Rig Veda 9.97.45: Mandala 9, Sukta 97, Mantra 45

Sukta 9.97

Rishi: Soma Pavamāna tradition (ascribed in the Anukramaṇī to seers of the Pavamāna corpus; precise r̥ṣi for 9.97 varies by recension—treat as Pavamāna/‘Soma-seers’)

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (the purifying Soma)

Chandas: Jagatī (typical of many verses in RV 9.97; 4 pādas with ~12 syllables—verify by pada-count in a metrical parser for exact certainty)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

सोमः सुतो धारयात्यो न हित्वा सिन्धुर्न निम्नमभि वाज्यक्षाः । आ योनिं वन्यमसदत्पुनानः समिन्दुर्गोभिरसरत्समद्भिः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.97.45

Transliteration

sómaḥ sutó dhāráyā́tyo ná hitvā́ síndhur ná nímnam abhí vājī́ ákṣāḥ | ā yónim ványam asadat punānáḥ sám índur góbhir asarat sám adbhiḥ ||

Translation

Soma, pressé, s’écoule en courant; tel un coursier rapide il n’abandonne pas la voie, tel un fleuve il va vers la profondeur. Se purifiant, il s’assied dans son propre sein natal (sa source) ; la goutte, Indu, coule avec les vaches—les rayons de lumière—et avec les eaux, réunie en un seul flux.

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