5. Sam Veda — Prapathaka 5

✦ Sukta 41 · 8 verses ✦

5.1.1.1

गृणे तदिन्द्र ते शव उपमां देवतातये । यद्धꣳसि वृत्रमोजसा शचीपते ॥३९१॥

In praise of that admirable power and grandeur of yours, Indra, I sing for the pleasure of divine favour, by which, O lord of mighty noble acts, you destroy the demon of darkness and want by your force and splendour. Great and good are the gifts of Indra. (Rg. 8-62-8)

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5.1.1.2

यस्य त्यच्छम्बरं मदे दिवोदासाय रन्धयन् । अयꣳ स सोम इन्द्र ते सुतः पिब ॥३९२॥

Indra, lord of power and glory, this is that soma distilled and seasoned for you in the exhilaration and ecstasy of which you, like the sun on high, break down the forces of darkness and evil to promote the spirit of light and generosity. Pray drink of it to your heart's content and protect and promote the spirit of it. (Rg. 6-43-1)

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5.1.1.3

एन्द्र नो गधि प्रिय सत्राजिदगोह्य । गिरिर्न विश्वतः पृथुः पतिर्दिवः ॥३९३॥

Indra, come, take us over as your own. Dear and giver of fulfilment you are, all dominant by nature, character and action, inconceivably open and bright, expansive and unbounded all round like a cloud of vapour, lord and master of the light of heaven. (Rg. 8-98-4)

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5.1.1.4

य इन्द्र सोमपातमो मदः शविष्ठ चेतति । येना हꣳसि न्या३त्रिणं तमीमहे ॥३९४॥

Indra, lord most potent, highest protector and promoter of the beauty and joy of life, that ecstatic passion of yours which universally pervades, manifests and reveals your might and glory and by which you destroy the negative forces of life, we adore and pray for. (Rg. 8-12-1)

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5.1.1.5

तुचे तुनाय तत्सु नो द्राघीय आयुर्जीवसे । आदित्यासः समहसः कृणोतन ॥३९५॥

O Adityas, refulgent lords of light and mighty masters of life giving energies, for the joyous living and longevity of our children and their off-spring, create and bring the holy gift of good health and long life of peace and felicity. (Rg. 8-18-18)

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5.1.1.6

वेत्था हि निरृतीनां वज्रहस्त परिवृजम् । अहरहः शुन्ध्युः परिपदामिव ॥३९६॥

O lord of the thunderbolt of justice and right action, you know and wield the counter-active measures against adversities just as the sun, purifier of nature's impurities, has the capacity to counter them day by day. (Rg. 8-24-24)

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5.1.1.7

अपामीवामप स्रिधमप सेधत दुर्मतिम् । आदित्यासो युयोतना नो अꣳहसः ॥३९७॥

May the Adityas, powers of light and life in nature and humanity, drive away all disease of body and mind and keep off negativities of thought and intelligence from us. May the children of imperishable divinity keep us safe, far away from the onslaughts of sin and adversity. (Rg. 8-18-10)

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5.1.1.8

पिबा सोममिन्द्र मन्दतु त्वा यं ते सुषाव हर्यश्वाद्रिः । सोतुर्बाहुभ्याꣳ सुयतो नार्वा ॥३९८॥

Indra, lord ruler and controller of the dynamic forces of the world, drink this soma of ecstasy which, I am sure, would exhilarate you. The cloud, generative power of nature, has distilled it and showered on you. And just as a horse well controlled by the hands and reins of the driver moves to the right destination, so is this soma generated by the hands of the creator meant to exhort you to take the dominion to its destination. (Rg. 7-22-1)

✦ Sukta 42 · 10 verses ✦

5.1.2.1

अभ्रातृव्यो अना त्वमनापिरिन्द्र जनुषा सनादसि । युधेदापित्वमिच्छसे ॥३९९॥

Indra, lord of absolute might by nature, since birth of the universe, indeed for eternity, you are without a rival, need no leader, no friend and no comrade, but in the dynamics of human life you do want that the human should be your companion in and for his struggle for self-evolution and social progress. (Rg. 8-21-13)

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5.1.2.2

यो न इदमिदं पुरा प्र वस्य आनिनाय तमु व स्तुषे । सखाय इन्द्रमूतये ॥४००॥

O friends, for the peace, freedom, progress and protection of you all, I pray to the same Indra, lord almighty, who has provided this beautiful world of joy for us since the very time of creation. (Rg. 8-21-9)

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5.1.2.3

आ गन्ता मा रिषण्यत प्रस्थावानो माप स्थात समन्यवः । दृढा चिद्यमयिष्णवः ॥४०१॥

Come Maruts, warriors of nature and humanity. Do not hurt nor destroy the innocent. Already on the move as ever, pray do not tarry any more far away. Heroes of equal passion, will and desire to accomplish your mission, you can bend even the firmest forces of violence and bring them to reason. (Rg. 8-20-1)

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5.1.2.4

आ याह्ययमिन्दवेऽश्वपते गोपत उर्वरापते । सोमꣳ सोमपते पिब ॥४०२॥

Come lord of cows, horses and fertile lands, giver and protector of the nation and its glory, knowledge and wisdom and our creative activities, the somas of our success are for you to appreciate. O lord of life and life's joy of soma, come and join the ecstasy of our achievement and its celebration. (Rg. 8-21-3)

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5.1.2.5

त्वया ह स्विद्युजा वयं प्रति श्वसन्तं वृषभ ब्रुवीमहि । सꣳस्थे जनस्य गोमतः ॥४०३॥

By you alone as our friend and comrade, O lord almighty, generous giver, can we counter a gasping contestant in this settled world order of humanity full of lands and cows, blest as we are with the light of knowledge and culture. (Rg. 8-21-11)

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5.1.2.6

गावश्चिद्घा समन्यवः सजात्येन मरुतः सबन्धवः । रिहते ककुभो मिथः ॥४०४॥

O Maruts, heroes of equal mind bound in brotherhood, even cows, by virtue of the same species sit together and love each other under your kind care even though they may be moving around in different directions. (Rg. 8-20-21)

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5.1.2.7

त्वं न इन्द्रा भर ओजो नृम्णꣳ शतक्रतो विचर्षणे । आ वीरं पृतनासहम् ॥४०५॥

Indra, lord of vision and hero of a hundred great actions, bring us abundant and illustrious strength, courage and procreative energy by which we may fight out and win many battles of our life. (Rg. 8-98-10)

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5.1.2.8

अधा हीन्द्र गिर्वण उप त्वा काम ईमहे ससृग्महे । उदेव ग्मन्त उदभिः ॥४०६॥

And O lord lover of song and celebration, Indra, we send up vaulting voices of adoration and prayer to you like wave on waves of the flood rolling upon the sea for the fulfillment of our dreams and ambitions. (Rg. 8-98-7)

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5.1.2.9

सीदन्तस्ते वयो यथा गोश्रीते मधौ मदिरे विवक्षणे । अभि त्वामिन्द्र नोनुमः ॥४०७॥

Nestled like birds in the nest, in your exuberant, exciting, honey sweet yajnic world of light and joy overflowing with delicacies of food and drink, we bow to you and worship you in thankfulness. (Rg. 8-21-5)

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5.1.2.10

वयमु त्वामपूर्व्य स्थूरं न कच्चिद्भरन्तोऽवस्यवः । वज्रिञ्चित्रꣳ हवामहे ॥४०८॥

O lord sublime, eternal, first and most excellent, we, bearing almost nothing substantial but praying for protection and advancement, invoke you in our battle of life for food, energy, knowledge and ultimate victory. (Rg. 8-21-1)

✦ Sukta 43 · 10 verses ✦

5.1.3.1

स्वादोरित्था विषूवतो मधोः पिबन्ति गौर्यः । या इन्द्रेण सयावरीर्वृष्णा मदन्ति शोभथा वस्वीरनु स्वराज्यम् ॥४०९॥

The golden and brilliant people and forces of the land drink of the delicious, exciting and universal honey sweets of national pride and prestige and joyously celebrate their achievements in the company of generous and valorous Indra for the advancement of the honour and glory of the republic in obedience to the demands and discipline of the freedom and self-government of the nation. (Rg. 1-84-10)

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5.1.3.2

इत्था हि सोम इन्मदो ब्रह्म चकार वर्धनम् । शविष्ठ वज्रिन्नोजसा पृथिव्या निः शशा अहिमर्चन्ननु स्वराज्यम् ॥४१०॥

Giving to joyous freedom and self-government an exalted place of honour, Brahma, lord creator, invested the joy and excitement of life with animation, growth and independence. And for the same reason, Indra, strongest in courage and valour, wielder of the thunderbolt of freedom and self-government, with your might and main, strike off the serpent of evil, suffering and slavery from the earth for all time. (Rg. 1-80-1)

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5.1.3.3

इन्द्रो मदाय वावृधे शवसे वृत्रहा नृभिः । तमिन्महत्स्वाजिषूतिमर्भे हवामहे स वाजेषु प्र नोऽविषत् ॥४११॥

Indra, the hero who destroys Vtra, the cloud of want and suffering, and releases the showers of plenty and prosperity, goes forward with the people for the achievement of strength and joy of the land of freedom and self-government. And him we invoke and exhort in the battles of life, great and small, so that he may defend and advance us in all our struggles for progress and lead us to victory. (Rg. 1-81-1)

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5.1.3.4

इन्द्र तुभ्यमिदद्रिवोऽनुत्तं वज्रिन्वीर्यम् । यद्ध त्यं मायिनं मृगं तव त्यन्माययावधीरर्चन्ननु स्वराज्यम् ॥४१२॥

To you, Indra, lord of the thunderbolt, mighty ruler of the republic, high as mountain and the cloud, cheers for incomparable excellence of valour since you, doing honour and reverence to the freedom and selfgovernance of the republic, destroyed that artful roaring demon of a cloud of darkness with your extraordinary power. (Rg. 1-80-7)

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5.1.3.5

प्रेह्यभीहि धृष्णुहि न ते वज्रो नि यꣳसते । इन्द्र नृम्णꣳहि ते शवो हनो वृत्रं जया अपोऽर्चन्ननु स्वराज्यम् ॥४१३॥

Indra, lord of power and brilliance, ruler of the land, go forward. Go forward all round. Shake the evil. Irresistible is your thunderbolt of light and power. Your power and force is the wealth of the nation. Destroy the demon of want and drought, release and win the waters, plenty and prosperity and, in homage and reverence advancing the freedom and self-government of humanity, move ahead and higher. (Rg. 1-80-3)

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5.1.3.6

यदुदीरत आजयो धृष्णवे धीयते धनम् । युङ्क्ष्वा मदच्युता हरी कꣳ हनः कं वसौ दधोऽस्माꣳ इन्द्र वसौ दधः ॥४१४॥

When battles confront the nation, means and money are raised and prizes won for the brave. Commander of the forces, yoke the forces exuberant and raging for war. Destroy the enemy. Settle the victorious in wealth and peace. Indra, pray settle us in peace and comfort. (Rg. 1-81-3)

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5.1.3.7

अक्षन्नमीमदन्त ह्यव प्रिया अधूषत । अस्तोषत स्वभानवो विप्रा नविष्ठया मती योजा न्विन्द्र ते हरी ॥४१५॥

Noble men acquiring holy knowledge, rejoicing, dearest favourite saints and sages brilliant with their innate genius and virtue, ward off the evil and pray to Indra with latest words of wisdom and homage. Indra, yoke your horses (on the wing and come to join the yajna). (Rg. 1-82-2)

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5.1.3.8

उपो षु शृणुही गिरो मघवन्मातथा इव । कदा नः सूनृतावतः कर इदर्थयास इद्योजा न्विन्द्र ते हरी ॥४१६॥

Indra, lord of wealth and glory, listen to our prayer at the closest, not like one distant or different. And when we pray bless us with a voice of sweetness and the light of holy truth. Lord of speed and motion, yoke your horses (and come to join the yajna). (Rg. 1-82-1)

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5.1.3.9

चन्द्रमा अप्स्वा३न्तरा सुपर्णो धावते दिवि । न वो हिरण्यनेमयः पदं विन्दन्ति विद्युतो वित्तं मे अस्य रोदसी ॥४१७॥

The moon glides in the middle regions of Antariksha in the midst of waters and pranic energies. So does the sun of wondrous rays run fast in the heaven of light. But the golden-rimmed flashes of lightning reveal themselves not to your state of consciousness.May the heaven and earth know the secret of this mystery and reveal it to men, the ruler and the people. (Rg. 1-105-1)

