Sukta 36

Mantra 1

असर्जि रथ्यो यथा पवित्रे चम्वोः सुतः । कार्ष्मन्वाजी न्यक्रमीत् ॥

Released like a chariot-racer, the pressed Soma enters the filter and the two bowls; as a bringer of plenitude of force, he strides down into the working-field of the rite.

Mantra 2

स वह्निः सोम जागृविः पवस्व देववीरति । अभि कोशं मधुश्चुतम् ॥

O Soma, the carrier-flame, the wakeful one—flow in your purification beyond, toward the god-heroic state; press on to the vessel that drips with honeyed delight.

Mantra 3

स नो ज्योतींषि पूर्व्य पवमान वि रोचय । क्रत्वे दक्षाय नो हिनु ॥

O Pavamāna, make the ancient lights shine out for us; urge us onward to the will of right action and to the power of effective discernment.

Mantra 4

शुम्भमान ऋतायुभिर्मृज्यमानो गभस्त्योः । पवते वारे अव्यये ॥

Adorned by the seekers of the Truth, cleansed in the hands’ rays, he flows in the imperishable stream—Soma moving as pure order and luminous delight.

Mantra 5

स विश्वा दाशुषे वसु सोमो दिव्यानि पार्थिवा । पवतामान्तरिक्ष्या ॥

May Soma, as he purifies, bring all riches to the giver—those of heaven and those of earth, and those that belong to the mid-world of life-force.

Mantra 6

आ दिवस्पृष्ठमश्वयुर्गव्ययुः सोम रोहसि । वीरयुः शवसस्पते ॥

O Soma, you ascend to the back of heaven, desiring the powers of speed, desiring the rays of illumination, desiring the heroic soul-force—O lord of might.