Sama Veda

अनु प्रत्नास आयवः पदं नवीयो अक्रमुः रुचे जनन्त सूर्यम्

The ancient paths have been traversed anew; with their radiance, they have produced the sun.

अर्षा सोम द्युमत्तमो ऽभि द्रोणानि रोरुवत् सीदन्योनौ योनेष्वा

Flow, Soma, most radiant, resounding through the vessels; settle in the two seats, in the wombs.

वृषा सोम द्युमां असि वृषा देव वृषव्रतः वृषा धर्माणि दध्रिषे

You are mighty, Soma, radiant; you are mighty, god of steadfast vow; you have upheld the mighty laws.

इषे पवस्व धारया मृज्यमानो मनीषिभिः इन्दो रुचाभि गा इहि

Flow forth, O Soma, with your stream for strength, being purified by the wise; O Indu, come with your shining rays, come to the cows.

मन्द्रया सोम धारया वृषा पवस्व देवयुः अव्यो वारेभिरस्मयुः

With a delightful stream, O Soma, flow forth as a bull, worthy of the gods; unassailable, with coverings, ever youthful.

अया सोम सुकृत्यपा हिन्दान इद्वृषायसे

With this good deed, O Soma, the pressing stone has made you, O bull, fit for the hero.

अयं विचर्षणिर्हितः पवमानः स चेतति हिन्वान आप्यं बृहत्

This Pavamana, set in motion, the wise one, stirs himself; flowing, he seeks the great, primeval place.

प्र ण इन्दो महे तु न ऊर्मिं न बिभ्रदर्षसि अभि देवां अयास्यः

O Indu, for us, flow forth for greatness; you bear the wave, you do not fail, you approach the gods, O swift one.

अपघ्नन्पवते मृधो ऽप सोमो अराव्णः गच्छन्निन्द्रस्य निष्कृतम्

Soma flows, driving away foes, repelling the hostile, going to Indra’s chosen place.

पुनानः सोम धारयापो वसानो अर्षसि आ रत्नधा योनिमृतस्य सीदस्युत्सो देवो हिरण्ययः

Purifying, O Soma, with your stream, you flow, clothed in waters; sit in the seat of truth, the treasure-holding womb, O divine, golden one.

परीतो षिञ्चता सुतं सोमो य उत्तमं हविः दधन्वां यो नर्यो अप्स्वान्तरा सुषाव सोममद्रिभिः

Pour all around the pressed Soma, who holds the highest offering; the noble one who, within the waters, has pressed out Soma with the stones.

आ सोम स्वानो अद्रिभिस्तिरो वाराण्यव्यया जनो न पुरि चम्वोर्विशद्धरिः सदो वनेषु दध्रिषे

O Soma, resounding, with the stones, you pass through the barriers unharmed; like a man in a city, the bright one, you have taken your seat in the woods.

प्र सोम देववीतये सिन्धुर्न पिप्ये अर्णसा अंशोः पयसा मदिरो न जागृविरच्छा कोशं मधुश्चुतम्

Soma, for divine favor, like a river swelling with waves, with the juice of the stalk, exhilarating, ever awake, approaches the honey-flowing vessel.

सोम उ ष्वाणः सोतृभिरधि ष्णुभिरवीनाम् अश्वयेव हरिता याति धारया मन्द्रया याति धारया

Soma, resounding, with the pressers, with the swift ones, comes forth; like a horse with golden trappings, he moves with a delightful stream, he moves with a delightful stream.

तवाहं सोम रारण सख्य इन्दो दिवेदिवे पुरूणि बभ्रो नि चरन्ति मामव परिधींरति तां इहि

O Soma, I have sought your friendship, O Indu, day by day; many, O tawny one, surround me—protect me from the encircling foe, come to me.

मृज्यमानः सुहस्त्या समुद्रे वाचमिन्वसि रयिं पिशङ्गं बहुलं पुरुस्पृहं पवमानाभ्यर्षसि

Being purified with good hands in the ocean, you, O Soma, awaken speech; you flow with abundant, variegated, much-desired wealth, O Pavamana.

अभि सोमास आयवः पवन्ते मद्यं मदम् समुद्रस्याधि विष्टपे मनीषिणो मत्सरासो मदच्युतः

The pressed Somas, the swift ones, flow for intoxicating delight; on the expanse of the ocean, the wise, the eager, pour forth the exhilarating Soma.