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5.1.3.10

प्रति प्रियतमꣳ रथं वृषणं वसुवाहनम् । स्तोता वामश्विनावृषि स्तोमेभिर्भूषति प्रति माध्वी मम श्रुतꣳ हवम् ॥४१८॥

Ashvins, leading lights of humanity, the celebrant visionary of life's reality and mantric meaning, adores your achievement in befitting words of song in response to the beauty of your dearest chariot which is the carrier and harbinger of showers of wealth and well being. O creators and makers of the sweets of existence, the celebrant prays: Listen to my song of adoration and accept the invitation to live and create the joy of life. (Rg. 5-75-1)

✦ Sukta 44 · 8 verses ✦

5.1.4.1

आ ते अग्न इधीमहि द्युमन्तं देवाजरम् । युद्ध स्या ते पनीयसी समिद्दीदयति द्यवीषꣳ स्तोतृभ्य आ भर ॥४१९॥

Let us kindle you, light and fire of life, generous divinity, refulgent and unaging so that the wonderfully admirable light of your blaze shines in heaven and you bring food and energy for the celebrants. (Rg. 5-6-4)

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5.1.4.2

आग्निं न स्ववृक्तिभिर्होतारं त्वा वृणीमहे । शीरं पावकशोचिषं वि वो मदे यज्ञेषु स्तीर्णबर्हिषं विवक्षसे ॥४२०॥

Like fire for comfort, with our own holy chant for the internal yajna of our spiritual purification and your joy, we fellow yajakas, choose you, Agni, high priest of cosmic yajna, all pervasive purifier by the white heat of his divine radiance. Verily the lord is great and glorious for you. (Rg. 10-21-1)

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5.1.4.3

महे नो अद्य बोधयोषो राये दिवित्मती । यथा चिन्नो अबोधयः सत्यश्रवसि वाय्ये सुजाते अश्वसूनृते ॥४२१॥

O dawn, lady of morning light brilliant with splendour, arouse us and enlighten us today for the achievement of grandeur, wealth and excellence of life as you have been the giver of enlightenment and generosity ever before, O majesty of renown, symbol of life's extension, nobly born, commander of the nation's power, achievement and love of noble truth. (Rg. 5-79-1) (Swami Dayananda interprets this mantra as an address to the lady of the house.)

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5.1.4.4

भद्रं नो अपि वातय मनो दक्षमुत क्रतुम् । अथा ते सख्ये अन्धसो वि वो मदे रणा गावो न यवसे विवक्षसे ॥४२२॥

O Soma, lord of peace and bliss, inspire our mind, skill and wisdom, and our yajnic actions to move in the direction of goodness and piety, so that, living in your love and friendship, we may enjoy food and life's delicacies like cows enjoying their favourite grass and thus partake of your divine joy in life here itself. O Soma, you are great and glorious indeed. (Rg. 10-25-1)

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5.1.4.5

क्रत्वा महाꣳ अनुष्वधं भीम आ वावृते शवः । श्रिय ऋष्व उपाकयोर्नि शिप्री हरिवान् दधे हस्तयोर्वज्रमायसम् ॥४२३॥

Great by knowledge, awful by action, in his own right and by his own might, he maintains in power and majesty. Elevated and sublime, blazing brilliant, lord of horses and speed of motion, he wields the golden thunderbolt of power and force in both his hands for the beauty and dignity of life and the republic of humanity. (Rg. 1-81-4)

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5.1.4.6

स घा तं वृषणꣳ रथमधि तिष्ठाति गोविदम् । यः पात्रꣳ हारियोजनं पूर्णमिन्द्र चिकेतति योजा न्विन्द्र ते हरी ॥४२४॥

Indra, only that person who knows the science and technology of that horse-powered chariot which is perfect and fully capable of defence and safety against the enemy, would ride that prize-winning chariot of victory which would lead him to the conquest of territory and prosperity. Indra, yoke your horses (and come to join the yajna of defence and protection). (Rg.1-82-4)

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5.1.4.7

अग्निं तं मन्ये यो वसुरस्तं यं यन्ति धेनवः । अस्तमर्वन्त आशवोऽस्तं नित्यासो वाजिन इषꣳ स्तोतृभ्य आ भर ॥४२५॥

Agni is that power and presence of energy, I believe, which pervades everything and in which and by which all things abide and function. The cows abide in it, move by it and end up into it. Horses abide in it, move by it and end into it. So do all fast moving streams and objects, permanent forms, and all forms of energy move by it and retire into it. O scholar of Agni, universal energy, produce and bring up food and energy for the celebrants and supplicants for Agni. This energy is originally set in motion by Agni, the Cosmic omnipotent Spirit. (In the mantra agni is described as astam, i.e., set into motion.) (Rg. 5-6-1)

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5.1.4.8

न तमꣳहो न दुरितं देवासो अष्ट मर्त्यम् । सजोषसो यमर्यमा मित्रो नयति वरुणो अति द्विषः ॥४२६॥

O devas, divinities of nature, noble scholars and sages, neither sin nor suffering, nor anything vicious can touch the mortal whom Aryama, spirit of enlightened guidance, Mitra, spirit of love and friendship, and Varuna, spirit of judgement and justice, all together with love and care without relent, lead across hate, jealousy and enmity. (Rg. 10-126-1)

✦ Sukta 45 · 10 verses ✦

5.1.5.1

परि प्र धन्वेन्द्राय सोम स्वादुर्मित्राय पूष्णे भगाय ॥४२७॥

O Soma, come and inspire as the most delicious psychic and spiritual experience for the soul and the nation, for friends, for the sustaining guardians and for the spirit of honour and glory of humanity. (Rg. 9-109-1)

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5.1.5.2

पर्यू षु प्र धन्व वाजसातये परि वृत्राणि सक्षणिः । द्विषस्तरध्या ऋणया न ईरसे ॥४२८॥

O Soma, vibrant Spirit of life, victor over evils and darkness, move on with us, inspiring and energising us for the achievement of food, energy and enlightenment, for elimination of malignity, negativities and contra-dictions, with the obligation that we pay the debts and never overdraw on our karmic account. (Rg. 9-110-1)

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5.1.5.3

पवस्व सोम महान्त्समुद्रः पिता देवानां विश्वाभि धाम ॥४२९॥

low forth and consecrate, O Soma presence of divinity, as great ocean of life, father, generator and sustainer of divinities and ultimate haven and home of all the worlds of existence. (Rg. 9-109-4)

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5.1.5.4

पवस्व सोम महे दक्षायाश्वो न निक्तो वाजी धनाय ॥४३०॥

O Soma, as victor of life and divine glory, flow, radiate and inspire us like energy itself controlled and consecrated for great creative and productive holy work, expert technique and the production and achievement of wealth. (Rg. 9-109-10)

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5.1.5.5

इन्दुः पविष्ट चारुर्मदायापामुपस्थे कविर्भगाय ॥४३१॥

Indu, Soma spirit of refulgent divinity, blissful and poetically creative is the omniscient highest purifying and saving spirit and power for the sake of honour and joy on the basis of one's own Karmic performance. (Rg. 9-109-13)

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5.1.5.6

अनु हि त्वा सुतꣳ सोम मदामसि महे समर्यराज्ये । वाजाꣳ अभि पवमान प्र गाहसे ॥४३२॥

While you are with us at heart, O Soma, spirit of constant peaceful life, we rejoice with you in the great common-wealth order of governance where, dynamic, pure and purifying, you ever advance to victories in honour, excellence and glory. (Rg. 9-110-2)

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5.1.5.7

क ईं व्यक्ता नरः सनीडा रुद्रस्य मर्या अथा स्वश्वाः ॥४३३॥

What for sure are these individual, specified, kindred, mortal and human life forces of Rudra, cosmic vitality, the soul, the commander, the destroyer of suffering, forces which, for advancemant, ride noble steeds like currents of wind? (Rg. 7-56-1)

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5.1.5.8

अग्ने तमद्याश्वं न स्तोमैः क्रतुं न भद्रꣳ हृदिस्पृशम् । ऋध्यामा त ओहैः ॥४३४॥

Agni, mighty power of light and motion, with songs of praise and prayer and with holy acts of service offered in homage to you today, we augment, celebrate and glorify you, fast as nature's waves of energy, bright as intelligence and blissful as yajna, and dear as love closest to the heart. (Rg. 4-10-1)

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5.1.5.9

आविर्मर्या आ वाजं वाजिनो अग्मन् देवस्य सवितुः सवम् । स्वर्गाꣳ अर्वन्तो जयत ॥४३५

Dynamic mortals keen to strive and win plunge into the creative yajna of self-refulgent Savita, lord of light and life's inspiration, manifest their power to the last drop of their energy and, relentlessly pressing forward, win the goal of divine felicity.

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5.1.5.10

पवस्व सोम द्युम्नी सुधारो महाꣳ अवीनामनुपूर्व्यः ॥४३६॥

O Soma, you are the glory and the grandeur, holy stream and shower, the first and eternal of the greatest of the great, pray flow forth in presence, radiate and purify as ever before. (Rg. 9-109-7)

✦ Sukta 46 · 10 verses ✦

5.2.1.1

विश्वतोदावन्विश्वतो न आ भर यं त्वा शविष्ठमीमहे ॥४३७

Infinite giver from all sides, shower us with divine blessings from the universe to our complete fulfillment. O lord most potent and beneficent, we pray for your favour and grace.

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5.2.1.2

एष ब्रह्मा य ऋत्विय इन्द्रो नाम श्रुतो गृणे ॥४३८॥

This Lord Infinite and Absolute, adored every season, beneficent all seasons, Indra, most potent, I hear by name, I adore, I worship.

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5.2.1.3

ब्रह्माण इन्द्रं महयन्तो अर्कैरवर्धयन्नहये हन्तवा उ ॥४३९॥

Scholars of the Veda celebrate Indra, his power and glory with hymns of adoration and exalt him to break the demonic cloud of darkness and want for showers of rain and prosperity. (Rg. 5-31-4)

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5.2.1.4

अनवस्ते रथमश्वाय तक्षुस्त्वष्टा वज्रं पुरुहूत द्युमन्तम् ॥४४०॥

Indra, lord of protection, giver of joy invoked and worshipped by all, wise men create modes of divine knowledge and pious action for the attainment of your presence and glory, and Tvashta, maker and destroyer of suffering, makes and provides the blazing thunderbolt to dispel the darkness of evil and suffering.(Rg.5-31-4)

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5.2.1.5

शं पदं मघꣳ रयीषिणे न काममव्रतो हिनोति न स्पृशद्रयिम् ॥४४१

Peace, honour, prosperity is only for the man of charity, benevolence and self sacrifice. The man void of the discipline of liberality does not stir the process of love and charity, not even the circulation of wealth. Wealth and prosperity he does not even touch.

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5.2.1.6

सदा गावः शुचयो विश्वधायसः सदा देवा अरेपसः ॥४४२

Cows are always pure and sinless, they give. The generous are always pure, free from sin, they feed, support and sustain the world.

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5.2.1.7

आ याहि वनसा सह गाव सचन्त वर्तनिं यदूधभिः ॥४४३॥

Come, O Dawn, with holy light, with rays of blissful radiance on the chariot. The cows are on the move with the wealth of milk. (Rg. 10-172-1)

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5.2.1.8

उप प्रक्षे मधुमति क्षियन्तः पुष्येम रयिं धीमहे त इन्द्र ॥४४४॥

Indra, omnipotent lord, living close to you in the honey sweet abode of your realm, may we augment our wealth and excellence and meditate on your divine presence.

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5.2.1.9

अर्चन्त्यर्कं मरुतः स्वर्का आ स्तोभति श्रुतो युवा स इन्द्रः ॥४४५॥

Maruts, heroic devotees, chant devotional hymns and present the homage of worship and service to Indra who, youthful and renowned, sustains the world and responds to their devotion with joyous favour and spiritual elevation.

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5.2.1.10

प्र व इन्द्राय वृत्रहन्तमाय विप्राय गाथं गायत यं जुजोषते ॥४४६॥

To Indra, omniscient lord almighty, highest destroyer of evil, sin and darkness, sing and offer your songs of adoration which he loves, enjoys and happily accepts.

