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Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.96

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  1. Ṛgveda 9.96.1, English IN forefront of the cars forth goes the Hero, the Leader, winning spoil: his host rejoices. Soma endues his robes of lasting colours, and blesses, for his friends, their calls on Indra. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  2. Ṛgveda 9.96.2, English Men decked with gold adorn his golden tendril, incessantly with steed-impelling homage. The Friend of Indra mounts his car well-knowing, he comes thereon to meet the prayer we offer. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  3. Ṛgveda 9.96.3, English O God, for service of the Gods flow onward, for food sublime, as Indra's drink, O Soma. Making the floods, bedewing earth and heaven, come from the vast, comfort us while we cleanse thee Ralph T.H. Griffith
  4. Ṛgveda 9.96.4, English Flow for prosperity and constant Vigour, flow on for happiness and high perfection. This is the wish of these friends assembled: this is my wish, O Soma Pavamana. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  5. Ṛgveda 9.96.5, English Father of holy hymns, Soma flows onward the Father of the earth, Father of heaven: Father of Agni, Surya's generator, the Father who begat Indra and Visnu. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  6. Ṛgveda 9.96.6, English Brahman of Gods, the Leader of the poets, Rsi of sages, Bull of savage creatures, Falcon amid the vultures, Axe of forests, over the cleansing sieve goes Soma singing. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  7. Ṛgveda 9.96.7, English He, Soma Pavamana, like a river, hath stirred the wave of voice, our songs and praises. Beholding these inferior powers in cattle, he rests among them as a Steer well-knowing. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  8. Ṛgveda 9.96.8, English As Gladdener, Warrior never harmed in battle, with thousand genial streams, pour strength and vigour. As thoughtful Pavamana, urge O Indu, speeding the kine, the plant's wave on to Indra. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  9. Ṛgveda 9.96.9, English Dear, grateful to the Gods, on to the beaker moves Soma, sweet to Indra, to delight him. With hundred powers, with thousand currents, Indu, like a strong car-horse, goes to the assembly. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  10. Ṛgveda 9.96.10, English Born in old time as finder-out of treasures, drained with the stone, decking himself in waters, Warding off curses, King of all existence, he shall find way for prayer the while they cleanse him. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  11. Ṛgveda 9.96.11, English For our sage fathers, Soma Pavamana, of old performed, by thee, their sacred duties. Fighting unvanquished, open the enclosures: enrich us with large gifts of steeds and heroes. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  12. Ṛgveda 9.96.12, English As thou didst flow for Manu Life-bestowing, Foe-queller, Comforter, rich in oblations, Even thus flow onward now conferring riches: combine with Indra, and bring forth thy weapons. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  13. Ṛgveda 9.96.13, English Flow onward, Soma, rich in sweets and holy,. enrobed in waters on the fleecy summit. Settle in vessels that are full of fatness, as cheering and most gladdening drink for Indra. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  14. Ṛgveda 9.96.14, English Pour, hundred-streamed, winner of thousands, mighty at the Gods' banquet, Pour the rain of heaven, While thou with rivers roarest in the beaker, and blent with milk prolongest our existence. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  15. Ṛgveda 9.96.15, English Purified with our holy hymns, this Soma o'ertakes malignities like some strong charger, Like fresh milk poured by Aditi, like passage in ample room, or like a docile car-horse. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  16. Ṛgveda 9.96.16, English Cleansed by the pressers, armed with noble weapons, stream to us the fair secret name thou bearest. Pour booty, like a horse, for love of glory God, Soma, send us kine, and send us Vayu. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  17. Ṛgveda 9.96.17, English They deck him at his birth, the lovely Infant, the Maruts with their troop adorn the Car-horse. By songs a Poet and a Sage by wisdom, Soma joes singing through the cleansing filter. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  18. Ṛgveda 9.96.18, English Light-winner, Rsi-minded, Rsi-maker, hymned in a thousand hymns, Leader of sages, A Steer who strives to gain his third form, Soma is, like Viraj, resplendent as a Singer. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  19. Ṛgveda 9.96.19, English Hawk seated in the bowls, Bird wide-extended, the Banner seeking kine and wielding weapons, Following close the sea, the wave of waters, the great Bull tells his fourth form and declares it. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  20. Ṛgveda 9.96.20, English Like a fair youth who decorates his body, a courser rushing to the gain of riches, A steer to herds, so, flowing to the pitcher, he with a roar hath passed into the beakers. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  21. Ṛgveda 9.96.21, English Flow on with might as Pavamana, Indu flow loudly roaring through the fleecy filter. Enter the beakers sporting, as they cleanse thee, and let thy gladdening juice make Indra joyful. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  22. Ṛgveda 9.96.22, English His streams have been effused in all their fulness, and he hath entered, balmed with milk, the goblets. Singing his psalm, well-skilled in song, a Chanter, be comes as 'twere to his friend's sister roaring. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  23. Ṛgveda 9.96.23, English Chasing our foes thou comest, Pavamana Indu, besting, as lover to his darling. As a bird flies and settles in the forest, thus Soma settles, purified, in goblets. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  24. Ṛgveda 9.96.24, English With full stream and abundant milk, O Soma, thy beams come, like a woman, as they cleanse thee. He, gold-hued, rich in boons, brought to the waters, hath roared within the goblet of the pious. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  1. 9.96.1प्र से॑ना॒नीः शूरो॒ अग्रे॒ रथा॑नां ग॒व्यन्ने॑ति॒ हर्ष॑ते अस्य॒ सेना॑ । भ॒द्रान्कृ॒ण्वन्नि॑न्द्रह॒वान्सखि॑भ्य॒ आ सोमो॒ वस्त्रा॑ रभ॒सानि॑ दत्ते ॥