पुनानः सोम जागृविरव्या वारैः परि प्रियः त्वं विप्रो अभवो ऽङ्गिरस्तम मध्वा यज्ञं मिमिक्ष णः

Purifying, O Soma, ever awake, you are dear, surrounded by coverings; you have become a sage, most Angirasa-like; with sweetness, prepare the sacrifice for us.

इन्द्राय पवते मदः सोमो मरुत्वते सुतः सहस्रधारो अत्यव्यमर्षति तमी मृजन्त्यायवः

For Indra, the exhilaration flows, Soma pressed for the Maruts, with a thousand streams, surpassing all; the swift ones cleanse him.

पवस्व वाजसातमो ऽभि विश्वानि वार्या त्वं समुद्रः प्रथमे विधर्मं देवेभ्यं सोम मत्सरः

Flow, bestower of strength, for all desirable things; you, O Soma, are the ocean, the first foundation for the gods, the exhilarating one.

पवमाना असृक्षत पवित्रमति धारया मरुत्वन्तो मत्सरा इन्द्रिया हया मेधामभि प्रयांसि च

The Pavamana Somas have flowed through the filter with their stream; the exhilarating, Marut-accompanied, powerful ones, with their strength and wisdom, and with their courses.

प्र तु द्रव परि कोशं नि षीद नृभिः पुनानो अभि वाजमर्ष अश्वं न त्वा वाजिनं मर्जयन्तो ऽच्छा बर्ही रशनाभिर्नयन्ति

Go forth swiftly, circle the vessel, sit down; purified with men, approach the prize. Like those grooming a swift horse, they lead you to the sacred grass with reins.

प्र काव्यमुशनेव ब्रुवाणो देवो देवानां जनिमा विवक्ति महिव्रतः शुचिबन्धुः पावकः पदा वराहो अभ्येति रेभन्

Proclaiming wisdom like Ushanas, the god reveals the origins of the gods; the great-vowed, pure-banded, blazing one, like a boar, comes forth resounding with his steps.

तिस्रो वाच ईरयति प्र वह्निरृतस्य धीतिं ब्रह्मणो मनीषाम् गावो यन्ति गोपतिं पृच्छमानाः सोमं यन्ति मतयो वावशानाः

He stirs three voices; the fire advances, the inspiration of truth, the thought of the priest. The cows, seeking their lord, approach him; the eager thoughts go to Soma.

अस्य प्रेषा हेमना पूयमानो देवो देवेभिः समपृक्त रसम् सुतः पवित्रं पर्येति रेभन्मितेव सद्म पशुमन्ति होता

His swift streams, golden, being purified, the god mingles with the gods; the pressed juice circles the filter, resounding, like a measured house, the Hotar with cattle.

सोमः पवते जनिता मतीनां जनिता दिवो जनिता पृथिव्याः जनिताग्नेर्जनिता सूर्यस्य जनितेन्द्रस्य जनितोत विष्णोः

Soma is purified, the creator of thoughts, the creator of heaven, the creator of earth, the creator of Agni, the creator of the sun, the creator of Indra, and also of Vishnu.

अभि त्रिपृष्ठं वृषणं वयोधामाङ्गोषिणमवावशन्त वाणीः वना वसानो वरुणो न सिन्धूर्वि रत्नधा दयते वार्याणि

The voices have called upon the mighty, threefold, youthful, swift-flowing one; clothed in the woods, like Varuna among rivers, the bestower of treasures grants riches.

अक्रान्त्समुद्रः प्रथमे विधर्मं जनयन्प्रजा भुवनस्य गोपाः वृषा पवित्रे अधि सानो अव्ये बृहत्सोमो वावृधे स्वानो अद्रिः

He, having crossed the ocean, established the first law, generating offspring, the protector of beings. The mighty one, on the filter, on the unshaken summit, the great Soma has grown, the stone resounds.

कनिक्रन्ति हरिरा सृज्यमानः सीदन्वनस्य जठरे पुनानः नृभिर्यतः कृणुते निर्णिजं गामतो मतिं जनयत स्वधाभिः

The tawny one advances, being released, settling in the womb of the waters, purified; when pressed by men, he makes a clear path, and with his own powers he generates thought.