
Sukta 9.80
Traditionally attributed to seers of the Soma Pavamāna corpus.
Likely Triṣṭubh (common in RV 9; requires full metrical count confirmation).
Dieser Soma-Pavamāna-Hymnus preist Soma, wie er gepresst, freigesetzt und geläutert wird, bis er als strahlender, tausendströmiger Fluss hervortritt, der besonders dazu bestimmt ist, Indra zu berauschen und die göttliche Ordnung zu tragen. Soma wird gefeiert als der Stier der Ekstase, der lebensmindernde Mächte abwehrt, Ruhm und Kraft bringt und wie eine Flusswoge durch die Wasser zu den Göttern eilt.
Mantra 2
यं त्वा वाजिन्नघ्न्या अभ्यनूषतायोहतं योनिमा रोहसि द्युमान् । मघोनामायुः प्रतिरन्महि श्रव इन्द्राय सोम पवसे वृषा मदः ॥
Dich, o Soma, den siegreichen, besangen die Unverletzlichen — die Kühe des Lichts; du steigst in den vom Eisen getroffenen Schoß hinauf, strahlend. Was das Leben der Freigebigen mindert, das wehrst du ab; du wirst großes Ruhmeswort und Kraft für Indra; du läuterst dich, Stier‑Rausch (vṛṣā mada).
Mantra 3
एन्द्रस्य कुक्षा पवते मदिन्तम ऊर्जं वसानः श्रवसे सुमङ्गलः । प्रत्यङ्स विश्वा भुवनाभि पप्रथे क्रीळन्हरिरत्यः स्यन्दते वृषा ॥
In Indras Schoß strömt Soma, der berauschendste; mit Kraft (ūrj) bekleidet, glückverheißend für Ruhm. Nach innen gewandt breitet er sich durch alle Welten des Seins aus; spielend stürmt das falbe Ross dahin — als Stierstrom ergießt er sich.
Mantra 4
तं त्वा देवेभ्यो मधुमत्तमं नरः सहस्रधारं दुहते दश क्षिपः । नृभिः सोम प्रच्युतो ग्रावभिः सुतो विश्वान्देवाँ आ पवस्वा सहस्रजित् ॥
Dich, den honigsüßesten für die Götter, melken die starken Männer — tausendströmig — aus den zehn Fingern. O Soma, von Menschen mit den Steinen gepresst, in den Fluss entlassen: Läutere dich zu allen Göttern hin, du Tausend-Sieger!
Mantra 5
तं त्वा हस्तिनो मधुमन्तमद्रिभिर्दुहन्त्यप्सु वृषभं दश क्षिपः । इन्द्रं सोम मादयन्दैव्यं जनं सिन्धोरिवोर्मिः पवमानो अर्षसि ॥
Dich, voll Süße, melken die geschickten Hände mit den Steinen — in den Wassern — den Stier aus den zehn Fingern. O Soma, Indra erfreuend, das göttliche Geschlecht erquicklichend, stürmst du geläutert dahin wie eine Woge des Stromes.
Soma is hailed in the very act of purification—called forth by luminous powers and guided into the prepared ‘womb’ (yoni), shining with radiance.
The hymn amplifies Soma’s ritual mechanics (pressed by stones, drawn by fingers) and his qualities (sweetness, thousand-streamed flow), linking the physical process to divine empowerment.
Soma’s purified rushing becomes the decisive force: he repels what diminishes the patrons’ life and becomes great fame and strength for Indra—bull of ecstasy in full surge.
The hymn broadens the offering: Soma is urged to purify himself toward all the gods, completing the circuit from human pressing to universal divine nourishment and victory.
इन्द्राय सोम पवसे वृषा मदःसहस्रधारं दुहते दश क्षिपःसिन्धोरिवोर्मिः पवमानो अर्षसिThe hymn praises Soma in his purified, flowing form (Soma Pavamāna), with a clear intention that his clarified power especially exhilarates Indra while also reaching all the gods.
It describes the Soma juice as it pours in many rivulets during pressing and purification—an image of abundant, unstoppable flow and overflowing potency in the ritual.
They point to the concrete Soma-pressing: stones press out the juice, and the officiants’ hands (ten fingers) draw and guide it into purification, showing how the rite produces the divine drink.
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