Sukta 28

Mantra 1

एष वाजी हितो नृभिर्विश्वविन्मनसस्पतिः । अव्यो वारं वि धावति ॥

This Soma, the plenitude of force, is set in place by the human powers; the knower of all, lord of the mind, he runs wide through the woollen strainer, releasing the chosen currents.

Mantra 2

एष पवित्रे अक्षरत्सोमो देवेभ्यः सुतः । विश्वा धामान्याविशन् ॥

This Soma, pressed for the gods, has flowed through the filter; entering all the seats and domains of being, he pervades and establishes the divine order within.

Mantra 3

एष देवः शुभायतेऽधि योनावमर्त्यः । वृत्रहा देववीतमः ॥

This godhead of Soma brightens upon the womb of manifestation, immortal; a slayer of the Coverer, most full in the gaining of the gods—he brings the divine powers to our working.

Mantra 4

एष वृषा कनिक्रदद्दशभिर्जामिभिर्यतः । अभि द्रोणानि धावति ॥

This Bull-force bellows as he is urged on by the ten kindred powers; he runs toward the vessels, filling the prepared receptacles of the being.

Mantra 5

एष सूर्यमरोचयत्पवमानो विचर्षणिः । विश्वा धामानि विश्ववित् ॥

This Soma, while purifying, has made the Sun shine out; wide in his vision and movement among men, the knower of all enters and illumines all the domains of our being.

Mantra 6

एष शुष्म्यदाभ्यः सोमः पुनानो अर्षति । देवावीरघशंसहा ॥

This Soma, mighty and invincible, flows while purifying; he brings the heroic powers of the gods, and slays the hostile speech of falsehood and sin within us.