✦ Sukta 47 · 10 verses ✦

5.2.2.1

अचेत्यग्निश्चिकितिर्हव्यवाड्न सुमद्रथः ॥४४७॥

Agni is self-conscious, enlightens, and, as a selfconducted power moving on its own waves of radiation, carries the fragrance of yajnic havi as well as the light of knowledge from the vedi all round. (Rg. 8-56-5)

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5.2.2.2

अग्ने त्वं नो अन्तम उत त्राता शिवो भुवो वरूथ्यः ॥४४८॥

Agni, lord of light, fire of life, you are our closest friend and saviour. Be good and gracious, the very spirit and security of the home for the inmates. (Rg. 5-24-1)

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5.2.2.3

भगो न चित्रो अग्निर्महोनां दधाति रत्नम् ॥४४९

Like greatest of the great and munificent, wondrous Agni, Supreme light of life, holds the treasure jewels of existence which he liberally grants to the dedicated souls.

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5.2.2.4

विश्वस्य प्र स्तोभ पुरो वा सन्यदि वेह नूनम् ॥४५०

Eternal sustainer of the universe, universal object of world adoration, you are beyond all doubt the same, first and foremost since eternity and the same even here and now

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5.2.2.5

उषा अप स्वसुष्टमः सं वर्त्तयति वर्तनिꣳ सुजातता ॥४५१

The dawn continuously removes the darkness of its sister night, by circular motion of its rise every morning through the succession of day and night. (Rg.10-172-4)

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5.2.2.6

इमा नु कं भुवना सीषधेमेन्द्रश्च विश्वे च देवाः ॥४५२॥

Let us proceed, study and win our goals, successfully and peacefully, across these regions of the world, study and harness electric energy, and let all divine forces of nature and nobilities of humanity be favourable to us. (Rg. 10-157-1)

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5.2.2.7

वि स्रुतयो यथा पथ इन्द्र त्वद्यन्तु रातयः ॥४५३॥

Like streams of water flowing by their natural course, O lord munificent, Indra, let your gifts of wealth, honour and excellence flow free for humanity.

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5.2.2.8

अया वाजं देवहितꣳ सनेम मदेम शतहिमाः सुवीराः ॥४५४॥

Thus do we offer ardent praise and seek to share divine favour and inspiration fit for dedicated humanity and pray we may live happy a full hundred years blest with noble and heroic generations of progeny. (Rg. 6-17-15)

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5.2.2.9

ऊर्जा मित्रो वरुणः पिन्वतेडाः पीवरीमिषं कृणुही न इन्द्र ॥४५५

Indra, lord omnipotent, munificent giver, just as Mitra, the sun, and Varuna, the firmament, shower energy, fertilise the earth and ripen the grains, as the day and night refresh the vital spirit, so, we pray, mature and bring abundant food, energy and intelligence for us.

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5.2.2.10

इन्द्रो विश्वस्य राजति ॥४५६॥

Indra, lord omniscient and omnipotent, rules and enlightens the world. (Yaj. 36, 8)

✦ Sukta 48 · 10 verses ✦

5.2.3.1

त्रिकद्रुकेषु महिषो यवाशिरं तुविशुष्मस्तृम्पत्सोममपिबद्विष्णुना सुतं यथावशम् । स ईं ममाद महि कर्म कर्त्तवे महामुरुꣳ सैनꣳ सश्चद्देवो देवꣳ सत्य इन्दुः सत्यमिन्द्रम् ॥४५७॥

The great and powerful sun drinks up the soma, essence of vital juices reinforced with herbal elixir, matured in three containers, i.e., the earth, the sky and the heaven of light, and distilled by light and wind while it shines and energises the essences. He who delights in energising this sun, greatest of the great in nature, to do great things, who blesses and continues to bless this blazing power of light is the eternal, ever true, self-refulgent Lord Supreme, blissful as the moon. And he who would love to do great things vast and worthy of the great, he, true and bright as the moon, should serve and meditate on this lord of unbounded light and energy. (Rg. 2-22-1)

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5.2.3.2

अयꣳ सहस्रमानवो दृशः कवीनां मतिर्ज्योतिर्विधर्म । ब्रध्नः समीचीरुषसः समैरयदरेपसः सचेतसः स्वसरे मन्युमन्तश्चिता गोः ॥४५८॥

This mighty sun, benefactor of vast humanity, glorious, inspiration of poets, light of the world, law bound, radiates the flood of light in unison with dawn, and on the rise of the day, pure, immaculate, enlighted, perceptive people, cows and planets rise to the fresh light of a new day.

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5.2.3.3

एन्द्र याह्युप नः परावतो नायमच्छा विदथानीव सत्पतिरस्ता राजेव सत्पतिः । हवामहे त्वा प्रयस्वन्तः सुतेष्वा पुत्रासो न पितरं वाजसातये मꣳहिष्ठं वाजसातये ॥४५९॥

Indra, lord of wealth and power, ruler of the world, come graciously from afar to us like this Agni who comes to the yajnic battles of life. Protector and promoter of truth and rectitude, friend and protector of the truthful and righteous, come to our home like the ruler. Joining you faithfully in this yajna of life, dedicated to holy action and endeavour, we invoke and invite you to join us. As children call upon the father to help them to food, sustenance and protection in their course of life and growth, so do we call upon you for safety and protection, great lord of power and prosperity, for victory in our battle of life. (Rg. 1-130-1)

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5.2.3.4

तमिन्द्रं जोहवीमि मघवानमुग्रꣳ सत्रा दधानमप्रतिष्कुतꣳ श्रवाꣳसि भूरि । मꣳहिष्ठो गीर्भिरा च यज्ञियो ववर्त्त राये नो विश्वा सुपथा कृणोतु वज्री ॥४६०॥

That Indra, ruler of the world, I invoke and address, illustrious, pious and true, wielder of unopposed powers, and I pray may the most generous and adorable lord of thunderous power, in response to our voice, turn to us constantly and clear our paths of advancement for the achievement of wealth, power, honour and excellence of the world. (Rg. 8-97-13)

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5.2.3.5

अस्तु श्रौषट्पुरो अग्निं धिया दध आ नु त्यच्छर्धो दिव्यं वृणीमह इन्द्रवायू वृणीमहे । यद्ध क्राणा विवस्वते नाभा सन्दाय नव्यसे । अध प्र नूनमुप यन्ति धीतयो देवाꣳअच्छा न धीतयः ॥४६१॥

May my voice be heard! I have realised the energy and power of Agni, light and fire, in full with my intellect and understanding. Then we opt for the divine force and power of nature and move on to the study and application of the power of wind and electricity which, active at the centre of the sun, give us the newest and latest form of energy and power. May all our intellectual efforts and intelligential vision reach the forces of nature and analyse and discover their energy and powers. Let us reach there well with all our intellect and imagination and let our efforts benefit the noblest humanity. (Rg. 1-139-1)

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5.2.3.6

प्र वो महे मतयो यन्तु विष्णवे मरुत्वते गिरिजा एवयामरुत् । प्र शर्धाय प्र यज्यवे सुखादये तवसे भन्ददिष्टये धुनिव्रताय शवसे ॥४६२॥

O vibrant man of vision, all ye men and women, let all your songs and flights of thought and vision born of the voice of the heart reach Vishnu, all pervasive lord, commander of the winds and warriors, indomitable, highly majestic, adorable and cooperative, blissfully appreciative, relentlessly active and absolute in justice and power. (Rg. 5-87-1)

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5.2.3.7

अया रुचा हरिण्या पुनानो विश्वा द्वेषाꣳसि तरति सयुग्वभिः सूरो न सयुग्वभिः । धारा पृष्ठस्य रोचते पुनानो अरुषो हरिः । विश्वा यद्रूपा परियास्यृक्वभिः सप्तास्येभिरृक्वभिः ॥४६३॥

This Soma spirit of the fighting force of divinity, protecting and purifying by its own victorious lustre of innate powers, overcomes all forces of jealousy and enmity as the sun dispels all darkness with its own rays of light. The stream of its radiance, realised and purifying, shines beautiful and blissful. The lustrous saviour spirit which pervades all existent forms of the world, goes forward pure and purifying with seven notes of its exalting voice and seven rays of light and seven pranic energies expressive of its mighty force. (Rg. 9-111-1)

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5.2.3.8

अभि त्यं देवꣳ सवितारमोण्योः कविक्रतुमर्चामि सत्यसवꣳ रत्नधामभि प्रियं मतिम् ऊर्ध्वा यस्यामतिर्भा अदिद्युतत्सवीमनि हिरण्यपाणिरमिमीत सुक्रतुः कृपा स्वः ॥४६४॥

I adore this self-refulgent Savita, life and light of existence, creator of heaven and earth, poetic high priest of creation yajna, generator and upholder of truth and law, treasure-hold of life's jewels, universally loved and all-intelligent. Up on his manifest will, inert Prakrti rises and shines into the state of creation. This Savita of golden hands of glory, this holy actor, by his gracious will creates the lights of heaven and bliss.

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5.2.3.9

अग्निꣳ होतारं मन्ये दास्वन्तं वसोः सूनुꣳ सहसो जातवेदसं विप्रं न जातवेदसम् । य ऊर्ध्वया स्वध्वरो देवो देवाच्या कृपा । घृतस्य विभ्राष्टिमनु शुक्रशोचिष आजुह्वानस्य सर्पिषः ॥४६५॥

I worship, serve and meditate on Agni, lord of light and knowledge, spirit of life and heat and inspiration of noble action, yajaka, generous giver, treasure of wealth and universal shelter, inspirer and creator of courage and courageous action like the sun, omniscient lord of all that is born in existence, master of knowledge as the supreme scholar of the Veda, organiser of yajna with love and non-violence with divine knowledge and awareness, refulgent with heavenly light and power, loving and consuming with flames of fire, and, light the blaze of the purest and most powerful ghrta offered into the fire of yajna, physical, mental and spiritual all.' (Rg.1-127-1)

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5.2.3.10

तव त्यन्नर्यं नृतोऽप इन्द्र प्रथमं पूर्व्यं दिवि प्रवाच्यं कृतम् । यो देवस्य शवसा प्रारिणा असु रिणन्नपः । भुवो विश्वमभ्यदेवमोजसा विदेदूर्जꣳ शतक्रतुर्विदेदिषम् ॥४६६॥

Indra, lord of light, life and generosity, director of the cosmic dance of creation, that original, ancient act of yours admirable in the light and language of heaven performed for the sake of humanity which, by the omnipotence of Divinity, moves the pranic energies and causes the waters of life to flow may, we pray, with the power and splendour of Divinity, inspire the entire world of matter and energy, conquer impiety and bring us, O lord of a hundred yajnic gifts and actions, food and energy for body, mind and soul. (Rg. 2-22-4)

✦ Sukta 49 · 10 verses ✦

5.2.4.1

उच्चा ते जातमन्धसो दिवि सद्भूम्या ददे । उग्र शर्म महि श्रवः ॥४६७॥

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. (Rg. 9-61-10)

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5.2.4.2

स्वादिष्ठया मदिष्ठया पवस्व सोम धारया । इन्द्राय पातवे सुतः ॥४६८॥

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. (Rg. 9-1-1) (Soma in the physical sense is an exhilarating drink, in the aesthetic sense it is ecstasy, in the psychic sense it is ananda, and in the spiritual sense it is elevation of the soul to the experience of divinity. It is the peace, purity and glory of life, any power physical, social or divine that leads to satyam (truth), shivam (goodness), and sundaram (beauty) of life, anything, power and person that gives us an experience of sacchidananda, the real, the intelligent and the blissful state of the life divine. In short, Soma is satyam, shivam and sundaram, the sat, the chit and the ananda of life. It is not restricted to a particular herb and a particular drink. The meaning of soma is open-ended on the positive side of life and living joy.)

