Dashati 18
UttarārcikaPrapathaka 8Dashati 184 Mantras

Dashati 18

Pavamāna Soma’s purifying flow as the power that yields abundance and secures the rite

Deity

Soma Pavamāna

Melodic Character

Bright forward-driving and auspicious—evoking swift flow and increasing potency

Rishi Family

The dashati draws from the broader Pavamāna hymn tradition (RV Soma corpus). Without explicit RV concordance for each mantra here a single rishi-family attribution cannot be stated with certainty.

Soma Pavamāna, en son flux purificateur semblable à la pluie du ciel, se hâte vers le rite, pressé et filtré par le pavitra, et accorde le vāja — force et prix — avec une prospérité millefold. Il «voit» les actes des prêtres et rend l’offrande efficace. Agni, briseur de forteresses, abat les obstacles et les puissances hostiles afin que le yajña se déroule sans entrave et s’accomplisse avec succès.

Mantras

Frequently Asked Questions

It praises purified Soma as he flows in strong streams toward the sacrifice, bringing abundance and making the ritual effective.

Agni complements Soma by removing obstacles—described as breaking ‘fortresses’—so the offering and its benefits can reach their goal without hindrance.

They are primarily ritual tools—pressing stones, the strainer (pavitra), and related actions—spoken of poetically as ‘weapons’ that drive Soma’s purification and power.