Rig Veda 9.64.7: Mandala 9, Sukta 64, Mantra 7
Sukta 9.64
- Rishi
- Soma Pavamāna seer-tradition
- Devata
- Soma Pavamāna
- Chandas
- Likely Triṣṭubh
- Rasa
- Adbhuta (wonder) and Vira (heroism)
पवमानस्य विश्ववित्प्र ते सर्गा असृक्षत । सूर्यस्येव न रश्मयः ॥
pávamānasya viśva-vít prá te sárgā asṛkṣata | sū́ryasyeva ná raśmáyaḥ ||
पवमान, तुम तो सब जाननेवाले हो। तुम्हारी धारें आगे निकल पड़ी हैं। बिल्कुल सूरज की किरणों की तरह, जो हर तरफ फैल जाती हैं।
Word by Word
- पवमानस्य
- of the purifying (Soma)Noun/Adjective (epithet)पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी एकवचनRole सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)Root पवमान (√पू ‘पवते’)
- विश्ववित्
- all-finding / finding all (wealth)Adjectiveपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (पवमानस्य विशेषणम्)Role कर्तृ-विशेषण (qualifier of the agent) / सम्बोधन-भाव (epithet)Root विश्ववित् (विश्व + √विद् ‘to know/find’)
- प्र
- forth, forwardIndeclinable (preverb/adverb)Role क्रियाविशेषण (direction/intensity ‘forth’)Root प्र
- ते
- yourPronounषष्ठी एकवचन (enclitic)Role सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘thy/your’)Root त्वद् (2nd pers. pronoun)
- सर्गाः
- streams, outpouringsNounपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचनRole कर्तृ (subject of असृक्षत)Root सर्ग (√सृज् ‘to let go, emit’)
- असृक्षत
- were released / streamed forthVerbलुङ् (aorist), आत्मनेपद; 3rd person बहुवचनRole क्रिया (predicate)Root √सृज्
- सूर्यस्य
- of the sunNounपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी एकवचनRole सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of the sun’)Root सूर्य
- इव
- like, asIndeclinableRole उपमान-निर्देशक (simile marker)Root इव
- न
- (in simile) as / just likeIndeclinableRole उपमा-समुच्चय/अवधारण (Vedic: ‘indeed/just as’ in simile)Root न
- रश्मयः
- raysNounपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचनRole कर्तृ (elliptic: ‘rays (go forth)’; compared with सर्गाः)Root रश्मि
Sandhi Notes
- External sandhi is minimal
- Phrase division: पवमानस्य विश्ववित् | प्र ते सर्गाः असृक्षत || सूर्यस्य इव न रश्मयः ||
- ‘ते’ is enclitic gen. sg. of त्वद्
- ‘असृक्षत’ is aorist middle 3pl of √सृज्
- ‘विश्ववित्’ is a compound epithet (विश्व + वित् < √विद्), used adjectivally with the Soma (पवमान)
- ‘न’ here is the Vedic particle used in comparisons (not negation)
The meaning
Outer meaning
Of Pavamāna the all-finding, thy streams are released forth like the rays of the Sun.
Inner meaning
When Soma is purified, it becomes viśvavit—able to find and recover all that is hidden in the being. Its currents surge outward like solar rays: illumination spreads through the mind, uncovering concealed knowledge (go/rays) and releasing blocked energies.
Universal truth
Purified delight-inspiration naturally becomes illumination: it radiates, discovers, and liberates what was covered, turning inner darkness into seeing and capacity.
Themes
Soma as solar, Illumination, Revelation, Outflow of consciousness
The seer
- Rishi
- Soma Pavamāna seer-tradition (Pavamāna Maṇḍala, multiple seers)
- Other hymns
- RV 9.76, RV 9.86, RV 9.96
Family tradition
Ninth-maṇḍala vision emphasizing Soma as the purifier that becomes solar in its revealing power.
Significance
The rishi-voice describes a yogic sign: once delight is purified, it turns into radiance—streams become rays—marking the transition from mere ecstasy to truth-illumination.
The deity
- Devata
- Soma Pavamāna
- Epithets
- Viśvavit (all-finding), Pavamāna, Indu
- Related deities
- Sūrya, Indra, Bṛhaspati
Cosmic role
Revealer: releases streams that act like solar rays, spreading discovery through the worlds.
