Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.78

प्र राजा वाचं जनयन्न् असिष्यदद् अपो वसानो अभि गा इयक्षति । गृभ्णाति रिप्रम् अविर् अस्य तान्वा शुद्धो देवानाम् उप याति निष्कृतम् ॥

pra rājā vācaṃ janayann asiṣyadad apo vasāno abhi gā iyakṣati | gṛbhṇāti ripram avir asya tānvā śuddho devānām upa yāti niṣkṛtam ||

Raising his voice the King hath flowed upon his way: invested with the waters he would win the kine. The fleece retains his solid parts as though impure, and bright and cleansed he seeks the special place of Gods.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9.78.2

इन्द्राय सोम परि षिच्यसे नृभिर् नृचक्षा ऊर्मिः कविर् अज्यसे वने । पूर्वीर् हि ते स्रुतयः सन्ति यातवे सहस्रम् अश्वा हरयश् चमूषदः ॥

indrāya soma pari ṣicyase nṛbhir nṛcakṣā ūrmiḥ kavir ajyase vane | pūrvīr hi te srutayaḥ santi yātave sahasram aśvā harayaś camūṣadaḥ ||

Thou, Soma, art effused for Indra by the men, balmed in the wood as wave, Sage, Viewer of mankind. Full many are the paths whereon thou mayest go: a thousand bay steeds hast thou resting in the bowls.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9.78.3

समुद्रिया अप्सरसो मनीषिणम् आसीना अन्तर् अभि सोमम् अक्षरन् । ता ईं हिन्वन्ति हर्म्यस्य सक्षणिं याचन्ते सुम्नम् पवमानम् अक्षितम् ॥

samudriyā apsaraso manīṣiṇam āsīnā antar abhi somam akṣaran | tā īṃ hinvanti harmyasya sakṣaṇiṃ yācante sumnam pavamānam akṣitam ||

Apsarases who dwell in waters of the sea, sitting within, have flowed to Soma wise of heart. They urge the Master of the house upon his way, and to the Eternal Pavamana pray for bliss.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9.78.4

गोजिन् नः सोमो रथजिद् धिरण्यजित् स्वर्जिद् अब्जित् पवते सहस्रजित् । यं देवासश् चक्रिरे पीतये मदं स्वादिष्ठं द्रप्सम् अरुणम् मयोभुवम् ॥

gojin naḥ somo rathajid dhiraṇyajit svarjid abjit pavate sahasrajit | yaṃ devāsaś cakrire pītaye madaṃ svādiṣṭhaṃ drapsam aruṇam mayobhuvam ||

Soma flows on for u's as winner of the kine, winner of thousands, cars, water, and light, and gold; He whom the Gods have made a gladdening draught to drink, the drop most sweet to taste, weal-bringing, red of hue.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9.78.5

एतानि सोम पवमानो अस्मयुः सत्यानि कृण्वन् द्रविणान्य् अर्षसि । जहि शत्रुम् अन्तिके दूरके च य उर्वीं गव्यूतिम् अभयं च नस् कृधि ॥

etāni soma pavamāno asmayuḥ satyāni kṛṇvan draviṇāny arṣasi | jahi śatrum antike dūrake ca ya urvīṃ gavyūtim abhayaṃ ca nas kṛdhi ||

Soma, as Pavamana thou, our faithful Friend, making for us these real treasures, flowest on. Slay thou the enemy both near and far away: grant us security and ample pasturage.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)