अक्रमुः ॥

pra somāso madacyuta śravase no maghona।
sutā vidathe akramuḥ ॥

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 ॥

ādīṃ tritasya yoṣaṇo hariṃ hinvantyadribhiḥ।
indumindrāya pītaye ॥

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 ॥

ādīṃ haṃso yathā gaṇaṃ viśvasyāvīvaśanmatim।
atyo na gobhirajyate ॥

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 ॥

ubhe somāvacākaśanmṛgo na takto arṣasi।
sīdannṛtasya yonimā ॥

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 ॥

abhi gāvo anūṣata yoṣā jāramiva priyam।
agannājiṃ yathā hitam ॥

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 श्रव॑ ॥

asme dhehi dyumadyaśo maghavadbhyaśca mahyaṃ ca।
saniṃ medhāmuta śrava ॥

Ṛgveda 9.33 · 6 verses

9.33.1

प्र सोमा॑सो विप॒श्चितो॒ऽपां न य॑न्त्यू॒र्मय॑।
वना॑नि महि॒षा इ॑व ॥

pra somāso vipaścito'pāṃ na yantyūrmaya।
vanāni mahiṣā iva ॥

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 ब॒भ्रव॑ शु॒क्रा ऋ॒तस्य॒ धार॑या।
वाजं॒ गोम॑न्तमक्षरन् ॥

abhi droṇāni babhrava śukrā ṛtasya dhārayā।
vājaṃ gomantamakṣaran ॥

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 म॒रुद्भ्य॑।
सोमा॑ अर्षन्ति॒ विष्ण॑वे ॥

sutā indrāya vāyave varuṇāya marudbhya।
somā arṣanti viṣṇave ॥

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 धे॒नव॑।
हरि॑रेति॒ कनि॑क्रदत् ॥

tisro vāca udīrate gāvo mimanti dhenava।
harireti kanikradat ॥

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 य॒ह्वीरृ॒तस्य॑ मा॒तर॑।
म॒र्मृ॒ज्यन्ते॑ दि॒वः शिशु॑म् ॥

abhi brahmīranūṣata yahvīrṛtasya mātara।
marmṛjyante divaḥ śiśum ॥

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9.33.6

रा॒यः स॑मु॒द्राँश्च॒तुरो॒ऽस्मभ्यं॑ सोम वि॒श्वत॑।
आ प॑वस्व सह॒स्रिण॑ ॥

rāyaḥ samudrām̐ścaturo'smabhyaṃ soma viśvata।
ā pavasva sahasriṇa ॥

Ṛgveda 9.34 · 6 verses

9.34.1

प्र सु॑वा॒नो धार॑या॒ तनेन्दु॑र्हिन्वा॒नो अ॑र्षति।
रु॒जद्दृ॒ळ्हा व्योज॑सा ॥

pra suvāno dhārayā tanendurhinvāno arṣati।
rujaddṛḷhā vyojasā ॥

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 म॒रुद्भ्य॑।
सोमो॑ अर्षति॒ विष्ण॑वे ॥

suta indrāya vāyave varuṇāya marudbhya।
somo arṣati viṣṇave ॥

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 पय॑ ॥

vṛṣāṇaṃ vṛṣabhiryataṃ sunvanti somamadribhiḥ।
duhanti śakmanā paya ॥

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 हरि॑ ॥

bhuvattritasya marjyo bhuvadindrāya matsaraḥ।
saṃ rūpairajyate hari ॥

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 ॥

abhīmṛtasya viṣṭapaṃ duhate pṛśnimātaraḥ।
cāru priyatamaṃ haviḥ ॥

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9.34.6

समे॑न॒मह्रु॑ता इ॒मा गिरो॑ अर्षन्ति स॒स्रुत॑।
धे॒नूर्वा॒श्रो अ॑वीवशत् ॥

samenamahrutā imā giro arṣanti sasruta।
dhenūrvāśro avīvaśat ॥

Ṛgveda 9.35 · 6 verses

9.35.1

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

ā na pavasva dhārayā pavamāna rayiṃ pṛthum।
yayā jyotirvidāsi naḥ ॥

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 ॥

indo samudramīṅkhaya pavasva viśvamejaya।
rāyo dhartā na ojasā ॥

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 ॥

tvayā vīreṇa vīravo'bhi ṣyāma pṛtanyataḥ।
kṣarā ṇo abhi vāryam ॥

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 ऋषि॑।
व्र॒ता वि॑दा॒न आयु॑धा ॥

pra vājaminduriṣyati siṣāsanvājasā ṛṣi।
vratā vidāna āyudhā ॥

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।
सोमं॒ जन॑स्य॒ गोप॑तिम् ॥

taṃ gīrbhirvācamīṅkhayaṃ punānaṃ vāsayāmasi।
somaṃ janasya gopatim ॥

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9.35.6

विश्वो॒ यस्य॑ व्र॒ते जनो॑ दा॒धार॒ धर्म॑ण॒स्पते॑।
पु॒ना॒नस्य॑ प्र॒भूव॑सोः ॥

viśvo yasya vrate jano dādhāra dharmaṇaspate।
punānasya prabhūvasoḥ ॥

Ṛgveda 9.36 · 6 verses

9.36.1

अस॑र्जि॒ रथ्यो॑ यथा प॒वित्रे॑ च॒म्वो॑ सु॒तः।
कार्ष्म॑न्वा॒जी न्य॑क्रमीत् ॥

asarji rathyo yathā pavitre camvo sutaḥ।
kārṣmanvājī nyakramīt ॥

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 वह्नि॑ सोम॒ जागृ॑वि॒ पव॑स्व देव॒वीरति॑।
अ॒भि कोशं॑ मधु॒श्चुत॑म् ॥

sa vahni soma jāgṛvi pavasva devavīrati।
abhi kośaṃ madhuścutam ॥

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 ॥

sa no jyotīṃṣi pūrvya pavamāna vi rocaya।
kratve dakṣāya no hinu ॥

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 ॥

śumbhamāna ṛtāyubhirmṛjyamāno gabhastyoḥ।
pavate vāre avyaye ॥

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 ॥

sa viśvā dāśuṣe vasu somo divyāni pārthivā।
pavatāmāntarikṣyā ॥

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9.36.6

आ दि॒वस्पृ॒ष्ठम॑श्व॒युर्ग॑व्य॒युः सो॑म रोहसि।
वी॒र॒युः श॑वसस्पते ॥

ā divaspṛṣṭhamaśvayurgavyayuḥ soma rohasi।
vīrayuḥ śavasaspate ॥

Ṛgveda 9.37 · 6 verses

9.37.1

स सु॒तः पी॒तये॒ वृषा॒ सोम॑ प॒वित्रे॑ अर्षति।
वि॒घ्नन्रक्षां॑सि देव॒युः ॥

sa sutaḥ pītaye vṛṣā soma pavitre arṣati।
vighnanrakṣāṃsi devayuḥ ॥

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 ॥

sa pavitre vicakṣaṇo harirarṣati dharṇasiḥ।
abhi yoniṃ kanikradat ॥

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 ॥

sa vājī rocanā divaḥ pavamāno vi dhāvati।
rakṣohā vāramavyayam ॥

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।
जा॒मिभि॒ सूर्यं॑ स॒ह ॥

sa tritasyādhi sānavi pavamāno arocayat।
jāmibhi sūryaṃ saha ॥

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 ॥

sa vṛtrahā vṛṣā suto varivovidadābhyaḥ।
somo vājamivāsarat ॥

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9.37.6

स दे॒वः क॒विने॑षि॒तो॒३ऽभि द्रोणा॑नि धावति।
इन्दु॒रिन्द्रा॑य मं॒हना॑ ॥

sa devaḥ kavineṣito3'bhi droṇāni dhāvati।
indurindrāya maṃhanā ॥

Ṛgveda 9.38 · 6 verses

9.38.1

ए॒ष उ॒ स्य वृषा॒ रथोऽव्यो॒ वारे॑भिरर्षति।
गच्छ॒न्वाजं॑ सह॒स्रिण॑म् ॥

eṣa u sya vṛṣā ratho'vyo vārebhirarṣati।
gacchanvājaṃ sahasriṇam ॥

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 ॥

etaṃ tritasya yoṣaṇo hariṃ hinvantyadribhiḥ।
indumindrāya pītaye ॥

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 अप॒स्युव॑।
याभि॒र्मदा॑य॒ शुम्भ॑ते ॥

etaṃ tyaṃ harito daśa marmṛjyante apasyuva।
yābhirmadāya śumbhate ॥

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 ॥

eṣa sya mānuṣīṣvā śyeno na vikṣu sīdati।
gacchañjāro na yoṣitam ॥

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 शिशु॑।
य इन्दु॒र्वार॒मावि॑शत् ॥

eṣa sya madyo raso'va caṣṭe divaḥ śiśu।
ya indurvāramāviśat ॥

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9.38.6

ए॒ष स्य पी॒तये॑ सु॒तो हरि॑रर्षति धर्ण॒सिः।
क्रन्द॒न्योनि॑म॒भि प्रि॒यम् ॥

eṣa sya pītaye suto harirarṣati dharṇasiḥ।
krandanyonimabhi priyam ॥

Ṛgveda 9.39 · 6 verses

9.39.1

आ॒शुर॑र्ष बृहन्मते॒ परि॑ प्रि॒येण॒ धाम्ना॑।
यत्र॑ दे॒वा इति॒ ब्रव॑न् ॥

āśurarṣa bṛhanmate pari priyeṇa dhāmnā।
yatra devā iti bravan ॥

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 या॒तय॒न्निष॑।
वृ॒ष्टिं दि॒वः परि॑ स्रव ॥

pariṣkṛṇvannaniṣkṛtaṃ janāya yātayanniṣa।
vṛṣṭiṃ divaḥ pari srava ॥

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 ॥

suta eti pavitra ā tviṣiṃ dadhāna ojasā।
vicakṣāṇo virocayan ॥

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 ॥

ayaṃ sa yo divaspari raghuyāmā pavitra ā।
sindhorūrmā vyakṣarat ॥

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 अर्वा॒वत॑ सु॒तः।
इन्द्रा॑य सिच्यते॒ मधु॑ ॥

āvivāsanparāvato atho arvāvata sutaḥ।
indrāya sicyate madhu ॥

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9.39.6

स॒मी॒ची॒ना अ॑नूषत॒ हरिं॑ हिन्व॒न्त्यद्रि॑भिः।
योना॑वृ॒तस्य॑ सीदत ॥

samīcīnā anūṣata hariṃ hinvantyadribhiḥ।
yonāvṛtasya sīdata ॥

Ṛgveda 9.40 · 6 verses

9.40.1

पु॒ना॒नो अ॑क्रमीद॒भि विश्वा॒ मृधो॒ विच॑र्षणिः।
शु॒म्भन्ति॒ विप्रं॑ धी॒तिभि॑ ॥

punāno akramīdabhi viśvā mṛdho vicarṣaṇiḥ।
śumbhanti vipraṃ dhītibhi ॥

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 ॥

ā yonimaruṇo ruhadgamadindraṃ vṛṣā sutaḥ।
dhruve sadasi sīdati ॥

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 वि॒श्वत॑।
आ प॑वस्व सह॒स्रिण॑म् ॥

nū no rayiṃ mahāmindo'smabhyaṃ soma viśvata।
ā pavasva sahasriṇam ॥

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 स॑ह॒स्रिणी॒रिष॑ ॥

viśvā soma pavamāna dyumnānīndavā bhara।
vidāḥ sahasriṇīriṣa ॥

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 न॑ पुना॒न आ भ॑र र॒यिं स्तो॒त्रे सु॒वीर्य॑म्।
ज॒रि॒तुर्व॑र्धया॒ गिर॑ ॥

sa na punāna ā bhara rayiṃ stotre suvīryam।
jariturvardhayā gira ॥

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9.40.6

पु॒ना॒न इ॑न्द॒वा भ॑र॒ सोम॑ द्वि॒बर्ह॑सं र॒यिम्।
वृष॑न्निन्दो न उ॒क्थ्य॑म् ॥

punāna indavā bhara soma dvibarhasaṃ rayim।
vṛṣannindo na ukthyam ॥

Ṛgveda 9.41 · 6 verses

9.41.1

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

pra ye gāvo na bhūrṇayastveṣā ayāso akramuḥ।
ghnanta kṛṣṇāmapa tvacam ॥

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 ॥

suvitasya manāmahe'ti setuṃ durāvyam।
sāhvāṃso dasyumavratam ॥

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 शु॒ष्मिण॑।
चर॑न्ति वि॒द्युतो॑ दि॒वि ॥

śṛṇve vṛṣṭeriva svanaḥ pavamānasya śuṣmiṇa।
caranti vidyuto divi ॥

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 ॥

ā pavasva mahīmiṣaṃ gomadindo hiraṇyavat।
aśvāvadvājavatsutaḥ ॥

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 र॒श्मिभि॑ ॥

sa pavasva vicarṣaṇa ā mahī rodasī pṛṇa।
uṣāḥ sūryo na raśmibhi ॥

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9.41.6

परि॑ णः शर्म॒यन्त्या॒ धार॑या सोम वि॒श्वत॑।
सरा॑ र॒सेव॑ वि॒ष्टप॑म् ॥

pari ṇaḥ śarmayantyā dhārayā soma viśvata।
sarā raseva viṣṭapam ॥

Ṛgveda 9.42 · 6 verses

9.42.1

ज॒नय॑न्रोच॒ना दि॒वो ज॒नय॑न्न॒प्सु सूर्य॑म्।
वसा॑नो॒ गा अ॒पो हरि॑ ॥

janayanrocanā divo janayannapsu sūryam।
vasāno gā apo hari ॥

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 ॥

eṣa pratnena manmanā devo devebhyaspari।
dhārayā pavate sutaḥ ॥

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।
सोमा॑ स॒हस्र॑पाजसः ॥

vāvṛdhānāya tūrvaye pavante vājasātaye।
somā sahasrapājasaḥ ॥

Mighty powerful streams of Soma, full of thousand-fold vigour and promise flow for the karmayogi, 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 प्र॒त्नमित्पय॑ प॒वित्रे॒ परि॑ षिच्यते।
क्रन्द॑न्दे॒वाँ अ॑जीजनत् ॥

duhānaḥ pratnamitpaya pavitre pari ṣicyate।
krandandevām̐ ajījanat ॥

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

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9.42.5

अ॒भि विश्वा॑नि॒ वार्या॒भि दे॒वाँ ऋ॑ता॒वृध॑।
सोम॑ पुना॒नो अ॑र्षति ॥

abhi viśvāni vāryābhi devām̐ ṛtāvṛdha।
soma punāno arṣati ॥

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9.42.6

गोम॑न्नः सोम वी॒रव॒दश्वा॑व॒द्वाज॑वत्सु॒तः।
पव॑स्व बृह॒तीरिष॑ ॥

gomannaḥ soma vīravadaśvāvadvājavatsutaḥ।
pavasva bṛhatīriṣa ॥

Ṛgveda 9.43 · 6 verses

9.43.1

यो अत्य॑ इव मृ॒ज्यते॒ गोभि॒र्मदा॑य हर्य॒तः।
तं गी॒र्भिर्वा॑सयामसि ॥

yo atya iva mṛjyate gobhirmadāya haryataḥ।
taṃ gīrbhirvāsayāmasi ॥

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 गिर॑ शुम्भन्ति पू॒र्वथा॑।
इन्दु॒मिन्द्रा॑य पी॒तये॑ ॥

taṃ no viśvā avasyuvo gira śumbhanti pūrvathā।
indumindrāya pītaye ॥

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 ॥

punāno yāti haryataḥ somo gīrbhiḥ pariṣkṛtaḥ।
viprasya medhyātitheḥ ॥

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 ॥

pavamāna vidā rayimasmabhyaṃ soma suśriyam।
indo sahasravarcasam ॥

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 ॥

induratyo na vājasṛtkanikranti pavitra ā।
yadakṣārati devayuḥ ॥

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9.43.6

पव॑स्व॒ वाज॑सातये॒ विप्र॑स्य गृण॒तो वृ॒धे।
सोम॒ रास्व॑ सु॒वीर्य॑म् ॥

pavasva vājasātaye viprasya gṛṇato vṛdhe।
soma rāsva suvīryam ॥

Ṛgveda 9.44 · 6 verses

9.44.1

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

pra ṇa indo mahe tana ūrmiṃ na bibhradarṣasi।
abhi devām̐ ayāsya ॥

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 ॥

matī juṣṭo dhiyā hitaḥ somo hinve parāvati।
viprasya dhārayā kaviḥ ॥

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 ॥

ayaṃ deveṣu jāgṛviḥ suta eti pavitra ā।
somo yāti vicarṣaṇiḥ ॥

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 न॑ पवस्व वाज॒युश्च॑क्रा॒णश्चारु॑मध्व॒रम्।
ब॒र्हिष्माँ॒ आ वि॑वासति ॥

sa na pavasva vājayuścakrāṇaścārumadhvaram।
barhiṣmām̐ ā vivāsati ॥

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 ॥

sa no bhagāya vāyave vipravīraḥ sadāvṛdhaḥ।
somo deveṣvā yamat ॥

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9.44.6

स नो॑ अ॒द्य वसु॑त्तये क्रतु॒विद्गा॑तु॒वित्त॑मः।
वाजं॑ जेषि॒ श्रवो॑ बृ॒हत् ॥

sa no adya vasuttaye kratuvidgātuvittamaḥ।
vājaṃ jeṣi śravo bṛhat ॥

Ṛgveda 9.45 · 6 verses

9.45.1

स प॑वस्व॒ मदा॑य॒ कं नृ॒चक्षा॑ दे॒ववी॑तये।
इन्द॒विन्द्रा॑य पी॒तये॑ ॥

sa pavasva madāya kaṃ nṛcakṣā devavītaye।
indavindrāya pītaye ॥

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 दू॒त्यं१ त्वमिन्द्रा॑य तोशसे।
दे॒वान्सखि॑भ्य॒ आ वर॑म् ॥

sa no arṣābhi dūtyaṃ1 tvamindrāya tośase।
devānsakhibhya ā varam ॥

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 ॥

uta tvāmaruṇaṃ vayaṃ gobhirañjmo madāya kam।
vi no rāye duro vṛdhi ॥

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 ॥

atyū pavitramakramīdvājī dhuraṃ na yāmani।
indurdeveṣu patyate ॥

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

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9.45.5

समी॒ सखा॑यो अस्वर॒न्वने॒ क्रीळ॑न्त॒मत्य॑विम्।
इन्दुं॑ ना॒वा अ॑नूषत ॥

samī sakhāyo asvaranvane krīḷantamatyavim।
induṃ nāvā anūṣata ॥

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9.45.6

तया॑ पवस्व॒ धार॑या॒ यया॑ पी॒तो वि॒चक्ष॑से।
इन्दो॑ स्तो॒त्रे सु॒वीर्य॑म् ॥

tayā pavasva dhārayā yayā pīto vicakṣase।
indo stotre suvīryam ॥

Ṛgveda 9.46 · 6 verses

9.46.1

असृ॑ग्रन्दे॒ववी॑त॒येऽत्या॑स॒ कृत्व्या॑ इव।
क्षर॑न्तः पर्वता॒वृध॑ ॥

asṛgrandevavītaye'tyāsa kṛtvyā iva।
kṣarantaḥ parvatāvṛdha ॥

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9.46.2

परि॑ष्कृतास॒ इन्द॑वो॒ योषे॑व॒ पित्र्या॑वती।
वा॒युं सोमा॑ असृक्षत ॥

pariṣkṛtāsa indavo yoṣeva pitryāvatī।
vāyuṃ somā asṛkṣata ॥

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.