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5.2.4.3

वृषा पवस्व धारया मरुत्वते च मत्सरः । विश्वा दधान ओजसा ॥४६९॥

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. (Rg. 9-65-10)

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5.2.4.4

यस्ते मदो वरेण्यस्तेना पवस्वान्धसा । देवावीरघशꣳसहा ॥४७०॥

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. (Rg. 9-61-19)

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5.2.4.5

तिस्रो वाच उदीरते गावो मिमन्ति धेनवः । हरिरेति कनिक्रदत् ॥४७१॥

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, as 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. (Rg. 9-33-4)

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5.2.4.6

इन्द्रायेन्दो मरुत्वते पवस्व मधुमत्तमः । अर्कस्य योनिमासदम् ॥४७२॥

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 yajnic law of existence. (Rg. 9-64-22)

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5.2.4.7

असाव्यꣳशुर्मदायाप्सु दक्षो गिरिष्ठाः । श्येनो न योनिमासदत् ॥४७३॥

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. (Rg. 9-62-4)

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5.2.4.8

पवस्व दक्षसाधनो देवेभ्यः पीतये हरे । मरुद्भ्यो वायवे मदः ॥४७४॥

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. (Rg. 9-25-1)

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5.2.4.9

परि स्वानो गिरिष्ठाः पवित्रे सोमो अक्षरत् । मदेषु सर्वधा असि ॥४७५॥

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. (Rg. 9-18-1)

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5.2.4.10

परि प्रिया दिवः कविर्वयाꣳसि नप्त्योर्हितः । स्वानैर्याति कविक्रतुः ॥४७६॥

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. (Rg. 9-9-1)

✦ Sukta 50 · 10 verses ✦

5.2.5.1

प्र सोमासो मदच्युतः श्रवसे नो मघोनाम् । सुता विदथे अक्रमुः ॥४७७॥

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. (Rg. 9-32-1)

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5.2.5.2

प्र सोमासो विपश्चितोऽपो नयन्त ऊर्मयः । वनानि महिषा इव ॥४७८॥

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. (Rg. 9-33-1)

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5.2.5.3

पवस्वेन्दो वृषा सुतः कृधी नो यशसो जने । विश्वा अप द्विषो जहि ॥४७९॥

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. (Rg. 9-61-28)

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5.2.5.4

वृषा ह्यसि भानुना द्युमन्तं त्वा हवामहे । पवमान स्वर्दृशम् ॥४८०॥

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. (Rg. 9-65-4)

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5.2.5.5

इन्दुः पविष्ट चेतनः प्रियः कवीनां मतिः । सृजदश्वꣳ रथीरिव ॥४८१॥

oma, 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. (Rg. 9-64-10)

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5.2.5.6

असृक्षत प्र वाजिनो गव्या सोमासो अश्वया । शुक्रासो वीरयाशवः ॥४८२॥

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. (Rg. 9-64-4)

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5.2.5.7

पवस्व देव आयुषगिन्द्रं गच्छतु ते मदः । वायुमा रोह धर्मणा ॥४८३॥

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. (Rg. 9-63-22)

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5.2.5.8

पवमानो अजीजनद्दिवश्चित्रं न तन्यतुम् । ज्योतिर्वैश्वानरं बृहत् ॥४८४॥

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. (Rg. 9-61-16)

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5.2.5.9

परि स्वानास इन्दवो मदाय बर्हणा गिरा । मधो अर्षन्ति धारया ॥४८५॥

Honey streams of soma distilled and consecrated by the hallowed voice of the Veda flow round for the joy of mankind. (Rg. 9-10-4)

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5.2.5.10

परि प्रासिष्यदत्कविः सिन्धोरूर्मावधि श्रितः ।

कारुं बिभ्रत्पुरुस्पृहम् ॥४८६॥

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. (Rg. 9-14-1)

✦ Sukta 167 · 3 verses ✦

12.1.1.1

शिशुं जज्ञानꣳ हर्यतं मृजन्ति शुम्भन्ति विप्रं मरुतो गणेन । कविर्गीर्भिः काव्येना कविः सन्त्सोमः पवित्रमत्येति रेभन् ॥११७५॥

Dedicated celebrants perceive the presence beatific, manifested and expansive in the experience of nature around, cleanse it like a new born baby, discover and distil it in the spirit and adore it in song. As winds in storm raise a spark to blazing fire, bands of admirers celebrate it in its native glory. Omnipresent all-watching sagely divine, exalted to its omniscience and omnipotence in human consciousness by the music of the poetic voice, Soma, divine presence, radiates into the pure human heart loud and bold and transcends the soul to infinite space. (Rg. 9-96-17)

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12.1.1.2

ऋषिमना य ऋषिकृत्स्वर्षाः सहस्रनीथः पदवीः कवीनाम् । तृतीयं धाम महिषः सिषासन्त्सोमो विराजमनु राजति ष्टुप् ॥११७६॥

Soma is the presence that is the universal seer and poetic creator, maker of poets, exalted by sages, shower streams of bliss, adored a thousand ways for infinite power and glory, ultimate love and desire of poets, awful refulgence radiating to the third blazing space beyond the earthly and paradisal regions of life, the presence that rules and illuminates the heart and soul beyond the state of existential involvement, the one loving, blessing, beatific ultimate object of adoration and worship. (Rg. 9-96-18)

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12.1.1.3

चमूषच्छ्येनः शकुनो विभृत्वा गोविन्दुर्द्रप्स आयुधानि बिभ्रत् । अपामूर्मिꣳ सचमानः समुद्रं तुरीयं धाम महिषो विवक्ति ॥११७७॥

Pervading every form of life and nature, adorable supreme Soma presence of divinity, abiding with stars and planets in motion, bearing infinite powers, vibrating with the waves of nature's dynamics, vesting the cosmic structure, transcends to the fourth state of absolute bliss. Only the mighty sage speaks of the presence beyond speech. (Rg. 9-96-19)

✦ Sukta 168 · 9 verses ✦

12.1.2.1

एते सोमा अभि प्रियमिन्द्रस्य काममक्षरन् । वर्धन्तो अस्य वीर्यम् ॥११७८॥

These soma streams of life flow free and fulfil the cherished desires of humanity and exalt the creative splendour of the soul. (Rg. 9-8-1)

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12.1.2.2

पुनानासश्चमूषदो गच्छन्तो वायुमश्विना । ते नो धत्त सुवीर्यम् ॥११७९॥

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.(Rg.9-8-2)

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12.1.2.3

इन्द्रस्य सोम राधसे पुनानो हार्दि चोदय । देवानां योनिमासदम् ॥११८०॥

O Soma, peace and power of the divine spirit, puri-fying 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. (Rg. 9-8-3)

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12.1.2.4

मृजन्ति त्वा दश क्षिपो हिन्वन्ति सप्त धीतयः । अनु विप्रा अमादिषुः ॥११८१॥

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. (Rg. 9-8-4)

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12.1.2.5

देवेभ्यस्त्वा मदाय कꣳ सृजानमति मेष्यः । सं गोभिर्वासयामसि ॥११८२॥

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. (Rg. 9-8-5)

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12.1.2.6

पुनानः कलशेष्वा वस्त्राण्यरुषो हरिः । परि गव्यान्यव्यत ॥११८३॥

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. (Rg. 9-8-6)

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12.1.2.7

मघोन आ पवस्व नो जहि विश्वा अप द्विषः । इन्दो सखायमा विश ॥११८४॥

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. (Rg. 9-8-7)

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12.1.2.8

नृचक्षसं त्वा वयमिन्द्रपीतꣳ स्वर्विदम् । भक्षीमहि प्रजामिषम् ॥११८५॥

All-watching guardian of humanity, omniscient lord of bliss, adored and self-realised by the soul of humanity, we pray for the gift of food and energy, light and knowledge, and all round happiness for all people of the world, your children. (Rg. 9-8-9)

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12.1.2.9

वृष्टिं दिवः परि स्रव द्युम्नं पृथिव्या अधि । सहो नः सोम पृत्सु धाः ॥११८६॥

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. (Rg. 9-8-8)

✦ Sukta 169 · 9 verses ✦

12.1.3.1

सोमः पुनानो अर्षति सहस्रधारो अत्यविः । वायोरिन्द्रस्य निष्कृतम् ॥११८७॥

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. (Rg. 9-13-1)

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12.1.3.2

पवमानमवस्यवो विप्रमभि प्र गायत । सुष्वाणं देववीतये ॥११८८॥

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. (Rg. 9-13-2)

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12.1.3.3

पवन्ते वाजसातये सोमाः सहस्रपाजसः । गृणाना देववीतये ॥११८९॥

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. (Rg. 9-13-3)

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12.1.3.4

उत नो वाजसातये पवस्व बृहतीरिषः । द्युमदिन्दो सुवीर्यम् ॥११९०॥

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. (Rg. 9-13-4)

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12.1.3.5

अत्या हियाना न हेतृभिरसृग्रं वाजसातये । वि वारमव्यमाशवः ॥११९१॥

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. (Rg. 9-13-6)

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12.1.3.6

ते नः सहस्रिणꣳ रयिं पवन्तामा सुवीर्यम् । स्वाना देवास इन्दवः ॥११९२॥

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.(Rg.9-13-5)

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12.1.3.7

वाश्रा अर्षन्तीन्दवोऽभि वत्सं न मातरः । दधन्विरे गभस्त्योः ॥११९३॥

Loving showers of divine light, peace and protection flow to the supplicants as mothers' milk to the child and are held by the dedicated in love and faith. (Rg. 9-13-7)

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12.1.3.8

जुष्ट इन्द्राय मत्सरः पवमानः कनिक्रदत् । विश्वा अप द्विषो जहि ॥११९४॥

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. (Rg. 9-13-8)

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12.1.3.9

अपघ्नन्तो अराव्णः पवमानाः स्वर्दृशः । योनावृतस्य सीदत ॥११९५॥

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. (Rg. 9-13-9)

✦ Sukta 170 · 9 verses ✦

12.1.4.1

सोमा असृग्रमिन्दवः सुता ऋतस्य धारया । इन्द्राय मधुमत्तमाः ॥११९६॥

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. (Rg. 9-12-1)

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12.1.4.2

अभि विप्रा अनूषत गावो वत्सं न धेनवः । इन्द्रꣳ सोमस्य पीतये ॥११९७॥

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. (Rg. 9-12-2)

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12.1.4.3

मदच्युत्क्षेति सादने सिन्धोरूर्मा विपश्चित् । सोमो गौरी अधि श्रितः ॥११९८॥

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. (Rg. 9-12-3)

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12.1.4.4

दिवो नाभा विचक्षणोऽव्या वारे महीयते । सोमो यः सुक्रतुः कविः ॥११९९॥

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. (Rg. 9-12-4)

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12.1.4.5

यः सोमः कलशेष्वा अन्तः पवित्र आहितः । तमिन्दुः परि षस्वजे ॥१२००॥

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. (Rg. 9-12-5)

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12.1.4.6

प्र वाचमिन्दुरिष्यति समुद्रस्याधि विष्टपि । जिन्वन्कोशं मधुश्चुतम् ॥१२०१॥

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. (Rg. 9-12-6)

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12.1.4.7

नित्यस्तोत्रो वनस्पतिर्धेनामन्तः सबर्दुघाम् । हिन्वानो मानुषा युजा ॥१२०२॥

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. (Rg. 9-12-7)

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12.1.4.8

आ पवमान धारया रयिꣳ सहस्रवर्चसम् । अस्मे इन्दो स्वाभुवम् ॥१२०३॥

O Soma, pure, purifying and universally flowing, refulgent and glorious, come, bless and bring us wealth, honour and excellence of thousandfold lustre, selfsustaining and abundant. (Rg. 9-12-9)

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12.1.4.9

अभि प्रिया दिवः कविर्विप्रः स धारया सुतः । सोमो हिन्वे परावति ॥१२०४॥

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. (Rg. 9-12-8)

✦ Sukta 171 · 5 verses ✦

12.1.5.1

उत्ते शुष्मास ईरते सिन्धोरूर्मेरिव स्वनः । वाणस्य चोदया पविम् ॥१२०५॥

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. (Rg. 9-50-1)

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12.1.5.2

प्रसवे त उदीरते तिस्रो वाचो मखस्युवः । यदव्य एषि सानवि ॥१२०६॥

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. (Rg. 9-50-2)

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12.1.5.3

अव्या वारैः परि प्रियꣳ हरिꣳ हिन्वन्त्यद्रिभिः । पवमानं मधुश्चुतम् ॥१२०७॥

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. (Rg. 9-50-3)

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12.1.5.4

आ पवस्व मदिन्तम पवित्रं धारया कवे । अर्कस्य योनिमासदम् ॥१२०८॥

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. (Rg. 9-50-4)

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12.1.5.5

स पवस्व मदिन्तम गोभिरञ्जानो अक्तुभिः । एन्द्रस्य जठरं विश ॥१२०९॥

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. (Rg. 9-50-5)

✦ Sukta 172 · 3 verses ✦

12.1.6.1

अया वीती परि स्रव यस्त इन्दो मदेष्वा । अवाहन्नवतीर्नव ॥१२१०॥

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. (Rg. 9-61-1)

