Sukta 107

परीतो षिञ्चता सुतं सोमो य उत्तमं हविः। दधन्वाँ यो नर्यो अप्स्वन्तरा सुषाव सोममद्रिभिः॥

parīto ṣiñcatā sutaṁ somo ya uttamaṁ haviḥ | dadhanvā yo naryo apsvantarā suṣāva somamadribhiḥ ||

, HENCE sprinkle forth the juice effused,. Soma, the best of sacred gifts, Who, friend of man, hath run amid the water-streams. He hath pressed Soma out with stones.

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

nūnaṁ punāno'vibhiḥ pari sravādabdhaḥ surabhintaraḥ | sute cittvāpsu madāmo andhasā śrīṇanto gobhiruttaram ||

Now, being purified, flow hither through the fleece inviolate and most odorous. We ladden thee in waters when thou art effused, blending thee still with juice and milk.

परि सुवानश्चक्षसे देवमादनः क्रतुरिन्दुर्विचक्षणः॥

pari suvānaścakṣase devamādanaḥ kraturindurvicakṣaṇaḥ ||

Pressed out for all to see, delighting Gods, Indu, Far-sighted One, is mental power.

पुनानः सोम धारयापो वसानो अर्षसि। आ रत्नधा योनिमृतस्य सीदस्युत्सो देव हिरण्ययः॥

punānaḥ soma dhārayāpo vasāno arṣasi | ā ratnadhā yonimṛtasya sīdasyutso deva hiraṇyayaḥ ||

Cleansing thee, Soma, in thy stream, thou flowest in a watery robe: Giver of wealth, thou sittest in the place of Law, O God, a fountain made of gold.

दुहान ऊधर्दिव्यं मधु प्रियं प्रत्नं सधस्थमासदत्। आपृच्छ्यं धरुणं वाज्यर्षति नृभिर्धूतो विचक्षणः॥

duhāna ūdhardivyaṁ madhu priyaṁ pratnaṁ sadhasthamāsadat | āpṛcchyaṁ dharuṇaṁ vājyarṣati nṛbhirdhūto vicakṣaṇaḥ ||

Milking the heavenly udder for dear meath, he hath sat in the ancient gatheringplace. Washed by the men, the Strong Farseeing One streams forth nutriti us food that all desire.

पुनानः सोम जागृविरव्यो वारे परि प्रियः। त्वं विप्रो अभवोऽङ्गिरस्तमो मध्वा यज्ञं मिमिक्ष नः॥

punānaḥ soma jāgṛviravyo vāre pari priyaḥ | tvaṁ vipro abhavo'ṅgirastamo madhvā yajñaṁ mimikṣa naḥ ||

O Soma, while they cleanse thee, dear and watchful in the sheep's long wool, Thou hast become a Singer most like Angiras: thou madest Surya mount to heaven.

सोमो मीढ्वान्पवते गातुवित्तम ऋषिर्विप्रो विचक्षणः। त्वं कविरभवो देववीतम आ सूर्यं रोहयो दिवि॥

somo mīḍhvānpavate gātuvittama ṛṣirvipro vicakṣaṇaḥ | tvaṁ kavirabhavo devavītama ā sūryaṁ rohayo divi ||

Bountiful, best of furtherers, Soma floweth on, Rsi and Singer, keen of sight. Thou hast become a Sage most welcome to the Gods: thou madest Surya mount to heaven.

सोम उ षुवाणः सोतृभिरधि ष्णुभिरवीनाम्। अश्वयेव हरिता याति धारया मन्द्रया याति धारया॥

soma u ṣuvāṇaḥ sotṛbhiradhi ṣṇubhiravīnām | aśvayeva haritā yāti dhārayā mandrayā yāti dhārayā ||

Pressed out by pressers, Soma goes over the fleecy backs of sheep, Goes, even as with a mare, in tawnycoloured stream, goes in exhilarating stream.

अनूपे गोमान्गोभिरक्षाः सोमो दुग्धाभिरक्षाः। समुद्रं न संवरणान्यग्मन्मन्दी मदाय तोशते॥

anūpe gomāngobhirakṣāḥ somo dugdhābhirakṣāḥ | samudraṁ na saṁvaraṇānyagmanmandī madāya tośate ||

Down to the water-Soma, rich in kine hath flowed with cows, with cows that have been milked. They have approached the mixing-vessel as a sea: the cheerer streams for the carouse.

