Sukta 67

Mantra 1

त्वं सोमासि धारयुर्मन्द्र ओजिष्ठो अध्वरे । पवस्व मंहयद्रयिः ॥

Thou art Soma, the holder of the streams, the gladdening one, most powerful in the sacrifice; purify thyself, bringing to us the fullness of being.

Mantra 2

त्वं सुतो नृमादनो दधन्वान्मत्सरिन्तमः । इन्द्राय सूरिरन्धसा ॥

Thou, when pressed, delightest the human being; thou art the bearer and the most intoxicating—an inspired giver of the Soma-essence for Indra.

Mantra 3

त्वं सुष्वाणो अद्रिभिरभ्यर्ष कनिक्रदत् । द्युमन्तं शुष्ममुत्तमम् ॥

Thou, when well pressed by the pressing-stones, flowest forth toward us with a resonant cry, bearing the luminous and supreme force—an uplifted energy of victory within the being.

Mantra 4

इन्दुर्हिन्वानो अर्षति तिरो वाराण्यव्यया । हरिर्वाजमचिक्रदत् ॥

The Indu, urged onward, streams across the enclosing coverings by the imperishable path; the tawny power cries out the plenitude of force, as if proclaiming the victory of the soul’s advance.

Mantra 5

इन्दो व्यव्यमर्षसि वि श्रवांसि वि सौभगा । वि वाजान्त्सोम गोमतः ॥

O Indu, thou streamest wide through the filter; thou spreadest the hearings that awaken, thou spreadest the felicities; thou spreadest the victorious energies—O Soma rich in rays of Light (go), abundant in illumined plenty.

Mantra 6

आ न इन्दो शतग्विनं रयिं गोमन्तमश्विनम् । भरा सोम सहस्रिणम् ॥

Bring to us, O Indu, the hundred-fold plenitude—wealth rich in rays of light and swift powers of progress; bear it, O Soma, a thousand-streamed abundance into our becoming.

Mantra 7

पवमानास इन्दवस्तिरः पवित्रमाशवः । इन्द्रं यामेभिराशत ॥

The purifying Indus, swift in their movement, pass beyond the filter and reach Indra by their journeys—uniting the soul’s clarified delight with the power of luminous mastery.

Mantra 8

ककुहः सोम्यो रस इन्दुरिन्द्राय पूर्व्यः । आयुः पवत आयवे ॥

The Soma-essence, the Indu, pre-eminent and ancient, stands as a summit of taste and delight for Indra; it flows as life itself toward the one who seeks life—strengthening the continuity of the soul’s becoming.

Mantra 9

हिन्वन्ति सूरमुस्रयः पवमानं मधुश्चुतम् । अभि गिरा समस्वरन् ॥

The shining ones urge on the hero—Soma, purifying and dripping sweetness; and toward him the songs unite in one accord, as if gathering the scattered powers of speech into a single luminous vibration.

Mantra 10

अविता नो अजाश्वः पूषा यामनियामनि । आ भक्षत्कन्यासु नः ॥

May Pūṣan, our helper—he of the goat and the horse—be our guardian at every stage of the journey; may he grant us sustenance and enjoyment within the ever-renewed powers of growth in us.

Mantra 11

अयं सोमः कपर्दिने घृतं न पवते मधु । आ भक्षत्कन्यासु नः ॥

This Soma flows like clarified ghee—sweetness itself—for the Kapardin; may he grant us participation and nourishment within the fresh, awakening energies of the being.

Mantra 12

अयं त आघृणे सुतो घृतं न पवते शुचि । आ भक्षत्कन्यासु नः ॥

This pressed Soma, O blazing one, flows pure like clarified ghee; may it grant us nourishment and a right enjoyment within the ever-new energies, so that our growth proceeds in clarity.

Mantra 13

वाचो जन्तुः कवीनां पवस्व सोम धारया । देवेषु रत्नधा असि ॥

O Soma, purify yourself in a streaming flow; you are the living impulse of the seers’ speech, and in the gods you hold and place the inner treasures.

Mantra 14

आ कलशेषु धावति श्येनो वर्म वि गाहते । अभि द्रोणा कनिक्रदत् ॥

He rushes into the vats; like a falcon he plunges through the covering, crying out over the wooden troughs—Soma pressing forward to the seat of offering within us.

Mantra 15

परि प्र सोम ते रसोऽसर्जि कलशे सुतः । श्येनो न तक्तो अर्षति ॥

O Soma, your essence has been released in full into the vessel when you are pressed; you surge on like a falcon urged onward—an impetuous current of clarified delight.