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9.46.3

ए॒ते सोमा॑स॒ इन्द॑व॒ प्रय॑स्वन्तश्च॒मू सु॒ताः।
इन्द्रं॑ वर्धन्ति॒ कर्म॑भिः ॥

ete somāsa indava prayasvantaścamū sutāḥ।
indraṃ vardhanti karmabhiḥ ॥

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9.46.4

आ धा॑वता सुहस्त्यः शु॒क्रा गृ॑भ्णीत म॒न्थिना॑।
गोभि॑ श्रीणीत मत्स॒रम् ॥

ā dhāvatā suhastyaḥ śukrā gṛbhṇīta manthinā।
gobhi śrīṇīta matsaram ॥

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9.46.5

स प॑वस्व धनंजय प्रय॒न्ता राध॑सो म॒हः।
अ॒स्मभ्यं॑ सोम गातु॒वित् ॥

sa pavasva dhanaṃjaya prayantā rādhaso mahaḥ।
asmabhyaṃ soma gātuvit ॥

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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9.46.6

ए॒तं मृ॑जन्ति॒ मर्ज्यं॒ पव॑मानं॒ दश॒ क्षिप॑।
इन्द्रा॑य मत्स॒रं मद॑म् ॥

etaṃ mṛjanti marjyaṃ pavamānaṃ daśa kṣipa।
indrāya matsaraṃ madam ॥

Ṛgveda 9.47 · 5 verses

9.47.1

अ॒या सोम॑ सुकृ॒त्यया॑ म॒हश्चि॑द॒भ्य॑वर्धत।
म॒न्दा॒न उद्वृ॑षायते ॥

ayā soma sukṛtyayā mahaścidabhyavardhata।
mandāna udvṛṣāyate ॥

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 ॥

kṛtānīdasya kartvā cetante dasyutarhaṇā।
ṛṇā ca dhṛṣṇuścayate ॥

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 वज्र॑ सहस्र॒सा भु॑वत्।
उ॒क्थं यद॑स्य॒ जाय॑ते ॥

ātsoma indriyo raso vajra sahasrasā bhuvat।
ukthaṃ yadasya jāyate ॥

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 धिय॑ ॥

svayaṃ kavirvidhartari viprāya ratnamicchati।
yadī marmṛjyate dhiya ॥

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9.47.5

सि॒षा॒सतू॑ रयी॒णां वाजे॒ष्वर्व॑तामिव।
भरे॑षु जि॒ग्युषा॑मसि ॥

siṣāsatū rayīṇāṃ vājeṣvarvatāmiva।
bhareṣu jigyuṣāmasi ॥

Ṛgveda 9.48 · 5 verses

9.48.1

तं त्वा॑ नृ॒म्णानि॒ बिभ्र॑तं स॒धस्थे॑षु म॒हो दि॒वः।
चारुं॑ सुकृ॒त्यये॑महे ॥

taṃ tvā nṛmṇāni bibhrataṃ sadhastheṣu maho divaḥ।
cāruṃ sukṛtyayemahe ॥

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 ॥

saṃvṛktadhṛṣṇumukthyaṃ mahāmahivrataṃ madam।
śataṃ puro rurukṣaṇim ॥

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 ॥

atastvā rayimabhi rājānaṃ sukrato divaḥ।
suparṇo avyathirbharat ॥

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 ॥

viśvasmā itsvardṛśe sādhāraṇaṃ rajasturam।
gopāmṛtasya virbharat ॥

The sage and scholar of lofty vision and imagination, in order that all visionaries of the world may perceive your heavenly majesty, communicates his

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9.48.5

अधा॑ हिन्वा॒न इ॑न्द्रि॒यं ज्यायो॑ महि॒त्वमा॑नशे।
अ॒भि॒ष्टि॒कृद्विच॑र्षणिः ॥

adhā hinvāna indriyaṃ jyāyo mahitvamānaśe।
abhiṣṭikṛdvicarṣaṇiḥ ॥

Ṛgveda 9.49 · 5 verses

9.49.1

पव॑स्व वृ॒ष्टिमा सु नो॒ऽपामू॒र्मिं दि॒वस्परि॑।
अ॒य॒क्ष्मा बृ॑ह॒तीरिष॑ ॥

pavasva vṛṣṭimā su no'pāmūrmiṃ divaspari।
ayakṣmā bṛhatīriṣa ॥

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 ॥

tayā pavasva dhārayā yayā gāva ihāgaman।
janyāsa upa no gṛham ॥

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।
अ॒स्मभ्यं॑ वृ॒ष्टिमा प॑व ॥

ghṛtaṃ pavasva dhārayā yajñeṣu devavītamaḥ।
asmabhyaṃ vṛṣṭimā pava ॥

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 व्य१व्ययं॑ प॒वित्रं॑ धाव॒ धार॑या।
दे॒वास॑ शृ॒णव॒न्हि क॑म् ॥

sa na ūrje vya1vyayaṃ pavitraṃ dhāva dhārayā।
devāsa śṛṇavanhi kam ॥

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।
प्र॒त्न॒वद्रो॒चय॒न्रुच॑ ॥

pavamāno asiṣyadadrakṣāṃsyapajaṅghanat।
pratnavadrocayanruca ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.50 · 5 verses

9.50.1

उत्ते॒ शुष्मा॑स ईरते॒ सिन्धो॑रू॒र्मेरि॑व स्व॒नः।
वा॒णस्य॑ चोदया प॒विम् ॥

utte śuṣmāsa īrate sindhorūrmeriva svanaḥ।
vāṇasya codayā pavim ॥

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 मख॒स्युव॑।
यदव्य॒ एषि॒ सान॑वि ॥

prasave ta udīrate tisro vāco makhasyuva।
yadavya eṣi sānavi ॥

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 ॥

avyo vāre pari priyaṃ hariṃ hinvantyadribhiḥ।
pavamānaṃ madhuścutam ॥

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 ॥

ā pavasva madintama pavitraṃ dhārayā kave।
arkasya yonimāsadam ॥

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 अ॒क्तुभि॑।
इन्द॒विन्द्रा॑य पी॒तये॑ ॥

sa pavasva madintama gobhirañjāno aktubhi।
indavindrāya pītaye ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.51 · 5 verses

9.51.1

अध्व॑र्यो॒ अद्रि॑भिः सु॒तं सोमं॑ प॒वित्र॒ आ सृ॑ज।
पु॒नी॒हीन्द्रा॑य॒ पात॑वे ॥

adhvaryo adribhiḥ sutaṃ somaṃ pavitra ā sṛja।
punīhīndrāya pātave ॥

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 ॥

divaḥ pīyūṣamuttamaṃ somamindrāya vajriṇe।
sunotā madhumattamam ॥

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 म॒रुत॑ ॥

tava tya indo andhaso devā madhorvyaśnate।
pavamānasya maruta ॥

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 व॒र्धय॑न्सु॒तो मदा॑य॒ भूर्ण॑ये।
वृष॑न्स्तो॒तार॑मू॒तये॑ ॥

tvaṃ hi soma vardhayansuto madāya bhūrṇaye।
vṛṣanstotāramūtaye ॥

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 श्रव॑ ॥

abhyarṣa vicakṣaṇa pavitraṃ dhārayā sutaḥ।
abhi vājamuta śrava ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.52 · 5 verses

9.52.1

परि॑ द्यु॒क्षः स॒नद्र॑यि॒र्भर॒द्वाजं॑ नो॒ अन्ध॑सा।
सु॒वा॒नो अ॑र्ष प॒वित्र॒ आ ॥

pari dyukṣaḥ sanadrayirbharadvājaṃ no andhasā।
suvāno arṣa pavitra ā ॥

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 ॥

tava pratnebhiradhvabhiravyo vāre pari priyaḥ।
sahasradhāro yāttanā ॥

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 ॥

carurna yastamīṅkhayendo na dānamīṅkhaya।
vadhairvadhasnavīṅkhaya ॥

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 ॥

ni śuṣmamindaveṣāṃ puruhūta janānām।
yo asmām̐ ādideśati ॥

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 ऊ॒तिभि॑ स॒हस्रं॑ वा॒ शुची॑नाम्।
पव॑स्व मंह॒यद्र॑यिः ॥

śataṃ na inda ūtibhi sahasraṃ vā śucīnām।
pavasva maṃhayadrayiḥ ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.53 · 4 verses

9.53.1

उत्ते॒ शुष्मा॑सो अस्थू॒ रक्षो॑ भि॒न्दन्तो॑ अद्रिवः।
नु॒दस्व॒ याः प॑रि॒स्पृध॑ ॥

utte śuṣmāso asthū rakṣo bhindanto adrivaḥ।
nudasva yāḥ parispṛdha ॥

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 ॥

ayā nijaghnirojasā rathasaṃge dhane hite।
stavā abibhyuṣā hṛdā ॥

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 ॥

asya vratāni nādhṛṣe pavamānasya dūḍhyā।
ruja yastvā pṛtanyati ॥

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 ॥

taṃ hinvanti madacyutaṃ hariṃ nadīṣu vājinam।
indumindrāya matsaram ॥

Ṛgveda 9.54 · 4 verses

9.54.1

अ॒स्य प्र॒त्नामनु॒ द्युतं॑ शु॒क्रं दु॑दुह्रे॒ अह्र॑यः।
पय॑ सहस्र॒सामृषि॑म् ॥

asya pratnāmanu dyutaṃ śukraṃ duduhre ahrayaḥ।
paya sahasrasāmṛṣim ॥

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 ॥

ayaṃ sūrya ivopadṛgayaṃ sarāṃsi dhāvati।
sapta pravata ā divam ॥

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 सूर्य॑ ॥

ayaṃ viśvāni tiṣṭhati punāno bhuvanopari।
somo devo na sūrya ॥

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 ॥

pari ṇo devavītaye vājām̐ arṣasi gomataḥ।
punāna indavindrayuḥ ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.55 · 4 verses

9.55.1

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

yavaṃyavaṃ no andhasā puṣṭampuṣṭaṃ pari srava।
soma viśvā ca saubhagā ॥

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 ॥

indo yathā tava stavo yathā te jātamandhasaḥ।
ni barhiṣi priye sadaḥ ॥

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 ॥

uta no govidaśvavitpavasva somāndhasā।
makṣūtamebhirahabhiḥ ॥

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 ॥

yo jināti na jīyate hanti śatrumabhītya।
sa pavasva sahasrajit ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.56 · 4 verses

9.56.1

परि॒ सोम॑ ऋ॒तं बृ॒हदा॒शुः प॒वित्रे॑ अर्षति।
वि॒घ्नन्रक्षां॑सि देव॒युः ॥

pari soma ṛtaṃ bṛhadāśuḥ pavitre arṣati।
vighnanrakṣāṃsi devayuḥ ॥

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 अप॒स्युव॑।
इन्द्र॑स्य स॒ख्यमा॑वि॒शन् ॥

yatsomo vājamarṣati śataṃ dhārā apasyuva।
indrasya sakhyamāviśan ॥

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 ॥

abhi tvā yoṣaṇo daśa jāraṃ na kanyānūṣata।
mṛjyase soma sātaye ॥

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9.56.4

त्वमिन्द्रा॑य॒ विष्ण॑वे स्वा॒दुरि॑न्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव।
नॄन्स्तो॒तॄन्पा॒ह्यंह॑सः ॥

tvamindrāya viṣṇave svādurindo pari srava।
nṝnstotṝnpāhyaṃhasaḥ ॥

Ṛgveda 9.57 · 4 verses

9.57.1

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

pra te dhārā asaścato divo na yanti vṛṣṭaya।
acchā vājaṃ sahasriṇam ॥

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 ॥

abhi priyāṇi kāvyā viśvā cakṣāṇo arṣati।
haristuñjāna āyudhā ॥

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 ॥

sa marmṛjāna āyubhiribho rājeva suvrataḥ।
śyeno na vaṃsu ṣīdati ॥

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 ॥

sa no viśvā divo vasūto pṛthivyā adhi।
punāna indavā bhara ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.58 · 4 verses

9.58.1

तर॒त्स म॒न्दी धा॑वति॒ धारा॑ सु॒तस्यान्ध॑सः।
तर॒त्स म॒न्दी धा॑वति ॥

taratsa mandī dhāvati dhārā sutasyāndhasaḥ।
taratsa mandī dhāvati ॥

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 ॥

usrā veda vasūnāṃ martasya devyavasaḥ।
taratsa mandī dhāvati ॥

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

ध्व॒स्रयो॑ पुरु॒षन्त्यो॒रा स॒हस्रा॑णि दद्महे।
तर॒त्स म॒न्दी धा॑वति ॥

dhvasrayo puruṣantyorā sahasrāṇi dadmahe।
taratsa mandī dhāvati ॥

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 ॥

ā yayostriṃśataṃ tanā sahasrāṇi ca dadmahe।
taratsa mandī dhāvati ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.59 · 4 verses

9.59.1

पव॑स्व गो॒जिद॑श्व॒जिद्वि॑श्व॒जित्सो॑म रण्य॒जित्।
प्र॒जाव॒द्रत्न॒मा भ॑र ॥

pavasva gojidaśvajidviśvajitsoma raṇyajit।
prajāvadratnamā bhara ॥

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 अदा॑भ्य॒ पव॒स्वौष॑धीभ्यः।
पव॑स्व धि॒षणा॑भ्यः ॥

pavasvādbhyo adābhya pavasvauṣadhībhyaḥ।
pavasva dhiṣaṇābhyaḥ ॥

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 ॥

tvaṃ soma pavamāno viśvāni duritā tara।
kaviḥ sīda ni barhiṣi ॥

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9.59.4

पव॑मान॒ स्व॑र्विदो॒ जाय॑मानोऽभवो म॒हान्।
इन्दो॒ विश्वाँ॑ अ॒भीद॑सि ॥

pavamāna svarvido jāyamāno'bhavo mahān।
indo viśvām̐ abhīdasi ॥

Ṛgveda 9.60 · 4 verses

9.60.1

प्र गा॑य॒त्रेण॑ गायत॒ पव॑मानं॒ विच॑र्षणिम्।
इन्दुं॑ स॒हस्र॑चक्षसम् ॥

pra gāyatreṇa gāyata pavamānaṃ vicarṣaṇim।
induṃ sahasracakṣasam ॥

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 ॥

taṃ tvā sahasracakṣasamatho sahasrabharṇasam।
ati vāramapāviṣuḥ ॥

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 ॥

ati vārānpavamāno asiṣyadatkalaśām̐ abhi dhāvati।
indrasya hārdyāviśan ॥

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 ॥

indrasya soma rādhase śaṃ pavasva vicarṣaṇe।
prajāvadreta ā bhara ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.61 · 30 verses