आ सोम सुवानो अद्रिभिस्तिरो वाराण्यव्यया। जनो न पुरि चम्वोर्विशद्धरिः सदो वनेषु दधिषे॥

ā soma suvāno adribhistiro vārāṇyavyayā | jano na puri camvorviśaddhariḥ sado vaneṣu dadhiṣe ||

Effused by stones, O Soma, and urged through the long wool of the sheep, Thou, entering the saucers as a man the fort, gold-hued hast settled in the wood.

स मामृजे तिरो अण्वानि मेष्यो मीळ्हे सप्तिर्न वाजयुः। अनुमाद्यः पवमानो मनीषिभिः सोमो विप्रेभिरृक्वभिः॥

sa māmṛje tiro aṇvāni meṣyo mīḻhe saptirna vājayuḥ | anumādyaḥ pavamāno manīṣibhiḥ somo viprebhirṛkvabhiḥ ||

He beautifies himself through the sheep's long fine wool, like an impetuous steed in war, Even Soma Pavamana who shall be the joy of sages and of holy bards.

प्र सोम देववीतये सिन्धुर्न पिप्ये अर्णसा। अंशोः पयसा मदिरो न जागृविरच्छा कोशं मधुश्चुतम्॥

pra soma devavītaye sindhurna pipye arṇasā | aṁśoḥ payasā madiro na jāgṛviracchā kośaṁ madhuścutam ||

O Soma,-for the feast of Gods, river-like he hath swelled with surge, With the stalk's juice, exhilarating, resting not, into the vat that drops with meath.

आ हर्यतो अर्जुने अत्के अव्यत प्रियः सूनुर्न मर्ज्यः। तमीं हिन्वन्त्यपसो यथा रथं नदीष्वा गभस्त्योः॥

ā haryato arjune atke avyata priyaḥ sūnurna marjyaḥ | tamīṁ hinvantyapaso yathā rathaṁ nadīṣvā gabhastyoḥ ||

Like a dear son who must be decked, the Lovely One hath clad him in a shining robe. Men skilful at their work drive him forth, like a car, into the rivers from their bands.

अभि सोमास आयवः पवन्ते मद्यं मदम्। समुद्रस्याधि विष्टपि मनीषिणो मत्सरासः स्वर्विदः॥

abhi somāsa āyavaḥ pavante madyaṁ madam | samudrasyādhi viṣṭapi manīṣiṇo matsarāsaḥ svarvidaḥ ||

The living drops of Soma juice pour, as they flow, the gladdening drink, Intelligent drops above the basin of the sea, exhilarating, finding light.

तरत्समुद्रं पवमान ऊर्मिणा राजा देव ऋतं बृहत्। अर्षन्मित्रस्य वरुणस्य धर्मणा प्र हिन्वान ऋतं बृहत्॥

taratsamudraṁ pavamāna ūrmiṇā rājā deva ṛtaṁ bṛhat | arṣanmitrasya varuṇasya dharmaṇā pra hinvāna ṛtaṁ bṛhat ||

May Pavamana, King and God, speed with his wave over the sea the lofty rite: May he by Mitra's and by Varuna's decree flow furthering the lofty rite.

नृभिर्येमानो हर्यतो विचक्षणो राजा देवः समुद्रियः॥

nṛbhiryemāno haryato vicakṣaṇo rājā devaḥ samudriyaḥ ||

Far-seeing, lovely, guided by the men, the God whose home is in the sea-

इन्द्राय पवते मदः सोमो मरुत्वते सुतः। सहस्रधारो अत्यव्यमर्षति तमी मृजन्त्यायवः॥

indrāya pavate madaḥ somo marutvate sutaḥ | sahasradhāro atyavyamarṣati tamī mṛjantyāyavaḥ ||

Soma, the gladdening juice, flows pressed for Indra with his Marut host: He hastens o'er the fleece with all his thousand streams: men make him bright and beautiful.

पुनानश्चमू जनयन्मतिं कविः सोमो देवेषु रण्यति। अपो वसानः परि गोभिरुत्तरः सीदन्वनेष्वव्यत॥

punānaścamū janayanmatiṁ kaviḥ somo deveṣu raṇyati | apo vasānaḥ pari gobhiruttaraḥ sīdanvaneṣvavyata ||

Purified in the bowl and gendering the hymn, wise Soma joys among the Gods. Robed in the flood, the Mighty One hath clad himself with milk and settled in the vats.

