Sukta 41

Mantra 1

प्र ये गावो न भूर्णयस्त्वेषा अयासो अक्रमुः । घ्नन्तः कृष्णामप त्वचम् ॥

Forth they surge like cattle in a whirling rush—bright, tireless energies that stride on, striking away the black skin: the covering of obscurity.

Mantra 2

सुवितस्य मनामहेऽति सेतुं दुराव्यम् । साह्वांसो दस्युमव्रतम् ॥

We take our thought toward the good passage and cross beyond the hard-to-pass bridge; as conquerors we overcome the lawless dasyu within—the power that refuses the true working.

Mantra 3

शृण्वे वृष्टेरिव स्वनः पवमानस्य शुष्मिणः । चरन्ति विद्युतो दिवि ॥

One hears, as of rain, the sound of the purifying and forceful Soma; his lightnings move in the heaven—signs of the awakened energy in the heights of consciousness.

Mantra 4

आ पवस्व महीमिषं गोमदिन्दो हिरण्यवत् । अश्वावद्वाजवत्सुतः ॥

Flow toward us, O Indu, bringing a vast nourishment—rich in rays (cows), rich in luminous splendour (gold), rich in life-force (horses), rich in plenitude of power (vāja)—you who are pressed out for the work.

Mantra 5

स पवस्व विचर्षण आ मही रोदसी पृण । उषाः सूर्यो न रश्मिभिः ॥

Flow, O universal discerner, and fill the vast two worlds; as the Dawn and the Sun with their rays, so do you flood our whole being with luminous currents.

Mantra 6

परि णः शर्मयन्त्या धारया सोम विश्वतः । सरा रसेव विष्टपम् ॥

Encircle us, O Soma, from every side with your stream that brings peace and shelter; flow through our world of settled being like rasa itself—pure essence moving everywhere.