DharmaPragya
Mandala 9, Hymn 16
Containing 8 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
Mandala 9, Hymn 16, Verse 1
Verse 1 of 8
SANSKRIT TEXT
प्र ते॑ सो॒तार॑ ओ॒ण्यो॒३॒॑ रसं॒ मदा॑य॒ घृष्व॑ये सर्गो॒ न त॒क्त्येत॑शः
"THE pressers from the Soma-press send forth thy juice for rapturous joy The speckled sap runs like a flood."
Mandala 9, Hymn 16, Verse 2
Verse 2 of 8
SANSKRIT TEXT
क्रत्वा॒ दक्ष॑स्य र॒थ्य॑म॒पो वसा॑न॒मन्ध॑सा गो॒षामण्वे॑षु सश्चिम
"With strength we follow through the sieve him who brings might and wins the kine, Enrobed in water with his juice."
Mandala 9, Hymn 16, Verse 3
Verse 3 of 8
SANSKRIT TEXT
अन॑प्तम॒प्सु दु॒ष्टरं॒ सोमं॑ प॒वित्र॒ आ सृ॑ज पु॒नी॒हीन्द्रा॑य॒ पात॑वे
"Pour on the sieve the Soma, ne'er subdued in waters, waterless, And make it pure for Indra's drink."
Mandala 9, Hymn 16, Verse 4
Verse 4 of 8
SANSKRIT TEXT
प्र पु॑ना॒नस्य॒ चेत॑सा॒ सोमः॑ प॒वित्रे॑ अर्षति क्रत्वा॑ स॒धस्थ॒मास॑दत्
"Moved by the purifier's thought, the Soma flows into the sieve: By wisdom it hath gained its home."
Mandala 9, Hymn 16, Verse 5
Verse 5 of 8
SANSKRIT TEXT
प्र त्वा॒ नमो॑भि॒रिन्द॑व॒ इन्द्र॒ सोमा॑ असृक्षत म॒हे भरा॑य का॒रिणः॑
"With humble homage, Indra, have the Soma-drops flowed forth to thee, Contending for the glorious prize."
Mandala 9, Hymn 16, Verse 6
Verse 6 of 8
SANSKRIT TEXT
पु॒ना॒नो रू॒पे अ॒व्यये॒ विश्वा॒ अर्ष॑न्न॒भि श्रियः॑ शूरो॒ न गोषु॑ तिष्ठति
"Purified in his fleecy garb, attaining every beauty, he Stands, hero-like, amid the kine."
Mandala 9, Hymn 16, Verse 7
Verse 7 of 8
SANSKRIT TEXT
दि॒वो न सानु॑ पि॒प्युषी॒ धारा॑ सु॒तस्य॑ वे॒धसः॑ वृथा॑ प॒वित्रे॑ अर्षति
"Swelling, as 'twere, to heights of heaven, the stream of the creative juice Falls lightly on the cleansing sieve."
Mandala 9, Hymn 16, Verse 8
Verse 8 of 8
SANSKRIT TEXT
त्वं सो॑म विप॒श्चितं॒ तना॑ पुना॒न आ॒युषु॑ अव्यो॒ वारं॒ वि धा॑वसि
"Thus, Soma, purifying himwho knoweth song mid living men, Thou wanderest through the cloth of wool."