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Sukta 9.105
Soma Pavamāna
Yeh mantra Soma ke liye hai jo pavamana ke roop mein apne aap ko saaf karta hai. Yajna ke saathiyon ko kaha gaya hai ki Soma ke liye gaayein. Soma ki dhaar meethi aur khushbu wali ban jaye, devtaon ke liye sahi ho. Soma se maanga gaya hai ki chamakta hua dhan de, jaise gaayein aur ghode. Uski chamak roshni ki kiranon mein sthir ho. Soma rakshak banke us daitya ko bhagaye jo devtaon ko nahi maanta. Woh buri taakat bhi door ho jo insaan ke mann ko bat karti hai.
Mantra 1
तं वः सखायो मदाय पुनानमभि गायत । शिशुं न यज्ञैः स्वदयन्त गूर्तिभिः ॥
Hey dosto, us ek ke liye gaana gaao jo khud ko saaf karta hai aur khushi deta hai. Jaise bacche ko meetha khilana achha lagta hai, waise hi yagya ke kaam aur acchi baaton se usey meetha bana do. Woh hamare liye priya ho jaaye.
Mantra 2
सं वत्स इव मातृभिरिन्दुर्हिन्वानो अज्यते । देवावीर्मदो मतिभिः परिष्कृतः ॥
Indu, yeh Soma ki taakat hai jo aage badhti hai aur taiyaar hoti hai. Jaise baccha apni maa ke paas doodh peeta hai aur bada hota hai, waise hi yeh taakat bhi poori hoti hai. Yeh khushi bhagwan ki shakti laati hai aur acche khayalon se saaf hoti hai.
Mantra 3
अयं दक्षाय साधनोऽयं शर्धाय वीतये । अयं देवेभ्यो मधुमत्तमः सुतः ॥
Yeh Soma taakat kaam karne ki samajh deti hai. Yeh apne group ke liye sahi anand laati hai. Bhagwan ke liye yeh sabse meethi cheez hai, jaise shahad. Yeh nikali hui taakat hai jo khushi bharti hai.
Mantra 4
गोमन्न इन्दो अश्ववत्सुतः सुदक्ष धन्व । शुचिं ते वर्णमधि गोषु दीधरम् ॥
Hey Indu, ab tum nikal ke aao aur humare paas laao, gaayen aur ghode, yani gyaan ki kirnein aur taqat. Tu jo kaam mein expert hai, main teri chamak ko pakad ke usse kirnon pe sahi jagah set kar deta hoon.
Mantra 5
स नो हरीणां पत इन्दो देवप्सरस्तमः । सखेव सख्ये नर्यो रुचे भव ॥
Indu, tu hamare liye un tez ghodon ka malik ban, jo sabse zyada bhagwan jaisa sundar hai. Jaise koi dost dosti mein saath deta hai, waise hi tu bhi hamare liye taqatwar saathi ban aur hamari roshni aur khushi ban ja.
Mantra 6
सनेमि त्वमस्मदाँ अदेवं कं चिदत्रिणम् । साह्वाँ इन्दो परि बाधो अप द्वयुम् ॥
Humare liye jeet laa. Hamare taraf se us shakti par jeet paa le jo bhagwan se door hai aur sab ko kha jaati hai. Indu, tu jo strong hai, us shakhs ko door bhaga de jo do raaste pe chalata hai, jo mann se toota hua hai.
It asks Soma to purify as a sweet, exhilarating drink, to grant luminous prosperity, and to protect the worshipper by driving away harmful and divisive forces.
In Vedic poetry they can mean both literal wealth and symbolic powers—cows as rays of light/knowledge and horses as energies or capacities that carry one forward.
It can mean an outer opponent who creates division, and also an inner state of doubt or split intention that weakens concentration; Soma is invoked to push that away.
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