DharmaPragya
Mandala 9, Hymn 61
Containing 30 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
Mandala 9, Hymn 61, Verse 1
Verse 1 of 30
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अ॒या वी॒ती परि॑ स्रव॒ यस्त॑ इन्दो॒ मदे॒ष्वा अ॒वाह॑न्नव॒तीर्नव॑
"FLOW onward, Indu, with this food for him who in thy wild delight Battered the nine-and-ninety down,"
Mandala 9, Hymn 61, Verse 2
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पुरः॑ स॒द्य इ॒त्थाधि॑ये॒ दिवो॑दासाय॒ शम्ब॑रम् अध॒ त्यं तु॒र्वशं॒ यदु॑म्
"Smote swiftly forts, and gambara, then Yadu and that Turvaga, For pious Divodâsa's sake."
Mandala 9, Hymn 61, Verse 3
Verse 3 of 30
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परि॑ णो॒ अश्व॑मश्व॒विद्गोम॑दिन्दो॒ हिर॑ण्यवत् क्षरा॑ सह॒स्रिणी॒रिषः॑
"Finder of horses, pour on us horses and wealth in kine and gold, And, Indu, food in boundless store."
Mandala 9, Hymn 61, Verse 4
Verse 4 of 30
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पव॑मानस्य ते व॒यं प॒वित्र॑मभ्युन्द॒तः स॒खि॒त्वमा वृ॑णीमहे
"We seek to win thy friendly love, even Pavamâna's flowing o'er The limit of the cleansing sieve."
Mandala 9, Hymn 61, Verse 5
Verse 5 of 30
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ये ते॑ प॒वित्र॑मू॒र्मयो॑ऽभि॒क्षर॑न्ति॒ धार॑या तेभि॑र्नः सोम मृळय
"With those same waves which in their stream oyerflow the purifying sieve, Soma; be gracious unto us."
Mandala 9, Hymn 61, Verse 6
Verse 6 of 30
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स नः॑ पुना॒न आ भ॑र र॒यिं वी॒रव॑ती॒मिष॑म् ईशा॑नः सोम वि॒श्वतः॑
"O Soma, being purified, bring us from all sides,– for thou canst,– Riches and food with hero sons."
Mandala 9, Hymn 61, Verse 7
Verse 7 of 30
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ए॒तमु॒ त्यं दश॒ क्षिपो॑ मृ॒जन्ति॒ सिन्धु॑मातरम् समा॑दि॒त्येभि॑रख्यत
"Him here, the Child whom streams have borne, the ten swift fingers beautify With the Âdityas is he seen."
Mandala 9, Hymn 61, Verse 8
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समिन्द्रे॑णो॒त वा॒युना॑ सु॒त ए॑ति प॒वित्र॒ आ सं सूर्य॑स्य र॒श्मिभिः॑
"With Indra and with Vâyu he, effused, flows onward with,the beams Of Sûrya to the cleansing sieve."
Mandala 9, Hymn 61, Verse 9
Verse 9 of 30
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स नो॒ भगा॑य वा॒यवे॑ पू॒ष्णे प॑वस्व॒ मधु॑मान् चारु॑र्मि॒त्रे वरु॑णे च
"Flow rich in sweets and lovely for our Bhaga, Vâyu, Pûshan flow For Mitra and for Varuṇa."
Mandala 9, Hymn 61, Verse 10
Verse 10 of 30
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उ॒च्चा ते॑ जा॒तमन्ध॑सो दि॒वि षद्भूम्या द॑दे उ॒ग्रं शर्म॒ महि॒ श्रवः॑
"High is thy juice's birth: though set in heaven, on earth it hath obtained Strong sheltering power and great renown."
Mandala 9, Hymn 61, Verse 11
Verse 11 of 30
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ए॒ना विश्वा॑न्य॒र्य आ द्यु॒म्नानि॒ मानु॑षाणाम् सिषा॑सन्तो वनामहे
"Striving to win, with him we gain all wealth from the ungodly man, Yea, all the glories of mankind."
Mandala 9, Hymn 61, Verse 12
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स न॒ इन्द्रा॑य॒ यज्य॑वे॒ वरु॑णाय म॒रुद्भ्यः॑ व॒रि॒वो॒वित्परि॑ स्रव
"Finder of room and freedom, flow for Indra whom we must adore, For Varuṇa and the Marut host."
Mandala 9, Hymn 61, Verse 13
Verse 13 of 30
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उपो॒ षु जा॒तम॒प्तुरं॒ गोभि॑र्भ॒ङ्गं परि॑ष्कृतम् इन्दुं॑ दे॒वा अ॑यासिषुः
"The Gods have come to Indu well-descended, beautified with milk, The active crusher of the foe."
Mandala 9, Hymn 61, Verse 14
Verse 14 of 30
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तमिद्व॑र्धन्तु नो॒ गिरो॑ व॒त्सं सं॒शिश्व॑रीरिव य इन्द्र॑स्य हृदं॒सनिः॑
"Even as mother cows their calf, so let our praise-songs strengthen him, Yea, him who winneth Indra's heart."
Mandala 9, Hymn 61, Verse 15
Verse 15 of 30
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अर्षा॑ णः सोम॒ शं गवे॑ धु॒क्षस्व॑ पि॒प्युषी॒मिष॑म् वर्धा॑ समु॒द्रमु॒क्थ्य॑म्
"Soma, pour blessings on our kine, pour forth the food that streams with milk Increase the sea that merits laud."