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12.1.6.2

पुरः सद्य इत्थाधिये दिवोदासाय शम्बरम् । अध त्यं तुर्वशं यदुम् ॥१२११॥

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. (Rg. 9-61-2)

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12.1.6.3

परि णो अश्वमश्वविद्गोमदिन्दो हिरण्यवत् । क्षरा सहस्रिणीरिषः ॥१२१२॥

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. (Rg. 9-61-3)

✦ Sukta 173 · 3 verses ✦

12.1.7.1

अपघ्नन्पवते मृधोऽप सोमो अराव्णः । गच्छन्निन्द्रस्य निष्कृतम् ॥१२१३॥

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. (Rg. 9-61-25)

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12.1.7.2

महो नो राय आ भर पवमान जही मृधः । रास्वेन्दो वीरवद्यशः ॥१२१४॥

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. (Rg. 9-61-26)

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12.1.7.3

न त्वा शतं च न ह्रुतो राधो दित्सन्तमा मिनन् । यत्पुनानो मखस्यसे ॥१२१५॥

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. (Rg. 9-61-27)

✦ Sukta 174 · 3 verses ✦

12.1.8.1

अया पवस्व धारया यया सूर्यमरोचयः । हिन्वानो मानुषीरपः ॥१२१६॥

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. (Rg. 9-63-7)

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12.1.8.2

अयुक्त सूर एतशं पवमानो मनावधि । अन्तरिक्षेण यातवे ॥१२१७॥

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. (Rg. 9-63-8)

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12.1.8.3

उत त्या हरितो रथे सूरो अयुक्त यातवे । इन्दुरिन्द्र इति ब्रुवन् ॥१२१८॥

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. (Rg. 9-63-9)

✦ Sukta 175 · 3 verses ✦

12.1.9.1

अग्निं वो देवमग्निभिः सजोषा यजिष्ठं दूतमध्वरे कृणुध्वम् । यो मर्त्येषु निध्रुविरृतावा तपुर्मूर्धा घृतान्नः पावकः ॥१२१९॥

O learned scholars and scientists, in your yajnic programmes of corporate endeavour for human purposes, light and produce that adorable agni, energy, from various forms of heat and sunlight, which is brilliantly useful and universally helpful and which acts as a messenger between region and region and earth and space. It is permanently present in all forms of mortal creation, abides by the laws of nature, is vested with heat and power at the highest, consumes finest food and it is fiery and purifying. (Rg. 7-3-1)

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12.1.9.2

प्रोथदश्वो न यवसेऽविष्यन्यदा महः संवरणाद्व्यस्थात् । आदस्य वातो अनु वाति शोचिरध स्म ते व्रजनं कृष्णमस्ति ॥१२२०॥

Roaring and consuming its food like a horse exulting in grass, it rises from its source and moves like velocity itself, splitting, protecting, accomplishing. Currents of wind and energy follow the rise of its power. O fiery energy, attraction and repulsion, that's your path of motion. (Rg. 7-3-2)

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12.1.9.3

उद्यस्य ते नवजातस्य वृष्णोऽग्ने चरन्त्यजरा इधानाः । अच्छा द्यामरुषो धूम एषि सं दूतो अग्न ईयसे हि देवान् ॥१२२१॥

Agni, abundant energy divine, as your flames arise, new and undecaying, the radiant waves traverse the heights of heaven in space, and thus you move like a messenger to the divinities of nature at the one end and to the brilliant scholars at the other. (Rg. 7-3-3)

✦ Sukta 176 · 3 verses ✦

12.1.10.1

तमिन्द्रं वाजयामसि महे वृत्राय हन्तवे । स वृषा वृषभो भुवत् ॥१२२२॥

That Indra, dynamic and enlightened mind and intelligence, we cultivate and strengthen for the elimination of the great waste, deep ignorance and suffering prevailing in the world. May that light and mind be exuberant and generous for us with showers of enlightenment. (Rg. 8-93-7)

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12.1.10.2

इन्द्रः स दामने कृत ओजिष्ठः स बले हितः । द्युम्नी श्लोकी स सोम्यः ॥१२२३॥

Indra, mind and intelligence, was created for enlightenment and for giving enlightenment. Most lustrous and powerful, it is engaged in the creation of joy and strength. It is rich in the wealth of knowledge, praise-worthy, and cool, gentle and at peace in the state of enlightenment. (Rg. 8-93-8)

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12.1.10.3

गिरा वज्रो न सम्भृतः सबलो अनपच्युतः । ववक्ष उग्रो अस्तृतः ॥१२२४॥

Held in and by the voice of divinity like the roar of thunder and the flood of sun-rays, it is powerful, unfallen, irrepressible and lofty with thought, so let it express itself freely. (Rg. 8-93-9)

✦ Sukta 177 · 3 verses ✦

12.1.11.1

अध्वर्यो अद्रिभिः सुतꣳ सोमं पवित्र आ नय । पुनाहीन्द्राय पातवे ॥१२२५॥

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. (Rg. 9-51-1)

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12.1.11.2

तव त्य इन्दो अन्धसो देवा मधोर्व्याशत । पवमानस्य मरुतः ॥१२२६॥

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. (Rg. 9-51-3)

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12.1.11.3

दिवः पीयूषमुत्तमꣳ सोममिन्द्राय वज्रिणे । सुनोता मधुमत्तमम् ॥१२२७॥

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. (Rg. 9-51-2)

✦ Sukta 178 · 3 verses ✦

12.1.12.1

धर्ता दिवः पवते कृत्व्यो रसो दक्षो देवानामनुमाद्यो नृभिः । हरिः सृजानो अत्यो न सत्वभिर्वृथा पाजाꣳसि कृणुषे नदीष्वा ॥१२२८॥

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. (Rg. 9-76-1)

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12.1.12.2

शूरो न धत्त आयुधा गभस्त्योः स्वाः३ सिषासन्रथिरो गविष्टिषु । इन्द्रस्य शुष्ममीरयन्नपस्युभिरिन्दुर्हिन्वानो अज्यते मनीषिभिः ॥१२२९॥

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. (Rg. 9-76-2)

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12.1.12.3

इन्द्रस्य सोम पवमान ऊर्मिणा तविष्यमाणो जठरेष्वा विश । प्र नः पिन्व विद्युदभ्रेव रोदसी धिया नो वाजाꣳ उप माहि शश्वतः ॥१२३०॥

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. (Rg. 9-76-3)

✦ Sukta 179 · 2 verses ✦

12.1.13.1

यदिन्द्र प्रागपागुदङ्न्यग्वा हूयसे नृभिः । सिमा पुरू नृषूतो अस्यानवेऽसि प्रशर्ध तुर्वशे ॥१२३१॥

Indra, illustrious lord of the world, ruler and commander of human forces, karmayogi, when you are invoked by people anywhere east or west, north or south, up or down, then, O lord of excellence, you feel highly impelled by those many and come and act as the destroyer of many evils for the people of reverence and exceptional strength. (Rg. 8-4-1)

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12.1.13.2

यद्वा रुमे रुशमे श्यावके कृप इन्द्र मादयसे सचा । कण्वासस्त्वा स्तोमेभिर्ब्रह्मवाहस इन्द्रा यच्छन्त्या गहि ॥१२३२॥

And since, O lord Indra, you go to the celebrants, illustrious, child-like innocent and the humble and kind alike, sit with them, socialise and enjoy, so the dedicated admirers and learned men of vision and wisdom offer homage and reverence, exalt you with sacred hymns and say : Come, O lord, and accept our tributes and homage. (Rg. 8-4-2)

✦ Sukta 180 · 2 verses ✦

12.1.14.1

उभयꣳ शृणवच्च न इन्द्रो अर्वागिदं वचः । सत्राच्या मघवान्त्सोमपीतये धिया शविष्ठ आ गमत् ॥१२३३॥

May Indra, lord omnipotent, master of the world's wealth and power, directly listen to our joint prayer for worldly and spiritual advancement with attentive ear and sympathetic understanding, and may the lord of supreme power come to protect and promote our yajnic programme and prayer and taste the pleasure of success. (Rg. 8-61-1)

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12.1.14.2

तꣳ हि स्वराजं वृषभं तमोजसा धिषणे निष्टतक्षतुः । उतोपमानां प्रथमो नि षीदसि सोमकामꣳ हि ते मनः ॥१२३४॥

That self-ruled, self-refulgent, brave and generous human character and programme, that human republic, the heaven and earth vested with divine will and intelligence conceive, create and fashion forth for self-realisation of innate glory. O man, among similars and comparables, you stand the first and highest, and your mind is dedicated to the love of soma, peace, pleasure and excellence of life. (Rg. 8-61-2)

✦ Sukta 181 · 3 verses ✦

12.1.15.1

पवस्व देव आयुषगिन्द्रं गच्छतु ते मदः । वायुमा रोह धर्मणा ॥१२३५॥

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. (Rg. 9-63-22)

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12.1.15.2

पवमान नि तोशसे रयिꣳ सोम श्रवाय्यम् । इन्दो समुद्रमा विश ॥१२३६॥

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. (Rg. 9-63-23)

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12.1.15.3

अपघ्नन्पवसे मृधः क्रतुवित्सोम मत्सरः । नुदस्वादेवयुं जनम् ॥१२३७॥

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. (Rg. 9-63-24)

✦ Sukta 182 · 3 verses ✦

12.1.16.1

अभी नो वाजसातमं रयिमर्ष शतस्पृहम् । इन्दो सहस्रभर्णसं तुविद्युम्नं विभासहम् ॥१२३८॥

Indu, divine spirit of peace, power, beauty and grace, move and bless us to achieve wealth, honour and excellence of high order, universally loved and valued, a thousandfold sustaining, mighty powerful, all challenging and finally victorious. (Rg. 9-98-1)

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12.1.16.2

वयं ते अस्य राधसो वसोर्वसो पुरुस्पृहः । नि नेदिष्ठतमा इषः स्याम सुम्ने ते अध्रिगो ॥१२३९॥

O spirit of instant mantra movement, lord of world's wealth and shelter home of life, destroyer of evil, darkness and ignorance, let us be closest to you and the all desired world's wealth, let us be closest to your treasure of food, energy, and knowledge and to your divine peace and comfort. (Rg. 9-98-5)

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12.1.16.3

परि स्य स्वानो अक्षरदिन्दुरव्ये मदच्युतः । धारा य ऊर्ध्वो अध्वरे भ्राजा न याति गव्ययुः ॥१२४०॥

May that Indu, divine Spirit of peace, purity and beauty, inspiring and strengthening, overflowing with the power of ecstasy, flow and reach into the favoured heart of the devotee, that supreme shower of divinity which goes forward like radiations of light into the yajna of love and non-violence with love and desire to reveal the truth of life. (Rg. 9-98-3)

✦ Sukta 183 · 3 verses ✦

12.1.17.1

पवस्व सोम महान्त्समुद्रः पिता देवानां विश्वाभि धाम ॥१२४१॥

Flow forth and consecrate, O Soma presence of divinity, as great ocean of life, father, generator and sustainer of divinities and ultimate haven and home of all the worlds of existence. (Rg. 9-109-4)

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12.1.17.2

शुक्रः पवस्व देवेभ्यः सोम दिवे पृथिव्यै शं च प्रजाभ्यः ॥१२४२॥

O pure and potent Soma spirit of divinity, consecrate and radiate for the generous brilliant nobilities and divinities and bring showers of peace and joy for heaven and earth and for the human people and all other forms of life. (Rg. 9-109-5)

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12.1.17.3

दिवो धर्त्तासि शुक्रः पीयूषः सत्ये विधर्मन्वाजी पवस्व ॥१२४३॥

You are the sustainer of the heavenly regions of light, most blissful presence for experience in the yajna of truth and divine law, and the ultimate winner of the victory. Flow forth, divine Soma, purify and consecrate us in the presence. (Rg. 9-109-6)

✦ Sukta 184 · 3 verses ✦

12.1.18.1

प्रेष्ठं वो अतिथिꣳ स्तुषे मित्रमिव प्रियम् । अग्ने रथं न वेद्यम् ॥१२४४॥

I sing and celebrate the glories of Agni, lord omniscient, light and leader of the world, dearest and most welcome as an enlightened guest, loving as a friend, who like a divine harbinger, reveals the light of knowledge to us. (Rg. 8-84-1)

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12.1.18.2

कविमिव प्रशꣳस्यं यं देवास इति द्विता । नि मर्त्येष्वादधुः ॥१२४५॥

I adore Agni whom the divinities established among mortals as the visionary poet and the spirit of enlightenment and awareness, as intelligence and mind, as will and passion, as perception and volition, as male and female and as the yajna fire and the vital heat of the body system, the two ways in which divine vitality expresses itself. (Rg. 8-84-2)

