Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·9·9.69
इषुर् न धन्वन् प्रति धीयते मतिर् वत्सो न मातुर् उप सर्ज्य् ऊधनि । उरुधारेव दुहे अग्र आयत्य् अस्य व्रतेष्व् अपि सोम इष्यते ॥
iṣur na dhanvan prati dhīyate matir vatso na mātur upa sarjy ūdhani | urudhāreva duhe agra āyaty asya vrateṣv api soma iṣyate ||
Laid like an arrow on the bow the hymn hath been loosed like a young calf to the udder of its dam. As one who cometh first with full stream she is milked the Soma is impelled to this man's holy rites.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उपो मतिः पृच्यते सिच्यते मधु मन्द्राजनी चोदते अन्तर् आसनि । पवमानः संतनिः प्रघ्नताम् इव मधुमान् द्रप्सः परि वारम् अर्षति ॥
upo matiḥ pṛcyate sicyate madhu mandrājanī codate antar āsani | pavamānaḥ saṃtaniḥ praghnatām iva madhumān drapsaḥ pari vāram arṣati ||
The thought is deeply fixed; the savoury juice is shed; the tongue with joyous sound is stirring in the mouth; And Pavamana, like the shout of combatants, the drop rising in sweet juice, is flowing through the fleece.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अव्ये वधूयुः पवते परि त्वचि श्रथ्नीते नप्तीर् अदितेर् ऋतं यते । हरिर् अक्रान् यजतः संयतो मदो नृम्णा शिशानो महिषो न शोभते ॥
avye vadhūyuḥ pavate pari tvaci śrathnīte naptīr aditer ṛtaṃ yate | harir akrān yajataḥ saṃyato mado nṛmṇā śiśāno mahiṣo na śobhate ||
He flows about the sheep-skin, longing for a bride: he looses Aditi's Daughters for the worshipper. The sacred drink hath come, gold-tinted, well-restrained: like a strong Bull he shines, whetting his manly might.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उक्षा मिमाति प्रति यन्ति धेनवो देवस्य देवीर् उप यन्ति निष्कृतम् । अत्य् अक्रमीद् अर्जुनं वारम् अव्ययम् अत्कं न निक्तम् परि सोमो अव्यत ॥
ukṣā mimāti prati yanti dhenavo devasya devīr upa yanti niṣkṛtam | aty akramīd arjunaṃ vāram avyayam atkaṃ na niktam pari somo avyata ||
The Bull is bellowing; the Cows are coming nigh: the Goddesses approach the God's own resting-place. Onward hath Soma passed through the sheep's fair bright fleece, and hath, as 'twere, endued a garment newly washed.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अमृक्तेन रुशता वाससा हरिर् अमर्त्यो निर्णिजानः परि व्यत । दिवस् पृष्ठम् बर्हणा निर्णिजे कृतोपस्तरणं चम्वोर् नभस्मयम् ॥
amṛktena ruśatā vāsasā harir amartyo nirṇijānaḥ pari vyata | divas pṛṣṭham barhaṇā nirṇije kṛtopastaraṇaṃ camvor nabhasmayam ||
The golden-hued, Immortal, newly bathed, puts on a brightly shining vesture that is never harmed. He made the ridge of heaven to be his radiant robe, by sprinkling of the bowls from moisture of the sky.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सूर्यस्येव रश्मयो द्रावयित्नवो मत्सरासः प्रसुपः साकम् ईरते । तन्तुं ततम् परि सर्गास आशवो नेन्द्राद् ऋते पवते धाम किं चन ॥
sūryasyeva raśmayo drāvayitnavo matsarāsaḥ prasupaḥ sākam īrate | tantuṃ tatam pari sargāsa āśavo nendrād ṛte pavate dhāma kiṃ cana ||
Even as the beams of Surya, urging men to speed, that cheer and send to sleep, together rush they forth, These swift outpourings in long course of holy rites: no form save only Indra shows itself so pure.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सिन्धोर् इव प्रवणे निम्न आशवो वृषच्युता मदासो गातुम् आशत । शं नो निवेशे द्विपदे चतुष्पदे ऽस्मे वाजाः सोम तिष्ठन्तु कृष्टयः ॥
sindhor iva pravaṇe nimna āśavo vṛṣacyutā madāso gātum āśata | śaṃ no niveśe dvipade catuṣpade 'sme vājāḥ soma tiṣṭhantu kṛṣṭayaḥ ||
As down the steep slope of a river to the vale, drawn from the Steer the swift strong draughts have found a way. Well be it with the men and cattle in our home. May powers, O Soma, may the people stay with us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ नः पवस्व वसुमद् धिरण्यवद् अश्वावद् गोमद् यवमत् सुवीर्यम् । यूयं हि सोम पितरो मम स्थन दिवो मूर्धानः प्रस्थिता वयस्कृतः ॥
ā naḥ pavasva vasumad dhiraṇyavad aśvāvad gomad yavamat suvīryam | yūyaṃ hi soma pitaro mama sthana divo mūrdhānaḥ prasthitā vayaskṛtaḥ ||
Pour out upon us wealth in goods, in gold, in steeds, in cattle and in corn, and great heroic strength. Ye, Soma, are my Fathers, lifted up on high as heads of heaven and makers of the strength of life.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एते सोमाः पवमानास इन्द्रं रथा इव प्र ययुः सातिम् अच्छ । सुताः पवित्रम् अति यन्त्य् अव्यं हित्वी वव्रिं हरितो वृष्टिम् अच्छ ॥
ete somāḥ pavamānāsa indraṃ rathā iva pra yayuḥ sātim accha | sutāḥ pavitram ati yanty avyaṃ hitvī vavriṃ harito vṛṣṭim accha ||
These Pavamanas here, these drops of Soma, to Indra have sped forth like cars to booty. Effused, they pass the cleansing fleece, while, gold-hued, they cast their covering off to pour the rain down.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इन्दव् इन्द्राय बृहते पवस्व सुमृळीको अनवद्यो रिशादाः । भरा चन्द्राणि गृणते वसूनि देवैर् द्यावापृथिवी प्रावतं नः ॥
indav indrāya bṛhate pavasva sumṛḷīko anavadyo riśādāḥ | bharā candrāṇi gṛṇate vasūni devair dyāvāpṛthivī prāvataṃ naḥ ||
O Indu, flow thou on for lofty Indra, flow blameless, very gracious, foe-destroyer. Bring splendid treasures to the man who lauds thee. O Heaven and Earth, with all the Gods protect us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)