  2. 9.96.2सम॑स्य॒ हरिं॒ हर॑यो मृजन्त्यश्वह॒यैरनि॑शितं॒ नमो॑भिः । आ ति॑ष्ठति॒ रथ॒मिन्द्र॑स्य॒ सखा॑ वि॒द्वाँ ए॑ना सुम॒तिं या॒त्यच्छ॑ ॥
  3. 9.96.3स नो॑ देव दे॒वता॑ते पवस्व म॒हे सो॑म॒ प्सर॑स इन्द्र॒पान॑ः । कृ॒ण्वन्न॒पो व॒र्षय॒न्द्यामु॒तेमामु॒रोरा नो॑ वरिवस्या पुना॒नः ॥
  4. 9.96.4अजी॑त॒येऽह॑तये पवस्व स्व॒स्तये॑ स॒र्वता॑तये बृह॒ते । तदु॑शन्ति॒ विश्व॑ इ॒मे सखा॑य॒स्तद॒हं व॑श्मि पवमान सोम ॥
  5. 9.96.5सोम॑ः पवते जनि॒ता म॑ती॒नां ज॑नि॒ता दि॒वो ज॑नि॒ता पृ॑थि॒व्याः । ज॒नि॒ताग्नेर्ज॑नि॒ता सूर्य॑स्य जनि॒तेन्द्र॑स्य जनि॒तोत विष्णो॑ः ॥
  6. 9.96.6ब्र॒ह्मा दे॒वानां॑ पद॒वीः क॑वी॒नामृषि॒र्विप्रा॑णां महि॒षो मृ॒गाणा॑म् । श्ये॒नो गृध्रा॑णां॒ स्वधि॑ति॒र्वना॑नां॒ सोम॑ः प॒वित्र॒मत्ये॑ति॒ रेभ॑न् ॥
  7. 9.96.7प्रावी॑विपद्वा॒च ऊ॒र्मिं न सिन्धु॒र्गिर॒ः सोम॒ः पव॑मानो मनी॒षाः । अ॒न्तः पश्य॑न्वृ॒जने॒माव॑रा॒ण्या ति॑ष्ठति वृष॒भो गोषु॑ जा॒नन् ॥
  8. 9.96.8स म॑त्स॒रः पृ॒त्सु व॒न्वन्नवा॑तः स॒हस्र॑रेता अ॒भि वाज॑मर्ष । इन्द्रा॑येन्दो॒ पव॑मानो मनी॒ष्यं१॒॑शोरू॒र्मिमी॑रय॒ गा इ॑ष॒ण्यन् ॥
  9. 9.96.9परि॑ प्रि॒यः क॒लशे॑ दे॒ववा॑त॒ इन्द्रा॑य॒ सोमो॒ रण्यो॒ मदा॑य । स॒हस्र॑धारः श॒तवा॑ज॒ इन्दु॑र्वा॒जी न सप्ति॒ः सम॑ना जिगाति ॥
  10. 9.96.10स पू॒र्व्यो व॑सु॒विज्जाय॑मानो मृजा॒नो अ॒प्सु दु॑दुहा॒नो अद्रौ॑ । अ॒भि॒श॒स्ति॒पा भुव॑नस्य॒ राजा॑ वि॒दद्गा॒तुं ब्रह्म॑णे पू॒यमा॑नः ॥
  11. 9.96.11त्वया॒ हि न॑ः पि॒तर॑ः सोम॒ पूर्वे॒ कर्मा॑णि च॒क्रुः प॑वमान॒ धीरा॑ः । व॒न्वन्नवा॑तः परि॒धीँरपो॑र्णु वी॒रेभि॒रश्वै॑र्म॒घवा॑ भवा नः ॥
  12. 9.96.12यथाप॑वथा॒ मन॑वे वयो॒धा अ॑मित्र॒हा व॑रिवो॒विद्ध॒विष्मा॑न् । ए॒वा प॑वस्व॒ द्रवि॑णं॒ दधा॑न॒ इन्द्रे॒ सं ति॑ष्ठ ज॒नयायु॑धानि ॥
  13. 9.96.13पव॑स्व सोम॒ मधु॑माँ ऋ॒तावा॒पो वसा॑नो॒ अधि॒ सानो॒ अव्ये॑ । अव॒ द्रोणा॑नि घृ॒तवा॑न्ति सीद म॒दिन्त॑मो मत्स॒र इ॑न्द्र॒पान॑ः ॥
  14. 9.96.14वृ॒ष्टिं दि॒वः श॒तधा॑रः पवस्व सहस्र॒सा वा॑ज॒युर्दे॒ववी॑तौ । सं सिन्धु॑भिः क॒लशे॑ वावशा॒नः समु॒स्रिया॑भिः प्रति॒रन्न॒ आयु॑ः ॥
  15. 9.96.15ए॒ष स्य सोमो॑ म॒तिभि॑ः पुना॒नोऽत्यो॒ न वा॒जी तर॒तीदरा॑तीः । पयो॒ न दु॒ग्धमदि॑तेरिषि॒रमु॒र्वि॑व गा॒तुः सु॒यमो॒ न वोळ्हा॑ ॥
  16. 9.96.16स्वा॒यु॒धः सो॒तृभि॑ः पू॒यमा॑नो॒ऽभ्य॑र्ष॒ गुह्यं॒ चारु॒ नाम॑ । अ॒भि वाजं॒ सप्ति॑रिव श्रव॒स्याभि वा॒युम॒भि गा दे॑व सोम ॥
  17. 9.96.17शिशुं॑ जज्ञा॒नं ह॑र्य॒तं मृ॑जन्ति शु॒म्भन्ति॒ वह्निं॑ म॒रुतो॑ ग॒णेन॑ । क॒विर्गी॒र्भिः काव्ये॑ना क॒विः सन्सोम॑ः प॒वित्र॒मत्ये॑ति॒ रेभ॑न् ॥
  18. 9.96.18ऋषि॑मना॒ य ऋ॑षि॒कृत्स्व॒र्षाः स॒हस्र॑णीथः पद॒वीः क॑वी॒नाम् । तृ॒तीयं॒ धाम॑ महि॒षः सिषा॑स॒न्सोमो॑ वि॒राज॒मनु॑ राजति॒ ष्टुप् ॥
  19. 9.96.19च॒मू॒षच्छ्ये॒नः श॑कु॒नो वि॒भृत्वा॑ गोवि॒न्दुर्द्र॒प्स आयु॑धानि॒ बिभ्र॑त् । अ॒पामू॒र्मिं सच॑मानः समु॒द्रं तु॒रीयं॒ धाम॑ महि॒षो वि॑वक्ति ॥
  20. 9.96.20मर्यो॒ न शु॒भ्रस्त॒न्वं॑ मृजा॒नोऽत्यो॒ न सृत्वा॑ स॒नये॒ धना॑नाम् । वृषे॑व यू॒था परि॒ कोश॒मर्ष॒न्कनि॑क्रदच्च॒म्वो॒३॒॑रा वि॑वेश ॥
  21. 9.96.21पव॑स्वेन्दो॒ पव॑मानो॒ महो॑भि॒ः कनि॑क्रद॒त्परि॒ वारा॑ण्यर्ष । क्रीळ॑ञ्च॒म्वो॒३॒॑रा वि॑श पू॒यमा॑न॒ इन्द्रं॑ ते॒ रसो॑ मदि॒रो म॑मत्तु ॥
  22. 9.96.22प्रास्य॒ धारा॑ बृह॒तीर॑सृग्रन्न॒क्तो गोभि॑ः क॒लशाँ॒ आ वि॑वेश । साम॑ कृ॒ण्वन्सा॑म॒न्यो॑ विप॒श्चित्क्रन्द॑न्नेत्य॒भि सख्यु॒र्न जा॒मिम् ॥
  23. 9.96.23अ॒प॒घ्नन्ने॑षि पवमान॒ शत्रू॑न्प्रि॒यां न जा॒रो अ॒भिगी॑त॒ इन्दु॑ः । सीद॒न्वने॑षु शकु॒नो न पत्वा॒ सोम॑ः पुना॒नः क॒लशे॑षु॒ सत्ता॑ ॥
  24. 9.96.24आ ते॒ रुच॒ः पव॑मानस्य सोम॒ योषे॑व यन्ति सु॒दुघा॑ः सुधा॒राः । हरि॒रानी॑तः पुरु॒वारो॑ अ॒प्स्वचि॑क्रदत्क॒लशे॑ देवयू॒नाम् ॥