Rig Veda 9.57.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 57, Mantra 4
Sukta 9.57
- Devata
- Soma Pavamāna
- Rasa
- Shanta (peace) and Adbhuta (wonder)
स नो विश्वा दिवो वसूतो पृथिव्या अधि । पुनान इन्दवा भर ॥
sá no víśvā divó vásūto pṛthivyā́ ádhi | punānó indavā́ bhara ||
आसमान से और ज़मीन से सब धन ले कर आओ हमारे पास। इन्दु, जब तुम साफ़ हो रहे हो, तो यह सब चीज़ें हमें दे दो।
Word by Word
- सः
- he (that Soma)Pronounपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनRole KartāRoot तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स
- नः
- for us / ourPronounषष्ठी (एन्क्लिटिक), बहुवचनRole SampradānaRoot अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
- विश्वाः
- allAdjectiveस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (वसूः इति विशेषणम्)Role KarmaRoot विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
- दिवः
- of heaven / from heavenNounस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचनRole ApādānaRoot द्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक: दिव्/दिव्-)
- वसूः
- goods, richesNounपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचनRole KarmaRoot वसु (प्रातिपदिक)
- उतः
- and alsoIndeclinableसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययRoot उत (निपात)
- पृथिव्याः
- of earth / from earthNounस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचनRole ApādānaRoot पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
- अधि
- from, uponIndeclinableउपसर्ग/पूर्वक-अव्यय (यहाँ ‘from/over’ भावे)Role AdhikaraṇaRoot अधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
- पुनानः
- purifying himself / being purifiedParticipleपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; वर्तमानकालिक, आत्मनेपदी भावःRole KartāRoot पू (धातु) → पुनान (शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्यय, आत्मनेपदी वर्तमान कृदन्त)
- इन्दवः
- O Indu (Soma-drop)Nounपुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन, एकवचन (वैदिके -वः संबोधनान्तः)Role SampradānaRoot इन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)
- भर
- bringVerbलोट् (आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचनRoot भृ (धातु)
Sandhi Notes
- संहिता-पाठः: स नो विश्वा दिवो वसूतॊ पृथिव्या अधि । पुनान इन्दवा भर ॥ पद-विच्छेदः: सः | नः | विश्वाः | दिवः | वसूः | उतः | पृथिव्याः | अधि | पुनानः | इन्दवः | भर | मुख्य-सन्धयः: (1) स + नः → स नो (विसर्ग-लोपः, ओष्ठ्य-स्वर-सन्धिः) । (2) वसूः + उतः → वसूतो (विसर्गस्य तकारादेशः ‘उ’ इत्यादि-स्वरे परे; वैदिक-रूपम्) । (3) पुनानः + इन्दवः → पुनान इन्दवा (विसर्ग-लोपः; संबोधन-एकवचन ‘इन्दवः’ संहितायां ‘इन्दवा’ इति) ।
The meaning
Outer meaning
Bring us all riches from heaven and from earth; O Indu, while purifying, bring them here.
Inner meaning
The purifying Soma (Indu) is invoked to bring the total wealth of consciousness—higher gifts (divaḥ) and embodied supports (pṛthivyāḥ). Psychologically, ‘heaven’ is the luminous mind and ‘earth’ is the physical/vital foundation; the mantra asks for an integral descent: illumination plus practical stability, gathered and delivered by the purifying Ananda-current.
Universal truth
Spiritual realization is complete when it brings both higher light and grounded capacity—inner riches that can be lived.
Themes
Boon request, Integral prosperity (inner/outer), Purified Soma as bearer, Heaven-earth integration
The seer
- Other hymns
- Rig Veda 9.57.1, Rig Veda 9.57.2, Rig Veda 9.57.3
Significance
The seer’s emphasis is integrality (viśvā): not a partial attainment but a complete wealth from above and below, unified by purification—an early Vedic intuition of total transformation.
The deity
- Devata
- Soma Pavamāna (Indu)
- Epithets
- Indu, Pavamāna, Soma
- Related deities
- Agni (carrier), Indra (receiver of Soma, illumination), Viśve Devāḥ
Cosmic role
Mediator of divine riches; purifier that makes the offering fit and distributes boons across the worlds.
Inner power
Integrative Ananda: brings down higher light and organizes lower nature into receptivity and strength.
