Sukta 52
Sukta 9.52
Soma Pavamāna
This short Pavamāna Soma hymn invokes the freshly pressed Soma to flow to the filter (pavitra), shining and wealth-bearing, and to encircle the worshippers with ancient prosperity and strength. It also presents Soma as unshakable in his generosity and as a protector who “shakes down” the violent assailant, concluding with a prayer for hundredfold or thousandfold aids and an increase of rayi (abundance).
Mantras
Mantra 1
परि द्युक्षः सनद्रयिर्भरद्वाजं नो अन्धसा । सुवानो अर्ष पवित्र आ ॥
Circle us with thy shining, O Soma, bearing the ancient wealth; with thy pressed essence bring to us the plenitude of force; being expressed, flow to the filter.
Mantra 2
तव प्रत्नेभिरध्वभिरव्यो वारे परि प्रियः । सहस्रधारो यात्तना ॥
Along thy ancient paths, O dear one, (thou movest) around the woolen strainer; thousand-streamed, go on thy own course of being.
Mantra 3
चरुर्न यस्तमीङ्खयेन्दो न दानमीङ्खय । वधैर्वधस्नवीङ्खय ॥
Like a well-cooked offering, whoever would shake him—O Indu, he cannot shake thy giving; with thy strokes shake down the striker (the violent assailant).
Mantra 4
नि शुष्ममिन्दवेषां पुरुहूत जनानाम् । यो अस्माँ आदिदेशति ॥
Lay low, O Indu, the force of those peoples—O much-invoked one—who would point at us to harm and command against us.
Mantra 5
शतं न इन्द ऊतिभिः सहस्रं वा शुचीनाम् । पवस्व मंहयद्रयिः ॥
O Indu, be to us a hundredfold in thy helps—or a thousandfold—of the pure ones; purify thyself, increasing the wealth of fullness (rayi) within us.
Frequently Asked Questions
It asks Soma, freshly pressed, to flow to the filter (pavitra), become pure and shining, and bring strength (vāja) and wealth (rayi) to the worshippers.
It presents Soma as a protector: no one can reduce his gift, and his power can repel or subdue violent harm directed at the sacrificers.
It is a poetic way of asking for greatly multiplied support—many forms of aid, prosperity, and inner fullness arising from Soma’s purification and blessing.