Rigveda

Mandala 9, Hymn 56

Containing 4 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.

Rigveda

Mandala 9, Hymn 56, Verse 1

परि॒ सोम॑ ऋ॒तं बृ॒हदा॒शुः प॒वित्रे॑ अर्षति वि॒घ्नन्रक्षां॑सि देव॒युः

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

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

Rigveda

Mandala 9, Hymn 56, Verse 2

यत्सोमो॒ वाज॒मर्ष॑ति श॒तं धारा॑ अप॒स्युवः॑ इन्द्र॑स्य स॒ख्यमा॑वि॒शन्

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

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

Rigveda

Mandala 9, Hymn 56, Verse 3

अ॒भि त्वा॒ योष॑णो॒ दश॑ जा॒रं न क॒न्या॑नूषत मृ॒ज्यसे॑ सोम सा॒तये॑

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

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

Rigveda

Mandala 9, Hymn 56, Verse 4

त्वमिन्द्रा॑य॒ विष्ण॑वे स्वा॒दुरि॑न्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव नॄन्त्स्तो॒तॄन्पा॒ह्यंह॑सः

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

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