Rig Veda 9.64.6: Mandala 9, Sukta 64, Mantra 6
Sukta 9.64
- Rishi
- Soma Pavamāna seer-tradition
- Devata
- Soma Pavamāna
- Chandas
- Likely Triṣṭubh
- Rasa
- Adbhuta (wonder) and Shanta (peace)
ते विश्वा दाशुषे वसु सोमा दिव्यानि पार्थिवा । पवन्तामान्तरिक्ष्या ॥
té víśvā dāśúṣe vásu sómā divyā́ni pārthívā | pavantām ā́ antárikṣyā ||
सोम की धारें साफ होती हुई बहें। वो जो कुछ देनेवाले हैं, उनको सारा धन दे आएं। आसमान की दुनिया से भी, ज़मीन से भी, बीच वाली जगह से आके।
Word by Word
- ते
- theyPronounपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्Role KartāRoot तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
- विश्वा
- all (things), everythingAdjective (used substantively) / Noun-likeनपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया बहुवचनम्Role KarmaRoot विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
- दाशुषे
- to the worshipper / to the giver (offerer)Noun (agent/participant)पुंलिङ्गे चतुर्थी एकवचनम्Role SampradānaRoot दाश्वस् (परफेक्ट्-भागवत्/कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक from √दाś् ‘to worship, offer’)
- वसु
- goods, richesNounनपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया बहुवचनम् (Vedic: form identical with sg.; sense = plural)Role KarmaRoot वसु (प्रातिपदिक)
- सोमाः
- the Soma (drops)Nounपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्Role KartāRoot सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
- दिव्यानि
- heavenly (things)Adjective (used substantively) / Noun-likeनपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया बहुवचनम्Role KarmaRoot दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
- पार्थिवा
- earthly (things)Adjective (used substantively) / Noun-likeनपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया बहुवचनम्Role KarmaRoot पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
- पवन्ताम्
- let them purify/streamVerbलोट् (आज्ञार्थे) 3 पुरुषः बहुवचनम्, आत्मनेपदम्Role (main verb)Root √पू (पवते) ‘to purify, to flow/stream’
- अन्तरिक्ष्या
- (things) of the mid-air, atmosphericAdjective (used substantively) / Noun-likeनपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया बहुवचनम् (Vedic ending -yā < -yāni)Role KarmaRoot अन्तरिक्ष्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘belonging to the midspace’)
Sandhi Notes
- पदच्छेदः: ते | विश्वा | दाशुषे | वसु | सोमाः | दिव्यानि | पार्थिवा | पवन्ताम् | अन्तरिक्ष्या । विशेषम्: (1) ‘वसु’ नपुंसक द्वितीया बहुवचनार्थे—ऋग्वैदिके बहुवचन-प्रयोगे रूपं बहुधा एकवचनवत् दृश्यते। (2) ‘अन्तरिक्ष्या’ वैदिक-रूपम्
- सामान्यतः ‘अन्तरिक्ष्याणि’ इत्यस्य संक्षिप्त/प्राचीन-प्रत्यय-रूपं (नपुंसक द्वितीया बहुवचन) मन्यते। (3) ‘दाशुषे’ = दाश्वस्-प्रातिपदिकस्य चतुर्थी एकवचनम् ‘यजमानाय/दातृभ्यः’ अर्थे।
The meaning
Outer meaning
May the purifying Soma streams bring to the giver all treasures—heavenly and earthly—coming from the mid-region.
Inner meaning
When Soma (delight-inspiration) is purified, it becomes a mediator (āntarikṣya) between higher mind (divya) and embodied life (pārthiva). To the dāśuṣ (the one who offers—i.e., who gives ego and desire into the inner sacrifice), Soma brings ‘all riches’: illuminations from above and stable powers for life below.
Universal truth
Sincere offering aligns the whole being; then the refined joy of consciousness draws down higher gifts and organizes them into practical strength and harmony in life.
Themes
Boons as inner attainments, Three-world cosmology (psychologized), Soma as mediator
The seer
- Rishi
- Soma Pavamāna seer-tradition (Pavamāna Maṇḍala, multiple seers)
- Other hymns
- RV 9.20, RV 9.61, RV 9.64, RV 9.83
Family tradition
A ninth-maṇḍala transmission emphasizing Soma’s purification as the means of bringing divine ‘vasu’ into the human offering.
Significance
The collective rishi-vision frames sacrifice as inner exchange: offering (dāśuṣ) opens the being to a complete influx—heavenly light and earthly stability united by the mid-region’s transformative movement.
The deity
- Devata
- Soma Pavamāna
- Epithets
- Pavamāna, Soma (pressing/essence), Indu
- Related deities
- Indra (receiver of Soma), Agni (carrier of offering), Maruts (mid-region powers)
Cosmic role
Bearer of treasures; mediator between dyu (heaven) and pṛthivī (earth) through antarikṣa.