9.61.1

अ॒या वी॒ती परि॑ स्रव॒ यस्त॑ इन्दो॒ मदे॒ष्वा।
अ॒वाह॑न्नव॒तीर्नव॑ ॥

ayā vītī pari srava yasta indo madeṣvā।
avāhannavatīrnava ॥

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

पुर॑ स॒द्य इ॒त्थाधि॑ये॒ दिवो॑दासाय॒ शम्ब॑रम्।
अध॒ त्यं तु॒र्वशं॒ यदु॑म् ॥

pura sadya itthādhiye divodāsāya śambaram।
adha tyaṃ turvaśaṃ yadum ॥

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 सह॒स्रिणी॒रिष॑ ॥

pari ṇo aśvamaśvavidgomadindo hiraṇyavat।
kṣarā sahasriṇīriṣa ॥

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 ॥

pavamānasya te vayaṃ pavitramabhyundataḥ।
sakhitvamā vṛṇīmahe ॥

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 ॥

ye te pavitramūrmayo'bhikṣaranti dhārayā।
tebhirnaḥ soma mṛḷaya ॥

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 न॑ पुना॒न आ भ॑र र॒यिं वी॒रव॑ती॒मिष॑म्।
ईशा॑नः सोम वि॒श्वत॑ ॥

sa na punāna ā bhara rayiṃ vīravatīmiṣam।
īśānaḥ soma viśvata ॥

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 ॥

etamu tyaṃ daśa kṣipo mṛjanti sindhumātaram।
samādityebhirakhyata ॥

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 र॒श्मिभि॑ ॥

samindreṇota vāyunā suta eti pavitra ā।
saṃ sūryasya raśmibhi ॥

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 ॥

sa no bhagāya vāyave pūṣṇe pavasva madhumān।
cārurmitre varuṇe ca ॥

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 श्रव॑ ॥

uccā te jātamandhaso divi ṣadbhūmyā dade।
ugraṃ śarma mahi śrava ॥

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 ॥

enā viśvānyarya ā dyumnāni mānuṣāṇām।
siṣāsanto vanāmahe ॥

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 म॒रुद्भ्य॑।
व॒रि॒वो॒वित्परि॑ स्रव ॥

sa na indrāya yajyave varuṇāya marudbhya।
varivovitpari srava ॥

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 ॥

upo ṣu jātamapturaṃ gobhirbhaṅgaṃ pariṣkṛtam।
induṃ devā ayāsiṣuḥ ॥

Soma, spirit of beauty, grace and glory, divinely created, nobly bom, 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 हृदं॒सनि॑ ॥

tamidvardhantu no giro vatsaṃ saṃśiśvarīriva।
ya indrasya hṛdaṃsani ॥

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 ॥

arṣā ṇaḥ soma śaṃ gave dhukṣasva pipyuṣīmiṣam।
vardhā samudramukthyam ॥

O Soma, peaceable mling 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 ॥

pavamāno ajījanaddivaścitraṃ na tanyatum।
jyotirvaiśvānaraṃ bṛhat ॥

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 ॥

pavamānasya te raso mado rājannaducchunaḥ।
vi vāramavyamarṣati ॥

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 ॥

pavamāna rasastava dakṣo vi rājati dyumān।
jyotirviśvaṃ svardṛśe ॥

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 ॥

yaste mado vareṇyastenā pavasvāndhasā।
devāvīraghaśaṃsahā ॥

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 ॥

jaghnirvṛtramamitriyaṃ sasnirvājaṃ divedive।
goṣā u aśvasā asi ॥

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 धे॒नुभि॑।
सीद॑ञ्छ्ये॒नो न योनि॒मा ॥

sammiślo aruṣo bhava sūpasthābhirna dhenubhi।
sīdañchyeno na yonimā ॥

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 ॥

sa pavasva ya āvithendraṃ vṛtrāya hantave।
vavrivāṃsaṃ mahīrapaḥ ॥

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 गिर॑ ॥

suvīrāso vayaṃ dhanā jayema soma mīḍhvaḥ।
punāno vardha no gira ॥

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 आ॒मुर॑।
सोम॑ व्र॒तेषु॑ जागृहि ॥

tvotāsastavāvasā syāma vanvanta āmura।
soma vrateṣu jāgṛhi ॥

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 ॥

apaghnanpavate mṛdho'pa somo arāvṇaḥ।
gacchannindrasya niṣkṛtam ॥

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 मृध॑।
रास्वे॑न्दो वी॒रव॒द्यश॑ ॥

maho no rāya ā bhara pavamāna jahī mṛdha।
rāsvendo vīravadyaśa ॥

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 ॥

na tvā śataṃ cana hruto rādho ditsantamā minan।
yatpunāno makhasyase ॥

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 ॥

pavasvendo vṛṣā sutaḥ kṛdhī no yaśaso jane।
viśvā apa dviṣo jahi ॥

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 ॥

asya te sakhye vayaṃ tavendo dyumna uttame।
sāsahyāma pṛtanyataḥ ॥

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 ॥

yā te bhīmānyāyudhā tigmāni santi dhūrvaṇe।
rakṣā samasya no nidaḥ ॥

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

Ṛgveda 9.62 · 30 verses

9.62.1

ए॒ते अ॑सृग्र॒मिन्द॑वस्ति॒रः प॒वित्र॑मा॒शव॑।
विश्वा॑न्य॒भि सौभ॑गा ॥

ete asṛgramindavastiraḥ pavitramāśava।
viśvānyabhi saubhagā ॥

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 वा॒जिन॑।
तना॑ कृ॒ण्वन्तो॒ अर्व॑ते ॥

vighnanto duritā puru sugā tokāya vājina।
tanā kṛṇvanto arvate ॥

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 ॥

kṛṇvanto varivo gave'bhyarṣanti suṣṭutim।
iḷāmasmabhyaṃ saṃyatam ॥

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 ॥

asāvyaṃśurmadāyāpsu dakṣo giriṣṭhāḥ।
śyeno na yonimāsadat ॥

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 the 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 नृभि॑ सु॒तः।
स्वद॑न्ति॒ गाव॒ पयो॑भिः ॥

śubhramandho devavātamapsu dhūto nṛbhi sutaḥ।
svadanti gāva payobhiḥ ॥

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 ॥

ādīmaśvaṃ na hetāro'śūśubhannamṛtāya।
madhvo rasaṃ sadhamāde ॥

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।
ताभि॑ प॒वित्र॒मास॑दः ॥

yāste dhārā madhuścuto'sṛgraminda ūtaye।
tābhi pavitramāsadaḥ ॥

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 ॥

so arṣendrāya pītaye tiro romāṇyavyayā।
sīdanyonā vaneṣvā ॥

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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9.62.9

त्वमि॑न्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव॒ स्वादि॑ष्ठो॒ अङ्गि॑रोभ्यः।
व॒रि॒वो॒विद्घृ॒तं पय॑ ॥

tvamindo pari srava svādiṣṭho aṅgirobhyaḥ।
varivovidghṛtaṃ paya ॥

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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9.62.10

अ॒यं विच॑र्षणिर्हि॒तः पव॑मान॒ स चे॑तति।
हि॒न्वा॒न आप्यं॑ बृ॒हत् ॥

ayaṃ vicarṣaṇirhitaḥ pavamāna sa cetati।
hinvāna āpyaṃ bṛhat ॥

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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9.62.11

ए॒ष वृषा॒ वृष॑व्रत॒ पव॑मानो अशस्ति॒हा।
कर॒द्वसू॑नि दा॒शुषे॑ ॥

eṣa vṛṣā vṛṣavrata pavamāno aśastihā।
karadvasūni dāśuṣe ॥

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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9.62.12

आ प॑वस्व सह॒स्रिणं॑ र॒यिं गोम॑न्तम॒श्विन॑म्।
पु॒रु॒श्च॒न्द्रं पु॑रु॒स्पृह॑म् ॥

ā pavasva sahasriṇaṃ rayiṃ gomantamaśvinam।
puruścandraṃ puruspṛham ॥

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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9.62.13

ए॒ष स्य परि॑ षिच्यते मर्मृ॒ज्यमा॑न आ॒युभि॑।
उ॒रु॒गा॒यः क॒विक्र॑तुः ॥

eṣa sya pari ṣicyate marmṛjyamāna āyubhi।
urugāyaḥ kavikratuḥ ॥

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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9.62.14

स॒हस्रो॑तिः श॒ताम॑घो वि॒मानो॒ रज॑सः क॒विः।
इन्द्रा॑य पवते॒ मद॑ ॥

sahasrotiḥ śatāmagho vimāno rajasaḥ kaviḥ।
indrāya pavate mada ॥

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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9.62.15

गि॒रा जा॒त इ॒ह स्तु॒त इन्दु॒रिन्द्रा॑य धीयते।
विर्योना॑ वस॒तावि॑व ॥

girā jāta iha stuta indurindrāya dhīyate।
viryonā vasatāviva ॥

Indra, the best man of supreme spirit and power of light, peace and bliss, bom 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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9.62.16

पव॑मानः सु॒तो नृभि॒ सोमो॒ वाज॑मिवासरत्।
च॒मूषु॒ शक्म॑ना॒सद॑म् ॥

pavamānaḥ suto nṛbhi somo vājamivāsarat।
camūṣu śakmanāsadam ॥

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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9.62.17

तं त्रि॑पृ॒ष्ठे त्रि॑वन्धु॒रे रथे॑ युञ्जन्ति॒ यात॑वे।
ऋषी॑णां स॒प्त धी॒तिभि॑ ॥

taṃ tripṛṣṭhe trivandhure rathe yuñjanti yātave।
ṛṣīṇāṃ sapta dhītibhi ॥

Him they enjoin to the three-level, triple structural chariot of the nation, with sevenfold intelligence, will and execution of the visionaries of life.

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9.62.18

तं सो॑तारो धन॒स्पृत॑मा॒शुं वाजा॑य॒ यात॑वे।
हरिं॑ हिनोत वा॒जिन॑म् ॥

taṃ sotāro dhanaspṛtamāśuṃ vājāya yātave।
hariṃ hinota vājinam ॥

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 श्रिय॑।
शूरो॒ न गोषु॑ तिष्ठति ॥

āviśankalaśaṃ suto viśvā arṣannabhi śriya।
śūro na goṣu tiṣṭhati ॥

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 दुहन्त्या॒यव॑।
दे॒वा दे॒वेभ्यो॒ मधु॑ ॥

ā ta indo madāya kaṃ payo duhantyāyava।
devā devebhyo madhu ॥

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 न॒ सोमं॑ प॒वित्र॒ आ सृ॒जता॒ मधु॑मत्तमम्।
दे॒वेभ्यो॑ देव॒श्रुत्त॑मम् ॥

ā na somaṃ pavitra ā sṛjatā madhumattamam।
devebhyo devaśruttamam ॥

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 ॥

ete somā asṛkṣata gṛṇānāḥ śravase mahe।
madintamasya dhārayā ॥

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।
स॒नद्वा॑ज॒ परि॑ स्रव ॥

abhi gavyāni vītaye nṛmṇā punāno arṣasi।
sanadvāja pari srava ॥

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 परि॒ष्टुभ॑।
गृ॒णा॒नो ज॒मद॑ग्निना ॥

uta no gomatīriṣo viśvā arṣa pariṣṭubha।
gṛṇāno jamadagninā ॥

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 चि॒त्राभि॑रू॒तिभि॑।
अ॒भि विश्वा॑नि॒ काव्या॑ ॥

pavasva vāco agriyaḥ soma citrābhirūtibhi।
abhi viśvāni kāvyā ॥

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 ॥

tvaṃ samudriyā apo'griyo vāca īrayan।
pavasva viśvamejaya ॥

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 ॥

tubhyemā bhuvanā kave mahimne soma tasthire।
tubhyamarṣanti sindhavaḥ ॥

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 यन्त्यस॒श्चत॑।
अ॒भि शु॒क्रामु॑प॒स्तिर॑म् ॥

pra te divo na vṛṣṭayo dhārā yantyasaścata।
abhi śukrāmupastiram ॥

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 ॥

indrāyenduṃ punītanograṃ dakṣāya sādhanam।
īśānaṃ vītirādhasam ॥

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 सोम॑ प॒वित्र॒मास॑दत्।
दध॑त्स्तो॒त्रे सु॒वीर्य॑म् ॥

pavamāna ṛtaḥ kaviḥ soma pavitramāsadat।
dadhatstotre suvīryam ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.63 · 30 verses

9.63.1

आ प॑वस्व सह॒स्रिणं॑ र॒यिं सो॑म सु॒वीर्य॑म्।
अ॒स्मे श्रवां॑सि धारय ॥

ā pavasva sahasriṇaṃ rayiṃ soma suvīryam।
asme śravāṃsi dhāraya ॥

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 ॥

iṣamūrjaṃ ca pinvasa indrāya matsarintamaḥ।
camūṣvā ni ṣīdasi ॥

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 सोम॑ क॒लशे॑ अक्षरत्।
मधु॑माँ अस्तु वा॒यवे॑ ॥

suta indrāya viṣṇave soma kalaśe akṣarat।
madhumām̐ astu vāyave ॥

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 ब॒भ्रव॑।
सोमा॑ ऋ॒तस्य॒ धार॑या ॥

ete asṛgramāśavo'ti hvarāṃsi babhrava।
somā ṛtasya dhārayā ॥

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 अ॒प्तुर॑ कृ॒ण्वन्तो॒ विश्व॒मार्य॑म्।
अ॒प॒घ्नन्तो॒ अरा॑व्णः ॥

indraṃ vardhanto aptura kṛṇvanto viśvamāryam।
apaghnanto arāvṇaḥ ॥

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 ब॒भ्रव॑।
इन्द्रं॒ गच्छ॑न्त॒ इन्द॑वः ॥

sutā anu svamā rajo'bhyarṣanti babhrava।
indraṃ gacchanta indavaḥ ॥

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 ॥

ayā pavasva dhārayā yayā sūryamarocayaḥ।
hinvāno mānuṣīrapaḥ ॥

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 ॥

ayukta sūra etaśaṃ pavamāno manāvadhi।
antarikṣeṇa yātave ॥

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 ॥

uta tyā harito daśa sūro ayukta yātave।
indurindra iti bruvan ॥

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 ॥

parīto vāyave sutaṃ gira indrāya matsaram।
avyo vāreṣu siñcata ॥

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 ॥

pavamāna vidā rayimasmabhyaṃ soma duṣṭaram।
yo dūṇāśo vanuṣyatā ॥

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 श्रव॑ ॥

abhyarṣa sahasriṇaṃ rayiṃ gomantamaśvinam।
abhi vājamuta śrava ॥

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 ॥

somo devo na sūryo'dribhiḥ pavate sutaḥ।
dadhānaḥ kalaśe rasam ॥

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 ॥

ete dhāmānyāryā śukrā ṛtasya dhārayā।
vājaṃ gomantamakṣaran ॥

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 ॥

sutā indrāya vajriṇe somāso dadhyāśiraḥ।
pavitramatyakṣaran ॥

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 ॥

pra soma madhumattamo rāye arṣa pavitra ā।
mado yo devavītamaḥ ॥

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 ॥

tamī mṛjantyāyavo hariṃ nadīṣu vājinam।
indumindrāya matsaram ॥

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 ॥

ā pavasva hiraṇyavadaśvāvatsoma vīravat।
vājaṃ gomantamā bhara ॥

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 ॥

pari vāje na vājayumavyo vāreṣu siñcata।
indrāya madhumattamam ॥

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 अव॒स्यव॑।
वृषा॒ कनि॑क्रदर्षति ॥

kaviṃ mṛjanti marjyaṃ dhībhirviprā avasyava।
vṛṣā kanikradarṣati ॥

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 विप्रा॒ सम॑स्वरन् ॥

vṛṣaṇaṃ dhībhirapturaṃ somamṛtasya dhārayā।
matī viprā samasvaran ॥

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 मद॑।
वा॒युमा रो॑ह॒ धर्म॑णा ॥

pavasva devāyuṣagindraṃ gacchatu te mada।
vāyumā roha dharmaṇā ॥

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 ॥

pavamāna ni tośase rayiṃ soma śravāyyam।
priyaḥ samudramā viśa ॥

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 मृध॑ क्रतु॒वित्सो॑म मत्स॒रः।
नु॒दस्वादे॑वयुं॒ जन॑म् ॥

apaghnanpavase mṛdha kratuvitsoma matsaraḥ।
nudasvādevayuṃ janam ॥

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 सोमा॑ शु॒क्रास॒ इन्द॑वः।
अ॒भि विश्वा॑नि॒ काव्या॑ ॥

pavamānā asṛkṣata somā śukrāsa indavaḥ।
abhi viśvāni kāvyā ॥

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 आ॒शव॑ शु॒भ्रा अ॑सृग्र॒मिन्द॑वः।
घ्नन्तो॒ विश्वा॒ अप॒ द्विष॑ ॥

pavamānāsa āśava śubhrā asṛgramindavaḥ।
ghnanto viśvā apa dviṣa ॥

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 ॥

pavamānā divasparyantarikṣādasṛkṣata।
pṛthivyā adhi sānavi ॥

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 स्रिध॑।
ज॒हि रक्षां॑सि सुक्रतो ॥

punānaḥ soma dhārayendo viśvā apa sridha।
jahi rakṣāṃsi sukrato ॥

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

अ॒प॒घ्नन्सो॑म र॒क्षसो॒ऽभ्य॑र्ष॒ कनि॑क्रदत्।
द्यु॒मन्तं॒ शुष्म॑मुत्त॒मम् ॥

apaghnansoma rakṣaso'bhyarṣa kanikradat।
dyumantaṃ śuṣmamuttamam ॥

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 ॥

asme vasūni dhāraya soma divyāni pārthivā।
indo viśvāni vāryā ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.64 · 30 verses

9.64.1

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

vṛṣā soma dyumām̐ asi vṛṣā deva vṛṣavrataḥ।
vṛṣā dharmāṇi dadhiṣe ॥

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 मद॑।
स॒त्यं वृ॑ष॒न्वृषेद॑सि ॥

vṛṣṇaste vṛṣṇyaṃ śavo vṛṣā vanaṃ vṛṣā mada।
satyaṃ vṛṣanvṛṣedasi ॥

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 ॥

aśvo na cakrado vṛṣā saṃ gā indo samarvataḥ।
vi no rāye duro vṛdhi ॥

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 वीर॒याशव॑ ॥

asṛkṣata pra vājino gavyā somāso aśvayā।
śukrāso vīrayāśava ॥

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 ॥

śumbhamānā ṛtāyubhirmṛjyamānā gabhastyoḥ।
pavante vāre avyaye ॥

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 ॥

te viśvā dāśuṣe vasu somā divyāni pārthivā।
pavantāmāntarikṣyā ॥

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 र॒श्मय॑ ॥

pavamānasya viśvavitpra te sargā asṛkṣata।
sūryasyeva na raśmaya ॥

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 ॥

ketuṃ kṛṇvandivaspari viśvā rūpābhyarṣasi।
samudraḥ soma pinvase ॥

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 सूर्य॑ ॥

hinvāno vācamiṣyasi pavamāna vidharmaṇi।
akrāndevo na sūrya ॥

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

इन्दु॑ पविष्ट॒ चेत॑नः प्रि॒यः क॑वी॒नां म॒ती।
सृ॒जदश्वं॑ र॒थीरि॑व ॥

indu paviṣṭa cetanaḥ priyaḥ kavīnāṃ matī।
sṛjadaśvaṃ rathīriva ॥

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 ॥

ūrmiryaste pavitra ā devāvīḥ paryakṣarat।
sīdannṛtasya yonimā ॥

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 ॥

sa no arṣa pavitra ā mado yo devavītamaḥ।
indavindrāya pītaye ॥

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 मनी॒षिभि॑।
इन्दो॑ रु॒चाभि गा इ॑हि ॥

iṣe pavasva dhārayā mṛjyamāno manīṣibhi।
indo rucābhi gā ihi ॥

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 ॥

punāno varivaskṛdhyūrjaṃ janāya girvaṇaḥ।
hare sṛjāna āśiram ॥

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 ॥

punāno devavītaya indrasya yāhi niṣkṛtam।
dyutāno vājibhiryataḥ ॥

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 समु॒द्रमा॒शव॑।
धि॒या जू॒ता अ॑सृक्षत ॥

pra hinvānāsa indavo'cchā samudramāśava।
dhiyā jūtā asṛkṣata ॥

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 ॥

marmṛjānāsa āyavo vṛthā samudramindavaḥ।
agmannṛtasya yonimā ॥

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 न॒ शर्म॑ वी॒रव॑त् ॥

pari ṇo yāhyasmayurviśvā vasūnyojasā।
pāhi na śarma vīravat ॥

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 ॥

mimāti vahniretaśaḥ padaṃ yujāna ṛkvabhiḥ।
pra yatsamudra āhitaḥ ॥

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 हिर॒ण्यय॑मा॒शुरृ॒तस्य॒ सीद॑ति।
जहा॒त्यप्र॑चेतसः ॥

