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Rigveda 9.88

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 9.88

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Sanskrit

9.88.1

a̱yaṁ soma̍ indra̱ tubhya̍ṁ sunve̱ tubhya̍m pavate̱ tvam a̍sya pāhi |
tvaṁ ha̱ yaṁ ca̍kṛ̱ṣe tvaṁ va̍vṛ̱ṣa indu̱m madā̍ya̱ yujyā̍ya̱ soma̍m ||

FOR thee this Soma is effused, O Indra: drink of this juice; for thee the stream is flowing- Soma, which thou thyself hast made and chosen, even Indu, for thy special drink to cheer thee.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

9.88.2

sa ī̱ṁ ratho̱ na bhu̍ri̱ṣāḻ a̍yoji ma̱haḥ pu̱rūṇi̍ sā̱taye̱ vasū̍ni |
ād ī̱ṁ viśvā̍ nahu̱ṣyā̍ṇi jā̱tā sva̍rṣātā̱ vana̍ ū̱rdhvā na̍vanta ||

Like a capacious car hath it been harnessed, the Mighty; to acquire abundant treasures. Then in the sacrifice they celebrated all triumphs won by Nahus in the battle.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

9.88.3

vā̱yur na yo ni̱yutvā̍m̐ i̱ṣṭayā̍mā̱ nāsa̍tyeva̱ hava̱ ā śambha̍viṣṭhaḥ |
vi̱śvavā̍ro draviṇo̱dā i̍va̱ tman pū̱ṣeva̍ dhī̱java̍no 'si soma ||

Like Vâyu with his team, moving at pleasure, most gracious when invoked like both Nâsatyas, Thou art thyself like the Wealth-Giver, Soma! who grants all boons, like song-inspiring Pûshan.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

9.88.4

indro̱ na yo ma̱hā karmā̍ṇi̱ cakri̍r ha̱ntā vṛ̱trāṇā̍m asi soma pū̱rbhit |
pai̱dvo na hi tvam ahi̍nāmnāṁ ha̱ntā viśva̍syāsi soma̱ dasyo̍ḥ ||

Like Indra who hath done great deeds, thou, Soma, art slayer of the Vṛitras, Fort-destroyer. Like Pedu's horse who killed the brood of serpents, thus thou, O Soma, slayest every Dasyu.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

9.88.5

a̱gnir na yo vana̱ ā sṛ̱jyamā̍no̱ vṛthā̱ pājā̍ṁsi kṛṇute na̱dīṣu̍ |
jano̱ na yudhvā̍ maha̱ta u̍pa̱bdir iya̍rti̱ soma̱ḥ pava̍māna ū̱rmim ||

Like Agni loosed amid the forest, fiercely he winneth splendour in the running waters. Like one who fights, the roaring of the mighty, thus Soma Pavamâna sends his current.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

9.88.6

e̱te somā̱ ati̱ vārā̱ṇy avyā̍ di̱vyā na kośā̍so a̱bhrava̍rṣāḥ |
vṛthā̍ samu̱draṁ sindha̍vo̱ na nīcī̍ḥ su̱tāso̍ a̱bhi ka̱laśā̍m̐ asṛgran ||

These Somas passing through the fleecy filter, like rain descending from the clouds of heaven, Have been effused and poured into the beakers, swiftly like rivers running lowly seaward.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

9.88.7

śu̱ṣmī śardho̱ na māru̍tam pava̱svāna̍bhiśastā di̱vyā yathā̱ viṭ |
āpo̱ na ma̱kṣū su̍ma̱tir bha̍vā naḥ sa̱hasrā̍psāḥ pṛtanā̱ṣāṇ na ya̱jñaḥ ||

Flow onward like the potent band of Maruts, like that Celestial Host whom none revileth. Quickly be gracious unto us like waters, like sacrifice victorious, thousand-fashioned.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

9.88.8

rājño̱ nu te̱ varu̍ṇasya vra̱tāni̍ bṛ̱had ga̍bhī̱raṁ tava̍ soma̱ dhāma̍ |
śuci̱ṣ ṭvam a̍si pri̱yo na mi̱tro da̱kṣāyyo̍ arya̱mevā̍si soma ||

Thine are King Varuṇa's eternal statutes, lofty and deep, O Soma, is thy glory. All-pure art thou like Mitra the beloved, adorable, like Aryaman, O Soma.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

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