Mantra 5
Soma Pavamāna’s self-purification through the filter as life-giving, rain-bestowing, and disease-removing power in the yajña
पवमानो असिष्यदद्रक्षांस्यपजङ्घनत् प्रत्नवद्रोचयन्रुचः
pavamāno asiṣyadadrakṣāṃsyapajaṅghanat pratnavadrocayanrucaḥ
pavamāno asiṣyad adrakṣāṃsy apajaṅghanat pratnavad rocayan rucaḥ
إنّ سوما المُطهِّر (pavamāna) قد اندفع جارياً؛ وقد طرد الرَّاكْشَسَة (Rākṣasa) كما في القديم، مُشعِلًا الأضواء لتتألّق.
pavamānaḥ | asiṣyat | adrakṣāṃsi | apajaṅghanat | pratna-vat | rocayan | rucaḥ
Unknown/unspecified (Pavamāna sāman; exact tune requires chant-index)
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