ā yadyoniṃ hiraṇyayamāśurṛtasya sīdati।
jahātyapracetasaḥ ॥

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 ॥

abhi venā anūṣateyakṣanti pracetasaḥ।
majjantyavicetasaḥ ॥

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 ॥

indrāyendo marutvate pavasva madhumattamaḥ।
ṛtasya yonimāsadam ॥

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 वचो॒विद॒ परि॑ ष्कृण्वन्ति वे॒धस॑।
सं त्वा॑ मृजन्त्या॒यव॑ ॥

taṃ tvā viprā vacovida pari ṣkṛṇvanti vedhasa।
saṃ tvā mṛjantyāyava ॥

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 म॒रुत॑ ॥

rasaṃ te mitro aryamā pibanti varuṇaḥ kave।
pavamānasya maruta ॥

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 ॥

tvaṃ soma vipaścitaṃ punāno vācamiṣyasi।
indo sahasrabharṇasam ॥

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 ॥

uto sahasrabharṇasaṃ vācaṃ soma makhasyuvam।
punāna indavā bhara ॥

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 ॥

punāna indaveṣāṃ puruhūta janānām।
priyaḥ samudramā viśa ॥

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।
सोमा॑ शु॒क्रा गवा॑शिरः ॥

davidyutatyā rucā pariṣṭobhantyā kṛpā।
somā śukrā gavāśiraḥ ॥

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 ॥

hinvāno hetṛbhiryata ā vājaṃ vājyakramīt।
sīdanto vanuṣo yathā ॥

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9.64.30

ऋ॒धक्सो॑म स्व॒स्तये॑ संजग्मा॒नो दि॒वः क॒विः।
पव॑स्व॒ सूर्यो॑ दृ॒शे ॥

ṛdhaksoma svastaye saṃjagmāno divaḥ kaviḥ।
pavasva sūryo dṛśe ॥

Ṛgveda 9.65 · 30 verses

9.65.1

हि॒न्वन्ति॒ सूर॒मुस्र॑य॒ स्वसा॑रो जा॒मय॒स्पति॑म्।
म॒हामिन्दुं॑ मही॒युव॑ ॥

hinvanti sūramusraya svasāro jāmayaspatim।
mahāminduṃ mahīyuva ॥

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 ॥

pavamāna rucārucā devo devebhyaspari।
viśvā vasūnyā viśa ॥

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 दुव॑।
इ॒षे प॑वस्व सं॒यत॑म् ॥

ā pavamāna suṣṭutiṃ vṛṣṭiṃ devebhyo duva।
iṣe pavasva saṃyatam ॥

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 स्वा॒ध्य॑ ॥

vṛṣā hyasi bhānunā dyumantaṃ tvā havāmahe।
pavamāna svādhya ॥

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 ॥

ā pavasva suvīryaṃ mandamānaḥ svāyudha।
iho ṣvindavā gahi ॥

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 ॥

yadadbhiḥ pariṣicyase mṛjyamāno gabhastyoḥ।
druṇā sadhasthamaśnuṣe ॥

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 ॥

pra somāya vyaśvavatpavamānāya gāyata।
mahe sahasracakṣase ॥

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 ॥

yasya varṇaṃ madhuścutaṃ hariṃ hinvantyadribhiḥ।
indumindrāya pītaye ॥

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 जि॒ग्युष॑।
स॒खि॒त्वमा वृ॑णीमहे ॥

tasya te vājino vayaṃ viśvā dhanāni jigyuṣa।
sakhitvamā vṛṇīmahe ॥

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 ॥

vṛṣā pavasva dhārayā marutvate ca matsaraḥ।
viśvā dadhāna ojasā ॥

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 ध॒र्तार॑मो॒ण्यो॒३ः पव॑मान स्व॒र्दृश॑म्।
हि॒न्वे वाजे॑षु वा॒जिन॑म् ॥

taṃ tvā dhartāramoṇyo3ḥ pavamāna svardṛśam।
hinve vājeṣu vājinam ॥

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 हरि॑ पवस्व॒ धार॑या।
युजं॒ वाजे॑षु चोदय ॥

ayā citto vipānayā hari pavasva dhārayā।
yujaṃ vājeṣu codaya ॥

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 ॥

ā na indo mahīmiṣaṃ pavasva viśvadarśataḥ।
asmabhyaṃ soma gātuvit ॥

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 ॥

ā kalaśā anūṣatendo dhārābhirojasā।
endrasya pītaye viśa ॥

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 ॥

yasya te madyaṃ rasaṃ tīvraṃ duhantyadribhiḥ।
sa pavasvābhimātihā ॥

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 ॥

rājā medhābhirīyate pavamāno manāvadhi।
antarikṣeṇa yātave ॥

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 ॥

ā na indo śatagvinaṃ gavāṃ poṣaṃ svaśvyam।
vahā bhagattimūtaye ॥

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 न॑ सोम॒ सहो॒ जुवो॑ रू॒पं न वर्च॑से भर।
सु॒ष्वा॒णो दे॒ववी॑तये ॥

ā na soma saho juvo rūpaṃ na varcase bhara।
suṣvāṇo devavītaye ॥

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 ॥

arṣā soma dyumattamo'bhi droṇāni roruvat।
sīdañchyeno na yonimā ॥

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 म॒रुद्भ्य॑।
सोमो॑ अर्षति॒ विष्ण॑वे ॥

apsā indrāya vāyave varuṇāya marudbhya।
somo arṣati viṣṇave ॥

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 वि॒श्वत॑।
आ प॑वस्व सह॒स्रिण॑म् ॥

iṣaṃ tokāya no dadhadasmabhyaṃ soma viśvata।
ā pavasva sahasriṇam ॥

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 ॥

ye somāsaḥ parāvati ye arvāvati sunvire।
ye vādaḥ śaryaṇāvati ॥

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 ॥

ya ārjīkeṣu kṛtvasu ye madhye pastyānām।
ye vā janeṣu pañcasu ॥

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.

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9.65.24

ते नो॑ वृ॒ष्टिं दि॒वस्परि॒ पव॑न्ता॒मा सु॒वीर्य॑म्।
सु॒वा॒ना दे॒वास॒ इन्द॑वः ॥

te no vṛṣṭiṃ divaspari pavantāmā suvīryam।
suvānā devāsa indavaḥ ॥

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 ॥

pavate haryato harirgṛṇāno jamadagninā।
hinvāno goradhi tvaci ॥

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 ॥

pra śukrāso vayojuvo hinvānāso na saptayaḥ।
śrīṇānā apsu mṛñjata ॥

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 ॥

taṃ tvā suteṣvābhuvo hinvire devatātaye।
sa pavasvānayā rucā ॥

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 ॥

ā te dakṣaṃ mayobhuvaṃ vahnimadyā vṛṇīmahe।
pāntamā puruspṛham ॥

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 ॥

ā mandramā vareṇyamā vipramā manīṣiṇam।
pāntamā puruspṛham ॥

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 ॥

ā rayimā sucetunamā sukrato tanūṣvā।
pāntamā puruspṛham ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.66 · 30 verses

9.66.1

पव॑स्व विश्वचर्षणे॒ऽभि विश्वा॑नि॒ काव्या॑।
सखा॒ सखि॑भ्य॒ ईड्य॑ ॥

pavasva viśvacarṣaṇe'bhi viśvāni kāvyā।
sakhā sakhibhya īḍya ॥

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 त॒स्थतु॑ ॥

tābhyāṃ viśvasya rājasi ye pavamāna dhāmanī।
pratīcī soma tasthatu ॥

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 वि॒श्वत॑।
पव॑मान ऋ॒तुभि॑ कवे ॥

pari dhāmāni yāni te tvaṃ somāsi viśvata।
pavamāna ṛtubhi kave ॥

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 ॥

pavasva janayanniṣo'bhi viśvāni vāryā।
sakhā sakhibhya ūtaye ॥

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 ॥

tava śukrāso arcayo divaspṛṣṭhe vi tanvate।
pavitraṃ soma dhāmabhiḥ ॥

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 धे॒नव॑ ॥

taveme sapta sindhavaḥ praśiṣaṃ soma sisrate।
tubhyaṃ dhāvanti dhenava ॥

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 श्रव॑ ॥

pra soma yāhi dhārayā suta indrāya matsaraḥ।
dadhāno akṣiti śrava ॥

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 जा॒मय॑।
विप्र॑मा॒जा वि॒वस्व॑तः ॥

samu tvā dhībhirasvaranhinvatīḥ sapta jāmaya।
vipramājā vivasvataḥ ॥

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 ॥

mṛjanti tvā samagruvo'vye jīrāvadhi ṣvaṇi।
rebho yadajyase vane ॥

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 वाजि॒न्सर्गा॑ असृक्षत।
अर्व॑न्तो॒ न श्र॑व॒स्यव॑ ॥

pavamānasya te kave vājinsargā asṛkṣata।
arvanto na śravasyava ॥

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 धी॒तय॑ ॥

acchā kośaṃ madhuścutamasṛgraṃ vāre avyaye।
avāvaśanta dhītaya ॥

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 धे॒नव॑।
अग्म॑न्नृ॒तस्य॒ योनि॒मा ॥

acchā samudramindavo'staṃ gāvo na dhenava।
agmannṛtasya yonimā ॥

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 ॥

pra ṇa indo mahe raṇa āpo arṣanti sindhavaḥ।
yadgobhirvāsayiṣyase ॥

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 ॥

asya te sakhye vayamiyakṣantastvotayaḥ।
indo sakhitvamuśmasi ॥

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 ॥

ā pavasva gaviṣṭaye mahe soma nṛcakṣase।
endrasya jaṭhare viśa ॥

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 ॥

mahām̐ asi soma jyeṣṭha ugrāṇāminda ojiṣṭhaḥ।
yudhvā sañchaśvajjigetha ॥

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 ॥

ya ugrebhyaścidojīyāñchūrebhyaścicchūrataraḥ।
bhūridābhyaścinmaṃhīyān ॥

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 ॥

tvaṃ soma sūra eṣastokasya sātā tanūnām।
vṛṇīmahe sakhyāya vṛṇīmahe yujyāya ॥

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 ॥

agna āyūṃṣi pavasa ā suvorjamiṣaṃ ca naḥ।
āre bādhasva ducchunām ॥

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

अ॒ग्निरृषि॒ पव॑मान॒ पाञ्च॑जन्यः पु॒रोहि॑तः।
तमी॑महे महाग॒यम् ॥

agnirṛṣi pavamāna pāñcajanyaḥ purohitaḥ।
tamīmahe mahāgayam ॥

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 वर्च॑ सु॒वीर्य॑म्।
दध॑द्र॒यिं मयि॒ पोष॑म् ॥

agne pavasva svapā asme varca suvīryam।
dadhadrayiṃ mayi poṣam ॥

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 ॥

pavamāno ati sridho'bhyarṣati suṣṭutim।
sūro na viśvadarśataḥ ॥

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 आ॒युभि॒ प्रय॑स्वा॒न्प्रय॑से हि॒तः।
इन्दु॒रत्यो॑ विचक्ष॒णः ॥

sa marmṛjāna āyubhi prayasvānprayase hitaḥ।
induratyo vicakṣaṇaḥ ॥

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 ॥

pavamāna ṛtaṃ bṛhacchukraṃ jyotirajījanat।
kṛṣṇā tamāṃsi jaṅghanat ॥

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 ॥

pavamānasya jaṅghnato hareścandrā asṛkṣata।
jīrā ajiraśociṣaḥ ॥

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 शु॒भ्रेभि॑ शु॒भ्रश॑स्तमः।
हरि॑श्चन्द्रो म॒रुद्ग॑णः ॥

pavamāno rathītamaḥ śubhrebhi śubhraśastamaḥ।
hariścandro marudgaṇaḥ ॥

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 ॥

pavamāno vyaśnavadraśmibhirvājasātamaḥ।
dadhatstotre suvīryam ॥

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 ॥

pra suvāna indurakṣāḥ pavitramatyavyayam।
punāna indurindramā ॥

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 ॥

eṣa somo adhi tvaci gavāṃ krīḷatyadribhiḥ।
indraṃ madāya johuvat ॥

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9.66.30

यस्य॑ ते द्यु॒म्नव॒त्पय॒ पव॑मा॒नाभृ॑तं दि॒वः।
तेन॑ नो मृळ जी॒वसे॑ ॥

yasya te dyumnavatpaya pavamānābhṛtaṃ divaḥ।
tena no mṛḷa jīvase ॥

Ṛgveda 9.67 · 32 verses

9.67.1

त्वं सो॑मासि धार॒युर्म॒न्द्र ओजि॑ष्ठो अध्व॒रे।
पव॑स्व मंह॒यद्र॑यिः ॥

tvaṃ somāsi dhārayurmandra ojiṣṭho adhvare।
pavasva maṃhayadrayiḥ ॥

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.

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9.67.2

त्वं सु॒तो नृ॒माद॑नो दध॒न्वान्म॑त्स॒रिन्त॑मः।
इन्द्रा॑य सू॒रिरन्ध॑सा ॥

tvaṃ suto nṛmādano dadhanvānmatsarintamaḥ।
indrāya sūrirandhasā ॥

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 ॥

tvaṃ suṣvāṇo adribhirabhyarṣa kanikradat।
dyumantaṃ śuṣmamuttamam ॥

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 ॥

indurhinvāno arṣati tiro vārāṇyavyayā।
harirvājamacikradat ॥

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 वाजा॑न्सोम॒ गोम॑तः ॥

indo vyavyamarṣasi vi śravāṃsi vi saubhagā।
vi vājānsoma gomataḥ ॥

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 ॥

ā na indo śatagvinaṃ rayiṃ gomantamaśvinam।
bharā soma sahasriṇam ॥

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 प॒वित्र॑मा॒शव॑।
इन्द्रं॒ यामे॑भिराशत ॥

pavamānāsa indavastiraḥ pavitramāśava।
indraṃ yāmebhirāśata ॥

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 ॥

kakuhaḥ somyo rasa indurindrāya pūrvyaḥ।
āyuḥ pavata āyave ॥

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 सूर॒मुस्र॑य॒ पव॑मानं मधु॒श्चुत॑म्।
अ॒भि गि॒रा सम॑स्वरन् ॥

hinvanti sūramusraya pavamānaṃ madhuścutam।
abhi girā samasvaran ॥

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 अ॒जाश्व॑ पू॒षा याम॑नियामनि।
आ भ॑क्षत्क॒न्या॑सु नः ॥

avitā no ajāśva pūṣā yāmaniyāmani।
ā bhakṣatkanyāsu naḥ ॥

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 सोम॑ कप॒र्दिने॑ घृ॒तं न प॑वते॒ मधु॑।
आ भ॑क्षत्क॒न्या॑सु नः ॥

ayaṃ soma kapardine ghṛtaṃ na pavate madhu।
ā bhakṣatkanyāsu naḥ ॥

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 ॥

ayaṃ ta āghṛṇe suto ghṛtaṃ na pavate śuci।
ā bhakṣatkanyāsu naḥ ॥

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 ॥

vāco jantuḥ kavīnāṃ pavasva soma dhārayā।
deveṣu ratnadhā asi ॥

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 ॥

ā kalaśeṣu dhāvati śyeno varma vi gāhate।
abhi droṇā kanikradat ॥

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 ॥

pari pra soma te raso'sarji kalaśe sutaḥ।
śyeno na takto arṣati ॥

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 ॥

pavasva soma mandayannindrāya madhumattamaḥ ॥

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 ॥

asṛgrandevavītaye vājayanto rathā iva ॥

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 ॥

te sutāso madintamāḥ śukrā vāyumasṛkṣata ॥

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 ॥

grāvṇā tunno abhiṣṭutaḥ pavitraṃ soma gacchasi।
dadhatstotre suvīryam ॥

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 ॥

eṣa tunno abhiṣṭutaḥ pavitramati gāhate।
rakṣohā vāramavyayam ॥

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 ॥

yadanti yacca dūrake bhayaṃ vindati māmiha।
pavamāna vi tajjahi ॥

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

पव॑मान॒ सो अ॒द्य न॑ प॒वित्रे॑ण॒ विच॑र्षणिः।
यः पो॒ता स पु॑नातु नः ॥

pavamāna so adya na pavitreṇa vicarṣaṇiḥ।
yaḥ potā sa punātu naḥ ॥

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 ॥

yatte pavitramarciṣyagne vitatamantarā।
brahma tena punīhi naḥ ॥

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 ॥

yatte pavitramarcivadagne tena punīhi naḥ।
brahmasavaiḥ punīhi naḥ ॥

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 वि॒श्वत॑ ॥

ubhābhyāṃ deva savitaḥ pavitreṇa savena ca।
māṃ punīhi viśvata ॥

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 दक्षै॑ पुनीहि नः ॥

tribhiṣṭvaṃ deva savitarvarṣiṣṭhaiḥ soma dhāmabhiḥ।
agne dakṣai punīhi naḥ ॥

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 ॥

punantu māṃ devajanāḥ punantu vasavo dhiyā।
viśve devāḥ punīta mā jātavedaḥ punīhi mā ॥

