Dashati 6
Pavamāna Soma’s purifying flow as both giver of victorious wealth and protector of the rite (apotropaic cleansing).
Soma Pavamāna (Indu)
Bright urgent and protective—exultant praise mixed with sharp apotropaic command.
Rṣi attribution is not provided in the input; Arcika crosswalk to the underlying Ṛgvedic source is required to assign the seer-family with confidence.
Pavamāna-stotra context: Soma in the process of being pressed and purified/strained then streamed toward the receiving vessel for offering.
Mantras
Mantra 1
पुरोजिती वो अन्धसः सुताय मादयित्नवे अप श्वानं श्नथिष्टन सखायो दीर्घजिह्व्यम्
Foremost-conquering is your pressed Soma-juice for exhilaration; smite away, O friends, the long-tongued hound.
Mantra 2
अयं पूषा रयिर्भगः सोमः पुनानो अर्षति पतिर्विश्वस्य भूमनो व्यख्यद्रोदसी उभे
This Soma, being purified, floweth on; he is Pūṣan, he is wealth, he is Bhaga; the lord of all abundance: he hath made both heaven and earth manifest (by his might) in the sacrifice.
Mantra 3
सुतासो मधुमत्तमाः सोमा इन्द्राय मन्दिनः पवित्रवन्तो अक्षरन्देवान्गच्छन्तु वो मदाः
The expressed Somes, most sweet, exhilarating for Indra, furnished with the filter, have flowed forth: let your raptures (of Soma) go unto the gods.
Mantra 4
सोमाः पवन्त इन्दवो ऽस्मभ्यं गातुवित्तमाः मित्राः स्वाना अरेपसः स्वाध्यः स्वर्विदः
The Soma-drops are purified; for us they are the best finders of the way: friendly, sounding as they flow, stainless, of good sacred utterance, bestowers of heavenly light.
Mantra 5
अभी नो वाजसातमं रयिमर्ष शतस्पृहम् इन्दो सहस्रभर्णसं तुविद्युम्नं विभासहम्
Flow hither unto us, O Indu, that wealth which is most victorious in the winning of strength, greatly coveted; thou of thousandfold splendour, of abundant glory, widely shining.
Mantra 6
अभी नवन्ते अद्रुहः प्रियमिन्द्रस्य काम्यम् वत्सं न पूर्व आयुनि जातं रिहन्ति मातरः
The faithful (worshippers) celebrate that which is dear and desirable to Indra; as mothers lick the calf born in its former season of life, so do they cherish (the Soma).
Mantra 7
आ हर्यताय धृष्णवे धनुष्टन्वन्ति पौंस्यम् शुक्रा वि यन्त्यसुराय निर्णिजे विपामग्रे महीयुवः
Unto the golden and the bold they stretch the bow of manly prowess; the bright (streams) go forth for the mighty lord, for purification, in the presence of the singers, vigorous in their course.
Mantra 8
परि त्यं हर्यतं हरिं बभ्रुं पुनन्ति वारेण यो देवान्विश्वां इत्परि मदेन सह गच्छति
They cleanse all around that delightful tawny, ruddy (Soma) with water; he who, with exhilaration, goeth indeed unto all the gods.
Mantra 9
प्र सुन्वानास्यान्धसो मर्तो न वष्ट तद्वचः अप श्वानमराधसं हता मखं न भृगवः
Forth art thou pressed of the juice; the mortal desireth that sacred utterance: drive ye away the dog, the irreverent; smite him, as the Bhṛgus (guarded) the sacrifice.
Frequently Asked Questions
The ‘hound’ is a ritual image for a defiling or obstructing force (often explained as rakṣas-like). The singers command it to be expelled so Soma and the sacrifice remain pure and effective.
Soma is asked to flow toward the priests and vessels in a purified stream, bringing exhilaration, victorious strength (vāja), and desirable wealth (rayi), while protecting the sacred utterance and the rite.
The Bhṛgus are an ancient seer-group associated with safeguarding sacrificial order. They are cited as a model: just as they protected the sacrifice, the priests should strike down/drive off whatever threatens it.