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12.1.18.3

त्वं यविष्ठ दाशुषो नॄꣳपाहि शृणुही गिरः । रक्षा तोकमुत त्मना ॥१२४६॥

O lord eternal, ever youthful beyond age, pray protect and promote the families of the generous people, listen to their voices of prayer and, by all your will and power, protect and promote the children and grand children of humanity. (Rg. 8-84-3)

✦ Sukta 185 · 3 verses ✦

12.1.19.1

एन्द्र नो गधि प्रिय सत्राजिदगोह्य । गिरिर्न विश्वतः पृथुः पतिर्दिवः ॥१२४७॥

Indra, come, take us over as your own. Dear and giver of fulfilment you are, all dominant by nature, character and action, inconceivably open and bright, expansive and unbounded all round like a cloud of vapour, lord and master of the light of heaven. (Rg. 8-98-4)

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12.1.19.2

अभि हि सत्य सोमपा उभे बभूथ रोदसी । इन्द्रासि सुन्वतो वृधः पतिर्दिवः ॥१२४८॥

Lord eternal and ever true, lover, protector and promoter of the beauty and joy of existence, you are higher and greater than both heaven and earth. Indra, omnipotent lord and master of the light of heaven, you are the inspirer and giver of advancement to the pursuer of the knowledge, beauty and power of the soma reality of life. (Rg. 8-98-5)

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12.1.19.3

त्वꣳ हि शश्वतीनामिन्द्र धर्त्ता पुरामसि । हन्ता दस्योर्मनोर्वृधः पतिर्दिवः ॥१२४९॥

Indra, you are catalyser, breaker and maker, and sustainer of the eternal forms of existence in cosmic dynamics, destroyer of the destroyer and promoter of thoughtful people. You are the guardian of the light of life, sustainer of the heavens of joy. (Rg. 8-98-6)

✦ Sukta 186 · 3 verses ✦

12.1.20.1

पुरां भिन्दुर्युवा कविरमितौजा अजायत । इन्द्रो विश्वस्य कर्मणो धर्त्ता वज्री पुरुष्टुतः ॥१२५०॥

Breaker of the enemy forts, youthful, creative and imaginative, hero of boundless strength, sustainer of the acts of the world and disposer, wielder of the thunderbolt, universally acclaimed and celebrated is risen into prominence. (Rg. 1-11-4)

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12.1.20.2

त्वं वलस्य गोमतोऽपावरद्रिवो बिलम् । त्वां देवा अबिभ्युषस्तुज्यमानास आविषुः ॥१२५१॥

Indra, blazing as the sun, wielder of the clouds, you break open the water-hold of the clouds. The devas, planets, fearless seekers of the lord of light and centrehome, moved round in orbit, hold on to their place in the solar family. (Rg. 1-11-5)

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12.1.20.3

इन्द्रमीशानमोजसाभि स्तोमैरनूषत । सहस्रं यस्य रातय उत वा सन्ति भूयसीः ॥१२५२॥

All the hymns of praise celebrate Indra, lord ruler over the universe with His power and splendour. Thousands, uncountable, are His gifts and benedictions, infinitely more indeed. (Rg. 1-11-8)

✦ Sukta 187 · 3 verses ✦

12.2.1.1

अक्रान्त्समुद्रः प्रथमे विधर्मन् जनयन्प्रजा भुवनस्य गोपाः । वृषा पवित्रे अधि सानो अव्ये बृहत्सोमो वावृधे स्वानो अद्रिः ॥१२५३॥

Soma, prime cause of the world and laws of existence, unfathomable as ocean, taking on by itself countless causes of existence in the vast vault of space and time, roaring and generating the evolving stars, planets and forms of life, is the ruling power of the universe. Potent and generous, infinite, creative and generative, refulgent Soma pervades the immaculate, sacred and protective universe and on top of it expands it and transcends. (Rg. 9-97-40)

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12.2.1.2

मत्सि वायुमिष्टये राधसे नो मत्सि मित्रावरुणा पूयमानः । मत्सि शर्धो मारुतं मत्सि देवान्मत्सि द्यावापृथिवी देव सोम ॥१२५४॥

O self-refulgent Soma, you energise the Vayu for its windy fulfilment and accomplishment of the purpose of creative evolution and, purifying and sanctifying as you are, you energise and fulfil the centripetal and centrifugal modes of energy. You energise the sense of courage, boldness and even defiance of stormy energy, you energise the senses, mind and intelligence, and you energise and fulfil the heaven, earth and the skies of space. (Rg. 9-97-42)

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12.2.1.3

महत्तत्सोमो महिषश्चकारापां यद्गर्भोऽवृणीत देवान् । अदधादिन्द्रे पवमान ओजोऽजनयत्सूर्ये ज्योतिरिन्दुः ॥१२५५॥

Soma, potent absolute, generated the Mahat mode of Prakrti, Mother Nature, which is the womb of all elements, energies and forms of existence and which comprehends all perceptive, intelligential and psychic powers as well. And then the creative-generative lord of evolutionary action, Soma, vested lustre and energy in Indra, the soul, and, lord of light as it is, Soma vested light in the sun. (Rg. 9-97-41)

✦ Sukta 188 · 10 verses ✦

12.2.2.1

एष देवो अमर्त्यः पर्णवीरिव दीयते । अभि द्रोणान्यासदम् ॥१२५६॥

This Soma, spirit of divinity, eternal and immortal, expands to regions of the universe like soaring energy and pervades there as an immanent presence.(Rg.9-3-1)

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12.2.2.2

एष विप्रैरभिष्टुतोऽपो देवो वि गाहते । दधद्रत्नानि दाशुषे ॥१२५७॥

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. (Rg. 9-3-6)

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12.2.2.3

एष विश्वानि वार्या शूरो यन्निव सत्वभिः । पवमानः सिषासति ॥१२५८॥

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. (Rg. 9-3-4)

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12.2.2.4

एष देवो रथर्यति पवमानो दिशस्यति । आविष्कृणोति वग्वनुम् ॥१२५९॥

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. (Rg. 9-3-5)

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12.2.2.5

एष देवो विपन्युभिः पवमान ऋतायुभिः । हरिर्वाजाय मृज्यते ॥१२६०॥

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. (Rg. 9-3-3)

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12.2.2.6

एष देवो विपा कृतोऽति ह्वराꣳसि धावति । पवमानो अदाभ्यः ॥१२६१॥

This refulgent spirit is celebrated by sages and, being undaunted, overtakes all crookedness, purifying and sanctifying everything and every mind. (Rg. 9-3-2)

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12.2.2.7

एष दिवं वि धावति तिरो रजाꣳसि धारया । पवमानः कनिक्रदत् ॥१२६२॥

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. (Rg. 9-3-7)

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12.2.2.8

एष दिवं व्यासरत्तिरो रजाꣳस्यस्तृतः । पवमानः स्वध्वरः ॥१२६३॥

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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12.2.2.9

एष प्रत्नेन जन्मना देवो देवेभ्यः सुतः । हरिः पवित्रे अर्षति ॥१२६४॥

This divine spirit since its timeless manifestation, revealed and manifested for the divines, arises in the pure hearts of humanity, eliminating pain and suffering. (Rg. 9-3-9)

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12.2.2.10

एष उ स्य पुरुव्रतो जज्ञानो जनयन्निषः । धारया पवते सुतः ॥१२६५॥

This spirit of divinity, power of infinite law and action, creating and providing food, energy and sustenance for life, flows on in continuum, selfsustained, self-revealed, discovered, self-realised. (Rg. 9-3-10)

✦ Sukta 189 · 8 verses ✦

12.2.3.1

एष धिया यात्यण्व्या शूरो रथेभिराशुभिः । गच्छन्निन्द्रस्य निष्कृतम् ॥१२६६॥

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. (Rg. 9-15-1)

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12.2.3.2

एष पुरु धियायते बृहते देवतातये । यत्रामृतास आशत ॥१२६७॥

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. (Rg. 9-15-2)

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12.2.3.3

एतं मृजन्ति मर्ज्यमुप द्रोणेष्वायवः । प्रचक्राणं महीरिषः ॥१२६८॥

People adore this glorious power closely treasured in the heart, the divine power that creates and gives great food, energy and advancement.(Rg.9-15-7)

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12.2.3.4

एष हितो वि नीयतेऽन्तः शुन्ध्यावता पथा । यदी तुञ्जन्ति भूर्णयः ॥१२६९॥

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. (Rg. 9-15-3)

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12.2.3.5

एष रुक्मिभिरीयते वाजी शुभ्रेभिरꣳशुभिः । पतिः सिन्धूनां भवन् ॥१२७०॥

It pervades every where by its holy brilliance of light and wide creative forces, ruling over the dynamics of the vibrating oceans of space. (Rg. 9-15-5)

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12.2.3.6

एष शृङ्गाणि दोधुवच्छिशीते यूथ्यो३वृषा । नृम्णा दधान ओजसा ॥१२७१॥

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. (Rg. 9-15-4)

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12.2.3.7

एष वसूनि पिब्दनः परुषा ययिवाꣳ अति । अव शादेषु गच्छति ॥१२७२॥

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. (Rg. 9-15-6)

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12.2.3.8

एतमु त्यं दश क्षिपो हरिꣳ हिन्वन्ति यातवे । स्वायुधं मदिन्तमम् ॥१२७३॥

Ten pranas and ten faculties, of senses and mind, glorify this Soma, lord of peace and joy, who is most ecstatically blissful and wields noble powers of protection for advancement and progress. (Rg. 9-15-8)

✦ Sukta 190 · 6 verses ✦

12.2.4.1

एष उ स्य वृषा रथोऽव्या वारेभिरव्यत । गच्छन्वाजꣳ सहस्रिणम् ॥१२७४॥

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. (Rg. 9-38-1)

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12.2.4.2

एतं त्रितस्य योषणो हरिꣳ हिन्वन्त्यद्रिभिः । इन्दुमिन्द्राय पीतये ॥१२७५॥

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. (Rg. 9-38-2)

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12.2.4.3

एष स्य मानुषीष्वा श्येनो न विक्षु सीदति । गच्छञ्जारो न योषितम् ॥१२७६॥

This Soma pervades and shines in the generality of humanity like the eagle among birds, victorious conqueror of the skies, shining and radiating like the moon, lover and admirer of its darling, the lovely night. (Rg. 9-38-4)

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12.2.4.4

एष स्य मद्यो रसोऽव चष्टे दिवः शिशुः । य इन्दुर्वारमाविशत् ॥१२७७॥

This ecstatic bliss, honey sweet of life's joy, appears like the rising sun at dawn when, as the beauty and glory of existence, it reflects in the heart of the chosen soul. (Rg. 9-38-5)

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12.2.4.5

एष स्य पीतये सुतो हरिरर्षति धर्णसिः । क्रन्दन्योनिमभि प्रियम् ॥१२७८॥

This Soma spirit of Ananda, self-manifestive, self-proclaiming, all wielder and sustainer, reflects in and radiates from its darling mother form, the green and golden veil of Nature, roars with thunder and rolls around for the joyous experience of humanity, aliminating pain and sufferance. (Rg.