Mantra 16

पवस्व सोम मन्दयन्निन्द्राय मधुमत्तमः ॥

Purify yourself, O Soma, gladdening Indra; become the most honey-rich—most intense in delight—for the Power that conquers within us.

Mantra 17

असृग्रन्देववीतये वाजयन्तो रथा इव ॥

They have been sent forth for the gods’ enjoyment, like chariots driving for the prize—Soma currents pressing onward, bearing plenitudes of force.

Mantra 18

ते सुतासो मदिन्तमाः शुक्रा वायुमसृक्षत ॥

Those pressed Soma streams, most intoxicating, bright and pure, have been released toward Vāyu—the Life-Breath—so that the vital god may receive the clarified delight.

Mantra 19

ग्राव्णा तुन्नो अभिष्टुतः पवित्रं सोम गच्छसि । दधत्स्तोत्रे सुवीर्यम् ॥

Pressed by the stones and praised, O Soma, you go to the strainer; placing in our hymn a noble hero-force, you establish victorious energy in the soul’s utterance.

Mantra 20

एष तुन्नो अभिष्टुतः पवित्रमति गाहते । रक्षोहा वारमव्ययम् ॥

This Soma, thrust forth and praised, plunges beyond the strainer; a slayer of the hostile darkness, he enters the imperishable protective covering.

Mantra 21

यदन्ति यच्च दूरके भयं विन्दति मामिह । पवमान वि तज्जहि ॥

Whatever fear finds me here—near or far—O Pavamāna, strike it away and dissolve it; let the purified current clear the being of dread.

Mantra 22

पवमानः सो अद्य नः पवित्रेण विचर्षणिः । यः पोता स पुनातु नः ॥

May that Pavamāna today purify us with the strainer—he who is the wide-working one; he who is the inner purifier-priest, may he cleanse us.

Mantra 23

यत्ते पवित्रमर्चिष्यग्ने विततमन्तरा । ब्रह्म तेन पुनीहि नः ॥

That purifying power of yours which is spread out within your flame, O Agni—by that inner Word and its truth-force, purify us.

Mantra 24

यत्ते पवित्रमर्चिवदग्ने तेन पुनीहि नः । ब्रह्मसवैः पुनीहि नः ॥

That purifier of yours, full of flame, O Agni—by that purify us; by the impulsions of the inspired Word, purify us.

Mantra 25

उभाभ्यां देव सवितः पवित्रेण सवेन च । मां पुनीहि विश्वतः ॥

With both—your purifier and your impulsion, O divine Savitar—purify me from every side, in all parts of my being.

Mantra 26

त्रिभिष्ट्वं देव सवितर्वर्षिष्ठैः सोम धामभिः । अग्ने दक्षैः पुनीहि नः ॥

With the three, O divine Savitar—with the most mighty Soma-powers of the Light—O Agni, with your effective energies, purify us.

Mantra 27

पुनन्तु मां देवजनाः पुनन्तु वसवो धिया । विश्वे देवाः पुनीत मा जातवेदः पुनीहि मा ॥

May the divine kindred purify me; may the Vasus purify me by the awakened thought. May all the gods cleanse me; O Jātavedas, purify me.

Mantra 28

प्र प्यायस्व प्र स्यन्दस्व सोम विश्वेभिरंशुभिः । देवेभ्य उत्तमं हविः ॥

Increase and grow full; flow forth, O Soma, with all your rays—become for the gods the supreme offering.

Mantra 29

उप प्रियं पनिप्नतं युवानमाहुतीवृधम् । अगन्म बिभ्रतो नमः ॥

We have come near the beloved, the ever-busy youthful power that increases by offerings; bearing our reverence, we approach.

Mantra 30

अलाय्यस्य परशुर्ननाश तमा पवस्व देव सोम । आखुं चिदेव देव सोम ॥

The axe has destroyed the sluggish obstruction; therefore flow, O divine Soma—yes, even the ‘mouse’ of petty gnawing darkness, O divine Soma.

Mantra 31

यः पावमानीरध्येत्यृषिभिः सम्भृतं रसम् । सर्वं स पूतमश्नाति स्वदितं मातरिश्वना ॥

Whoever recites/studies the Pavamānī verses—the essence gathered by the seers—he enjoys all of it as purified, made sweet by Mātariśvan (the life-breath in motion).

Mantra 32

पावमानीर्यो अध्येत्यृषिभिः सम्भृतं रसम् । तस्मै सरस्वती दुहे क्षीरं सर्पिर्मधूदकम् ॥

Whoever recites the Pavamānī verses—the essence gathered by the seers—unto him Sarasvatī yields milk, ghee, honey, and water: the nourishments of clarified consciousness.