In ritual
Where it is used
Soma-yajña: invocation for boons during/after purification
स नो॒ विश्वा॑ दि॒वो वसू॒तो पृ॑थि॒व्या अधि॑ । पु॒ना॒न इ॑न्द॒वा भ॑र ॥
सः । नः॒ । विश्वा॑ । दि॒वः । वसु॑ । उ॒तो इति॑ । पृ॒थि॒व्याः । अधि॑ । पु॒नानः । इ॒न्दो॒ इति॑ । आ । भ॒र॒ ॥
saḥ | naḥ | viśvā | divaḥ | vasu | uto iti | pṛthivyāḥ | adhi | punānaḥ | indo iti | ā | bhara
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3 × 8 (approx.)
Invocatory, gathering rhythm; a ‘bringing near’ cadence
Elicits receptivity and a sense of descent into the whole being; good for concluding a session.
- विश्वा वसू (viśvā vasū)
- Literal: all riches. Symbolic: all-sided inner wealth: peace, joy, knowledge, strength, harmony
- दिवः (divaḥ)
- Literal: from heaven. Symbolic: from higher mind/illumined planes
- पृथिव्याः अधि (pṛthivyāḥ adhi)
- Literal: from upon the earth. Symbolic: from embodied nature—stability, health, workable energies
- पुनानः (punānaḥ)
- Literal: purifying. Symbolic: cleansing and transforming movement of consciousness
- इन्दो (indo)
- Literal: bright drop (Soma). Symbolic: luminous Ananda-essence that can be received
- आ भर (ā bhara)
- Literal: bring hither, bear to us. Symbolic: make realizations present and usable in our being
Common Soma boon-formula: request for ‘vasu’ from both luminous and earthly domains; in ritual, prosperity and completeness for sacrificer; in inner sense, integral riches of consciousness and life.
When Soma is purified and offered; also as a general request for prosperity in the rite
Chanted to ‘call’ the riches with the purified Soma as vehicle
As a daily prayer for integral well-being: clarity (heaven) + stability (earth); useful before work or service.
vasú is ‘good’ → ‘wealth’ as essential good; in inner reading, it is the substance of felicity and right capacity. √bhṛ ‘bear/carry’ is a primary IE root (cf. Latin ferō, English bear). The heaven/earth dyad indicates totality of planes: higher illumination (div) and embodied foundation (pṛthivī).
Integral abundance across planes, Purification as condition for right possession, Vasu as fullness of being
The right order is the balanced descent and establishment of higher powers in the lower field.
Wealth is redefined as truth-wealth: qualities of being, not mere possession.
Linking worlds: the ‘axis’ of descent that makes earth a field of divine manifestation.
Integral Vedāntic tendency: unity of higher and lower; transformation through purification.
Heaven = illumined mind; earth = embodied nature; purification = alchemy of consciousness making both one field of riches.
- What is the primary Vedic 'mythologem' present in this verse?
- Soma as the bearer of riches from both heaven and earth: the purified current mediates between planes. Inner sense: delight, once clarified, brings down higher illuminations into embodied life, producing integral fullness (vasu).
- How does the linguistic structure reflect Proto-Indo-European roots?
- √bhṛ ‘bear’ is a classic PIE root (*bher-) with clear cognates (Latin ferō, English bear). The formulaic pairing of div/ pṛthivī reflects an inherited IE poetic cosmology of upper and lower realms bridged by a mediating power.
- What is the relationship between the Rishi and the Devata here?
- The rishi requests not isolated gifts but ‘all’ vasu across planes, indicating a comprehensive spiritual economy: Soma’s purification (punāna) is the enabling condition for the safe transfer of higher goods into human possession.
Receive ‘twofold wealth’: inhale imagining light descending from above; exhale grounding it into the body; feel Soma as a purifying sweetness that unifies both.
Sahasrara to Muladhara (vertical integration)
Downward breath visualization (apāna-sādhana) paired with gentle upward awareness on inhale
Integrated calm; embodied clarity
After chanting, scan the body; invite the same clarity into sensations and habits; choose one practical action to embody the received ‘vasu’.
Standard Vedic accenting; keep invocatory phrases (ā bhara) clearly lifted where udatta occurs.
Slight emphasis on punānaḥ and indo; let ā bhara be a clear ‘bringing’ call.
: keep ‘u’ short, ‘ā’ long; nasal ‘naḥ’ audible, : aspirate ‘th’ properly (pṛ-thi-vyāḥ), : clear ‘nd’ cluster; long ‘o’, : tap ‘bh’ with aspiration
Soft-invoking, devotional, steady
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