Sukta 82

असावि सोमो अरुषो वृषा हरी राजेव दस्मो अभि गा अचिक्रदत्। पुनानो वारं पर्येत्यव्ययं श्येनो न योनिं घृतवन्तमासदम्॥

asāvi somo aruṣo vṛṣā harī rājeva dasmo abhi gā acikradat | punāno vāraṁ paryetyavyayaṁ śyeno na yoniṁ ghṛtavantamāsadam ||

EVEN as a King hath Soma, red and tawny Bull, been pressed: the Wondrous One hath bellowed to the kine. While purified he passes through the filtering fleece to seat him hawk-like on the place that drops with oil.

कविर्वेधस्या पर्येषि माहिनमत्यो न मृष्टो अभि वाजमर्षसि। अपसेधन्दुरिता सोम मृळय घृतं वसानः परि यासि निर्णिजम्॥

kavirvedhasyā paryeṣi māhinamatyo na mṛṣṭo abhi vājamarṣasi | apasedhanduritā soma mṛḻaya ghṛtaṁ vasānaḥ pari yāsi nirṇijam ||

To glory goest thou, Sage with disposing skill, like a groomed steed thou rusbest forward to the prize. O Soma, be thou gracious, driving off distress: thou goest, clothed in butter, to a robe of state.

पर्जन्यः पिता महिषस्य पर्णिनो नाभा पृथिव्या गिरिषु क्षयं दधे। स्वसार आपो अभि गा उतासरन्सं ग्रावभिर्नसते वीते अध्वरे॥

parjanyaḥ pitā mahiṣasya parṇino nābhā pṛthivyā giriṣu kṣayaṁ dadhe | svasāra āpo abhi gā utāsaransaṁ grāvabhirnasate vīte adhvare ||

Parjanya is the Father of the Mighty Bird: on mountains, in earth's centre hath he made his home. The waters too have flowed, the Sisters, to the kine: he meets the pressing-stones at the beloved rite.

जायेव पत्यावधि शेव मंहसे पज्राया गर्भ शृणुहि ब्रवीमि ते। अन्तर्वाणीषु प्र चरा सु जीवसेऽनिन्द्यो वृजने सोम जागृहि॥

jāyeva patyāvadhi śeva maṁhase pajrāyā garbha śṛṇuhi bravīmi te | antarvāṇīṣu pra carā su jīvase'nindyo vṛjane soma jāgṛhi ||

Thou givest pleasure as a wife delights her lord. Listen, O Child of Pajri, for to thee I speak. Amid the holy songs go on that we may live: in time of trouble, Soma, watch thou free from blame.

यथा पूर्वेभ्यः शतसा अमृध्रः सहस्रसाः पर्यया वाजमिन्दो। एवा पवस्व सुविताय नव्यसे तव व्रतमन्वापः सचन्ते॥

yathā pūrvebhyaḥ śatasā amṛdhraḥ sahasrasāḥ paryayā vājamindo | evā pavasva suvitāya navyase tava vratamanvāpaḥ sacante ||

As to the men of old thou camest, Indu unharmed, to strengthen, winning hundreds, thousands, So now for new felicity flow onward: the waters follow as thy law ordaineth.