Containing 23 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
त्वं सो॑म॒ प्र चि॑कितो मनी॒षा त्वं रजि॑ष्ठ॒मनु॑ नेषि॒ पन्था॑म् तव॒ प्रणी॑ती पि॒तरो॑ न इन्दो दे॒वेषु॒ रत्न॑मभजन्त॒ धीराः॑
"Thou, Soma, art preeminent for wisdom; along the straightest path thou art our leader. Our wise forefathers by thy guidance, Indu, dealt out among the Gods their share of treasure."
त्वं सो॑म॒ क्रतु॑भिः सु॒क्रतु॑र्भू॒स्त्वं दक्षैः॑ सु॒दक्षो॑ वि॒श्ववे॑दाः त्वं वृषा॑ वृष॒त्वेभि॑र्महि॒त्वा द्यु॒म्नेभि॑र्द्यु॒म्न्य॑भवो नृ॒चक्षाः॑
"Thou by thine insight art most wise, O Soma, strong by thine energies and all possessing, Mighty art thou by all thy powers and greatness, by glories art thou glorious, guide of mortals."
राज्ञो॒ नु ते॒ वरु॑णस्य व्र॒तानि॑ बृ॒हद्ग॑भी॒रं तव॑ सोम॒ धाम॑ शुचि॒ष्ट्वम॑सि प्रि॒यो न मि॒त्रो द॒क्षाय्यो॑ अर्य॒मेवा॑सि सोम
"Thine are King Varuṇa's eternal statutes, lofty and deep, O Soma, is thy glory. All-pure art thou like Mitra the beloved, adorable, like Aryaman, O Soma."
या ते॒ धामा॑नि दि॒वि या पृ॑थि॒व्यां या पर्व॑ते॒ष्वोष॑धीष्व॒प्सु तेभि॑र्नो॒ विश्वैः॑ सु॒मना॒ अहे॑ळ॒न्राज॑न्त्सोम॒ प्रति॑ ह॒व्या गृ॑भाय
"With all thy glories on the earth, in heaven, on mountains, in the plants, and in the waters,– With all of these, well-pleased and not in anger, accept, O royal Soma, our oblations."
त्वं सो॑मासि॒ सत्प॑ति॒स्त्वं राजो॒त वृ॑त्र॒हा त्वं भ॒द्रो अ॑सि॒ क्रतुः॑
"Thou, Soma, art the Lord of heroes, King, yea, Vr̥itra-slayer thou: Thou art auspicious energy."
त्वं च॑ सोम नो॒ वशो॑ जी॒वातुं॒ न म॑रामहे प्रि॒यस्तो॑त्रो॒ वन॒स्पतिः॑
"And, Soma, let it be thy wish that we may live and may not die: Praise-loving Lord of plants art thou."
त्वं सो॑म म॒हे भगं॒ त्वं यून॑ ऋताय॒ते दक्षं॑ दधासि जी॒वसे॑
"To him who keeps the law, both old and young, thou givest happiness, And energy that he may live."
त्वं नः॑ सोम वि॒श्वतो॒ रक्षा॑ राजन्नघाय॒तः न रि॑ष्ये॒त्त्वाव॑तः॒ सखा॑
"Guard us, King Soma, on all sides from him who threatens us: never let The friend of one like thee be harmed."
सोम॒ यास्ते॑ मयो॒भुव॑ ऊ॒तयः॒ सन्ति॑ दा॒शुषे॑ ताभि॑र्नोऽवि॒ता भ॑व
"With those delightful aids which thou hast, Soma, for the worshipper,– Even with those protect thou us."
इ॒मं य॒ज्ञमि॒दं वचो॑ जुजुषा॒ण उ॒पाग॑हि सोम॒ त्वं नो॑ वृ॒धे भ॑व
"Accepting this our sacrifice and this our praise, O Soma, come, And be thou nigh to prosper us."
सोम॑ गी॒र्भिष्ट्वा॑ व॒यं व॒र्धया॑मो वचो॒विदः॑ सु॒मृ॒ळी॒को न॒ आ वि॑श
"Well-skilled in speech we magnify thee, Soma, with our sacred songs: Come thou to us, most gracious One."
ग॒य॒स्फानो॑ अमीव॒हा व॑सु॒वित्पु॑ष्टि॒वर्ध॑नः सु॒मि॒त्रः सो॑म नो भव
"Enricher, healer of disease, wealth-finder, prospering our store, Be, Soma, a good Friend to us."