9-38-6)

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12.2.4.6

एतं त्यꣳ हरितो दश मर्मृज्यन्ते अपस्युवः । याभिर्मदाय शुम्भते ॥१२७९॥

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. (Rg. 9-38-3)

✦ Sukta 191 · 6 verses ✦

12.2.5.1

एष वाजी हितो नृभिर्विश्वविन्मनसस्पतिः । अव्यं वारं वि धावति ॥१२८०॥

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. (Rg. 9-28-1)

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12.2.5.2

एष पवित्रे अक्षरत्सोमो देवेभ्यः सुतः । विश्वा धामान्याविशन् ॥१२८१॥

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. (Rg. 9-28-2)

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12.2.5.3

एष देवः शुभायतेऽधि योनावमर्त्यः । वृत्रहा देववीतमः ॥१२८२॥

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. (Rg. 9-28-3)

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12.2.5.4

एष वृषा कनिक्रदद्दशभिर्जामिभिर्यतः । अभि द्रोणानि धावति ॥१२८३॥

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. (Rg. 9-28-4)

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12.2.5.5

एष सूर्यमरोचयत्पवमानो अधि द्यवि । पवित्रे मत्सरो मदः ॥१२८४

This soma illuminates the sun in heaven, pure, purifying and dynamic, joy in the beauty of purity, the very spirit of joy itself. (Rg. 9-28-5)

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12.2.5.6

एष सूर्येण हासते संवसानो विवस्वता । पतिर्वाचो अदाभ्यः ॥१२८५

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. (Rg. 9-27-5)

✦ Sukta 192 · 6 verses ✦

12.2.6.1

एष कविरभिष्टुतः पवित्रे अधि तोशते । पुनानो घ्नन्नप द्विषः ॥१२८६॥

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. (Rg. 9-27-1)

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12.2.6.2

एष इन्द्राय वायवे स्वर्जित्परि षिच्यते । पवित्रे दक्षसाधनः ॥१२८७॥

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. (Rg. 9-27-2)

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12.2.6.3

एष नृभिर्वि नीयते दिवो मूर्धा वृषा सुतः । सोमो वनेषु विश्ववित् ॥१२८८॥

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. (Rg. 9-27-3)

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12.2.6.4

एष गव्युरचिक्रदत्पवमानो हिरण्ययुः । इन्दुः सत्राजिदस्तृतः ॥१२८९॥

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.(Rg.9-27-4)

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12.2.6.5

एष शुष्म्यसिष्यददन्तरिक्षे वृषा हरिः । पुनान इन्दुरिन्द्रमा ॥१२९०॥

This Soma Spirit of eternal joy is omnipotent, all pervasive in space, infinitely generous, eliminator of suffering, and, purifying and sanctifying the human soul, it is the ultimate bliss of existence. (Rg. 9-27-6)

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12.2.6.6

एष शुष्म्यदाभ्यः सोमः पुनानो अर्षति । देवावीरघशꣳसहा ॥१२९१॥

This mighty undauntable Soma, pure and purifying, pervades and rolls in the universe everywhere, protector and promoter of the good and destroyer of sin and scandal. (Rg. 9-28-6)

✦ Sukta 193 · 6 verses ✦

12.2.7.1

स सुतः पीतये वृषा सोमः पवित्रे अर्षति । विघ्नन्रक्षाꣳसि देवयुः ॥१२९२॥

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. (Rg. 9-37-1)

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12.2.7.2

स पवित्रे विचक्षणो हरिरर्षति धर्णसिः । अभि योनिं कनिक्रदत् ॥१२९३॥

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. (Rg. 9-37-2)

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12.2.7.3

स वाजी रोचनं दिवः पवमानो वि धावति । रक्षोहा वारमव्ययम् ॥१२९४॥

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. (Rg. 9-37-3)

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12.2.7.4

स त्रितस्याधि सानवि पवमानो अरोचयत् । जामिभिः सूर्यꣳ सह ॥१२९५॥

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. (Rg. 9-37-4)

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12.2.7.5

स वृत्रहा वृषा सुतो वरिवोविददाभ्यः । सोमो वाजमिवासरत् ॥१२९६॥

Soma, destroyer of darkness, generous, selfmanifestive, self-revealed and self discovered, lord giver of the best of wealth and excellence of the world, fearless and undaunted, pervades and vibrates in existence as Shakti, divine omnipotent energy.(Rg. 9-37-5)

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12.2.7.6

स देवः कविनेषितो३ऽभि द्रोणानि धावति । इन्दुरिन्द्राय मꣳहयन् ॥१२९७॥

Self-refulgent generous Soma divine, celebrated by poets, rushes to manifest, brilliant, blissful and great, in the heart of the devotees exalting the soul.(Rg.9-37-6)

✦ Sukta 194 · 6 verses ✦

12.2.8.1

यः पावमानीरध्येत्यृषिभिः सम्भृतꣳ रसम् । सर्वꣳ स पूतमश्नाति स्वदितं मातरिश्वना ॥१२९८॥

Whoever studies the sanctifying Rks, nectar preserved by the sages, he tastes the food seasoned and sanctified by the life breath of divinity. (Rg. 9-67-31)

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12.2.8.2

पावमानीर्यो अध्येत्यृषिभिः सम्भृतꣳ रसम् । तस्मै सरस्वती दुहे क्षीरꣳ सर्पिर्मधूदकम् ॥१२९९॥

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.(Rg.9-67-32)

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12.2.8.3

पावमानीः स्वस्त्ययनीः सुदुघा हि घृतश्चुतः । ऋषिभिः संभृतो रसो ब्राह्मणेष्वमृतꣳ हितम् ॥१३००

Flowing, sanctifying, edifying, fructifying and ecstatic is the holy experience of divine vision and message of the Rks received and collected by sagely seers and that is the eternal nectar preserved among the dedicated Brahmanas.

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12.2.8.4

पावमानीर्दधन्तु न इमं लोकमथो अमुम् । कामान्त्समर्धयन्तु नो देवीर्देवैः समाहृताः ॥१३०१

Divine, vibrant, flowing and sanctifying verses received and preserved by divine sages may, we pray, beautify this world of ours and also that other beyond and fulfill our will and purpose of Purushartha, active living here and the freedom of Nihshreyas, Moksha in the next.

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12.2.8.5

येन देवाः पवित्रेणात्मानं पुनते सदा । तेन सहस्रधारेण पावमानीः पुनन्तु नः ॥१३०२

That pure beatitude of divinity by which the holy sages for all time purify and sanctify themselves, by that very sacred thousand streamed shower of celestial light of divinity may the Vedic verses purify and elevate us.

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12.2.8.6

पावमानीः स्वस्त्ययनीस्ताभिर्गच्छति नान्दनम् । पुण्याꣳश्च भक्षान्भक्षयत्यमृतत्वं च गच्छति ॥१३०३

Purifying, sanctifying and beautifying are the sacred Vedic verses of divinity by which the soul attains to ultimate freedom and ananda of Mokhsa. By the same it enjoys the pure holy pleasures of life as its rightful share and ultimately attains immortal freedom from the bondage of life and death.

✦ Sukta 195 · 3 verses ✦

12.2.9.1

अगन्म महा नमसा यविष्ठं यो दीदाय समिद्धः स्वे दुरोणे । चित्रभानुꣳ रोदसी अन्तरुर्वी स्वाहुतं विश्वतः प्रत्यञ्चम् ॥१३०४॥

With profound homage and reverence, let us move and rise to the most youthful Agni, light, fire and electrical energy, which shines well kindled in its own region, is wondrously bright and forceful between the vast heaven and earth, and when it is well invoked it moves in all directions for all. (Rg. 7-12-1)

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12.2.9.2

स मह्ना विश्वा दुरितानि साह्वानग्नि ष्टवे दम आ जातवेदाः । स नो रक्षिषद्दुरितादवद्यादस्मान्गृणत उत नो मघोनः ॥१३०५॥

May that Agni, self refulgent lord of cosmic energy, omnipresent percipient of every thing in existence and destroyer of all negativities and evils by his greatness in the world on prayer, save us all, devotees and celebrants blest with wealth, power and excellence, from sin and scandal. (Rg. 7-12-2)

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12.2.9.3

त्वं वरुण उत मित्रो अग्ने त्वां वर्धन्ति मतिभिर्वसिष्ठाः । त्वे वसु सुषणनानि सन्तु यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥१३०६॥

O lord of light and life, Agni, you are the judge, you are the friend. Devotees and celebrants blest with settlement and prosperity exalt you with their will and wisdom. May those who repose their love and faith in you enjoy the gifts of your generosity. And may you all, scholars and leading lights, protect and promote us with peace, prosperity and all round well being of life. (Rg. 7-12-3)

✦ Sukta 196 · 3 verses ✦

12.2.10.1

महाꣳ इन्द्रो य ओजसा पर्जन्यो वृष्टिमाꣳ इव । स्तोमैर्वत्सस्य वावृधे ॥१३०७॥

Great is Indra by his power and splendour like the cloud charged with rain and waxes with pleasure in the dear devotee's awareness by his child like hymns of adoration. (Rg. 8-6-1)

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12.2.10.2

कण्वा इन्द्रं यदक्रत स्तोमैर्यज्ञस्य साधनम् । जामि ब्रुवत आयुधा ॥१३०८॥

When the wise sages with their adorations rise to Indra and surrender to him as their yajnic guide as well as destination, they exclaim: Verily the lord of thunder is our brother, father, mother, sister,everything. (Rg. 8-6-3)

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12.2.10.3

प्रजामृतस्य पिप्रतः प्र यद्भरन्त वह्नयः । विप्रा ऋतस्य वाहसा ॥१३०९॥

When the forces of nature carry on the laws of divinity and sustain the children of creation through evolution, and the enlightened sages too carry on the yajna of divine law of truth in their adorations, Indra, immanent divinity, waxes with pleasure. (Rg. 8-6-2)

✦ Sukta 197 · 3 verses ✦

12.2.11.1

पवमानस्य जिघ्नतो हरेश्चन्द्रा असृक्षत । जीरा अजिरशोचिषः ॥१३१०॥

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. (Rg. 9-66-25)

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12.2.11.2

पवमानो रथीतमः शुभ्रेभिः शुभ्रशस्तमः । हरिश्चन्द्रो मरुद्गणः ॥१३११॥

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. (Rg. 9-66-26)

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12.2.11.3

पवमान व्यश्नुहि रश्मिभिर्वाजसातमः । दधत्स्तोत्रे सुवीर्यम् ॥१३१२

Pure and purifying Soma, omnipresent with radiations of self- refulgence, omnipotent giver of strength, power and advancement, inspirer of the celebrants and celebrations with divine bliss and energy, come and bless. (Rg. 9-66-27)

✦ Sukta 198 · 3 verses ✦

12.2.12.1

परीतो षिञ्चता सुतꣳ सोमो य उत्तमꣳ हविः । दधन्वाꣳ यो नर्यो अप्स्वा३न्तरा सुषाव सोममद्रिभिः ॥१३१३

From here onward sprinkle Soma with love and service, Soma, the spirit of beauty, peace and joy of life, Soma, realised with best of thoughts, effort and determined discipline of meditation, Soma which bears the best materials for creative yajna of personal and social development, Soma which is the leading light of life, realised within in the heart and our Karmas performed in life. (Rg. 9-107-1)

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12.2.12.2

नूनं पुनानोऽविभिः परि स्रवादब्धः सुरभिन्तरः । सुते चित्वाप्सु मदामो अन्धसा श्रीणन्तो गोभिरुत्तरम् ॥१३१४॥

For sure, pure and purifying, flow on with protective and promotive forces, gracious, undaunted, more and more charming and blissful. When you are realised in our actions, mixed as one with our energies, will and senses, then we rejoice and celebrate you in our perceptions with hymns of praise, and later in silent communion. (Rg. 9-107-2)

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12.2.12.3

परि स्वानश्चक्षसे देवमादनः क्रतुरिन्दुर्विचक्षणः ॥१३१५

Celebrated in our thoughts and perceptions, joy of the sages, power of holy yajnic action, brilliant and blissful, all intelligent and omniscient, we adore you for the augmentation of our intelligence and enlightenment. (Rg. 9-107-3)

✦ Sukta 199 · 3 verses ✦

12.2.13.1

असावि सोमो अरुषो वृषा हरी राजेव दस्मो अभि गा अचिक्रदत् । पुनानो वारमत्येष्यव्ययꣳ श्येनो न योनिं घृतवन्तमासदत् ॥१३१६॥

Distilled is Soma, consecrated in the heart, selfrefulgent supreme creative spirit of the universe, virile and generous, dispeller of darkness and deprivation, regal and gracious like a ruler, self-moves, vibrating to the generation of stars and planets. Itself pure, purifying and sanctifying, it moves to manifest in the heart of imperishable Prakrti as it chooses and, like the sun that warms and fertilises, it enlivens the generative centre of life as its own womb of manifestive existence. Thus does Soma create and generate the universe. (Rg.9-82-1)

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12.2.13.2

पर्जन्यः पिता महिषस्य पर्णिनो नाभा पृथिव्या गिरिषु क्षयं दधे । स्वसार आपो अभि गा उदासरन्त्सं ग्रावभिर्वसते वीते अध्वरे ॥१३१७॥

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. (Rg. 9-82-3)

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12.2.13.3

कविर्वेधस्या पर्येषि माहिनमत्यो न मृष्टो अभि वाजमर्षसि । अपसेधन्दुरिता सोम नो मृड घृता वसानः परि यासि निर्णिजम् ॥१३१८॥

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. (Rg. 9-82-2)

