Sukta 100

Mantra 1

अभी नवन्ते अद्रुहः प्रियमिन्द्रस्य काम्यम् । वत्सं न पूर्व आयुनि जातं रिहन्ति मातरः ॥

Toward it they press and bow—the undeceiving powers—toward what is dear and desired by Indra; as mothers lick a calf born in the first life, so they cherish and perfect it into its true form.

Mantra 2

पुनान इन्दवा भर सोम द्विबर्हसं रयिम् । त्वं वसूनि पुष्यसि विश्वानि दाशुषो गृहे ॥

Purifying yourself, O bright drop, bring, O Soma, the wealth of double fullness; you foster all treasures in the home of the giver—within the being that offers itself.

Mantra 3

त्वं धियं मनोयुजं सृजा वृष्टिं न तन्यतुः । त्वं वसूनि पार्थिवा दिव्या च सोम पुष्यसि ॥

You release the thought that is yoked to the mind, as thunder releases the rain; you make thrive the treasures of earth and also those of heaven, O Soma.

Mantra 4

परि ते जिग्युषो यथा धारा सुतस्य धावति । रंहमाणा व्यव्ययं वारं वाजीव सानसिः ॥

As for the victorious one, your pressed stream runs all around; rushing on, it passes through the imperishable woolen filter, like a strong steed winning the prize.

Mantra 5

क्रत्वे दक्षाय नः कवे पवस्व सोम धारया । इन्द्राय पातवे सुतो मित्राय वरुणाय च ॥

For our will and our discerning power, O seer, flow purified, O Soma, in a stream—pressed out to be drunk by Indra, and also for Mitra and Varuṇa.

Mantra 6

पवस्व वाजसातमः पवित्रे धारया सुतः । इन्द्राय सोम विष्णवे देवेभ्यो मधुमत्तमः ॥

Flow purified, most winning of plenitude, pressed into the purifier as a stream; for Indra, O Soma, for Viṣṇu, for the gods—most honey-rich in delight.

Mantra 7

त्वां रिहन्ति मातरो हरिं पवित्रे अद्रुहः । वत्सं जातं न धेनवः पवमान विधर्मणि ॥

The nurturing powers, without hostility, lick and cherish you—the tawny Soma—in the purifier; like cows their newborn calf, they foster you, O Pavamāna, in the wide law of your working.

Mantra 8

पवमान महि श्रवश्चित्रेभिर्यासि रश्मिभिः । शर्धन्तमांसि जिघ्नसे विश्वानि दाशुषो गृहे ॥

O Pavamāna, you move with great fame by your many-colored rays; pressing forward, you strike down all the darknesses in the house of the giver.

Mantra 9

त्वं द्यां च महिव्रत पृथिवीं चाति जभ्रिषे । प्रति द्रापिममुञ्चथाः पवमान महित्वना ॥

You, O wide-of-vow, have upheld and exceeded both Heaven and Earth; and by your greatness, O Pavamāna, you loosen and cast off the cloak that resists.