Dashati 1
Soma Pavamāna’s self-purification through the filter as life-giving, rain-bestowing, and disease-removing power in the yajña
Soma Pavamāna
Bright cleansing and protective—an uplift that moves from supplication to assured triumph
R̥ṣi attribution is not determinable from the provided input alone; it requires Rigveda concordance for the underlying ṛc sources used in this Sāmavedic selection.
Soma is being washed/filtered (pavamāna) through the strainer; the imagery ‘apām ūrmi’ and ‘dhārā’ aligns with the flowing clarified Soma prepared for offering and drinking.
Mantras
Mantra 1
पवस्व वृष्टिमा सु नो ऽपामूर्मिं दिवस्परि अयक्ष्मा बृहतीरिषः
Purify thyself, rain-bestowing, auspiciously for us; (flow) as the wave of waters from heaven; free from sickness, (bringing) great refreshments.
Mantra 2
तया पवस्व धारया यया गाव इहागमन् जन्यास उप नो गृहम्
Purify thyself with that stream wherewith the cows have come hither, and the people (also) unto our house.
Mantra 3
घृतं पवस्व धारया यज्ञेषु देववीतमः अस्मभ्यं वृष्टिमा पव
Purify thyself as ghee with the stream; in the sacrifices, most resorted to by the gods; for us, rain-bestowing, do thou purify thyself.
Mantra 4
स न ऊर्जे व्या3व्ययं पवित्रं धाव धारया देवासः शृणवन्हि कम्
Do thou, for our nourishment, run through the filter, with the stream; may the gods indeed hear (our hymn).
Mantra 5
पवमानो असिष्यदद्रक्षांस्यपजङ्घनत् प्रत्नवद्रोचयन्रुचः
The purifying (Soma) hath flowed forth; he hath driven away the Rākṣasas, as of old, making the splendours shine.
Frequently Asked Questions
It praises Soma as he is filtered and purified, asking him to flow auspiciously for the sacrificers—bringing rain-like nourishment, removing sickness, and ensuring the rite succeeds with radiance.
These are ritual and theological images: Soma moves like a watery wave through the filter, and ‘ghṛta’ suggests clarified, luminous purity—Soma becoming pleasing and fit for offering and drinking.
In the sacrificial reading (as in Sāyaṇa), ‘rakṣāṃsi’ are forces that obstruct the yajña—inner and outer hindrances. Purified Soma is invoked as a protective power that removes these obstacles and restores the ancient effectiveness of the rite.