Sukta 60
Sukta 9.60
Soma Pavamāna (Indu)
Gāyatrī (explicitly invoked; the verse is a gāyatrī-style invocation though full metrical verification is not provided here)
Dieser kurze Pavamāna-Hymnus ruft die Sänger auf, Soma im Gāyatrī-Metrum zu preisen und den leuchtenden Tropfen (Indu) als vieläugige, allwahrnehmende Macht zu feiern. Er verfolgt Somas rituelle Bewegung — das stürmische Vorandrängen über die Siebe hinaus in die Krüge — und verbindet diesen geläuterten Strom mit Indras innerer Wonne und Kraft. Der Hymnus gipfelt in der Bitte, Soma möge sich zur Friedenskraft reinigen und prajāvat retaḥ bringen, die zeugende, wohlstandtragende schöpferische Energie.
Mantras
Mantra 1
प्र गायत्रेण गायत पवमानं विचर्षणिम् । इन्दुं सहस्रचक्षसम् ॥
Singt hervor im Gāyatrī‑Versmaß den reinigenden Soma, den weithin wirkenden; den lichten Indu, tausendäugig.
Mantra 2
तं त्वा सहस्रचक्षसमथो सहस्रभर्णसम् । अति वारमपाविषुः ॥
Dich, den Tausendäugigen, auch den Träger tausendfacher Kräfte, haben sie durch das Sieb gereinigt, jenseits des Trennsiebs.
Mantra 3
अति वारान्पवमानो असिष्यदत्कलशाँ अभि धावति । इन्द्रस्य हार्द्याविशन् ॥
Sich reinigend, ist er über die Siebe hinausgeschossen; zu den Krügen eilt er hin, in Indras Herzgrund eintretend.
Mantra 4
इन्द्रस्य सोम राधसे शं पवस्व विचर्षणे । प्रजावद्रेत आ भर ॥
Zur Erfüllung Indras, o Soma, läutere dich zum Heil und Frieden, o weithin Wirkender; bringe die Samen‑Kraft, reich an Nachkommenschaft — das schöpferische Werden.
Frequently Asked Questions
It praises Soma as he purifies (Pavamāna), describing his flow through the filters into the jars and praying that this purified essence strengthen and delight Indra.
The first verse calls the singers to chant with the Gāyatrī, signaling the intended metrical/chanting mode and framing the praise as a focused, luminous invocation for Soma’s purification.
Ritually it means the offered Soma becomes Indra’s drink and power; symbolically it means purified delight and clarity enter the force of will, producing strength, peace, and creative prosperity.
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