
Sukta 9.19
Ascribed generally in RV 9 (Pavamāna Maṇḍala) to Soma-pavamāna seers; specific attribution for 9.19 varies by tradition (often treated as Soma hymns of the Pavamanas rather than a single fixed r̥ṣi).
Soma Pavamāna (the purifying Soma)
Gāyatrī (3 pādas × 8 syllables; typical for many Soma-pavamāna verses)
この短いソーマ・パヴァマーナ讃歌は、濾し器を通って浄められるソーマを讃え、天と地の双方から「輝く宝」をもたらすよう祈願する。そこでは、流れ澄みゆく飲料とその養いの力という祭式のイメージと、実際的な願いが織り合わされる――すなわち、浄化されたソーマの威力が、近くの敵であれ遠くの敵であれ、これを征服するように、という願いである。
Mantra 1
यत्सोम चित्रमुक्थ्यं दिव्यं पार्थिवं वसु । तन्नः पुनान आ भर ॥
ソーマよ、讃歌にふさわしい、天のものでも地のものでもある、光り輝く多彩な宝(ヴァス)――それを、汝が自らを浄めつつ、われらのもとへ運び来たれ。
Mantra 2
युवं हि स्थः स्वर्पती इन्द्रश्च सोम गोपती । ईशाना पिप्यतं धियः ॥
汝ら二柱こそ光輝の天界の主——インドラとソーマ、光条(ラシュミ)の護り手。主宰として、われらの思惟(ディー)を増し満たし、光の力を授けたまえ。
Mantra 3
वृषा पुनान आयुषु स्तनयन्नधि बर्हिषि । हरिः सन्योनिमासदत् ॥
牡牛は生命の流れの中で自らを浄め、雷鳴して、聖草(バルヒス)の上に座を占めた。金褐の者は成就しつつ、祭儀の胎内へと入った。
Mantra 4
अवावशन्त धीतयो वृषभस्याधि रेतसि । सूनोर्वत्सस्य मातरः ॥
霊感ある思惟(ディーティ)は牡牛の精種の上に応えて鳴き、若き仔牛の母たち——新生の光の養い手——がそれに寄り添い、育み養う。
Mantra 5
कुविद्वृषण्यन्तीभ्यः पुनानो गर्भमादधत् । याः शुक्रं दुहते पयः ॥
浄めつつ、彼が胚胎を、熱く雄力を担う諸力のうちに据えますように――かの女神たちは、光り輝く乳(澄明なる光の精髄)を搾り出す。
Mantra 6
उप शिक्षापतस्थुषो भियसमा धेहि शत्रुषु । पवमान विदा रयिम् ॥
近くより我らを教えよ。立ち上がりて我らに敵する仇に、恐れを置け。おおパヴァマーナ(浄めゆく者)よ、我らに充溢の富・存在の充実(rāyí)を見出し得させよ。
Mantra 7
नि शत्रोः सोम वृष्ण्यं नि शुष्मं नि वयस्तिर । दूरे वा सतो अन्ति वा ॥
おおソーマよ、敵の雄々しき力を打ち倒せ。彼の勢いを、彼の進みゆく力を打ち倒せ――遠くに立つときも、近くにあるときも。
It asks Soma, while he is being purified, to bring bright treasures (both heavenly and earthly) and to protect the worshippers by reducing hostile forces.
In the Soma ritual, the expressed juice is strained through a filter (often wool). The hymn poetically treats this as a sacred refining that makes Soma radiant, powerful, and fit to be offered.
They are nurturing powers associated with the rite—often understood as the waters, the filtering elements, or supportive divine forces that foster the newly clarified Soma and the light/strength it symbolizes.
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