सूक्त ५६

परि सोम ऋतं बृहदाशुः पवित्रे अर्षति। विघ्नन्रक्षांसि देवयुः॥

pari soma ṛtaṁ bṛhadāśuḥ pavitre arṣati | vighnanrakṣāṁsi devayuḥ ||

SWIFT to the purifying sieve flows Soma as exalted Law, Slaying the fiends, loving the Gods.

यत्सोमो वाजमर्षति शतं धारा अपस्युवः। इन्द्रस्य सख्यमाविशन्॥

yatsomo vājamarṣati śataṁ dhārā apasyuvaḥ | indrasya sakhyamāviśan ||

When Soma pours the strengthening food a hundred ever-active streams To Indra's friendship win theirway.

अभि त्वा योषणो दश जारं न कन्यानूषत। मृज्यसे सोम सातये॥

abhi tvā yoṣaṇo daśa jāraṁ na kanyānūṣata | mṛjyase soma sātaye ||

Ten Dames have sung to welcome thee, even as a maiden greets her love: O Soma, thou art decked to win.

त्वमिन्द्राय विष्णवे स्वादुरिन्दो परि स्रव। नॄन्स्तोतॄन्पाह्यंहसः॥

tvamindrāya viṣṇave svādurindo pari srava | nṝnstotṝnpāhyaṁhasaḥ ||

Flow hitherward, O Indu, sweet to Indra and to Visnu: guard The men, the singers, from distress.