Sukta 34

Mantra 1

प्र सुवानो धारया तनेन्दुर्हिन्वानो अर्षति । रुजद्दृळ्हा व्योजसा ॥

Pressed forth, the Indu (Soma) streams in a continuous current; impelled onward, he flows—by his force he breaks apart the rigid resistances.

Mantra 2

सुत इन्द्राय वायवे वरुणाय मरुद्भ्यः । सोमो अर्षति विष्णवे ॥

Pressed out, Soma flows toward Indra, toward Vāyu, toward Varuṇa, toward the Maruts, and toward Viṣṇu—offering his clarified delight to the powers that build the soul’s vastness.

Mantra 3

वृषाणं वृषभिर्यतं सुन्वन्ति सोममद्रिभिः । दुहन्ति शक्मना पयः ॥

The strong One, urged on by the strong, they press the Soma with the stones; they milk out with skill the nourishing essence—inner sweetness and strength.

Mantra 4

भुवत्त्रितस्य मर्ज्यो भुवदिन्द्राय मत्सरः । सं रूपैरज्यते हरिः ॥

He becomes Trita’s purifier; he becomes Indra’s rousing ecstasy. The tawny one is anointed and set together with forms—taking shape for the work of the gods within us.

Mantra 5

अभीमृतस्य विष्टपं दुहते पृश्निमातरः । चारु प्रियतमं हविः ॥

Toward him, to the wide seat of Ṛta, the mothers of the speckled one milk out the fair, most-beloved oblation—an offering of delight that founds the true world in us.

Mantra 6

समेनमह्रुता इमा गिरो अर्षन्ति सस्रुतः । धेनूर्वाश्रो अवीवशत् ॥

To him, uncalled yet compelling, these utterances flow in a continuous stream; the milch-cow of inspiration lows—awakening the inner hearing to the Soma-current.