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 विश्वे॑भिरं॒शुभि॑।
दे॒वेभ्य॑ उत्त॒मं ह॒विः ॥

pra pyāyasva pra syandasva soma viśvebhiraṃśubhi।
devebhya uttamaṃ haviḥ ॥

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 नम॑ ॥

upa priyaṃ panipnataṃ yuvānamāhutīvṛdham।
aganma bibhrato nama ॥

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 ॥

alāyyasya paraśurnanāśa tamā pavasva deva soma।
ākhuṃ cideva deva soma ॥

0 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 पा॑वमा॒नीर॒ध्येत्यृषि॑भि॒ सम्भृ॑तं॒ रस॑म्।
सर्वं॒ स पू॒तम॑श्नाति स्वदि॒तं मा॑त॒रिश्व॑ना ॥

yaḥ pāvamānīradhyetyṛṣibhi sambhṛtaṃ rasam।
sarvaṃ sa pūtamaśnāti svaditaṃ mātariśvanā ॥

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 अ॒ध्येत्यृषि॑भि॒ सम्भृ॑तं॒ रस॑म्।
तस्मै॒ सर॑स्वती दुहे क्षी॒रं स॒र्पिर्मधू॑द॒कम् ॥

pāvamānīryo adhyetyṛṣibhi sambhṛtaṃ rasam।
tasmai sarasvatī duhe kṣīraṃ sarpirmadhūdakam ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.68 · 10 verses

9.68.1

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

pra devamacchā madhumanta indavo'siṣyadanta gāva ā na dhenava।
barhiṣado vacanāvanta ūdhabhiḥ parisrutamusriyā nirṇijaṃ dhire ॥

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 अचिक्रददुपा॒रुह॑ श्र॒थय॑न्स्वादते॒ हरि॑।
ति॒रः प॒वित्रं॑ परि॒यन्नु॒रु ज्रयो॒ नि शर्या॑णि दधते दे॒व आ वर॑म् ॥

sa roruvadabhi pūrvā acikradadupāruha śrathayansvādate hari।
tiraḥ pavitraṃ pariyannuru jrayo ni śaryāṇi dadhate deva ā varam ॥

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 मद॑ साकं॒वृधा॒ पय॑सा पिन्व॒दक्षि॑ता।
म॒ही अ॑पा॒रे रज॑सी वि॒वेवि॑ददभि॒व्रज॒न्नक्षि॑तं॒ पाज॒ आ द॑दे ॥

vi yo mame yamyā saṃyatī mada sākaṃvṛdhā payasā pinvadakṣitā।
mahī apāre rajasī vivevidadabhivrajannakṣitaṃ pāja ā dade ॥

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 नृभि॒ सं जा॒मिभि॒र्नस॑ते॒ रक्ष॑ते॒ शिर॑ ॥

sa mātarā vicaranvājayannapaḥ pra medhiraḥ svadhayā pinvate padam।
aṃśuryavena pipiśe yato nṛbhi saṃ jāmibhirnasate rakṣate śira ॥

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 क॒विरृ॒तस्य॒ गर्भो॒ निहि॑तो य॒मा प॒रः।
यूना॑ ह॒ सन्ता॑ प्रथ॒मं वि ज॑ज्ञतु॒र्गुहा॑ हि॒तं जनि॑म॒ नेम॒मुद्य॑तम् ॥

saṃ dakṣeṇa manasā jāyate kavirṛtasya garbho nihito yamā paraḥ।
yūnā ha santā prathamaṃ vi jajñaturguhā hitaṃ janima nemamudyatam ॥

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 bom, 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 वि॑विदुर्मनी॒षिण॑ श्ये॒नो यदन्धो॒ अभ॑रत्परा॒वत॑।
तं म॑र्जयन्त सु॒वृधं॑ न॒दीष्वाँ उ॒शन्त॑मं॒शुं प॑रि॒यन्त॑मृ॒ग्मिय॑म् ॥

mandrasya rūpaṃ vividurmanīṣiṇa śyeno yadandho abharatparāvata।
taṃ marjayanta suvṛdhaṃ nadīṣvām̐ uśantamaṃśuṃ pariyantamṛgmiyam ॥

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 ॥

tvāṃ mṛjanti daśa yoṣaṇaḥ sutaṃ soma ṛṣibhirmatibhirdhītibhirhitam।
avyo vārebhiruta devahūtibhirnṛbhiryato vājamā darṣi sātaye ॥

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 स्तुभ॑।
यो धार॑या॒ मधु॑माँ ऊ॒र्मिणा॑ दि॒व इय॑र्ति॒ वाचं॑ रयि॒षाळम॑र्त्यः ॥

pariprayantaṃ vayyaṃ suṣaṃsadaṃ somaṃ manīṣā abhyanūṣata stubha।
yo dhārayā madhumām̐ ūrmiṇā diva iyarti vācaṃ rayiṣāḷamartyaḥ ॥

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 रज॒ सोम॑ पुना॒नः क॒लशे॑षु सीदति।
अ॒द्भिर्गोभि॑र्मृज्यते॒ अद्रि॑भिः सु॒तः पु॑ना॒न इन्दु॒र्वरि॑वो विदत्प्रि॒यम् ॥

ayaṃ diva iyarti viśvamā raja soma punānaḥ kalaśeṣu sīdati।
adbhirgobhirmṛjyate adribhiḥ sutaḥ punāna indurvarivo vidatpriyam ॥

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

evā na soma pariṣicyamāno vayo dadhaccitratamaṃ pavasva।
adveṣe dyāvāpṛthivī huvema devā dhatta rayimasme suvīram ॥

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

Ṛgveda 9.69 · 10 verses

9.69.1

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

iṣurna dhanvanprati dhīyate matirvatso na māturupa sarjyūdhani।
urudhāreva duhe agra āyatyasya vrateṣvapi soma iṣyate ॥

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 ॥

upo matiḥ pṛcyate sicyate madhu mandrājanī codate antarāsani।
pavamānaḥ saṃtaniḥ praghnatāmiva madhumāndrapsaḥ pari vāramarṣati ॥

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

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9.69.3

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

avye vadhūyuḥ pavate pari tvaci śrathnīte naptīraditerṛtaṃ yate।
harirakrānyajataḥ saṃyato mado nṛmṇā śiśāno mahiṣo na śobhate ॥

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 ॥

ukṣā mimāti prati yanti dhenavo devasya devīrupa yanti niṣkṛtam।
atyakramīdarjunaṃ vāramavyayamatkaṃ na niktaṃ pari somo avyata ॥

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 ॥

amṛktena ruśatā vāsasā hariramartyo nirṇijānaḥ pari vyata।
divaspṛṣṭhaṃ barhaṇā nirṇije kṛtopastaraṇaṃ camvornabhasmayam ॥

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 मत्स॒रास॑ प्र॒सुप॑ सा॒कमी॑रते।
तन्तुं॑ त॒तं परि॒ सर्गा॑स आ॒शवो॒ नेन्द्रा॑दृ॒ते प॑वते॒ धाम॒ किं च॒न ॥

sūryasyeva raśmayo drāvayitnavo matsarāsa prasupa sākamīrate।
tantuṃ tataṃ pari sargāsa āśavo nendrādṛte pavate dhāma kiṃ cana ॥

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 वाजा॑ सोम तिष्ठन्तु कृ॒ष्टय॑ ॥

sindhoriva pravaṇe nimna āśavo vṛṣacyutā madāso gātumāśata।
śaṃ no niveśe dvipade catuṣpade'sme vājā soma tiṣṭhantu kṛṣṭaya ॥

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 न॑ पवस्व॒ वसु॑म॒द्धिर॑ण्यव॒दश्वा॑व॒द्गोम॒द्यव॑मत्सु॒वीर्य॑म्।
यू॒यं हि सो॑म पि॒तरो॒ मम॒ स्थन॑ दि॒वो मू॒र्धान॒ प्रस्थि॑ता वय॒स्कृत॑ ॥

ā na pavasva vasumaddhiraṇyavadaśvāvadgomadyavamatsuvīryam।
yūyaṃ hi soma pitaro mama sthana divo mūrdhāna prasthitā vayaskṛta ॥

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

ete somā pavamānāsa indraṃ rathā iva pra yayuḥ sātimaccha।
sutāḥ pavitramati yantyavyaṃ hitvī vavriṃ harito vṛṣṭimaccha ॥

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9.69.10

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

indavindrāya bṛhate pavasva sumṛḷīko anavadyo riśādā।
bharā candrāṇi gṛṇate vasūni devairdyāvāpṛthivī prāvataṃ naḥ ॥

Ṛgveda 9.70 · 10 verses

9.70.1

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

trirasmai sapta dhenavo duduhre satyāmāśiraṃ pūrvye vyomani।
catvāryanyā bhuvanāni nirṇije cārūṇi cakre yadṛtairavardhata ॥

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 ॥

sa bhikṣamāṇo amṛtasya cāruṇa ubhe dyāvā kāvyenā vi śaśrathe।
tejiṣṭhā apo maṃhanā pari vyata yadī devasya śravasā sado viduḥ ॥

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 ॥

te asya santu ketavo'mṛtyavo'dābhyāso januṣī ubhe anu।
yebhirnṛmṇā ca devyā ca punata ādidrājānaṃ mananā agṛbhṇata ॥

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 द॒शभि॑ सु॒कर्म॑भि॒ प्र म॑ध्य॒मासु॑ मा॒तृषु॑ प्र॒मे सचा॑।
व्र॒तानि॑ पा॒नो अ॒मृत॑स्य॒ चारु॑ण उ॒भे नृ॒चक्षा॒ अनु॑ पश्यते॒ विशौ॑ ॥

sa mṛjyamāno daśabhi sukarmabhi pra madhyamāsu mātṛṣu prame sacā।
vratāni pāno amṛtasya cāruṇa ubhe nṛcakṣā anu paśyate viśau ॥

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 शु॒रुध॑ ॥

sa marmṛjāna indriyāya dhāyasa obhe antā rodasī harṣate hitaḥ।
vṛṣā śuṣmeṇa bādhate vi durmatīrādediśānaḥ śaryaheva śurudha ॥

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 सु॒क्रतु॑ ॥

sa mātarā na dadṛśāna usriyo nānadadeti marutāmiva svanaḥ।
jānannṛtaṃ prathamaṃ yatsvarṇaraṃ praśastaye kamavṛṇīta sukratu ॥

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

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9.70.7

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

ruvati bhīmo vṛṣabhastaviṣyayā śṛṅge śiśāno hariṇī vicakṣaṇaḥ।
ā yoniṃ soma sukṛtaṃ ni ṣīdati gavyayī tvagbhavati nirṇigavyayī ॥

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

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

śuci punānastanvamarepasamavye harirnyadhāviṣṭa sānavi।
juṣṭo mitrāya varuṇāya vāyave tridhātu madhu kriyate sukarmabhiḥ ॥

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 ॥

pavasva soma devavītaye vṛṣendrasya hārdi somadhānamā viśa।
purā no bādhādduritāti pāraya kṣetraviddhi diśa āhā vipṛcchate ॥

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 स्प॑ ॥

hito na saptirabhi vājamarṣendrasyendo jaṭharamā pavasva।
nāvā na sindhumati parṣi vidvāñchūro na yudhyannava no nidaḥ spa ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.71 · 9 verses

9.71.1

आ दक्षि॑णा सृज्यते शु॒ष्म्या॒३सदं॒ वेति॑ द्रु॒हो र॒क्षस॑ पाति॒ जागृ॑विः।
हरि॑रोप॒शं कृ॑णुते॒ नभ॒स्पय॑ उप॒स्तिरे॑ च॒म्वो॒३र्ब्रह्म॑ नि॒र्णिजे॑ ॥

ā dakṣiṇā sṛjyate śuṣmyā3sadaṃ veti druho rakṣasa pāti jāgṛviḥ।
hariropaśaṃ kṛṇute nabhaspaya upastire camvo3rbrahma nirṇije ॥

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 रोरु॑वदसु॒र्यं१ वर्णं॒ नि रि॑णीते अस्य॒ तम्।
जहा॑ति व॒व्रिं पि॒तुरे॑ति निष्कृ॒तमु॑प॒प्रुतं॑ कृणुते नि॒र्णिजं॒ तना॑ ॥

pra kṛṣṭiheva śūṣa eti roruvadasuryaṃ1 varṇaṃ ni riṇīte asya tam।
jahāti vavriṃ pitureti niṣkṛtamupaprutaṃ kṛṇute nirṇijaṃ tanā ॥

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 ॥

adribhiḥ sutaḥ pavate gabhastyorvṛṣāyate nabhasā vepate matī।
sa modate nasate sādhate girā nenikte apsu yajate parīmaṇi ॥

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 मध्व॑ सिञ्चन्ति ह॒र्म्यस्य॑ स॒क्षणि॑म्।
आ यस्मि॒न्गाव॑ सुहु॒ताद॒ ऊध॑नि मू॒र्धञ्छ्री॒णन्त्य॑ग्रि॒यं वरी॑मभिः ॥

pari dyukṣaṃ sahasaḥ parvatāvṛdhaṃ madhva siñcanti harmyasya sakṣaṇim।
ā yasmingāva suhutāda ūdhani mūrdhañchrīṇantyagriyaṃ varīmabhiḥ ॥

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 ॥

samī rathaṃ na bhurijoraheṣata daśa svasāro aditerupastha ā।
jigādupa jrayati gorapīcyaṃ padaṃ yadasya matuthā ajījanan ॥

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 य॒ज्ञिय॑ ॥

śyeno na yoniṃ sadanaṃ dhiyā kṛtaṃ hiraṇyayamāsadaṃ deva eṣati।
e riṇanti barhiṣi priyaṃ girāśvo na devām̐ apyeti yajñiya ॥

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।
स॒हस्र॑णीति॒र्यति॑ परा॒यती॑ रे॒भो न पू॒र्वीरु॒षसो॒ वि रा॑जति ॥

parā vyakto aruṣo divaḥ kavirvṛṣā tripṛṣṭho anaviṣṭa gā abhi।
sahasraṇītiryati parāyatī rebho na pūrvīruṣaso vi rājati ॥

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 ॥

tveṣaṃ rūpaṃ kṛṇute varṇo asya sa yatrāśayatsamṛtā sedhati sridhaḥ।
apsā yāti svadhayā daivyaṃ janaṃ saṃ suṣṭutī nasate saṃ goagrayā ॥

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 सोम॒ परि॒ क्रतु॑ना पश्यते॒ जाः ॥

ukṣeva yūthā pariyannarāvīdadhi tviṣīradhita sūryasya।
divyaḥ suparṇo'va cakṣata kṣāṃ soma pari kratunā paśyate jāḥ ॥

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

Ṛgveda 9.72 · 9 verses

9.72.1

हरिं॑ मृजन्त्यरु॒षो न यु॑ज्यते॒ सं धे॒नुभि॑ क॒लशे॒ सोमो॑ अज्यते।
उद्वाच॑मी॒रय॑ति हि॒न्वते॑ म॒ती पु॑रुष्टु॒तस्य॒ कति॑ चित्परि॒प्रिय॑ ॥

hariṃ mṛjantyaruṣo na yujyate saṃ dhenubhi kalaśe somo ajyate।
udvācamīrayati hinvate matī puruṣṭutasya kati citparipriya ॥

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 नर॒ सनी॑ळाभिर्द॒शभि॒ काम्यं॒ मधु॑ ॥

sākaṃ vadanti bahavo manīṣiṇa indrasya somaṃ jaṭhare yadāduhuḥ।
yadī mṛjanti sugabhastayo nara sanīḷābhirdaśabhi kāmyaṃ madhu ॥

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 द्व॒यीभि॒ स्वसृ॑भिः क्षेति जा॒मिभि॑ ॥

aramamāṇo atyeti gā abhi sūryasya priyaṃ duhitustiro ravam।
anvasmai joṣamabharadvinaṃgṛsaḥ saṃ dvayībhi svasṛbhiḥ kṣeti jāmibhi ॥

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 इन्दु॑रृ॒त्विय॑।
पुरं॑धिवा॒न्मनु॑षो यज्ञ॒साध॑न॒ शुचि॑र्धि॒या प॑वते॒ सोम॑ इन्द्र ते ॥

nṛdhūto adriṣuto barhiṣi priyaḥ patirgavāṃ pradiva indurṛtviya।
puraṃdhivānmanuṣo yajñasādhana śucirdhiyā pavate soma indra te ॥

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।
आप्रा॒ क्रतू॒न्सम॑जैरध्व॒रे म॒तीर्वेर्न द्रु॒षच्च॒म्वो॒३रास॑द॒द्धरि॑ ॥

nṛbāhubhyāṃ codito dhārayā suto'nuṣvadhaṃ pavate soma indra te।
āprā kratūnsamajairadhvare matīrverna druṣaccamvo3rāsadaddhari ॥

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 मनी॒षिण॑।
समी॒ गावो॑ म॒तयो॑ यन्ति सं॒यत॑ ऋ॒तस्य॒ योना॒ सद॑ने पुन॒र्भुव॑ ॥

aṃśuṃ duhanti stanayantamakṣitaṃ kaviṃ kavayo'paso manīṣiṇa।
samī gāvo matayo yanti saṃyata ṛtasya yonā sadane punarbhuva ॥

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 दि॒वो॒३ऽपामू॒र्मौ सिन्धु॑ष्व॒न्तरु॑क्षि॒तः।
इन्द्र॑स्य॒ वज्रो॑ वृष॒भो वि॒भूव॑सु॒ सोमो॑ हृ॒दे प॑वते॒ चारु॑ मत्स॒रः ॥

nābhā pṛthivyā dharuṇo maho divo3'pāmūrmau sindhuṣvantarukṣitaḥ।
indrasya vajro vṛṣabho vibhūvasu somo hṛde pavate cāru matsaraḥ ॥

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 रज॑ स्तो॒त्रे शिक्ष॑न्नाधून्व॒ते च॑ सुक्रतो।
मा नो॒ निर्भा॒ग्वसु॑नः सादन॒स्पृशो॑ र॒यिं पि॒शङ्गं॑ बहु॒लं व॑सीमहि ॥

sa tū pavasva pari pārthivaṃ raja stotre śikṣannādhūnvate ca sukrato।
mā no nirbhāgvasunaḥ sādanaspṛśo rayiṃ piśaṅgaṃ bahulaṃ vasīmahi ॥

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.