✦ Sukta 200 · 2 verses ✦

12.2.14.1

श्रायन्त इव सूर्यं विश्वेदिन्द्रस्य भक्षत । वसूनि जातो जनिमान्योजसा प्रति भागं न दीधिमः ॥१३१९॥

Just as the rays of light share and diffuse the radiance of the sun, so you too share and reflect the golden glories of Indra, the cosmic soul. Let us meditate on the divine presence and for our share enjoy the ecstasy of bliss vibrating in the world of past and future creation by virtue of Indra's omnipresent majesty. (Rg. 8-99-3)

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12.2.14.2

अलर्षिरातिं वसुदामुप स्तुहि भद्रा इन्द्रस्य रातयः । यो अस्य कामं विधतो न रोषति मनो दानाय चोदयन् ॥१३२०॥

Adore and meditate on Indra, giver of wealth, honour, excellence and bliss. Infinite is his generosity, unsatiating, auspicious his gifts. He does not displease the devotee, does not hurt his desire and prayer, he inspires his mind for the reception of divine gifts. (Rg. 8-99-4)

✦ Sukta 201 · 2 verses ✦

12.2.15.1

यत इन्द्र भयामहे ततो नो अभयं कृधि । मघवञ्छग्धि तव तन्न ऊतये वि द्विषो वि मृधो जहि ॥१३२१॥

Indra, lord indomitable, whoever, whatever and wherever we fear, make us fearless from that. O lord of might and world power, pray strengthen us with your powers and protections of the highest order for our safety and advancement. Eliminate the jealous, the malignant, the disdainers and contemners. (Rg.8-61-13)

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12.2.15.2

त्वꣳ हि राधसस्पते राधसो महः क्षयस्यासि विधर्त्ता । तं त्वा वयं मघवन्निन्द्र गिर्वणः सुतावन्तो हवामहे ॥१३२२॥

Indra, lord of the world's wealth, munificence and achievement, you alone are the protector, and promoter of the wealth, grandeur, home and honour of the supplicant worshipper. O lord of all power and honour, adored and worshipped in hymns of glory, we invoke, invite and exalt you for the munificence and grandeur of life you grant, protect and advance. (Rg. 8-61-14)

✦ Sukta 202 · 3 verses ✦

12.2.16.1

त्वꣳ सोमासि धारयुर्मन्द्र ओजिष्ठो अध्वरे । पवस्व मꣳहयद्रयिः ॥१३२३॥

O Soma, you are the spirit and constant stream of love, life and beauty of the life and flux of existence, sustaining integrative power, joyous and most vigorous in the cosmic yajna of love free from violence, hate and destruction. Flow on, O sustaining stream, pure, purifying and sanctifying life, giving showers of wealth, honour and excellence of life in bliss. (Rg. 9-67-1)

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12.2.16.2

त्वꣳ सुतो मदिन्तमो दधन्वान्मत्सरिन्तमः । इन्दुः सत्राजिदस्तृतः ॥१३२४॥

You, self-existent spirit, distilled and realised in meditative yajna, are the giver of joy to humanity, most ecstatic sustaining power of affirmation, brilliant and blissful, all-time winner of success and victory in yajnic sessions (Rg. 9-67-2)

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12.2.16.3

त्वꣳ सुष्वाणो अद्रिभिरभ्यर्ष कनिक्रदत् । द्युमन्तꣳ शुष्ममा भर ॥१३२५॥

You, stirred by the brave celebrants in yajna and meditation, arise and sanctify loud and bold, pray bring us showers of bliss, highest and most vigorous strength and power for living a life of purity and happy fulfilment. (Rg. 9-67-3)

✦ Sukta 203 · 3 verses ✦

12.2.17.1

पवस्व देववीतय इन्दो धाराभिरोजसा । आ कलशं मधुमान्त्सोम नः सदः ॥१३२६॥

O Soma of divine light and peace, harbinger of honeyed joy, flow in streams with power and lustre for our attainment of the path of divinity and abide in our heart core of the soul. (Rg. 9-106-7)

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12.2.17.2

तव द्रप्सा उदप्रुत इन्द्रं मदाय वावृधुः । त्वां देवासो अमृताय कं पपुः ॥१३२७॥

The streams of your peace, beauty and bliss swell like streams of water in flood, and the divines drink of the ecstasy for the attainment of immortality. (Rg. 9-106-8)

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12.2.17.3

आ नः सुतास इन्दवः पुनाना धावता रयिम् । वृष्टिद्यावो रीत्यापः स्वर्विदः ॥१३२८॥

O streams of the beauty and bliss of peace and joy filtered from experience, heavenly showers, liquid floods, paradisal bliss pure and purifying, bring us the wealth, honour and excellence of the highest order. (Rg. 9-106-9)

✦ Sukta 204 · 3 verses ✦

12.2.18.1

परि त्यꣳ हर्यतꣳ हरिं बभ्रुं पुनन्ति वारेण । यो देवान्विश्वाꣳ इत्परि मदेन सह गच्छति ॥१३२९॥

Ten psychic powers with the best of their potential adore and exalt that dear divinity, omniscience itself, who, omnipresent, pervades and rejoices with all divinities of the world with divine ecstasy. (Rg.9-98-7)

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12.2.18.2

द्विर्यं पञ्च स्वयशसꣳ सखायो अद्रिसꣳहतम् । प्रियमिन्द्रस्य काम्यं प्रस्नापयन्त ऊर्मयः ॥१३३०॥

Soma, dearest love of the soul, innately glorious, the glory intensified by spiritual light, vibrant spirit rolling in the consciousness whom ten psychic powers of mind and sense perceive, conceive and exalt, that spirit we cherish and adore. (Rg. 9-98-6)

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12.2.18.3

इन्द्राय सोम पातवे वृत्रघ्ने परि षिच्यसे । नरे च दक्षिणावते वीराय सदनासदे ॥१३३१॥

O Soma spirit of light and ecstasy of grace, you are adored and served for the soul's experience of divinity, for the man of charity and the brilliant sage on the vedi of yajnic service so that the demon of evil, darkness and ignorance may be expelled from the soul of humanity and destroyed. (Rg. 9-98-10)

✦ Sukta 205 · 3 verses ✦

12.2.19.1

पवस्व सोम महे दक्षायाश्वो न निक्तो वाजी धनाय ॥१३३२॥

O Soma, as victor of life and divine glory, flow, radiate and inspire us like energy itself controlled and consecrated for great creative and productive holy work, expert technique and the production and achievement of wealth. (Rg. 9-109-10)

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12.2.19.2

प्र ते सोतारो रसं मदाय पुनन्ति सोमं महे द्युम्नाय ॥१३३३॥

O Soma, spirit of divine energy and peace, your yajnic celebrants create and consecrate that very blissful liquid flow of your ecstatic energy for joy and for the great honour and glory of life. (Rg. 9-109-11)

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12.2.19.3

शिशुं जज्ञानꣳ हरिं मृजन्ति पवित्रे सोमं देवेभ्य इन्दुम् ॥१३३४॥

They adore and exalt that Soma spirit of divine beauty, peace and glory in their pure heart core, the spirit that is creative and lovable, manifestive, saviour and inspirer, for the achievement of noble virtues worthy of the noble and generous people. (Rg. 9-109-12)

✦ Sukta 206 · 3 verses ✦

12.2.20.1

उपो षु जातमप्तुरं गोभिर्भङ्गं परिष्कृतम् । इन्दुं देवा अयासिषुः ॥१३३५॥

Soma, spirit of beauty, grace and glory, divinely created, nobly born, zealous, destroyer of negativity, beatified and celebrated in songs of divine voice, the noblest powers of nature and humanity adore, share and enjoy. (Rg. 9-61-13)

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12.2.20.2

तमिद्वर्धन्तु नो गिरो वत्सꣳ सꣳशिश्वरीरिव । य इन्द्रस्य हृदꣳसनिः ॥१३३६॥

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. (Rg. 9-61-14)

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12.2.20.3

अर्षा नः सोम शं गवे धुक्षस्व पिप्युषीमिषम् । वर्धा समुद्रमुक्थ्य ॥१३३७॥

O Soma, peaceable ruling powers of the world, rise, move forward and create conditions of peace and progress for the earth, work for nature, animal wealth and environment, advance human culture, create nourishing food and productive energy for comfort and common good and, thus, exalt the grace and glory of human life, rolling like the infinite ocean.(Rg.9-61-15)

✦ Sukta 207 · 3 verses ✦

12.2.21.1

आ घा ये अग्निमिन्धते स्तृणन्ति बर्हिरानुषक् । येषामिन्द्रो युवा सखा ॥१३३८॥

Blessed are they for sure who kindle the fire of yajna, Agni, and spread the seats of grass open for all in faith and love and whose friend is Indra, the mighty youthful soul who brooks no nonsense and delay. (Rg. 8-45-1)

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12.2.21.2

बृहन्निदिध्म एषां भूरि शस्त्रं पृथुः स्वरुः । येषामिन्द्रो युवा सखा ॥१३३९॥

Great is their fuel and fire, profuse their praise and song of adoration, expansive their yajna and high their ensign whose friend is Indra, youthful soul, their ruler and defender. (Rg. 8-45-2)

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12.2.21.3

अयुद्ध इद्युधा वृतꣳ शूर आजति सत्वभिः । येषामिन्द्रो युवा सखा ॥१३४०॥

Unequalled is Indra, irresistible, even when there is no war. The mighty hero by the very force of his presence and character throws off the enemy supported by brave warriors all round. Blessed are they whose friend is Indra, the mighty youthful heroic soul. (Rg. 8-45-3)

✦ Sukta 208 · 3 verses ✦

12.2.22.1

य एक इद्विदयते वसु मर्ताय दाशुषे । ईशानो अप्रतिष्कुत इन्द्रो अङ्ग ॥१३४१॥

Dear friend, the one sole lord who gives everything in life to the man of charity and generosity is Indra, supreme ruler of the world, who is constant, unmoved and unchallenged. (Rg. 1-84-7)

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12.2.22.2

यश्चिद्धि त्वा बहुभ्य आ सुतावाꣳ आविवासति । उग्रं तत्पत्यते शव इन्द्रो अङ्ग ॥१३४२॥

Dear friend, it is Indra, creator of energy, vitality and the joy of soma, who, for the sake of many does special favours to you and makes you shine, and it is he, again, who controls violent force, that which could be anywhere. (Rg. 1-84-9)

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12.2.22.3

कदा मर्तमराधसं पदा क्षुम्पमिव स्फुरत् । कदा नः शुश्रवद्गिर इन्द्रो अङ्ग ॥१३४३॥

Dear friend, when would Indra, lord of wealth, power and justice, shake the miserly, uncreative, ungenerous and selfish person like a weed? Who knows? And would he listen to our prayers? Any time! (Rg. 1-84-8)

✦ Sukta 209 · 3 verses ✦

12.2.23.1

गायन्ति त्वा गायत्रिणोऽर्चन्त्यर्कमर्किणः । ब्रह्माणस्त्वा शतक्रत उद्वꣳशमिव येमिरे ॥१३४४॥

The singers of Gayatri celebrate you, Indra, lord of song and joy, with the hymns of Sama-Veda. The devotees of Rgveda worship Indra, lord of light, with Rks. And the sage scholars of all the Vedas, O lord of a hundred noble acts of cosmic yajna, maintain the line of divine worship as the centre-string of the human family. (Rg. 1-10-1)

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12.2.23.2

यत्सानोः सान्वारुहो भूर्यस्पष्ट कर्त्वम् । तदिन्द्रो अर्थं चेतति यूथेन वृष्णिरेजति ॥१३४५॥

As the sun-beams radiate with waves of energy from one peak to another of a mountain illuminating each in succession, similarly when a person rises from one peak of action to another, accomplishing one after another as holy duty, then Indra, lord of light, generously illuminates one meaning of life and mystery after another for him. (Rg. 1-10-2)

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12.2.23.3

युङ्क्ष्वा हि केशिना हरी वृषणा कक्ष्यप्रा । अथा न इन्द्र सोमपा गिरामुपश्रुतिं चर ॥१३४६॥

Indra, lord of light blazing in the sun, protector and promoter of the soma of life and joy, yoke your team of sunbeams like chariot-horses, equal, opposite and complementary as the positive-negative currents of energy-circuit, beautiful in their operative field, generous, pervasive in the skies all round, listen to our prayer and advance the yajna of knowledge and action on earth. (Rg. 1-10-3)