Sukta 52
Sukta 9.52
Soma Pavamāna
Himne Soma Pavamāna yang singkat ini menyeru Soma yang baru diperas agar mengalir menuju penyaring (pavitra), berkilau dan membawa kekayaan, serta mengitari para pemuja dengan kemakmuran dan kekuatan purba. Soma juga digambarkan teguh tak tergoyahkan dalam kedermawanannya, dan sebagai pelindung yang “mengguncang hingga jatuh” penyerang yang ganas; ditutup dengan doa memohon pertolongan seratus kali atau seribu kali lipat serta pertambahan rayi (kelimpahan).
Mantras
Mantra 1
परि द्युक्षः सनद्रयिर्भरद्वाजं नो अन्धसा । सुवानो अर्ष पवित्र आ ॥
Wahai Soma yang bercahaya, lingkarilah kami, membawa kekayaan purba; dengan sari perasan-Mu bawalah kepada kami kepenuhan daya; setelah diperas, mengalirlah menuju penyaring (pavitra).
Mantra 2
तव प्रत्नेभिरध्वभिरव्यो वारे परि प्रियः । सहस्रधारो यात्तना ॥
Di sepanjang jalan-jalan purba-Mu, wahai yang terkasih, engkau bergerak mengitari saringan wol; beribu aliran, berjalanlah pada jalur keberadaan-Mu sendiri.
Mantra 3
चरुर्न यस्तमीङ्खयेन्दो न दानमीङ्खय । वधैर्वधस्नवीङ्खय ॥
Bagaikan persembahan yang matang sempurna, siapa pun yang hendak mengguncangnya—wahai Indu—takkan mampu mengguncang pemberian-Mu; dengan hantaman-Mu, guncangkan dan runtuhkan si pemukul, si penyerang ganas.
Mantra 4
नि शुष्ममिन्दवेषां पुरुहूत जनानाम् । यो अस्माँ आदिदेशति ॥
Rendahkanlah, wahai Indu, daya kekuatan bangsa-bangsa itu—wahai yang banyak diseru—mereka yang hendak menunjuk kami untuk mencelakakan dan memerintah melawan kami.
Mantra 5
शतं न इन्द ऊतिभिः सहस्रं वा शुचीनाम् । पवस्व मंहयद्रयिः ॥
Wahai Indu, jadilah bagi kami seratus kali lipat dalam pertolongan-Mu—atau seribu kali lipat—dari yang suci; sucikanlah dirimu, sambil menambah rayi, kekayaan kepenuhan, di dalam diri kami.
Inside Sukta 52
How it unfolds
- Where it opens
Soma is invoked to encircle the worshippers with shining protection and to bring ‘ancient wealth’ and vāja while flowing to the filter.
- Development
The hymn emphasizes Soma’s unstoppable, purified movement and his steadfast generosity—no one can ‘shake’ or diminish his gift.
- Climax
Soma is asked to ‘shake down’ the violent striker—turning aggression back and establishing safety alongside abundance.
- Where it settles
A final prayer asks Soma’s multiplied helps (hundredfold or thousandfold) and a swelling increase of rayi through continued purification.
The deity: Soma Pavamāna
- In the VedaSoma as the pressed, flowing, and self-purifying sacred drink, called Indu (“the bright drop”), who runs to the filter (pavitra), shines, and bestows vāja (vital force, prize, strength) and rayi (wealth).
- Cosmic functionMediator of vitality and inspiration: Soma’s purified flow empowers gods and humans, sustains cosmic order through sacrificial circulation, and drives away hostility through protective potency.
- Inner significanceThe clarified mind/nectar of consciousness: as Soma is filtered, so awareness is refined—yielding clarity, courage, generous power, and inner abundance.
The seer
- Anonym (R̥gvedic Soma-Pavamāna tradition)This sukta is transmitted without a specific seer-name; such anonymity is common in parts of Mandala 9 where the liturgical Soma-flow hymns are preserved as a priestly corpus rather than as individual family compositions.
Famous verses
pavitra ā
चरुर्न यस्तमीङ्खयेन्दो न दानमीङ्खय । वधैर्वधस्नवीङ्खय ॥śataṃ na inda ūtibhiḥ
Attributes of the deity
- Pavamāna (self-purifying, flowing to the filter)
- Śuci (pure, bright)
- Dātā (generous giver of boons)
- Vājabhṛt (bringer of strength/force)
- Rakṣohā/abhaya-kṛt (protector, dispeller of harm)
Also by this seer
- Participation (as part of the anonymous/collective transmission) in the Mandala 9 Pavamāna collection used for Soma purification and offering.
- Preservation of refrain-like liturgical diction centered on ‘pavasva’ (purify/flow) and ‘pavitra’ (the filter).
The rite, step by step
- Press Soma (savana) and collect the expressed juice (andhas).
- Cause Soma to flow/stream toward the straining cloth or wool filter (pavitra).
- Recite the hymn as Soma is purified and made ‘śuci’ (bright/pure).
- Offer the purified Soma as libation, seeking vāja (strength) and rayi (abundance) and protection from aggressors.
- Conclude with a request for multiplied aids (hundredfold/thousandfold) and flourishing prosperity.
Offerings
- Pressed Soma juice (andhas)
- Libations of purified Soma
- Associated oblations customary to Soma rites (e.g., ghee and ritual waters, as contextually applicable)
Frequently Asked Questions
It asks Soma, freshly pressed, to flow to the filter (pavitra), become pure and shining, and bring strength (vāja) and wealth (rayi) to the worshippers.
It presents Soma as a protector: no one can reduce his gift, and his power can repel or subdue violent harm directed at the sacrificers.
It is a poetic way of asking for greatly multiplied support—many forms of aid, prosperity, and inner fullness arising from Soma’s purification and blessing.
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