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Rig Veda 9.97.45: Mandala 9, Sukta 97, Mantra 45

Sukta 9.97

Rishi: Soma Pavamāna tradition (ascribed in the Anukramaṇī to seers of the Pavamāna corpus; precise r̥ṣi for 9.97 varies by recension—treat as Pavamāna/‘Soma-seers’)
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (the purifying Soma)
Chandas: Jagatī (typical of many verses in RV 9.97; 4 pādas with ~12 syllables—verify by pada-count in a metrical parser for exact certainty)

सोमः सुतो धारयात्यो न हित्वा सिन्धुर्न निम्नमभि वाज्यक्षाः । आ योनिं वन्यमसदत्पुनानः समिन्दुर्गोभिरसरत्समद्भिः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.97.45

sómaḥ sutó dhāráyā́tyo ná hitvā́ síndhur ná nímnam abhí vājī́ ákṣāḥ | ā yónim ványam asadat punānáḥ sám índur góbhir asarat sám adbhiḥ ||

Soma, ausgepresst, strömt im Lauf dahin; wie ein schneller Hengst verlässt er die Bahn nicht, wie ein Fluss drängt er zur Tiefe. Sich läuternd setzt er sich in seinen eigenen, angestammten Schoß (Ursprung); der Tropfen, Indu, fließt zusammen mit den Kühen—den Lichtstrahlen—und mit den Wassern, zur Einheit geeint.

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