सोम॑ रार॒न्धि नो॑ हृ॒दि गावो॒ न यव॑से॒ष्वा मर्य॑ इव॒ स्व ओ॒क्ये॑
"Soma, be happy in our heart, as milch-kine in the grassy meads, As a young man in his own house."
यः सो॑म स॒ख्ये तव॑ रा॒रण॑द्देव॒ मर्त्यः॑ तं दक्षः॑ सचते क॒विः
"O Soma, God, the mortal man who in thy friendship hath delight, Him doth the mighty Sage befriend."
उ॒रु॒ष्या णो॑ अ॒भिश॑स्तेः॒ सोम॒ नि पा॒ह्यंह॑सः सखा॑ सु॒शेव॑ एधि नः
"Save us from slanderous reproach, keep us., O Soma, from distress: Be unto us a gracious Friend."
आ प्या॑यस्व॒ समे॑तु ते वि॒श्वतः॑ सोम॒ वृष्ण्य॑म् भवा॒ वाज॑स्य संग॒थे
"Soma, wax great. From every side may vigorous powers unite in thee: Be in the gathering-place of strength."
आ प्या॑यस्व मदिन्तम॒ सोम॒ विश्वे॑भिरं॒शुभिः॑ भवा॑ नः सु॒श्रव॑स्तमः॒ सखा॑ वृ॒धे
"Wax, O most gladdening Soma, great through all thy rays of light, and be A Friend of most illustrious fame t6 prosper us."
सं ते॒ पयां॑सि॒ समु॑ यन्तु॒ वाजाः॒ सं वृष्ण्या॑न्यभिमाति॒षाहः॑ आ॒प्याय॑मानो अ॒मृता॑य सोम दि॒वि श्रवां॑स्युत्त॒मानि॑ धिष्व
"In thee be juicy nutriments united, and powers and mighty foe-subduing vigour, Waxing to immortality, O Soma: win highest glories for thyself in heaven."
या ते॒ धामा॑नि ह॒विषा॒ यज॑न्ति॒ ता ते॒ विश्वा॑ परि॒भूर॑स्तु य॒ज्ञम् ग॒य॒स्फानः॑ प्र॒तर॑णः सु॒वीरोऽवी॑रहा॒ प्र च॑रा सोम॒ दुर्या॑न्
"Such of thy glories as with poured oblations men honour, may they all invest our worship. Wealth-giver, furtherer with troops of heroes, sparing the brave, come, Soma, to our houses."
सोमो॑ धे॒नुं सोमो॒ अर्व॑न्तमा॒शुं सोमो॑ वी॒रं क॑र्म॒ण्यं॑ ददाति सा॒द॒न्यं॑ विद॒थ्यं॑ स॒भेयं॑ पितृ॒श्रव॑णं॒ यो ददा॑शदस्मै
"To him who worships Soma gives the milchcow, a fleet steed and a man of active knowledge, Skilled in home duties, meet for holy synod, for council meet, a glory to his father."
अषा॑ळ्हं यु॒त्सु पृत॑नासु॒ पप्रिं॑ स्व॒र्षाम॒प्सां वृ॒जन॑स्य गो॒पाम् भ॒रे॒षु॒जां सु॑क्षि॒तिं सु॒श्रव॑सं॒ जय॑न्तं॒ त्वामनु॑ मदेम सोम
"Invincible in fight, saver in battles, guard of our camp, winner of light and water, Born amid hymns, well-housed, exceeding famous, victor, in thee will we rejoice, O Soma."
त्वमि॒मा ओष॑धीः सोम॒ विश्वा॒स्त्वम॒पो अ॑जनय॒स्त्वं गाः त्वमा त॑तन्थो॒र्व१॒॑न्तरि॑क्षं॒ त्वं ज्योति॑षा॒ वि तमो॑ ववर्थ
"These herbs, these milch-kine, and these running waters, all these, O Soma, thou hast generated. The spacious firmament bast thou expanded, and with the light thou hast dispelled the darkness."
दे॒वेन॑ नो॒ मन॑सा देव सोम रा॒यो भा॒गं स॑हसावन्न॒भि यु॑ध्य मा त्वा त॑न॒दीशि॑षे वी॒र्य॑स्यो॒भये॑भ्यः॒ प्र चि॑कित्सा॒ गवि॑ष्टौ
"Do thou, God Soma, with thy Godlike spirit, victorious, win for us a share of riches. Let none prevent thee: thou art Lord of valour. Provide for both sides in the fray for booty."