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9.72.9

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

ā tū na indo śatadātvaśvyaṃ sahasradātu paśumaddhiraṇyavat।
upa māsva bṛhatī revatīriṣo'dhi stotrasya pavamāna no gahi ॥

Ṛgveda 9.73 · 9 verses

9.73.1

स्रक्वे॑ द्र॒प्सस्य॒ धम॑त॒ सम॑स्वरन्नृ॒तस्य॒ योना॒ सम॑रन्त॒ नाभ॑यः।
त्रीन्स मू॒र्ध्नो असु॑रश्चक्र आ॒रभे॑ स॒त्यस्य॒ नाव॑ सु॒कृत॑मपीपरन् ॥

srakve drapsasya dhamata samasvarannṛtasya yonā samaranta nābhayaḥ।
trīnsa mūrdhno asuraścakra ārabhe satyasya nāva sukṛtamapīparan ॥

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 ॥

samyaksamyañco mahiṣā aheṣata sindhorūrmāvadhi venā avīvipan।
madhordhārābhirjanayanto arkamitpriyāmindrasya tanvamavīvṛdhan ॥

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

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

pavitravanta pari vācamāsate pitaiṣāṃ pratno abhi rakṣati vratam।
mahaḥ samudraṃ varuṇastiro dadhe dhīrā icchekurdharuṇeṣvārabham ॥

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 अस॒श्चत॑।
अस्य॒ स्पशो॒ न नि मि॑षन्ति॒ भूर्ण॑यः प॒देप॑दे पा॒शिन॑ सन्ति॒ सेत॑वः ॥

sahasradhāre'va te samasvarandivo nāke madhujihvā asaścata।
asya spaśo na ni miṣanti bhūrṇayaḥ padepade pāśina santi setavaḥ ॥

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 ॥

piturmāturadhyā ye samasvarannṛcā śocantaḥ saṃdahanto avratān।
indradviṣṭāmapa dhamanti māyayā tvacamasiknīṃ bhūmano divaspari ॥

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 दु॒ष्कृत॑ ॥

pratnānmānādadhyā ye samasvarañchlokayantrāso rabhasasya mantavaḥ।
apānakṣāso badhirā ahāsata ṛtasya panthāṃ na taranti duṣkṛta ॥

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 मनी॒षिण॑।
रु॒द्रास॑ एषामिषि॒रासो॑ अ॒द्रुह॒ स्पश॒ स्वञ्च॑ सु॒दृशो॑ नृ॒चक्ष॑सः ॥

sahasradhāre vitate pavitra ā vācaṃ punanti kavayo manīṣiṇa।
rudrāsa eṣāmiṣirāso adruha spaśa svañca sudṛśo nṛcakṣasaḥ ॥

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 हृ॒द्य१न्तरा द॑धे।
वि॒द्वान्स विश्वा॒ भुव॑ना॒भि प॑श्य॒त्यवाजु॑ष्टान्विध्यति क॒र्ते अ॑व्र॒तान् ॥

ṛtasya gopā na dabhāya sukratustrī ṣa pavitrā hṛdya1ntarā dadhe।
vidvānsa viśvā bhuvanābhi paśyatyavājuṣṭānvidhyati karte avratān ॥

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 ॥

ṛtasya tanturvitataḥ pavitra ā jihvāyā agre varuṇasya māyayā।
dhīrāścittatsaminakṣanta āśatātrā kartamava padātyaprabhuḥ ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.74 · 9 verses

9.74.1

शिशु॒र्न जा॒तोऽव॑ चक्रद॒द्वने॒ स्व१र्यद्वा॒ज्य॑रु॒षः सिषा॑सति।
दि॒वो रेत॑सा सचते पयो॒वृधा॒ तमी॑महे सुम॒ती शर्म॑ स॒प्रथ॑ ॥

śiśurna jāto'va cakradadvane sva1ryadvājyaruṣaḥ siṣāsati।
divo retasā sacate payovṛdhā tamīmahe sumatī śarma sapratha ॥

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 ध॒रुण॒ स्वा॑तत॒ आपू॑र्णो अं॒शुः प॒र्येति॑ वि॒श्वत॑।
सेमे म॒ही रोद॑सी यक्षदा॒वृता॑ समीची॒ने दा॑धार॒ समिष॑ क॒विः ॥

divo yaḥ skambho dharuṇa svātata āpūrṇo aṃśuḥ paryeti viśvata।
seme mahī rodasī yakṣadāvṛtā samīcīne dādhāra samiṣa kaviḥ ॥

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 प्सर॒ सुकृ॑तं सो॒म्यं मधू॒र्वी गव्यू॑ति॒रदि॑तेरृ॒तं य॒ते।
ईशे॒ यो वृ॒ष्टेरि॒त उ॒स्रियो॒ वृषा॒पां ने॒ता य इ॒तऊ॑तिरृ॒ग्मिय॑ ॥

mahi psara sukṛtaṃ somyaṃ madhūrvī gavyūtiraditerṛtaṃ yate।
īśe yo vṛṣṭerita usriyo vṛṣāpāṃ netā ya itaūtirṛgmiya ॥

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 ॥

ātmanvannabho duhyate ghṛtaṃ paya ṛtasya nābhiramṛtaṃ vi jāyate।
samīcīnāḥ sudānavaḥ prīṇanti taṃ naro hitamava mehanti peravaḥ ॥

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 देवा॒व्यं१ मनु॑षे पिन्वति॒ त्वच॑म्।
दधा॑ति॒ गर्भ॒मदि॑तेरु॒पस्थ॒ आ येन॑ तो॒कं च॒ तन॑यं च॒ धाम॑हे ॥

arāvīdaṃśuḥ sacamāna ūrmiṇā devāvyaṃ1 manuṣe pinvati tvacam।
dadhāti garbhamaditerupastha ā yena tokaṃ ca tanayaṃ ca dhāmahe ॥

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 घृत॒श्चुत॑ ॥

sahasradhāre'va tā asaścatastṛtīye santu rajasi prajāvatīḥ।
catasro nābho nihitā avo divo havirbharantyamṛtaṃ ghṛtaścuta ॥

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 ॥

śvetaṃ rūpaṃ kṛṇute yatsiṣāsati somo mīḍhvām̐ asuro veda bhūmanaḥ।
dhiyā śamī sacate semabhi pravaddivaskavandhamava darṣadudriṇam ॥

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 देव॒यन्त॑ क॒क्षीव॑ते श॒तहि॑माय॒ गोना॑म् ॥

adha śvetaṃ kalaśaṃ gobhiraktaṃ kārṣmannā vājyakramītsasavān।
ā hinvire manasā devayanta kakṣīvate śatahimāya gonām ॥

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 ॥

adbhiḥ soma papṛcānasya te raso'vyo vāraṃ vi pavamāna dhāvati।
sa mṛjyamānaḥ kavibhirmadintama svadasvendrāya pavamāna pītaye ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.75 · 5 verses

9.75.1

अ॒भि प्रि॒याणि॑ पवते॒ चनो॑हितो॒ नामा॑नि य॒ह्वो अधि॒ येषु॒ वर्ध॑ते।
आ सूर्य॑स्य बृह॒तो बृ॒हन्नधि॒ रथं॒ विष्व॑ञ्चमरुहद्विचक्ष॒णः ॥

abhi priyāṇi pavate canohito nāmāni yahvo adhi yeṣu vardhate।
ā sūryasya bṛhato bṛhannadhi rathaṃ viṣvañcamaruhadvicakṣaṇaḥ ॥

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 पि॒त्रोर॑पी॒च्यं१ नाम॑ तृ॒तीय॒मधि॑ रोच॒ने दि॒वः ॥

ṛtasya jihvā pavate madhu priyaṃ vaktā patirdhiyo asyā adābhyaḥ।
dadhāti putraḥ pitrorapīcyaṃ1 nāma tṛtīyamadhi rocane divaḥ ॥

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 ॥

ava dyutānaḥ kalaśām̐ acikradannṛbhiryemānaḥ kośa ā hiraṇyaye।
abhīmṛtasya dohanā anūṣatādhi tripṛṣṭha uṣaso vi rājati ॥

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 शुचि॑।
रोमा॒ण्यव्या॑ स॒मया॒ वि धा॑वति॒ मधो॒र्धारा॒ पिन्व॑माना दि॒वेदि॑वे ॥

adribhiḥ suto matibhiścanohitaḥ prarocayanrodasī mātarā śuci।
romāṇyavyā samayā vi dhāvati madhordhārā pinvamānā divedive ॥

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 नृभि॑ पुना॒नो अ॒भि वा॑सया॒शिर॑म्।
ये ते॒ मदा॑ आह॒नसो॒ विहा॑यस॒स्तेभि॒रिन्द्रं॑ चोदय॒ दात॑वे म॒घम् ॥

pari soma pra dhanvā svastaye nṛbhi punāno abhi vāsayāśiram।
ye te madā āhanaso vihāyasastebhirindraṃ codaya dātave magham ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.76 · 5 verses

9.76.1

ध॒र्ता दि॒वः प॑वते॒ कृत्व्यो॒ रसो॒ दक्षो॑ दे॒वाना॑मनु॒माद्यो॒ नृभि॑।
हरि॑ सृजा॒नो अत्यो॒ न सत्व॑भि॒र्वृथा॒ पाजां॑सि कृणुते न॒दीष्वा ॥

dhartā divaḥ pavate kṛtvyo raso dakṣo devānāmanumādyo nṛbhi।
hari sṛjāno atyo na satvabhirvṛthā pājāṃsi kṛṇute nadīṣvā ॥

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 गभ॑स्त्यो॒ स्व१ः सिषा॑सन्रथि॒रो गवि॑ष्टिषु।
इन्द्र॑स्य॒ शुष्म॑मी॒रय॑न्नप॒स्युभि॒रिन्दु॑र्हिन्वा॒नो अ॑ज्यते मनी॒षिभि॑ ॥

śūro na dhatta āyudhā gabhastyo sva1ḥ siṣāsanrathiro gaviṣṭiṣu।
indrasya śuṣmamīrayannapasyubhirindurhinvāno ajyate manīṣibhi ॥

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 ण॑ पिन्व वि॒द्युद॒भ्रेव॒ रोद॑सी धि॒या न वाजाँ॒ उप॑ मासि॒ शश्व॑तः ॥

indrasya soma pavamāna ūrmiṇā taviṣyamāṇo jaṭhareṣvā viśa।
pra ṇa pinva vidyudabhreva rodasī dhiyā na vājām̐ upa māsi śaśvataḥ ॥

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 ॥

viśvasya rājā pavate svardṛśa ṛtasya dhītimṛṣiṣāḷavīvaśat।
yaḥ sūryasyāsireṇa mṛjyate pitā matīnāmasamaṣṭakāvyaḥ ॥

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

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9.76.5

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

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

Ṛgveda 9.77 · 5 verses

9.77.1

ए॒ष प्र कोशे॒ मधु॑माँ अचिक्रद॒दिन्द्र॑स्य॒ वज्रो॒ वपु॑षो॒ वपु॑ष्टरः।
अ॒भीमृ॒तस्य॑ सु॒दुघा॑ घृत॒श्चुतो॑ वा॒श्रा अ॑र्षन्ति॒ पय॑सेव धे॒नव॑ ॥

eṣa pra kośe madhumām̐ acikradadindrasya vajro vapuṣo vapuṣṭaraḥ।
abhīmṛtasya sudughā ghṛtaścuto vāśrā arṣanti payaseva dhenava ॥

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 रज॑।
स मध्व॒ आ यु॑वते॒ वेवि॑जान॒ इत्कृ॒शानो॒रस्तु॒र्मन॒साह॑ बि॒भ्युषा॑ ॥

sa pūrvyaḥ pavate yaṃ divaspari śyeno mathāyadiṣitastiro raja।
sa madhva ā yuvate vevijāna itkṛśānorasturmanasāha bibhyuṣā ॥

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 न॒ पूर्वा॑स॒ उप॑रास॒ इन्द॑वो म॒हे वाजा॑य धन्वन्तु॒ गोम॑ते।
ई॒क्षे॒ण्या॑सो अ॒ह्यो॒३ न चार॑वो॒ ब्रह्म॑ब्रह्म॒ ये जु॑जु॒षुर्ह॒विर्ह॑विः ॥

te na pūrvāsa uparāsa indavo mahe vājāya dhanvantu gomate।
īkṣeṇyāso ahyo3 na cāravo brahmabrahma ye jujuṣurhavirhaviḥ ॥

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 इन्दु॑ स॒त्राचा॒ मन॑सा पुरुष्टु॒तः।
इ॒नस्य॒ यः सद॑ने॒ गर्भ॑माद॒धे गवा॑मुरु॒ब्जम॒भ्यर्ष॑ति व्र॒जम् ॥

ayaṃ no vidvānvanavadvanuṣyata indu satrācā manasā puruṣṭutaḥ।
inasya yaḥ sadane garbhamādadhe gavāmurubjamabhyarṣati vrajam ॥

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 ॥

cakrirdivaḥ pavate kṛtvyo raso mahām̐ adabdho varuṇo hurugyate।
asāvi mitro vṛjaneṣu yajñiyo'tyo na yūthe vṛṣayuḥ kanikradat ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.78 · 5 verses

9.78.1

प्र राजा॒ वाचं॑ ज॒नय॑न्नसिष्यदद॒पो वसा॑नो अ॒भि गा इ॑यक्षति।
गृ॒भ्णाति॑ रि॒प्रमवि॑रस्य॒ तान्वा॑ शु॒द्धो दे॒वाना॒मुप॑ याति निष्कृ॒तम् ॥

pra rājā vācaṃ janayannasiṣyadadapo vasāno abhi gā iyakṣati।
gṛbhṇāti ripramavirasya tānvā śuddho devānāmupa yāti niṣkṛtam ॥

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 स्रु॒तय॒ सन्ति॒ यात॑वे स॒हस्र॒मश्वा॒ हर॑यश्चमू॒षद॑ ॥

indrāya soma pari ṣicyase nṛbhirnṛcakṣā ūrmiḥ kavirajyase vane।
pūrvīrhi te srutaya santi yātave sahasramaśvā harayaścamūṣada ॥

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 ॥

samudriyā apsaraso manīṣiṇamāsīnā antarabhi somamakṣaran।
tā īṃ hinvanti harmyasya sakṣaṇiṃ yācante sumnaṃ pavamānamakṣitam ॥

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

गो॒जिन्न॒ सोमो॑ रथ॒जिद्धि॑रण्य॒जित्स्व॒र्जिद॒ब्जित्प॑वते सहस्र॒जित्।
यं दे॒वास॑श्चक्रि॒रे पी॒तये॒ मदं॒ स्वादि॑ष्ठं द्र॒प्सम॑रु॒णं म॑यो॒भुव॑म् ॥

gojinna somo rathajiddhiraṇyajitsvarjidabjitpavate sahasrajit।
yaṃ devāsaścakrire pītaye madaṃ svādiṣṭhaṃ drapsamaruṇaṃ mayobhuvam ॥

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 ॥

etāni soma pavamāno asmayuḥ satyāni kṛṇvandraviṇānyarṣasi।
jahi śatrumantike dūrake ca ya urvīṃ gavyūtimabhayaṃ ca naskṛdhi ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.79 · 5 verses

9.79.1

अ॒चो॒दसो॑ नो धन्व॒न्त्विन्द॑व॒ प्र सु॑वा॒नासो॑ बृ॒हद्दि॑वेषु॒ हर॑यः।
वि च॒ नश॑न्न इ॒षो अरा॑तयो॒ऽर्यो न॑शन्त॒ सनि॑षन्त नो॒ धिय॑ ॥

acodaso no dhanvantvindava pra suvānāso bṛhaddiveṣu harayaḥ।
vi ca naśanna iṣo arātayo'ryo naśanta saniṣanta no dhiya ॥

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 ॥

pra ṇo dhanvantvindavo madacyuto dhanā vā yebhirarvato junīmasi।
tiro martasya kasya citparihvṛtiṃ vayaṃ dhanāni viśvadhā bharemahi ॥

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 दुरा॒ध्य॑ ॥

uta svasyā arātyā arirhi ṣa utānyasyā arātyā vṛko hi ṣaḥ।
dhanvanna tṛṣṇā samarīta tām̐ abhi soma jahi pavamāna durādhya ॥

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 रुरुहु॒ सान॑वि॒ क्षिप॑।
अद्र॑यस्त्वा बप्सति॒ गोरधि॑ त्व॒च्य१प्सु त्वा॒ हस्तै॑र्दुदुहुर्मनी॒षिण॑ ॥

divi te nābhā paramo ya ādade pṛthivyāste ruruhu sānavi kṣipa।
adrayastvā bapsati goradhi tvacya1psu tvā hastairduduhurmanīṣiṇa ॥

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 अ॑भि॒श्रिय॑।
निदं॑निदं पवमान॒ नि ता॑रिष आ॒विस्ते॒ शुष्मो॑ भवतु प्रि॒यो मद॑ ॥

evā ta indo subhvaṃ supeśasaṃ rasaṃ tuñjanti prathamā abhiśriya।
nidaṃnidaṃ pavamāna ni tāriṣa āviste śuṣmo bhavatu priyo mada ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.80 · 5 verses

9.80.1

सोम॑स्य॒ धारा॑ पवते नृ॒चक्ष॑स ऋ॒तेन॑ दे॒वान्ह॑वते दि॒वस्परि॑।
बृह॒स्पते॑ र॒वथे॑ना॒ वि दि॑द्युते समु॒द्रासो॒ न सव॑नानि विव्यचुः ॥

somasya dhārā pavate nṛcakṣasa ṛtena devānhavate divaspari।
bṛhaspate ravathenā vi didyute samudrāso na savanāni vivyacuḥ ॥

