Containing 26 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
परी॒तो षि॑ञ्चता सु॒तं सोमो॒ य उ॑त्त॒मं ह॒विः द॒ध॒न्वाँ यो नर्यो॑ अ॒प्स्व१॒॑न्तरा सु॒षाव॒ सोम॒मद्रि॑भिः
"HENCE sprinkle forth the juice effused,. Soma, the best of sacred gifts, Who, friend of man, hath run amid the water-streams. He hath pressed Soma out with stones."
नू॒नं पु॑ना॒नोऽवि॑भिः॒ परि॑ स्र॒वाद॑ब्धः सुर॒भिंत॑रः सु॒ते चि॑त्त्वा॒प्सु म॑दामो॒ अन्ध॑सा श्री॒णन्तो॒ गोभि॒रुत्त॑रम्
"Now, being purified, flow hither through the fleece inviolate and most odorous. We ladden thee in waters when thou art effused, blending thee still with juice and milk."
परि॑ सुवा॒नश्चक्ष॑से देव॒माद॑नः॒ क्रतु॒रिन्दु॑र्विचक्ष॒णः
"Pressed out for all to see, delighting Gods, Indu, Far-sighted One, is mental power."
पु॒ना॒नः सो॑म॒ धार॑या॒पो वसा॑नो अर्षसि आ र॑त्न॒धा योनि॑मृ॒तस्य॑ सीद॒स्युत्सो॑ देव हिर॒ण्ययः॑
"Cleansing thee, Soma, in thy stream, thou flowest in a watery robe: Giver of wealth, thou sittest in the place of Law, O God, a fountain made of gold."
दु॒हा॒न ऊध॑र्दि॒व्यं मधु॑ प्रि॒यं प्र॒त्नं स॒धस्थ॒मास॑दत् आ॒पृच्छ्यं॑ ध॒रुणं॑ वा॒ज्य॑र्षति॒ नृभि॑र्धू॒तो वि॑चक्ष॒णः
"Milking the heavenly udder for dear meath, he hath sat in the ancient gatheringplace. Washed by the men, the Strong Farseeing One streams forth nutriti us food that all desire."
पु॒ना॒नः सो॑म॒ जागृ॑वि॒रव्यो॒ वारे॒ परि॑ प्रि॒यः त्वं विप्रो॑ अभ॒वोऽङ्गि॑रस्तमो॒ मध्वा॑ य॒ज्ञं मि॑मिक्ष नः
"O Soma, while they cleanse thee, dear and watchful in the sheep's long wool, Thou hast become a Singer most like Angiras: thou madest Sûrya mount to heaven."
सोमो॑ मी॒ढ्वान्प॑वते गातु॒वित्त॑म॒ ऋषि॒र्विप्रो॑ विचक्ष॒णः त्वं क॒विर॑भवो देव॒वीत॑म॒ आ सूर्यं॑ रोहयो दि॒वि
"Bountiful, best of furtherers, Soma floweth on, R̥ishi and Singer, keen of sight. Thou hast become a Sage most welcome to the Gods: thou madest Sûrya mount to heaven."
सोम॑ उ षुवा॒णः सो॒तृभि॒रधि॒ ष्णुभि॒रवी॑नाम् अश्व॑येव ह॒रिता॑ याति॒ धार॑या म॒न्द्रया॑ याति॒ धार॑या
"Pressed out by pressers, Soma goes over the fleecy backs of sheep, Goes, even as with a mare, in tawnycoloured stream, goes in exhilarating stream."
अ॒नू॒पे गोमा॒न्गोभि॑रक्षाः॒ सोमो॑ दु॒ग्धाभि॑रक्षाः स॒मु॒द्रं न सं॒वर॑णान्यग्मन्म॒न्दी मदा॑य तोशते
"Down to the water-Soma, rich in kine hath flowed with cows, with cows that have been milked. They have approached the mixing-vessel as a sea: the cheerer streams for the carouse."
आ सो॑म सुवा॒नो अद्रि॑भिस्ति॒रो वारा॑ण्य॒व्यया॑ जनो॒ न पु॒रि च॒म्वो॑र्विश॒द्धरिः॒ सदो॒ वने॑षु दधिषे
"Effused by stones, O Soma, and urged through the long wool of the sheep, Thou, entering the saucers as a man the fort, gold-hued hast settled in the wood."
स मा॑मृजे ति॒रो अण्वा॑नि मे॒ष्यो॑ मी॒ळ्हे सप्ति॒र्न वा॑ज॒युः अ॒नु॒माद्यः॒ पव॑मानो मनी॒षिभिः॒ सोमो॒ विप्रे॑भि॒र्ऋक्व॑भिः
"He beautifies himself through the sheep's long fine wool, like an impetuous steed in war, Even Soma Pavamâna who shall be the joy of sages and of holy bards."
प्र सो॑म दे॒ववी॑तये॒ सिन्धु॒र्न पि॑प्ये॒ अर्ण॑सा अं॒शोः पय॑सा मदि॒रो न जागृ॑वि॒रच्छा॒ कोशं॑ मधु॒श्चुत॑म्
"O Soma,– for the feast of Gods, river-like he hath swelled with surge, With the stalk's juice, exhilarating, resting not, into the vat that drops with meath."
आ ह॑र्य॒तो अर्जु॑ने॒ अत्के॑ अव्यत प्रि॒यः सू॒नुर्न मर्ज्यः॑ तमीं॑ हिन्वन्त्य॒पसो॒ यथा॒ रथं॑ न॒दीष्वा गभ॑स्त्योः
"Like a dear son who must be decked, the Lovely One hath clad him in a shining robe. Men skilful at their work drive him forth, like a car, into the rivers from their bands."