Inner power
Translational force: turns illumination into workable energy; turns life’s substance into receptive clarity.
In ritual
Where it is used
Soma-yajña: invocation for boons during purification/offerings
ते विश्वा॑ दा॒शुषे॒ वसु॒ सोमा॑ दि॒व्यानि॒ पार्थि॑वा । पव॑न्ता॒मान्तरि॑क्ष्या ॥
ते । विश्वा॑ । दा॒शुषे॑ । वसु॑ । सोमाः॑ । दि॒व्यानि॑ । पार्थि॑वा । पव॑न्ताम् । आ । अ॒न्तरि॑क्ष्या ॥
te | viśvā | dāśuṣe | vasu | somāḥ | divyāni | pārthivā | pavantām | ā | antarikṣyā
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4 × ~11 syllables
Balanced, distributive rhythm (heaven/earth) with a concluding ‘arrival’ cadence
Feels like invocation and descent: a bringing-in of powers; stabilizes and ‘grounds’ the listener.
- dāśuṣe
- Literal: to the giver/offerer. Symbolic: the practitioner who offers the lower nature; the surrendered will
- vasu
- Literal: wealths, good things. Symbolic: spiritual riches: powers, joys, insights, harmonies that support growth
- divyāni
- Literal: heavenly. Symbolic: higher mind’s illuminations, inspirations, wideness
- pārthivā
- Literal: earthly. Symbolic: grounded stability in body-life: health, endurance, ordered action
- āntarikṣyā
- Literal: from the mid-region (antarikṣa). Symbolic: the vital-mental plane that mediates; the dynamic field where forces translate into life
Blessing formula within Soma purification: bestowal of ‘all treasures’ to the sacrificer.
During Soma flow and offerings to deities (esp. Indra)
Recited/sung to invite Soma’s ‘vasu’ to the sacrificer
As a contemplation for integrality: ‘May purified delight bring both higher insight and practical steadiness’—use before work or service.
dāśuṣe from √dāś ‘to worship/offer’ → the one who offers; vasu ‘good, wealth’ (also class of deities Vasus) from √vas ‘to dwell/shine?’ (etymologies debated) → stable riches; antarikṣa ‘between’ (antar) + ‘domain’ (ikṣa/īkṣ?) traditional: midspace.
Integration of planes (divya/pārthiva via antarikṣa), Sacrifice/Offering (dāśuṣ), Vasu as inner riches
Implicit: true riches arrive when the flow is purified—aligned with ṛta.
Divine gifts are stable when they bridge heaven and earth without distortion.
Integration of planes: descent of the divine into the earthly instrument.
Integral-Vedic: harmonizing higher consciousness with embodied life.
Antarikṣa corresponds to the vital-mental field where inspirations become energies, habits, and actions; Soma’s flow is the refining current enabling this translation.
- What is the primary Vedic 'mythologem' present in this verse?
- The three-world mediation: Soma moves through the mid-region bringing heavenly and earthly treasures. Inner reading: Soma links higher light (divya) with embodied stability (pārthiva), making the seeker whole across planes.
- How does the linguistic structure reflect Proto-Indo-European roots?
- divyá ‘heavenly’ relates to PIE *dyew- ‘sky/daylight’. The tripartite cosmology (heaven-mid-earth) is a widespread Indo-European structural motif, reflected linguistically in stable spatial compounds like antarikṣa.
- What is the relationship between the Rishi and the Devata here?
- The rishi positions himself as dāśuṣ (the offerer), establishing reciprocity: offering enables reception. Soma’s ‘treasures’ are not external goods but graded inner powers from higher and lower planes unified through the midspace of experience.
Receive Soma as a descending, mediating joy: draw light into mind, then settle it into heart and body as steady force.
Ajna (divyāni) grounding into Muladhara/Manipura (pārthivā) through heart-breath
Inhale: ‘divyāni’; exhale: ‘pārthivā’—feel a middle channel (antarikṣa) equalizing
Integrated poise; luminous practicality
Offer one habitual ego-motive (dāśuṣ); then invite a concrete ‘vasu’ (clarity, patience, strength) to embody the received light.
Follow udātta markings in the Saṃhitā text; maintain clear accent on té, víśvā, dāśúṣe, sómā, divyā́ni, pārthívā.
Keep pāda breaks clean; slightly lengthen long vowels (ā, ī) without singing.
dāśuṣe: retroflex ṣ clearly, divyāni: ‘vy’ glide light, not split, pārthivā: pronounce ṛ as vocalic, not ‘ri’, āntarikṣyā: kṣy cluster: kṣ + ya, articulated crisply
Invocatory, warm, steady; end with a sense of ‘bringing near’ (ā)
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