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pañcama prapāṭhakaḥ . prathamo 'rdhaḥ
4 5 1 01 01a śiśuṃ jajñānaṃ haryataṃ mṛjanti śumbhanti vipraṃ maruto gaṇena .
4 5 1 01 01c kavirgīrbhiḥ kāvyenā kaviḥ santsomaḥ pavitramatyeti rebhan .. 1175
4 5 1 01 02a ṛṣimanā ya ṛṣikṛtsvarṣāḥ sahasranīthaḥ padavīḥ kavīnām .
4 5 1 01 02c tṛtīyaṃ dhāma mahiṣaḥ siṣāsantsomo virājamanu rājati ṣṭup .. 1176
4 5 1 01 03a camūṣacchyenaḥ śakuno vibhṛtvā govindurdrapsa āyudhāni bibhrat .
4 5 1 01 03c apāmūrmiṃ sacamānaḥ samudraṃ turīyaṃ dhāma mahiṣo vivakti .. 1177

The Maruts with their troop adorn and brighten, even at his birth, the Sage, the lovely infant.
By songs a poet, and a Sage by wisdom, Soma goes singing through the cleansing filter.

Light-winner, Rishi-minded, Rishi-maker, hymned in a thousand hymns, leader of sages,
Eager to gain his third form, mighty, Soma is, like Viraj, resplendent as a singer.

Hawk seated in the press, bird wide-extended, the banner seeking kine and wielding weapons,
Uniting with the sea, the wave of waters, the mighty tells his fourth form and declares it.