Sukta 9
Sukta 9.9
Soma (Pavamāna)
This Pavamāna Soma hymn praises the pressed and flowing Soma as a luminous seer-power moving through the two realms and becoming fit for the gods through purification. It links Soma’s clarified stream with inspired speech, right order (ṛta), and Indra’s victorious law, and ends by asking for lasting fame, strength, intelligence, and svah (the luminous world).
Mantras
Mantra 1
परि प्रिया दिवः कविर्वयांसि नप्त्योर्हितः । सुवानो याति कविक्रतुः ॥
यह रिशि आसमान के आस पास घूमता है। वो दोनों जगह का है जहाँ उसके अपने हैं। वो आगे बढ़ रहा है। उसकी सोच में शक्ति है।
Mantra 2
प्रप्र क्षयाय पन्यसे जनाय जुष्टो अद्रुहे । वीत्यर्ष चनिष्ठया ॥
आगे बढ़, आगे बढ़। अपने घर के लिए बहा। लोगों के लिए बहा जो तुझे पसंद करते हैं। झूठ नहीं बोलने वालों के लिए बहा। अपनी जीतने वाली धार से बहा।
Mantra 3
स सूनुर्मातरा शुचिर्जातो जाते अरोचयत् । महान्मही ऋतावृधा ॥
यह दोनों माँ का बेटा है। साफ है। जब पैदा हुआ तो दोनों जन्म चमक उठा। यह बड़ा है। सचाई के साथ बड़ी चीज़ें बना रहा है।
Mantra 4
स सप्त धीतिभिर्हितो नद्यो अजिन्वदद्रुहः । या एकमक्षि वावृधुः ॥
वो सात शक्तियों से चलता है। नदियों को आगे बढ़ाता है जो सच से नहीं हट्टी। यह नदियाँ वो एक नज़र को बड़ा करती हैं जो सब देख सकती है।
Mantra 5
ता अभि सन्तमस्तृतं महे युवानमा दधुः । इन्दुमिन्द्र तव व्रते ॥
वो सोम-रस को सही जगह रखते हैं। एक ऐसी शक्ति के पास जो सच में है और कभी गिरा नहीं। यह एक नई जवान शक्ति है। इंद्र, तेरे नियम के लिए यह इंदु को स्थापित करते हैं।
Mantra 6
अभि वह्निरमर्त्यः सप्त पश्यति वावहिः । क्रिविर्देवीरतर्पयत् ॥
अग्नि आगे बढ़ता है और वो सात को देखता है। यह अग्नि अमर है। एक शक्ति देवियों को खुश करती है। यह उन्हे पवित्र सोम-रस के साथ भर देती है।
Mantra 7
अवा कल्पेषु नः पुमस्तमांसि सोम योध्या । तानि पुनान जङ्घनः ॥
सोम, हमारी ज़िन्दगी के हर काम में अंधेरा दूर कर। इन बुरी चीज़ों पे वार करो। तू पवित्रता लाता है और उन्हे बार-बार मार के भगा दे।
Mantra 8
नू नव्यसे नवीयसे सूक्ताय साधया पथः । प्रत्नवद्रोचया रुचः ॥
अब नए और और नए के लिए रास्ते तैयार कर। सही बात के लिए रास्ता साफ कर। अपनी रोशनी पुराने तरीके से चमका। वो पहली रोशनी वापस ला।
Mantra 9
पवमान महि श्रवो गामश्वं रासि वीरवत् । सना मेधां सना स्वः ॥
हे सोम, जो सब को साफ करता है, हमें बड़ा ज्ञान दे। हमारे लिए धन और ताकत ला, जैसे वीरों के पास होती है। हमेशा के लिए बुद्धि दे और अंदर की रोशनी दे।
Inside Sukta 9
How it unfolds
- Where it opens
Soma is introduced as a seerly power moving around the beloved forms of heaven, set in the two kindred realms, pressing himself forth in inspired will (kavi-kratu).
- Development
The hymn follows Soma’s purification and right movement, presenting the stream as established within ṛta and aligned with Indra’s vrata (divine law/working).
- Climax
Soma is affirmed as the great youthful, unfailing presence placed into Indra’s ordinance—purity becoming power for victory and right action.
- Where it settles
The close turns to boons: great śravas, cattle and horses (prosperity and energy), heroic force, enduring medhā, and enduring svah (luminous world).
The deity: Soma
- In the VedaSoma is the divine plant-essence and its pressed juice, praised as a shining, purifying stream that becomes ‘pavamāna’ as it runs through the woolen filter, awakening inspiration and delighting the gods.
- Cosmic functionMediator of vitality and illumination: Soma quickens Indra and the gods, sustains ṛta (right order), and circulates as a life-giving, heaven-reaching current of light and power.
- Inner significanceThe clarified mind and inspired consciousness: as Soma is filtered of dross, so awareness is refined into clarity, poetic intuition (kavi-kratu), and enduring medhā (intelligence) leading toward svah (inner luminous heaven).
The seer
- Anukta (attribution uncertain)This hymn belongs to the Soma Pavamāna corpus (Mandala 9) where many verses are traditionally transmitted without a single clearly preserved seer-name; the focus is on the ritual-poetic vision of Soma’s purification.
Famous verses
kavikratuḥ
indra tava vrate
sanā medhāṃ sanā svaḥ
Attributes of the deity
- Purifier (pavamāna)
- Luminous and heaven-oriented
- Kavi (seer-like) and inspirer of speech
- Strength-giving to Indra
- Upholder of ṛta
- Bestower of śravas (inspired renown/hearing), medhā, and svah
Also by this seer
- General association with the Pavamāna (Soma) hymns of Mandala 9 transmitted in the Pavitra (filtering) context
- No secure, hymn-specific additional attributions for RV 9.9 in the received tradition
The rite, step by step
- Press the Soma plant to express the juice (savana).
- Mix and prepare the juice according to rite (often with water; sometimes with milk/curds depending on pressing).
- Filter through the woolen strainer (pavitra) while chanting Pavamāna stotras/ṛks.
- Collect the clarified Soma in vessels; consecrate by further recitation and rhythmic chanting.
- Offer libations to the gods (notably Indra) and distribute the remainder per ritual rule.
Offerings
- Clarified Soma juice (Indu)
- Libations to Indra and other deities
- Associated oblations as required by the Soma rite (supporting offerings to Agni, etc.)
Frequently Asked Questions
It praises Soma while it is being purified (pavamāna), describing it as a luminous, inspired power that supports ṛta (right order) and strengthens the gods, especially Indra.
In Soma rituals, Indra is a chief recipient of Soma. The hymn says the purified Indu is established in Indra’s ‘vrata’—his divine law and victorious working.
It asks Pavamāna Soma for great śravas (inspired renown/hearing), prosperity and swift energies (cows and horses), heroic force, lasting medhā (intelligence), and svah (the luminous world).
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