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।
म॒घोना॒मायु॑ प्रति॒रन्महि॒ श्रव॒ इन्द्रा॑य सोम पवसे॒ वृषा॒ मद॑ ॥

yaṃ tvā vājinnaghnyā abhyanūṣatāyohataṃ yonimā rohasi dyumān।
maghonāmāyu pratiranmahi śrava indrāya soma pavase vṛṣā mada ॥

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 वसा॑न॒ श्रव॑से सुम॒ङ्गल॑।
प्र॒त्यङ्स विश्वा॒ भुव॑ना॒भि प॑प्रथे॒ क्रीळ॒न्हरि॒रत्य॑ स्यन्दते॒ वृषा॑ ॥

endrasya kukṣā pavate madintama ūrjaṃ vasāna śravase sumaṅgala।
pratyaṅsa viśvā bhuvanābhi paprathe krīḷanhariratya syandate vṛṣā ॥

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 नर॑ स॒हस्र॑धारं दुहते॒ दश॒ क्षिप॑।
नृभि॑ सोम॒ प्रच्यु॑तो॒ ग्राव॑भिः सु॒तो विश्वा॑न्दे॒वाँ आ प॑वस्वा सहस्रजित् ॥

taṃ tvā devebhyo madhumattamaṃ nara sahasradhāraṃ duhate daśa kṣipa।
nṛbhi soma pracyuto grāvabhiḥ suto viśvāndevām̐ ā pavasvā sahasrajit ॥

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

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9.80.5

तं त्वा॑ ह॒स्तिनो॒ मधु॑मन्त॒मद्रि॑भिर्दु॒हन्त्य॒प्सु वृ॑ष॒भं दश॒ क्षिप॑।
इन्द्रं॑ सोम मा॒दय॒न्दैव्यं॒ जनं॒ सिन्धो॑रिवो॒र्मिः पव॑मानो अर्षसि ॥

taṃ tvā hastino madhumantamadribhirduhantyapsu vṛṣabhaṃ daśa kṣipa।
indraṃ soma mādayandaivyaṃ janaṃ sindhorivormiḥ pavamāno arṣasi ॥

Ṛgveda 9.81 · 5 verses

9.81.1

प्र सोम॑स्य॒ पव॑मानस्यो॒र्मय॒ इन्द्र॑स्य यन्ति ज॒ठरं॑ सु॒पेश॑सः।
द॒ध्ना यदी॒मुन्नी॑ता य॒शसा॒ गवां॑ दा॒नाय॒ शूर॑मु॒दम॑न्दिषुः सु॒ताः ॥

pra somasya pavamānasyormaya indrasya yanti jaṭharaṃ supeśasaḥ।
dadhnā yadīmunnītā yaśasā gavāṃ dānāya śūramudamandiṣuḥ sutāḥ ॥

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 सोम॑ क॒लशाँ॒ असि॑ष्यद॒दत्यो॒ न वोळ्हा॑ र॒घुव॑र्तनि॒र्वृषा॑।
अथा॑ दे॒वाना॑मु॒भय॑स्य॒ जन्म॑नो वि॒द्वाँ अ॑श्नोत्य॒मुत॑ इ॒तश्च॒ यत् ॥

acchā hi soma kalaśām̐ asiṣyadadatyo na voḷhā raghuvartanirvṛṣā।
athā devānāmubhayasya janmano vidvām̐ aśnotyamuta itaśca yat ॥

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 न॑ सोम॒ पव॑मानः किरा॒ वस्विन्दो॒ भव॑ म॒घवा॒ राध॑सो म॒हः।
शिक्षा॑ वयोधो॒ वस॑वे॒ सु चे॒तुना॒ मा नो॒ गय॑मा॒रे अ॒स्मत्परा॑ सिचः ॥

ā na soma pavamānaḥ kirā vasvindo bhava maghavā rādhaso mahaḥ।
śikṣā vayodho vasave su cetunā mā no gayamāre asmatparā sicaḥ ॥

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 न॑ पू॒षा पव॑मानः सुरा॒तयो॑ मि॒त्रो ग॑च्छन्तु॒ वरु॑णः स॒जोष॑सः।
बृह॒स्पति॑र्म॒रुतो॑ वा॒युर॒श्विना॒ त्वष्टा॑ सवि॒ता सु॒यमा॒ सर॑स्वती ॥

ā na pūṣā pavamānaḥ surātayo mitro gacchantu varuṇaḥ sajoṣasaḥ।
bṛhaspatirmaruto vāyuraśvinā tvaṣṭā savitā suyamā sarasvatī ॥

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 उ॒र्व१न्तरि॑क्षं॒ विश्वे॑ दे॒वाः पव॑मानं जुषन्त ॥

ubhe dyāvāpṛthivī viśvaminve aryamā devo aditirvidhātā।
bhago nṛśaṃsa urva1ntarikṣaṃ viśve devāḥ pavamānaṃ juṣanta ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.82 · 5 verses

9.82.1

असा॑वि॒ सोमो॑ अरु॒षो वृषा॒ हरी॒ राजे॑व द॒स्मो अ॒भि गा अ॑चिक्रदत्।
पु॒ना॒नो वारं॒ पर्ये॑त्य॒व्ययं॑ श्ये॒नो न योनिं॑ घृ॒तव॑न्तमा॒सद॑म् ॥

asāvi somo aruṣo vṛṣā harī rājeva dasmo abhi gā acikradat।
punāno vāraṃ paryetyavyayaṃ śyeno na yoniṃ ghṛtavantamāsadam ॥

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

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9.82.2

क॒विर्वे॑ध॒स्या पर्ये॑षि॒ माहि॑न॒मत्यो॒ न मृ॒ष्टो अ॒भि वाज॑मर्षसि।
अ॒प॒सेध॑न्दुरि॒ता सो॑म मृळय घृ॒तं वसा॑न॒ परि॑ यासि नि॒र्णिज॑म् ॥

kavirvedhasyā paryeṣi māhinamatyo na mṛṣṭo abhi vājamarṣasi।
apasedhanduritā soma mṛḷaya ghṛtaṃ vasāna pari yāsi nirṇijam ॥

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

प॒र्जन्य॑ पि॒ता म॑हि॒षस्य॑ प॒र्णिनो॒ नाभा॑ पृथि॒व्या गि॒रिषु॒ क्षयं॑ दधे।
स्वसा॑र॒ आपो॑ अ॒भि गा उ॒तास॑र॒न्सं ग्राव॑भिर्नसते वी॒ते अ॑ध्व॒रे ॥

parjanya pitā mahiṣasya parṇino nābhā pṛthivyā giriṣu kṣayaṃ dadhe।
svasāra āpo abhi gā utāsaransaṃ grāvabhirnasate vīte adhvare ॥

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 ॥

jāyeva patyāvadhi śeva maṃhase pajrāyā garbha śṛṇuhi bravīmi te।
antarvāṇīṣu pra carā su jīvase'nindyo vṛjane soma jāgṛhi ॥

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 व्र॒तमन्वाप॑ सचन्ते ॥

yathā pūrvebhyaḥ śatasā amṛdhraḥ sahasrasāḥ paryayā vājamindo।
evā pavasva suvitāya navyase tava vratamanvāpa sacante ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.83 · 5 verses

9.83.1

प॒वित्रं॑ ते॒ वित॑तं ब्रह्मणस्पते प्र॒भुर्गात्रा॑णि॒ पर्ये॑षि वि॒श्वत॑।
अत॑प्ततनू॒र्न तदा॒मो अ॑श्नुते शृ॒तास॒ इद्वह॑न्त॒स्तत्समा॑शत ॥

pavitraṃ te vitataṃ brahmaṇaspate prabhurgātrāṇi paryeṣi viśvata।
ataptatanūrna tadāmo aśnute śṛtāsa idvahantastatsamāśata ॥

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.

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9.83.2

तपो॑ष्प॒वित्रं॒ वित॑तं दि॒वस्प॒दे शोच॑न्तो अस्य॒ तन्त॑वो॒ व्य॑स्थिरन्।
अव॑न्त्यस्य पवी॒तार॑मा॒शवो॑ दि॒वस्पृ॒ष्ठमधि॑ तिष्ठन्ति॒ चेत॑सा ॥

tapoṣpavitraṃ vitataṃ divaspade śocanto asya tantavo vyasthiran।
avantyasya pavītāramāśavo divaspṛṣṭhamadhi tiṣṭhanti cetasā ॥

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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9.83.3

अरू॑रुचदु॒षस॒ पृश्नि॑रग्रि॒य उ॒क्षा बि॑भर्ति॒ भुव॑नानि वाज॒युः।
मा॒या॒विनो॑ ममिरे अस्य मा॒यया॑ नृ॒चक्ष॑सः पि॒तरो॒ गर्भ॒मा द॑धुः ॥

arūrucaduṣasa pṛśniragriya ukṣā bibharti bhuvanāni vājayuḥ।
māyāvino mamire asya māyayā nṛcakṣasaḥ pitaro garbhamā dadhuḥ ॥

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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9.83.4

ग॒न्ध॒र्व इ॒त्था प॒दम॑स्य रक्षति॒ पाति॑ दे॒वानां॒ जनि॑मा॒न्यद्भु॑तः।
गृ॒भ्णाति॑ रि॒पुं नि॒धया॑ नि॒धाप॑तिः सु॒कृत्त॑मा॒ मधु॑नो भ॒क्षमा॑शत ॥

gandharva itthā padamasya rakṣati pāti devānāṃ janimānyadbhutaḥ।
gṛbhṇāti ripuṃ nidhayā nidhāpatiḥ sukṛttamā madhuno bhakṣamāśata ॥

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

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9.83.5

ह॒विर्ह॑विष्मो॒ महि॒ सद्म॒ दैव्यं॒ नभो॒ वसा॑न॒ परि॑ यास्यध्व॒रम्।
राजा॑ प॒वित्र॑रथो॒ वाज॒मारु॑हः स॒हस्र॑भृष्टिर्जयसि॒ श्रवो॑ बृ॒हत् ॥

havirhaviṣmo mahi sadma daivyaṃ nabho vasāna pari yāsyadhvaram।
rājā pavitraratho vājamāruhaḥ sahasrabhṛṣṭirjayasi śravo bṛhat ॥

Ṛgveda 9.84 · 5 verses

9.84.1

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

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

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 सोम॒ परि॒ तान्य॑र्षति।
कृ॒ण्वन्सं॒चृतं॑ वि॒चृत॑म॒भिष्ट॑य॒ इन्दु॑ सिषक्त्यु॒षसं॒ न सूर्य॑ ॥

ā yastasthau bhuvanānyamartyo viśvāni soma pari tānyarṣati।
kṛṇvansaṃcṛtaṃ vicṛtamabhiṣṭaya indu siṣaktyuṣasaṃ na sūrya ॥

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 गोभि॑ सृ॒ज्यत॒ ओष॑धी॒ष्वा दे॒वानां॑ सु॒म्न इ॒षय॒न्नुपा॑वसुः।
आ वि॒द्युता॑ पवते॒ धार॑या सु॒त इन्द्रं॒ सोमो॑ मा॒दय॒न्दैव्यं॒ जन॑म् ॥

ā yo gobhi sṛjyata oṣadhīṣvā devānāṃ sumna iṣayannupāvasuḥ।
ā vidyutā pavate dhārayā suta indraṃ somo mādayandaivyaṃ janam ॥

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 karmayogi and vibrates to the delight of divine humanity.

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9.84.4

ए॒ष स्य सोम॑ पवते सहस्र॒जिद्धि॑न्वा॒नो वाच॑मिषि॒रामु॑ष॒र्बुध॑म्।
इन्दु॑ समु॒द्रमुदि॑यर्ति वा॒युभि॒रेन्द्र॑स्य॒ हार्दि॑ क॒लशे॑षु सीदति ॥

eṣa sya soma pavate sahasrajiddhinvāno vācamiṣirāmuṣarbudham।
indu samudramudiyarti vāyubhirendrasya hārdi kalaśeṣu sīdati ॥

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 गाव॒ पय॑सा पयो॒वृधं॒ सोमं॑ श्रीणन्ति म॒तिभि॑ स्व॒र्विद॑म्।
ध॒नं॒ज॒यः प॑वते॒ कृत्व्यो॒ रसो॒ विप्र॑ क॒विः काव्ये॑ना॒ स्व॑र्चनाः ॥

abhi tyaṃ gāva payasā payovṛdhaṃ somaṃ śrīṇanti matibhi svarvidam।
dhanaṃjayaḥ pavate kṛtvyo raso vipra kaviḥ kāvyenā svarcanāḥ ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.85 · 12 verses

9.85.1

इन्द्रा॑य सोम॒ सुषु॑त॒ परि॑ स्र॒वापामी॑वा भवतु॒ रक्ष॑सा स॒ह।
मा ते॒ रस॑स्य मत्सत द्वया॒विनो॒ द्रवि॑णस्वन्त इ॒ह स॒न्त्विन्द॑वः ॥

indrāya soma suṣuta pari sravāpāmīvā bhavatu rakṣasā saha।
mā te rasasya matsata dvayāvino draviṇasvanta iha santvindavaḥ ॥

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

अ॒स्मान्स॑म॒र्ये प॑वमान चोदय॒ दक्षो॑ दे॒वाना॒मसि॒ हि प्रि॒यो मद॑।
ज॒हि शत्रूँ॑र॒भ्या भ॑न्दनाय॒तः पिबे॑न्द्र॒ सोम॒मव॑ नो॒ मृधो॑ जहि ॥

asmānsamarye pavamāna codaya dakṣo devānāmasi hi priyo mada।
jahi śatrūm̐rabhyā bhandanāyataḥ pibendra somamava no mṛdho jahi ॥

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 ॥

adabdha indo pavase madintama ātmendrasya bhavasi dhāsiruttamaḥ।
abhi svaranti bahavo manīṣiṇo rājānamasya bhuvanasya niṃsate ॥

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 इन्द्रा॒येन्दु॑ पवते॒ काम्यं॒ मधु॑।
जय॒न्क्षेत्र॑म॒भ्य॑र्षा॒ जय॑न्न॒प उ॒रुं नो॑ गा॒तुं कृ॑णु सोम मीढ्वः ॥

sahasraṇīthaḥ śatadhāro adbhuta indrāyendu pavate kāmyaṃ madhu।
jayankṣetramabhyarṣā jayannapa uruṃ no gātuṃ kṛṇu soma mīḍhvaḥ ॥

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 व्य१व्ययं॑ स॒मया॒ वार॑मर्षसि।
म॒र्मृ॒ज्यमा॑नो॒ अत्यो॒ न सा॑न॒सिरिन्द्र॑स्य सोम ज॒ठरे॒ सम॑क्षरः ॥

kanikradatkalaśe gobhirajyase vya1vyayaṃ samayā vāramarṣasi।
marmṛjyamāno atyo na sānasirindrasya soma jaṭhare samakṣaraḥ ॥

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 ॥

svāduḥ pavasva divyāya janmane svādurindrāya suhavītunāmne।
svādurmitrāya varuṇāya vāyave bṛhaspataye madhumām̐ adābhyaḥ ॥

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 क्षिप॒ प्र विप्रा॑णां म॒तयो॒ वाच॑ ईरते।
पव॑माना अ॒भ्य॑र्षन्ति सुष्टु॒तिमेन्द्रं॑ विशन्ति मदि॒रास॒ इन्द॑वः ॥

atyaṃ mṛjanti kalaśe daśa kṣipa pra viprāṇāṃ matayo vāca īrate।
pavamānā abhyarṣanti suṣṭutimendraṃ viśanti madirāsa indavaḥ ॥

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 स॒प्रथ॑।
माकि॑र्नो अ॒स्य परि॑षूतिरीश॒तेन्दो॒ जये॑म॒ त्वया॒ धनं॑धनम् ॥

pavamāno abhyarṣā suvīryamurvīṃ gavyūtiṃ mahi śarma sapratha।
mākirno asya pariṣūtirīśatendo jayema tvayā dhanaṃdhanam ॥

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 ॥

adhi dyāmasthādvṛṣabho vicakṣaṇo'rūrucadvi divo rocanā kaviḥ।
rājā pavitramatyeti roruvaddivaḥ pīyūṣaṃ duhate nṛcakṣasaḥ ॥

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 ॥

divo nāke madhujihvā asaścato venā duhantyukṣaṇaṃ giriṣṭhām।
apsu drapsaṃ vāvṛdhānaṃ samudra ā sindhorūrmā madhumantaṃ pavitra ā ॥

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 म॒तय॒ पनि॑प्नतं हिर॒ण्ययं॑ शकु॒नं क्षाम॑णि॒ स्थाम् ॥

nāke suparṇamupapaptivāṃsaṃ giro venānāmakṛpanta pūrvīḥ।
śiśuṃ rihanti mataya panipnataṃ hiraṇyayaṃ śakunaṃ kṣāmaṇi sthām ॥

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 शुचि॑ ॥

ūrdhvo gandharvo adhi nāke asthādviśvā rūpā praticakṣāṇo asya।
bhānuḥ śukreṇa śociṣā vyadyautprārūrucadrodasī mātarā śuci ॥

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.