Inner power
Illuminative Ananda—joy that becomes knowledge; a force that finds, frees, and integrates.
In ritual
Where it is used
Soma purification hymns celebrating the outflow after filtering
पव॑मानस्य विश्ववि॒त्प्र ते॒ सर्गा॑ असृक्षत । सूर्य॑स्येव॒ न र॒श्मय॑: ॥
पव॑मानस्य । वि॒श्व॒ऽवि॒त् । प्र । ते॒ । सर्गाः॑ । अ॒सृ॒क्ष॒त॒ । सूर्य॑स्यऽइव । न । र॒श्मयः॑ ॥
pavamānasya | viśva-vit | pra | te | sargāḥ | asṛkṣata | sūryasya-iva | na | raśmayaḥ
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4 × ~11
Quick release and flare; strong caesura supports the ‘bursting forth’
Energizes and brightens; induces a felt spreading of light through the head and chest.
- pavamānasya
- Literal: of the self-purifying. Symbolic: consciousness that refines itself by truth and aspiration
- viśvavit
- Literal: all-finding, knowing all. Symbolic: the power to discover lost parts of the soul and hidden truth in experience
- sargāḥ
- Literal: streams, outpourings. Symbolic: emanations of inspired force; movements of Ananda carrying light
- asṛkṣata
- Literal: have been released, let loose. Symbolic: removal of inner obstruction; freeing of the current from the ‘coverer’ tendency
- sūryasya raśmayaḥ
- Literal: rays of the sun. Symbolic: illumined thoughts/intuitional beams that reveal and order
Praise of Soma’s purifying outflow, equated with solar illumination, during Pavāmāna recitations.
As Soma begins to run freely after pressing/straining
Chant to accompany the visible release of Soma juice
Use when stuck or dull: recite to ‘release the streams’—invite clarity and discovery in meditation or study.
raśmi ‘rein/ray’ from √raś ‘to stretch/extend’ → rays as extended lines of light; viśva-vit is a bahuvrīhi: viśva ‘all’ + vit ‘knowing/finding’ from √vid ‘to know/find’ (PIE *weyd-).
Vid/knowledge (viśva-vit), Illumination as discovery, Purification leading to omnifinding
Rays imply ordered revelation; Soma’s flow becomes aligned with solar ṛta.
Discovery (vit) is satya’s uncovering—truth found, not constructed.
Emanation: inner essence releases as many rays/streams to pervade the system.
Illuminationist Vedic psychology (Aurobindo): Ananda as a power that turns into supramental-like light.
mid-morning / sunrise-to-noon symbolism
Rays = illuminations in mind; streams = currents of bliss/inspiration; ‘release’ = unblocking subconscient resistance.
- What is the primary Vedic 'mythologem' present in this verse?
- Soma’s streams as solar rays: the mythic equivalence of Soma (ecstatic clarity) and Sūrya (illumination). Inner sense: purified delight becomes a raying knowledge that ‘finds all’—reveals the concealed.
- How does the linguistic structure reflect Proto-Indo-European roots?
- √vid ‘know’ is PIE *weyd- (cf. Latin vidēre, English wit). The solar imagery is part of shared Indo-European poetics where light = knowledge, expressed here through raśmi and the simile sūryasya iva.
- What is the relationship between the Rishi and the Devata here?
- The rishi names Soma as viśva-vit, attributing to the deity the capacity to discover all within the seeker. Praise functions as alignment: by recognizing Soma’s solar nature, the aspirant invites that raying action in consciousness.
Visualize purified delight becoming rays: let joy in the heart rise to the brow as clear seeing.
Ajna (radiant discovery) supported by Anahata (Soma joy)
Inhale up the spine imagining a bright stream; exhale as rays spreading from the brow across the inner field
Luminous, expansive awareness
After a few minutes of calm, recall a pure joy; offer it upward; wait for it to ‘radiate’ as insight rather than excitement.
Accents emphasize viśvávit and sū́ryasya; keep pra as a light forward push.
Let the phrase ‘sūryasyeva na raśmayaḥ’ brighten in tone; slight lift on udātta, clean fall on svarita.
viśvavit: keep ‘śv’ cluster clear, asṛkṣata: ṛ short; kṣ as k + ṣ, sūryasya: long ū sustained lightly, raśmayaḥ: ś as palatal, not retroflex
Bright, projecting, like ‘raying out’
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