Sukta 11
Sukta 9.11
Soma Pavamāna (Indu)
This Pavamāna Soma hymn calls the purified Indu to be sung to as he streams through the filters, hastening toward the gods and making divine powers accessible. It praises the sweetness and energizing force of Soma and petitions him for wealth, heroic vigor, and victorious companionship—especially in union with Indra.
Mantras
Mantra 1
उपास्मै गायता नरः पवमानायेन्दवे । अभि देवाँ इयक्षते ॥
लोगों को इन्दु के पास जाके गाना चाहिए। इन्दु वोह है जो सबको साफ करता है। वोह आगे बढ़ के देवताओं तक पहुँचता है। देवताओं की शक्ति उसके पास आ जाती है।
Mantra 2
अभि ते मधुना पयोऽथर्वाणो अशिश्रयुः । देवं देवाय देवयु ॥
अथर्वन रिशि तुम्हारे पास आए हैं। उन्होंने दूध में शहद मिलाया है। यह भगवान के लिए है। जो भगवान को ढूँढता है, उसको यह मिलता है।
Mantra 3
स नः पवस्व शं गवे शं जनाय शमर्वते । शं राजन्नोषधीभ्यः ॥
तू हमारे लिए साफ हो जा। शांति ला, सब ठीक कर। गाय के लिए शांति, लोगों के लिए शांति। घोड़ों के लिए भी शांति। राजा, पोधों के लिए भी शांति दे।
Mantra 4
बभ्रवे नु स्वतवसेऽरुणाय दिविस्पृशे । सोमाय गाथमर्चत ॥
सोम के लिए गाना गाओ। सोम सुनहरा रंग का है, खुद में ताकतवाला है। वोह आसमान तक जाता है। ऊपर वाली तरफ बढ़ता है।
Mantra 5
हस्तच्युतेभिरद्रिभिः सुतं सोमं पुनीतन । मधावा धावता मधु ॥
हाथ में पकड़े पत्थर से सोम को साफ करो। पत्थर हाथ से फिसल के उसको निचोड़ते हैं। सोम मीठा हो के बहना चाहिए। शहद जैसा मीठा बन जा।
Mantra 6
नमसेदुप सीदत दध्नेदभि श्रीणीतन । इन्दुमिन्द्रे दधातन ॥
सामने बैठो और झुक के बैठो। दही मिला के इसको और बना दो। यह चमकता हुआ बूँद इंद्र के लिए रख दो, वो जो जागी हुई ताकत है।
Mantra 7
अमित्रहा विचर्षणिः पवस्व सोम शं गवे । देवेभ्यो अनुकामकृत् ॥
हे सोम, तू दुश्मनों को हराने वाला है। तेरी नज़र चारों तरफ फैली है। आगे बढ़ और साफ हो जा। ज्ञान की किरण की शांति और बढ़ाये के लिए। भगवान जो चाहते हैं वो अंदर पूरा कर।
Mantra 8
इन्द्राय सोम पातवे मदाय परि षिच्यसे । मनश्चिन्मनसस्पतिः ॥
हे सोम, तुझे इंद्र के लिए पीने के लिए बहाया जा रहा है। यह वो नशा है जो ऊपर उठा के ले जाता है। तू दिमाग का मालिक है, और दिमाग भी तेरे नीचे चलता है।
Mantra 9
पवमान सुवीर्यं रयिं सोम रिरीहि नः । इन्दविन्द्रेण नो युजा ॥
हे साफ करने वाले सोम, हमें बहादुरी की ताकत दे। हमें पूरा पन दे। हे चमकता हुआ बूँद, इंद्र के साथ जुड़ के, जीत में हमारा साथी बन जा।
Inside Sukta 11
How it unfolds
- Where it opens
An exhortation to sing close to the purifying Indu as he advances toward the gods, bringing divine presence within reach.
- Development
Ritual images intensify: Soma is pressed by stones, purified, and urged to run with sweetness—his flow becomes both offering and power.
- Climax
A direct petition for suvīrya and ṛayi, with Soma explicitly yoked with Indra as the force of conquest and victory.
- Where it settles
The hymn settles into assured request and alignment: purified Soma, allied with Indra, is invoked to remain a sustaining companion and benefactor.
The deity: Soma Pavamāna
- In the VedaSoma as the ‘purifying’ (pavamāna) stream—pressed by stones, running through woolen sieves, bright, honeyed, and exhilarating—who goes to the gods and empowers their might.
- Cosmic functionMediator and invigorator: he quickens Indra and the gods, sustains ṛta through consecrated flow, and translates earthly pressing into divine nourishment and victorious force.
- Inner significanceThe clarified current of consciousness: the mind’s raw impulses are ‘pressed,’ filtered, and refined into luminous joy (ānanda), courage, and focused power aligned with truth.
The seer
- Anukramaṇī-attributed seer (Pavamāna Soma tradition; specific ṛṣi uncertain)Associated with the Ninth Maṇḍala’s Soma-Pavamāna corpus, where hymns are organized around the ritual and mystical process of Soma purification rather than a single, clearly named family seer.
Famous verses
उपास्मै गायता नरः पवमानायेन्दवे । अभि देवाँ इयक्षते ॥madhāv ā dhāvatā madhu
indreṇa no yujā
Attributes of the deity
- Purifier (pavamāna) and clarifier
- Honeyed sweetness (madhu) and delight-giver
- Luminous drop/stream (indu)
- Ritual potency that ‘reaches the gods’
- Allied with Indra for victory and strength
Also by this seer
- Connected broadly to RV Maṇḍala 9 (Pavamāna hymns) used in Soma pressing liturgy
- Later ritual recensions and Sāmavedic chant traditions draw heavily on Mandala 9 verses
The rite, step by step
- Soma stalks are pressed with stones (adri) to express the juice
- The expressed Soma is mixed/clarified and guided to the strainer (often woolen filter)
- Pavamāna flow is accompanied by sung stotras/recitations invoking Indu’s purification
- Purified Soma is collected in vessels and offered in libations to the deities
- Petitions are made for ṛayi (wealth), suvīrya (heroic vigor), and victory with Indra
Offerings
- Purified Soma libations
- Ghee/clarified butter (as accompanying oblation in the broader rite)
- Grain-cakes or supplementary offerings depending on the Soma ritual context
Frequently Asked Questions
The hymn addresses Soma as Pavamāna—Indu, the purified Soma-juice flowing through the strainer—often invoked as a power that strengthens the gods and blesses the worshiper.
“Pavamāna” means “purifying” or “being purified.” It refers to Soma as he is clarified in the ritual, symbolizing a refined, luminous power that becomes fit for offering.
Indra is Soma’s chief beneficiary and ally in many Vedic hymns. This sukta asks Soma, yoked with Indra, to bring strength, wealth, and victory—linking ritual offering to heroic power.
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