Sukta 24
Sukta 9.24
Dieser kurze Pavamāna-Hymnus preist Soma, wie er durch die Wasser und durch die Filter dahinstürmt, sich reinigt und für das Opfer tauglich wird. Der geläuterte Soma soll die Menschen erfreuen und stärken, den Völkern zum Sieg verhelfen und feindliche Rede und Finsternis durch sein helles, süßes, ausgepresstes Wesen abwehren.
In this hymn
Addressed to
Mantras
Mantra 1
प्र सोमासो अधन्विषुः पवमानास इन्दवः । श्रीणाना अप्सु मृञ्जत ॥
Hervor sind die Soma-Tropfen dahingeeilt, die sich läuternden Indus; sich füllend, läutern sie sich in den Wassern.
Mantra 2
अभि गावो अधन्विषुरापो न प्रवता यतीः । पुनाना इन्द्रमाशत ॥
Zu ihm stürmten die Kühe, die Strahlen, wie Wasser, das den Hang hinabströmt; sich läuternd gelangen sie zu Indra.
Mantra 4
त्वं सोम नृमादनः पवस्व चर्षणीसहे । सस्निर्यो अनुमाद्यः ॥
Du, o Soma, bist der Erfreuer des Menschen; läutere dich, Sieger für die Völker. Du bist der Gewinner, der der Ekstase nachfolgt und der Seele größere Freude bringt.
Mantra 5
इन्दो यदद्रिभिः सुतः पवित्रं परिधावसि । अरमिन्द्रस्य धाम्ने ॥
O Indu, wenn du von den Steinen gepresst bist, läufst du rings um das Sieb; du wirst tauglich und bereit für Indras Wohnstatt.
Mantra 7
शुचिः पावक उच्यते सोमः सुतस्य मध्वः । देवावीरघशंसहा ॥
Rein, flammend-klar wird Soma genannt, aus der gepressten Süße; ein Held für die Götter, ein Bezwinger der üblen Rede, der die Finsternis schlägt.
Inside Sukta 24
How it unfolds
- Where it opens
Soma-drops surge forth as purifiers, filling themselves and cleansing in the waters.
- Development
The hymn emphasizes Soma’s strengthening and gladdening power for humans and his victorious support of the peoples.
- Climax
Soma is acclaimed as pure and blazing-clear, a divine hero who destroys ill-speaking darkness and protects the divine vitality.
- Where it settles
The praise settles into assurance that the purified Soma, by his sweetness and brightness, makes the rite effective and the community strengthened.
The deity: Soma Pavamāna
- Cosmic functionHe mediates between human and divine realms by carrying offerings and inspiration to the gods, invigorating Indra and the deities, and restoring order by dispelling hostile forces.
- Inner significanceSoma symbolizes clarified consciousness: the mind’s energies purified through discipline, becoming luminous, bliss-giving, and capable of true speech and right action.
Famous verses
प्र सोमासो अधन्विषुः पवमानास इन्दवः । श्रीणाना अप्सु मृञ्जत ॥त्वं सोम नृमादनः पवस्व चर्षणीसहे । सस्निर्यो अनुमाद्यः ॥शुचिः पावक उच्यते सोमः सुतस्य मध्वः । देवावीरघशंसहा ॥Attributes of the deity
- Self-purifying (pavamāna)
- Sweet, pressed essence (madhu, suta)
- Luminous and cleansing (śuci, pāvaka)
- Giver of joy and ecstasy (māda)
- Protector of the divine life; slayer of harmful/ill-speaking forces
Also by this seer
- Rig Veda Mandala 9 (Pavamāna Soma tradition; multiple hymns transmitted in a shared ritual-chanting milieu)
The rite, step by step
- Press the Soma plant and express the juice (savana).
- Mix/guide the flow with water so it ‘cleanses itself in the waters’.
- Filter through wool/strainers (pavitra) while chanting the Pavamāna verses.
- Collect the clarified Soma; prepare portions for offering and for ritual distribution.
- Offer Soma into the fire and/or present to the gods (especially Indra) with accompanying recitations.
Offerings
- Pressed Soma juice (soma-rasa)
- Water used in purification
- Oblations of Soma to the gods (often with ghee in the broader rite)
Frequently Asked Questions
Soma Pavamāna—the pressed Soma juice as it flows and purifies itself through water and the ritual filter.
It means “self-purifying”: Soma is described as cleansing and clarifying himself as he streams through the waters and the strainer.
Purified Soma brings clarity and joy, strengthens people, supports the rite, and drives away harmful darkness and ill-speaking forces.
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