Mandala 9, Hymn 61, Verse 16
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पव॑मानो अजीजनद्दि॒वश्चि॒त्रं न त॑न्य॒तुम् ज्योति॑र्वैश्वान॒रं बृ॒हत्
"From heaven hath Pavamâna made, as 'twere, the marvellous thunder, and The lofty light of all mankind."
Mandala 9, Hymn 61, Verse 17
Verse 17 of 30
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पव॑मानस्य ते॒ रसो॒ मदो॑ राजन्नदुच्छु॒नः वि वार॒मव्य॑मर्षति
"The gladdening and auspicious juice of thee, of Pavamâna, King! Flows o'er the woollen straining-cloth."
Mandala 9, Hymn 61, Verse 18
Verse 18 of 30
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पव॑मान॒ रस॒स्तव॒ दक्षो॒ वि रा॑जति द्यु॒मान् ज्योति॒र्विश्वं॒ स्व॑र्दृ॒शे
"Thy juice, O Pavamâna, sends its rays abroad like splendid skill, Like lustre, all heaven's light, to see."
Mandala 9, Hymn 61, Verse 19
Verse 19 of 30
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यस्ते॒ मदो॒ वरे॑ण्य॒स्तेना॑ पव॒स्वान्ध॑सा दे॒वा॒वीर॑घशंस॒हा
"Flow onward with that juice of thine most excellent, that brings delight, Slaying the wicked, dear to Gods."
Mandala 9, Hymn 61, Verse 20
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जघ्नि॑र्वृ॒त्रम॑मि॒त्रियं॒ सस्नि॒र्वाजं॑ दि॒वेदि॑वे गो॒षा उ॑ अश्व॒सा अ॑सि
"Killing the foeman and his hate, and winning booty every day, Gainer art thou of steeds and kine."
Mandala 9, Hymn 61, Verse 21
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सम्मि॑श्लो अरु॒षो भ॑व सूप॒स्थाभि॒र्न धे॒नुभिः॑ सीद॑ञ्छ्ये॒नो न योनि॒मा
"Red-hued, be blended with the milk that seems to yield its lovely breast, Falcon-like resting in thine home."
Mandala 9, Hymn 61, Verse 22
Verse 22 of 30
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स प॑वस्व॒ य आवि॒थेन्द्रं॑ वृ॒त्राय॒ हन्त॑वे व॒व्रि॒वांसं॑ म॒हीर॒पः
"Flow onward thou who strengthenedst Indra to slaughter Vr̥itra who Compassed and stayed the mighty floods."
Mandala 9, Hymn 61, Verse 23
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सु॒वीरा॑सो व॒यं धना॒ जये॑म सोम मीढ्वः पु॒ना॒नो व॑र्ध नो॒ गिरः॑
"Soma who rainest gifts, may we win riches with our hero sons: Strengthen, as thou art cleansed, our hymns."
Mandala 9, Hymn 61, Verse 24
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त्वोता॑स॒स्तवाव॑सा॒ स्याम॑ व॒न्वन्त॑ आ॒मुरः॑ सोम॑ व्र॒तेषु॑ जागृहि
"Aided by thee, and through thy grace, may we be slayers when we war: Watch, Soma, at our solemn rites."
Mandala 9, Hymn 61, Verse 25
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अ॒प॒घ्नन्प॑वते॒ मृधोऽप॒ सोमो॒ अरा॑व्णः गच्छ॒न्निन्द्र॑स्य निष्कृ॒तम्
"Chasing our foemen, driving off the godless, Soma flowcth on, Going to Indra's special place."
Mandala 9, Hymn 61, Verse 26
Verse 26 of 30
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म॒हो नो॑ रा॒य आ भ॑र॒ पव॑मान ज॒ही मृधः॑ रास्वे॑न्दो वी॒रव॒द्यशः॑
"O Pavamâna, hither bring great riches, and destroy our foes: O Indu, grant heroic fame."
Mandala 9, Hymn 61, Verse 27
Verse 27 of 30
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न त्वा॑ श॒तं च॒न ह्रुतो॒ राधो॒ दित्स॑न्त॒मा मि॑नन् यत्पु॑ना॒नो म॑ख॒स्यसे॑
"A hundred obstacles have ne'er checked thee when fain to give thy boons, When, being cleansed, thou combatest."
Mandala 9, Hymn 61, Verse 28
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पव॑स्वेन्दो॒ वृषा॑ सु॒तः कृ॒धी नो॑ य॒शसो॒ जने॑ विश्वा॒ अप॒ द्विषो॑ जहि
"Indu, flow on, a mighty juice; glorify us among the folk: Drive all our enemies away."
Mandala 9, Hymn 61, Verse 29
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अस्य॑ ते स॒ख्ये व॒यं तवे॑न्दो द्यु॒म्न उ॑त्त॒मे सा॒स॒ह्याम॑ पृतन्य॒तः
"Indu, in this thy friendship most lofty and glorious may we Subdue all those who war with us."
Mandala 9, Hymn 61, Verse 30
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या ते॑ भी॒मान्यायु॑धा ति॒ग्मानि॒ सन्ति॒ धूर्व॑णे रक्षा॑ समस्य नो नि॒दः
"Those awful weapons that thou hast, sharpened at point to strike men down- Guard us therewith from every foe."