अ॒भि सोमा॑स आ॒यवः॒ पव॑न्ते॒ मद्यं॒ मद॑म् स॒मु॒द्रस्याधि॑ वि॒ष्टपि॑ मनी॒षिणो॑ मत्स॒रासः॑ स्व॒र्विदः॑
"The living drops of Soma juice pour, as they flow, the gladdening drink, Intelligent drops above the basin of the sea, exhilarating, finding light."
तर॑त्समु॒द्रं पव॑मान ऊ॒र्मिणा॒ राजा॑ दे॒व ऋ॒तं बृ॒हत् अर्ष॑न्मि॒त्रस्य॒ वरु॑णस्य॒ धर्म॑णा॒ प्र हि॑न्वा॒न ऋ॒तं बृ॒हत्
"May Pavamâna, King and God, speed with his wave over the sea the lofty rite: May he by Mitra's and by Varuṇa's decree flow furthering the lofty rite."
नृभि॑र्येमा॒नो ह॑र्य॒तो वि॑चक्ष॒णो राजा॑ दे॒वः स॑मु॒द्रियः॑
"Far-seeing, lovely, guided by the men, the God whose home is in the sea-"
इन्द्रा॑य पवते॒ मदः॒ सोमो॑ म॒रुत्व॑ते सु॒तः स॒हस्र॑धारो॒ अत्यव्य॑मर्षति॒ तमी॑ मृजन्त्या॒यवः॑
"Soma, the gladdening juice, flows pressed for Indra with his Marut host: He hastens o'er the fleece with all his thousand streams: men make him bright and beautiful."
पु॒ना॒नश्च॒मू ज॒नय॑न्म॒तिं क॒विः सोमो॑ दे॒वेषु॑ रण्यति अ॒पो वसा॑नः॒ परि॒ गोभि॒रुत्त॑रः॒ सीद॒न्वने॑ष्वव्यत
"Purified in the bowl and gendering the hymn, wise Soma joys among the Gods. Robed in the flood, the Mighty One hath clad himself with milk and settled in the vats."
तवा॒हं सो॑म रारण स॒ख्य इ॑न्दो दि॒वेदि॑वे पु॒रूणि॑ बभ्रो॒ नि च॑रन्ति॒ मामव॑ परि॒धीँरति॒ ताँ इ॑हि
"O Soma, Indu, every day thy friendship hath been my delight. Many fiends follow me; help me, thou Tawny-hued; pass on beyond these barriers."
उ॒ताहं नक्त॑मु॒त सो॑म ते॒ दिवा॑ स॒ख्याय॑ बभ्र॒ ऊध॑नि घृ॒णा तप॑न्त॒मति॒ सूर्यं॑ प॒रः श॑कु॒ना इ॑व पप्तिम
"Close to thy bosom am I, Soma, day and night. O Tawny-hued, for friendship sake. Sûrya himself refulgent with his glow have we o'ertaken in his course like birds."
मृ॒ज्यमा॑नः सुहस्त्य समु॒द्रे वाच॑मिन्वसि र॒यिं पि॒शङ्गं॑ बहु॒लं पु॑रु॒स्पृहं॒ पव॑माना॒भ्य॑र्षसि
"Deft-handcd! thou when purified liftest thy voice amid the sea. Thou, Pavamâna, makest riches flow to us, yellow, abundant, much-desifed."
मृ॒जा॒नो वारे॒ पव॑मानो अ॒व्यये॒ वृषाव॑ चक्रदो॒ वने॑ दे॒वानां॑ सोम पवमान निष्कृ॒तं गोभि॑रञ्जा॒नो अ॑र्षसि
"Making thee pure and bright in the sheep's long wool, thou hast bellowed, steerlike, in the wood. Thou flowest, Soma Pavamâna, balmed with milk unto the special place of Gods."
पव॑स्व॒ वाज॑सातये॒ऽभि विश्वा॑नि॒ काव्या॑ त्वं स॑मु॒द्रं प्र॑थ॒मो वि धा॑रयो दे॒वेभ्यः॑ सोम मत्स॒रः
"Flow on to win us strength, flow on to lofty lore of every kind. Thou, Soma, as Exhilarator wast the first to spread the sea abroad for Gods."
स तू प॑वस्व॒ परि॒ पार्थि॑वं॒ रजो॑ दि॒व्या च॑ सोम॒ धर्म॑भिः त्वां विप्रा॑सो म॒तिभि॑र्विचक्षण शु॒भ्रं हि॑न्वन्ति धी॒तिभिः॑
"Flow to the realm of earth, flow to the realm of heaven, O Soma, in thy righteous ways. Fair art thou whom the sages, O Far-seeing One, urge onward with their songs and hymns."
पव॑माना असृक्षत प॒वित्र॒मति॒ धार॑या म॒रुत्व॑न्तो मत्स॒रा इ॑न्द्रि॒या हया॑ मे॒धाम॒भि प्रयां॑सि च
"Over the cleansing sieve have flowed the Pavamânas in a stream, Girt by the Maruts, gladdening, Steeds with Indra's stiength, for wisdom and for dainty food."
अ॒पो वसा॑नः॒ परि॒ कोश॑मर्ष॒तीन्दु॑र्हिया॒नः सो॒तृभिः॑ ज॒नय॒ञ्ज्योति॑र्म॒न्दना॑ अवीवश॒द्गाः कृ॑ण्वा॒नो न नि॒र्णिज॑म्
"Urged onward by the pressers, clad in watery robes, Indu is speeding to the vat. He gendering light, hath made the glad Cows low, while he takes them as his garb of state."