Ṛgveda 9.86 · 48 verses

9.86.1

प्र त॑ आ॒शव॑ पवमान धी॒जवो॒ मदा॑ अर्षन्ति रघु॒जा इ॑व॒ त्मना॑।
दि॒व्याः सु॑प॒र्णा मधु॑मन्त॒ इन्द॑वो म॒दिन्त॑मास॒ परि॒ कोश॑मासते ॥

pra ta āśava pavamāna dhījavo madā arṣanti raghujā iva tmanā।
divyāḥ suparṇā madhumanta indavo madintamāsa pari kośamāsate ॥

0 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 ऊ॒र्मय॑ ॥

pra te madāso madirāsa āśavo'sṛkṣata rathyāso yathā pṛthak।
dhenurna vatsaṃ payasābhi vajriṇamindramindavo madhumanta ūrmaya ॥

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 सोम॑ पुना॒न इ॑न्द्रि॒याय॒ धाय॑से ॥

atyo na hiyāno abhi vājamarṣa svarvitkośaṃ divo adrimātaram।
vṛṣā pavitre adhi sāno avyaye soma punāna indriyāya dhāyase ॥

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।
प्रान्तरृष॑य॒ स्थावि॑रीरसृक्षत॒ ये त्वा॑ मृ॒जन्त्यृ॑षिषाण वे॒धस॑ ॥

pra ta āśvinīḥ pavamāna dhījuvo divyā asṛgranpayasā dharīmaṇi।
prāntarṛṣaya sthāvirīrasṛkṣata ye tvā mṛjantyṛṣiṣāṇa vedhasa ॥

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 के॒तव॑।
व्या॒न॒शिः प॑वसे सोम॒ धर्म॑भि॒ पति॒र्विश्व॑स्य॒ भुव॑नस्य राजसि ॥

viśvā dhāmāni viśvacakṣa ṛbhvasaḥ prabhoste sataḥ pari yanti ketava।
vyānaśiḥ pavase soma dharmabhi patirviśvasya bhuvanasya rājasi ॥

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

उ॒भ॒यत॒ पव॑मानस्य र॒श्मयो॑ ध्रु॒वस्य॑ स॒तः परि॑ यन्ति के॒तव॑।
यदी॑ प॒वित्रे॒ अधि॑ मृ॒ज्यते॒ हरि॒ सत्ता॒ नि योना॑ क॒लशे॑षु सीदति ॥

ubhayata pavamānasya raśmayo dhruvasya sataḥ pari yanti ketava।
yadī pavitre adhi mṛjyate hari sattā ni yonā kalaśeṣu sīdati ॥

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।
स॒हस्र॑धार॒ परि॒ कोश॑मर्षति॒ वृषा॑ प॒वित्र॒मत्ये॑ति॒ रोरु॑वत् ॥

yajñasya ketuḥ pavate svadhvaraḥ somo devānāmupa yāti niṣkṛtam।
sahasradhāra pari kośamarṣati vṛṣā pavitramatyeti roruvat ॥

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 न॒द्यो॒३ वि गा॑हते॒ऽपामू॒र्मिं स॑चते॒ सिन्धु॑षु श्रि॒तः।
अध्य॑स्था॒त्सानु॒ पव॑मानो अ॒व्ययं॒ नाभा॑ पृथि॒व्या ध॒रुणो॑ म॒हो दि॒वः ॥

rājā samudraṃ nadyo3 vi gāhate'pāmūrmiṃ sacate sindhuṣu śritaḥ।
adhyasthātsānu pavamāno avyayaṃ nābhā pṛthivyā dharuṇo maho divaḥ ॥

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 वि॒वेवि॑द॒त्सोम॑ पुना॒नः क॒लशे॑षु सीदति ॥

divo na sānu stanayannacikradaddyauśca yasya pṛthivī ca dharmabhiḥ।
indrasya sakhyaṃ pavate vivevidatsoma punānaḥ kalaśeṣu sīdati ॥

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 रस॑ ॥

jyotiryajñasya pavate madhu priyaṃ pitā devānāṃ janitā vibhūvasuḥ।
dadhāti ratnaṃ svadhayorapīcyaṃ madintamo matsara indriyo rasa ॥

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 मर्मृजा॒नोऽवि॑भि॒ सिन्धु॑भि॒र्वृषा॑ ॥

abhikrandankalaśaṃ vājyarṣati patirdivaḥ śatadhāro vicakṣaṇaḥ।
harirmitrasya sadaneṣu sīdati marmṛjāno'vibhi sindhubhirvṛṣā ॥

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 सो॒तृभि॑ पूयते॒ वृषा॑ ॥

agre sindhūnāṃ pavamāno arṣatyagre vāco agriyo goṣu gacchati।
agre vājasya bhajate mahādhanaṃ svāyudhaḥ sotṛbhi pūyate vṛṣā ॥

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 ॥

ayaṃ matavāñchakuno yathā hito'vye sasāra pavamāna ūrmiṇā।
tava kratvā rodasī antarā kave śucirdhiyā pavate soma indra te ॥

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 ॥

drāpiṃ vasāno yajato divispṛśamantarikṣaprā bhuvaneṣvarpitaḥ।
svarjajñāno nabhasābhyakramītpratnamasya pitaramā vivāsati ॥

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 सं॒यत॑ ॥

so asya viśe mahi śarma yacchati yo asya dhāma prathamaṃ vyānaśe।
padaṃ yadasya parame vyomanyato viśvā abhi saṃ yāti saṃyata ॥

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 युव॒तिभि॒ सम॑र्षति॒ सोम॑ क॒लशे॑ श॒तया॑म्ना प॒था ॥

pro ayāsīdindurindrasya niṣkṛtaṃ sakhā sakhyurna pra mināti saṃgiram।
marya iva yuvatibhi samarṣati soma kalaśe śatayāmnā pathā ॥

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 विप॒न्युव॑ पन॒स्युव॑ सं॒वस॑नेष्वक्रमुः।
सोमं॑ मनी॒षा अ॒भ्य॑नूषत॒ स्तुभो॒ऽभि धे॒नव॒ पय॑सेमशिश्रयुः ॥

pra vo dhiyo mandrayuvo vipanyuva panasyuva saṃvasaneṣvakramuḥ।
somaṃ manīṣā abhyanūṣata stubho'bhi dhenava payasemaśiśrayuḥ ॥

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 न॑ सोम सं॒यतं॑ पि॒प्युषी॒मिष॒मिन्दो॒ पव॑स्व॒ पव॑मानो अ॒स्रिध॑म्।
या नो॒ दोह॑ते॒ त्रिरह॒न्नस॑श्चुषी क्षु॒मद्वाज॑व॒न्मधु॑मत्सु॒वीर्य॑म् ॥

ā na soma saṃyataṃ pipyuṣīmiṣamindo pavasva pavamāno asridham।
yā no dohate trirahannasaścuṣī kṣumadvājavanmadhumatsuvīryam ॥

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 अह्न॑ प्रतरी॒तोषसो॑ दि॒वः।
क्रा॒णा सिन्धू॑नां क॒लशाँ॑ अवीवश॒दिन्द्र॑स्य॒ हार्द्या॑वि॒शन्म॑नी॒षिभि॑ ॥

vṛṣā matīnāṃ pavate vicakṣaṇaḥ somo ahna pratarītoṣaso divaḥ।
krāṇā sindhūnāṃ kalaśām̐ avīvaśadindrasya hārdyāviśanmanīṣibhi ॥

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

म॒नी॒षिभि॑ पवते पू॒र्व्यः क॒विर्नृभि॑र्य॒तः परि॒ कोशाँ॑ अचिक्रदत्।
त्रि॒तस्य॒ नाम॑ ज॒नय॒न्मधु॑ क्षर॒दिन्द्र॑स्य वा॒योः स॒ख्याय॒ कर्त॑वे ॥

manīṣibhi pavate pūrvyaḥ kavirnṛbhiryataḥ pari kośām̐ acikradat।
tritasya nāma janayanmadhu kṣaradindrasya vāyoḥ sakhyāya kartave ॥

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 ॥

ayaṃ punāna uṣaso vi rocayadayaṃ sindhubhyo abhavadu lokakṛt।
ayaṃ triḥ sapta duduhāna āśiraṃ somo hṛde pavate cāru matsaraḥ ॥

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 ॥

pavasva soma divyeṣu dhāmasu sṛjāna indo kalaśe pavitra ā।
sīdannindrasya jaṭhare kanikradannṛbhiryataḥ sūryamārohayo divi ॥

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 ॥

adribhiḥ sutaḥ pavase pavitra ām̐ indavindrasya jaṭhareṣvāviśan।
tvaṃ nṛcakṣā abhavo vicakṣaṇa soma gotramaṅgirobhyo'vṛṇorapa ॥

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 अमदन्नव॒स्यव॑।
त्वां सु॑प॒र्ण आभ॑रद्दि॒वस्परीन्दो॒ विश्वा॑भिर्म॒तिभि॒ परि॑ष्कृतम् ॥

tvāṃ soma pavamānaṃ svādhyo'nu viprāso amadannavasyava।
tvāṃ suparṇa ābharaddivasparīndo viśvābhirmatibhi pariṣkṛtam ॥

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 धे॒नव॑।
अ॒पामु॒पस्थे॒ अध्या॒यव॑ क॒विमृ॒तस्य॒ योना॑ महि॒षा अ॑हेषत ॥

avye punānaṃ pari vāra ūrmiṇā hariṃ navante abhi sapta dhenava।
apāmupasthe adhyāyava kavimṛtasya yonā mahiṣā aheṣata ॥

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

इन्दु॑ पुना॒नो अति॑ गाहते॒ मृधो॒ विश्वा॑नि कृ॒ण्वन्सु॒पथा॑नि॒ यज्य॑वे।
गाः कृ॑ण्वा॒नो नि॒र्णिजं॑ हर्य॒तः क॒विरत्यो॒ न क्रीळ॒न्परि॒ वार॑मर्षति ॥

indu punāno ati gāhate mṛdho viśvāni kṛṇvansupathāni yajyave।
gāḥ kṛṇvāno nirṇijaṃ haryataḥ kaviratyo na krīḷanpari vāramarṣati ॥

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

अ॒स॒श्चत॑ श॒तधा॑रा अभि॒श्रियो॒ हरिं॑ नव॒न्तेऽव॒ ता उ॑द॒न्युव॑।
क्षिपो॑ मृजन्ति॒ परि॒ गोभि॒रावृ॑तं तृ॒तीये॑ पृ॒ष्ठे अधि॑ रोच॒ने दि॒वः ॥

asaścata śatadhārā abhiśriyo hariṃ navante'va tā udanyuva।
kṣipo mṛjanti pari gobhirāvṛtaṃ tṛtīye pṛṣṭhe adhi rocane divaḥ ॥

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 ॥

tavemāḥ prajā divyasya retasastvaṃ viśvasya bhuvanasya rājasi।
athedaṃ viśvaṃ pavamāna te vaśe tvamindo prathamo dhāmadhā asi ॥

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 सूर्य॑ ॥

tvaṃ samudro asi viśvavitkave tavemāḥ pañca pradiśo vidharmaṇi।
tvaṃ dyāṃ ca pṛthivīṃ cāti jabhriṣe tava jyotīṃṣi pavamāna sūrya ॥

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 दे॒वेभ्य॑ सोम पवमान पूयसे।
त्वामु॒शिज॑ प्रथ॒मा अ॑गृभ्णत॒ तुभ्ये॒मा विश्वा॒ भुव॑नानि येमिरे ॥

tvaṃ pavitre rajaso vidharmaṇi devebhya soma pavamāna pūyase।
tvāmuśija prathamā agṛbhṇata tubhyemā viśvā bhuvanāni yemire ॥

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 चक्रद॒द्धरि॑।
सं धी॒तयो॑ वावशा॒ना अ॑नूषत॒ शिशुं॑ रिहन्ति म॒तय॒ पनि॑प्नतम् ॥

pra rebha etyati vāramavyayaṃ vṛṣā vaneṣvava cakradaddhari।
saṃ dhītayo vāvaśānā anūṣata śiśuṃ rihanti mataya panipnatam ॥

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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स सूर्य॑स्य र॒श्मिभि॒ परि॑ व्यत॒ तन्तुं॑ तन्वा॒नस्त्रि॒वृतं॒ यथा॑ वि॒दे।
नय॑न्नृ॒तस्य॑ प्र॒शिषो॒ नवी॑यसी॒ पति॒र्जनी॑ना॒मुप॑ याति निष्कृ॒तम् ॥

sa sūryasya raśmibhi pari vyata tantuṃ tanvānastrivṛtaṃ yathā vide।
nayannṛtasya praśiṣo navīyasī patirjanīnāmupa yāti niṣkṛtam ॥

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 प॒थिभि॒ कनि॑क्रदत्।
स॒हस्र॑धार॒ परि॑ षिच्यते॒ हरि॑ पुना॒नो वाचं॑ ज॒नय॒न्नुपा॑वसुः ॥

rājā sindhūnāṃ pavate patirdiva ṛtasya yāti pathibhi kanikradat।
sahasradhāra pari ṣicyate hari punāno vācaṃ janayannupāvasuḥ ॥

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 ॥

pavamāna mahyarṇo vi dhāvasi sūro na citro avyayāni pavyayā।
gabhastipūto nṛbhiradribhiḥ suto mahe vājāya dhanyāya dhanvasi ॥

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. ucWHjtoto tofr to cFctoj toto i sJ-to tor to: to 1 " torn fto

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9.86.35

इष॒मूर्जं॑ पवमाना॒भ्य॑र्षसि श्ये॒नो न वंसु॑ क॒लशे॑षु सीदसि।
इन्द्रा॑य॒ मद्वा॒ मद्यो॒ मद॑ सु॒तो दि॒वो वि॑ष्ट॒म्भ उ॑प॒मो वि॑चक्ष॒णः ॥

iṣamūrjaṃ pavamānābhyarṣasi śyeno na vaṃsu kalaśeṣu sīdasi।
indrāya madvā madyo mada suto divo viṣṭambha upamo vicakṣaṇaḥ ॥

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 मा॒तर॒ शिशुं॒ नवं॑ जज्ञा॒नं जेन्यं॑ विप॒श्चित॑म्।
अ॒पां ग॑न्ध॒र्वं दि॒व्यं नृ॒चक्ष॑सं॒ सोमं॒ विश्व॑स्य॒ भुव॑नस्य रा॒जसे॑ ॥

sapta svasāro abhi mātara śiśuṃ navaṃ jajñānaṃ jenyaṃ vipaścitam।
apāṃ gandharvaṃ divyaṃ nṛcakṣasaṃ somaṃ viśvasya bhuvanasya rājase ॥

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 ह॒रित॑ सुप॒र्ण्य॑।
तास्ते॑ क्षरन्तु॒ मधु॑मद्घृ॒तं पय॒स्तव॑ व्र॒ते सो॑म तिष्ठन्तु कृ॒ष्टय॑ ॥

īśāna imā bhuvanāni vīyase yujāna indo harita suparṇya।
tāste kṣarantu madhumadghṛtaṃ payastava vrate soma tiṣṭhantu kṛṣṭaya ॥

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 वि॒श्वत॒ पव॑मान वृषभ॒ ता वि धा॑वसि।
स न॑ पवस्व॒ वसु॑म॒द्धिर॑ण्यवद्व॒यं स्या॑म॒ भुव॑नेषु जी॒वसे॑ ॥

tvaṃ nṛcakṣā asi soma viśvata pavamāna vṛṣabha tā vi dhāvasi।
sa na pavasva vasumaddhiraṇyavadvayaṃ syāma bhuvaneṣu jīvase ॥

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 ॥

govitpavasva vasuviddhiraṇyavidretodhā indo bhuvaneṣvarpitaḥ।
tvaṃ suvīro asi soma viśvavittaṃ tvā viprā upa girema āsate ॥

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 ॥

unmadhva ūrmirvananā atiṣṭhipadapo vasāno mahiṣo vi gāhate।
rājā pavitraratho vājamāruhatsahasrabhṛṣṭirjayati śravo bṛhat ॥

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 प्र॒जाव॑तीर्वि॒श्वायु॒र्विश्वा॑ सु॒भरा॒ अह॑र्दिवि।
ब्रह्म॑ प्र॒जाव॑द्र॒यिमश्व॑पस्त्यं पी॒त इ॑न्द॒विन्द्र॑म॒स्मभ्यं॑ याचतात् ॥

sa bhandanā udiyarti prajāvatīrviśvāyurviśvā subharā ahardivi।
brahma prajāvadrayimaśvapastyaṃ pīta indavindramasmabhyaṃ yācatāt ॥

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 मद॒ प्र चेत॑सा चेतयते॒ अनु॒ द्युभि॑।
द्वा जना॑ या॒तय॑न्न॒न्तरी॑यते॒ नरा॑ च॒ शंसं॒ दैव्यं॑ च ध॒र्तरि॑ ॥

so agre ahnāṃ harirharyato mada pra cetasā cetayate anu dyubhi।
dvā janā yātayannantarīyate narā ca śaṃsaṃ daivyaṃ ca dhartari ॥

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 ॥

añjate vyañjate samañjate kratuṃ rihanti madhunābhyañjate।
sindhorucchvāse patayantamukṣaṇaṃ hiraṇyapāvāḥ paśumāsu gṛbhṇate ॥

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 हरि॑ ॥

vipaścite pavamānāya gāyata mahī na dhārātyandho arṣati।
ahirna jūrṇāmati sarpati tvacamatyo na krīḷannasaradvṛṣā hari ॥

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।
हरि॑र्घृ॒तस्नु॑ सु॒दृशी॑को अर्ण॒वो ज्यो॒तीर॑थः पवते रा॒य ओ॒क्य॑ ॥

agrego rājāpyastaviṣyate vimāno ahnāṃ bhuvaneṣvarpitaḥ।
harirghṛtasnu sudṛśīko arṇavo jyotīrathaḥ pavate rāya okya ॥

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 मद॒ परि॑ त्रि॒धातु॒र्भुव॑नान्यर्षति।
अं॒शुं रि॑हन्ति म॒तय॒ पनि॑प्नतं गि॒रा यदि॑ नि॒र्णिज॑मृ॒ग्मिणो॑ य॒युः ॥

asarji skambho diva udyato mada pari tridhāturbhuvanānyarṣati।
aṃśuṃ rihanti mataya panipnataṃ girā yadi nirṇijamṛgmiṇo yayuḥ ॥

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 मे॒ष्य॑ पुना॒नस्य॑ सं॒यतो॑ यन्ति॒ रंह॑यः।
यद्गोभि॑रिन्दो च॒म्वो॑ सम॒ज्यस॒ आ सु॑वा॒नः सो॑म क॒लशे॑षु सीदसि ॥

pra te dhārā atyaṇvāni meṣya punānasya saṃyato yanti raṃhayaḥ।
yadgobhirindo camvo samajyasa ā suvānaḥ soma kalaśeṣu sīdasi ॥

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 सु॒वीरा॑ ॥

pavasva soma kratuvinna ukthyo'vyo vāre pari dhāva madhu priyam।
jahi viśvānrakṣasa indo atriṇo bṛhadvadema vidathe suvīrā ॥