Rig Veda 9.86.6: Mandala 9, Sukta 86, Mantra 6

Sukta 9.86

Rishi: Traditionally ascribed to Soma Pavamāna seers of Mandala 9 (often within the Kāṇva/Angirasa transmission; specific rishi for 9.86 varies by Anukramaṇī recension)

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Soma in the act of purification)

Chandas: Jagatī (dominant for many verses in RV 9; this verse conforms to the Jagatī cadence in common recensions)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उभयतः पवमानस्य रश्मयो ध्रुवस्य सतः परि यन्ति केतवः । यदी पवित्रे अधि मृज्यते हरिः सत्ता नि योना कलशेषु सीदति ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.86.6

Transliteration

ubhayatáḥ pávamānasya raśmáyo dhruvásya satáḥ pári yanti ketávaḥ | yadī pavítre ádhi mṛ́jyate háriḥ sattā́ ní yonā kalaśéṣu sīdati ||

Translation

自ら清められるソーマ（Soma）の光線は、真実（sat）に堅く住して、両側より光の徴（ketu）としてめぐり行く。黄褐の者（hari）が濾し布（pavitra）の上で磨き清められるとき、まことの座に就き、受け容れ保つ杯（kalaśa）という諸の「胎（よな）」に静かに坐す。

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