तवाहं सोम रारण सख्य इन्दो दिवेदिवे। पुरूणि बभ्रो नि चरन्ति मामव परिधीँरति ताँ इहि॥

tavāhaṁ soma rāraṇa sakhya indo divedive | purūṇi babhro ni caranti māmava paridhīrati tā ihi ||

O Soma, Indu, every day thy friendship hath been my delight. Many fiends follow me; help me, thou Tawny-hued; pass on beyond these barriers.

उताहं नक्तमुत सोम ते दिवा सख्याय बभ्र ऊधनि। घृणा तपन्तमति सूर्यं परः शकुना इव पप्तिम॥

utāhaṁ naktamuta soma te divā sakhyāya babhra ūdhani | ghṛṇā tapantamati sūryaṁ paraḥ śakunā iva paptima ||

Close to thy bosom am I, Soma, day and night. O Tawny-hued, for friendship sake. Surya himself refulgent with his glow have we o'ertaken in his course like birds.

मृज्यमानः सुहस्त्य समुद्रे वाचमिन्वसि। रयिं पिशङ्गं बहुलं पुरुस्पृहं पवमानाभ्यर्षसि॥

mṛjyamānaḥ suhastya samudre vācaminvasi | rayiṁ piśaṅgaṁ bahulaṁ puruspṛhaṁ pavamānābhyarṣasi ||

Deft-handcd! thou when purified liftest thy voice amid the sea. Thou, Pavamana, makest riches flow to us, yellow, abundant, much-desifed.

मृजानो वारे पवमानो अव्यये वृषाव चक्रदो वने। देवानां सोम पवमान निष्कृतं गोभिरञ्जानो अर्षसि॥

mṛjāno vāre pavamāno avyaye vṛṣāva cakrado vane | devānāṁ soma pavamāna niṣkṛtaṁ gobhirañjāno arṣasi ||

Making thee pure and bright in the sheep's long wool, tbou hast bellowed, steerlike, in the wood. Thou flowest, Soma Pavamana, balmed with milk unto the special place of Gods.

पवस्व वाजसातयेऽभि विश्वानि काव्या। त्वं समुद्रं प्रथमो वि धारयो देवेभ्यः सोम मत्सरः॥

pavasva vājasātaye'bhi viśvāni kāvyā | tvaṁ samudraṁ prathamo vi dhārayo devebhyaḥ soma matsaraḥ ||

Flow on to win us strength, flow on to lofty lore of every kind. Thou, Soma, as Exhilarator wast the first to spread the sea abroad for Gods.

स तू पवस्व परि पार्थिवं रजो दिव्या च सोम धर्मभिः। त्वां विप्रासो मतिभिर्विचक्षण शुभ्रं हिन्वन्ति धीतिभिः॥

sa tū pavasva pari pārthivaṁ rajo divyā ca soma dharmabhiḥ | tvāṁ viprāso matibhirvicakṣaṇa śubhraṁ hinvanti dhītibhiḥ ||

Flow to the realm of earth, flow to the realm of heaven, O Soma, in thy righteous ways. Fair art thou whom the sages, O Far-seeing One, urge onward with their songs and hymns.

पवमाना असृक्षत पवित्रमति धारया। मरुत्वन्तो मत्सरा इन्द्रिया हया मेधामभि प्रयांसि च॥

pavamānā asṛkṣata pavitramati dhārayā | marutvanto matsarā indriyā hayā medhāmabhi prayāṁsi ca ||

Over the cleansing sieve have flowed the Pavamanas in a stream, Girt by the Maruts, gladdening, Steeds with Indra's stiength, for wisdom and for dainty food.

अपो वसानः परि कोशमर्षतीन्दुर्हियानः सोतृभिः। जनयञ्ज्योतिर्मन्दना अवीवशद्गाः कृण्वानो न निर्णिजम्॥

apo vasānaḥ pari kośamarṣatīndurhiyānaḥ sotṛbhiḥ | janayañjyotirmandanā avīvaśadgāḥ kṛṇvāno na nirṇijam ||

Urged onward by the pressers, clad in watery robes, Indu is speeding to the vat. He gendering light, hath made the glad Cows low, while he takes them as his garb of state.