Containing 12 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
पर्यू॒ षु प्र ध॑न्व॒ वाज॑सातये॒ परि॑ वृ॒त्राणि॑ स॒क्षणिः॑ द्वि॒षस्त॒रध्या॑ ऋण॒या न॑ ईयसे
"O'ERPOWERING Vr̥itras, forward run to win great strength: Thou speedest to subdue like one exacting debts."
अनु॒ हि त्वा॑ सु॒तं सो॑म॒ मदा॑मसि म॒हे स॑मर्य॒राज्ये॑ वाजाँ॑ अ॒भि प॑वमान॒ प्र गा॑हसे
"In thee, effused, O Soma, we rejoice ourselves for great supremacy in fight. Thou, Pavamâna, enterest into mighty deeds,"
अजी॑जनो॒ हि प॑वमान॒ सूर्यं॑ वि॒धारे॒ शक्म॑ना॒ पयः॑ गोजी॑रया॒ रंह॑माणः॒ पुरं॑ध्या
"O Pavamâna, thou didst generate the Sun, and spread the moisture out with power, Hasting to us with plenty vivified with milk."
अजी॑जनो अमृत॒ मर्त्ये॒ष्वाँ ऋ॒तस्य॒ धर्म॑न्न॒मृत॑स्य॒ चारु॑णः सदा॑सरो॒ वाज॒मच्छा॒ सनि॑ष्यदत्
"Thou didst produce him, Deathless God mid mortal men for maintenance of Law and lovely Amrit: Thou evermore hast moved making strength flow to us."
अ॒भ्य॑भि॒ हि श्रव॑सा त॒तर्दि॒थोत्सं॒ न कं चि॑ज्जन॒पान॒मक्षि॑तम् शर्या॑भि॒र्न भर॑माणो॒ गभ॑स्त्योः
"All round about hast thou with glory pierced for us as 'twere a never-failing well for men to drink, Borne on thy way in fragments from the presser's arms."
आदीं॒ के चि॒त्पश्य॑मानास॒ आप्यं॑ वसु॒रुचो॑ दि॒व्या अ॒भ्य॑नूषत वारं॒ न दे॒वः स॑वि॒ता व्यू॑र्णुते
"Then, beautifully radiant, certain Heavenly Ones, have sung to him their kinship as they looked thereon, And Savitar the God opens as 'twere a stall."
त्वे सो॑म प्रथ॒मा वृ॒क्तब॑र्हिषो म॒हे वाजा॑य॒ श्रव॑से॒ धियं॑ दधुः स त्वं नो॑ वीर वी॒र्या॑य चोदय
"Soma, the men of old whose grass was trimmed addressed the hymn to thee for mighty strength and for renown: So, Hero, urge us onward to heroic power."
दि॒वः पी॒यूषं॑ पू॒र्व्यं यदु॒क्थ्यं॑ म॒हो गा॒हाद्दि॒व आ निर॑धुक्षत इन्द्र॑म॒भि जाय॑मानं॒ सम॑स्वरन्
"They have drained forth from out the great depth of the sky the old primeval milk of heaven that claims the laud: They lifted up their voice to Indra athis birth."
अध॒ यदि॒मे प॑वमान॒ रोद॑सी इ॒मा च॒ विश्वा॒ भुव॑ना॒भि म॒ज्मना॑ यू॒थे न नि॒ष्ठा वृ॑ष॒भो वि ति॑ष्ठसे
"As long as thou, O Pavamâna, art above this earth and heaven and all existence in thy might, Thou standest like a Bull the chief amid the herd."
सोमः॑ पुना॒नो अ॒व्यये॒ वारे॒ शिशु॒र्न क्रीळ॒न्पव॑मानो अक्षाः स॒हस्र॑धारः श॒तवा॑ज॒ इन्दुः॑
"In the sheep's wool hath Soma Pavamâna flowed, while they cleanse him, like a playful infant, Indu with hundred powers and hundred currents."
ए॒ष पु॑ना॒नो मधु॑माँ ऋ॒तावेन्द्रा॒येन्दुः॑ पवते स्वा॒दुरू॒र्मिः वा॒ज॒सनि॑र्वरिवो॒विद्व॑यो॒धाः
"Holy and sweet, while purified, this Indu flows on, a wave of pleasant taste, to Indra,– Strength-winner, Treasure-finder, Life. bestower."
स प॑वस्व॒ सह॑मानः पृत॒न्यून्त्सेध॒न्रक्षां॒स्यप॑ दु॒र्गहा॑णि स्वा॒यु॒धः सा॑स॒ह्वान्त्सो॑म॒ शत्रू॑न्
"So flow thou on, subduing our assailants, chasing the demons hard to beencountered, Well-armed and conquering our foes, O Soma."