Sukta 81

Mantra 1

प्र सोमस्य पवमानस्योर्मय इन्द्रस्य यन्ति जठरं सुपेशसः । दध्ना यदीमुन्नीता यशसा गवां दानाय शूरमुदमन्दिषुः सुताः ॥

Forward surge the waves of Soma in his purification; fair-formed, they go to Indra’s belly. When uplifted with curd (with the thickened richness), pressed out, they exhilarate the hero for the giving of the Rays of Light—by glory they raise him upward.

Mantra 2

अच्छा हि सोमः कलशाँ असिष्यददत्यो न वोळ्हा रघुवर्तनिर्वृषा । अथा देवानामुभयस्य जन्मनो विद्वाँ अश्नोत्यमुत इतश्च यत् ॥

For Soma indeed speeds to the jars, like a swift steed bearing the load, a bull with rapid courses. Then the knower attains what belongs to the twofold birth of the gods—what is from yonder and what is from here.

Mantra 3

आ नः सोम पवमानः किरा वस्विन्दो भव मघवा राधसो महः । शिक्षा वयोधो वसवे सु चेतुना मा नो गयमारे अस्मत्परा सिचः ॥

Come to us, O Soma in purification, and scatter wealth of being; O Indu, become for us a great giver of plenitude. Teach us the increase of life and strength with a clear seeing; do not pour our gain far away from us.

Mantra 4

आ नः पूषा पवमानः सुरातयो मित्रो गच्छन्तु वरुणः सजोषसः । बृहस्पतिर्मरुतो वायुरश्विना त्वष्टा सविता सुयमा सरस्वती ॥

May Pūṣan come to us with the purifying Soma, the good givers; may Mitra and Varuṇa come in one accord. May Bṛhaspati, the Maruts, Vāyu, the Aśvins, Tvaṣṭṛ, Savitṛ, Su-yamā, Sarasvatī draw near.

Mantra 5

उभे द्यावापृथिवी विश्वमिन्वे अर्यमा देवो अदितिर्विधाता । भगो नृशंस उर्वन्तरिक्षं विश्वे देवाः पवमानं जुषन्त ॥

May Heaven and Earth, who set all in motion, may Aryaman, the god, and Aditi the disposer, may Bhaga, Nṛśaṃsa, and the wide midspace—may all the gods delight in the purifying Soma.