Rig Veda 9.64.26: Mandala 9, Sukta 64, Mantra 26
Sukta 9.64
- Rishi
- Ascribed to Soma Pavamāna seers
- Devata
- Soma Pavamāna
- Chandas
- Likely Jagatī
- Rasa
- Adbhuta (wonder) and Shanta (peace)
उतो सहस्रभर्णसं वाचं सोम मखस्युवम् । पुनान इन्दवा भर ॥
utó sahásrabharṇasaṃ vā́caṃ soma makhasyúvam | punāná índavā́ bhara ||
കൂടാതെ ഹേ സോമ, സഹസ്രഭർണസം—ആയിരം ശക്തികൾ വഹിക്കുന്ന—വാണിയെയും, യജ്ഞത്തിനായി ഉത്സുകമായ വാചിനെയും കൊണ്ടുവരിക. ഹേ ഇന്ദു, ശുദ്ധീകരിക്കപ്പെടുമ്പോൾ നീ അതിനെ ഞങ്ങളിലേക്കു വഹിച്ചുകൊണ്ടുവരിക.
Word by Word
- उतो
- and also; moreoverIndeclinableसमुच्चय/अन्वादेशार्थक निपात (conj./particle)Root उ (उत) / उत
- सहस्रभर्णसम्
- having a thousand supports/props; thousand-fold sustainingAdjectiveनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (acc. sg. n.)Role KarmaRoot सहस्र- + भर्णस- (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास)
- वाचम्
- speech; hymn; utteranceNounस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (acc. sg.)Role KarmaRoot वाच् (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक) < √वच्
- सोम
- O SomaNoun (vocative)पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (voc. sg.)Root सोम (पुं. प्रातिपदिक)
- मखस्युवम्
- desiring the sacrifice; eager for the riteAdjectiveनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (acc. sg. n.)Role Karma (विशेषणरूपेण वाचम् विशेषयति)Root मखस्यु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘यज्ञकाम/मख-इच्छु’)
- पुनानः
- purifying (oneself); being purifiedParticipleपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nom. sg.)Role KartāRoot √पू (पुनाति) — शतृ/शानच् वर्तमानकृदन्त
- इन्दवा
- O Indu (Soma-drop)Noun (vocative)पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (voc. sg.)Root इन्दु (पुं. प्रातिपदिक)
- भर
- bring; bear (hither)Verbलोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन (imperative 2sg)Root √भृ (भरति)
Sandhi Notes
- Sandhi resolution: (1) उतो = उत + उ (particle combination, ‘and also’). (2) सहस्र॑भर्णसं॒ वाचं॑ → सहस्रभर्णसम् + वाचम् (final -म् before v-). (3) सोम मख॒स्युव॑म्: vocative ‘सोम’ addressing Soma
- ‘मखस्युवम्’ agrees with ‘वाचम्’ (acc. sg. n.) as an epithet ‘sacrificial-desiring’. (4) पु॒ना॒न इ॑न्द॒वा → पुनानः + इन्दवा (visarga before vowel in saṃhitā; underlying nom. sg. masc. ‘पुनानः’). (5) इन्द॒वा भ॑र → इन्दवा + भर (simple juxtaposition)
The meaning
Outer meaning
O Soma, bring also the Word—speech bearing a thousand strengths—eager for the sacrifice; while being purified, O Indu, carry it to us.
Inner meaning
Soma, the stream of divine Ananda as it is clarified in the being, is asked to bring down a ‘mighty Word’—a mantric inspiration charged with many powers. The Word is not mere speech but the illumined vibration that serves the inner yajña (self-offering). As Soma purifies, it bears this inspired utterance into the seeker: the consciousness begins to think, feel, and will in a more luminous rhythm.
Universal truth
When delight (Ananda) is purified and made steady, it naturally gives rise to inspired truth-speech: a potent inner voice that strengthens aspiration and aligns life with the sacred work.
Themes
Soma and sacrifice, mantra as force, inner offering, abundance
The seer
- Rishi
- Soma Pavamāna seers (Mandala 9, Pavāmāna tradition)
- Other hymns
- Rig Veda 9.63, Rig Veda 9.64, Rig Veda 9.65, Rig Veda 9.66
Family tradition
Pavamāna Soma hymns—collective seer-line focused on Soma’s purification and ascent as a spiritual process.
Significance
The ‘seer’ here is a sustained yogic current rather than a single personality: repeated vision of Ananda being clarified into an illumined force that carries the inspired Word into the human instrument.
The deity
- Devata
- Soma Pavamāna
- Epithets
- Indu, Pavamāna (the Purifier)
- Related deities
- Agni, Indra, Sūrya, Bṛhaspati
Cosmic role
The purifying current that moves from the hidden to the manifest, pressing delight into forms that can sustain truth and right action.
Inner power
Ananda that clarifies mind and speech, releasing inspired mantra and strengthening the inner sacrifice.
In ritual
Where it is used
Soma pressing and purification (pavamāna cycle)
उ॒तो स॒हस्र॑भर्णसं॒ वाचं॑ सोम मख॒स्युव॑म् । पु॒ना॒न इ॑न्द॒वा भ॑र ॥
उ॒तो इति॑ । स॒हस्र॑ऽभर्णसम् । वाच॑म् । सो॒म॒ । म॒ख॒स्युव॑म् । पु॒ना॒नः । इ॒न्दो॒ इति॑ । आ । भ॒र॒ ॥
uto iti | sahasra-bharṇasam | vācam | soma | makhasyuvam | punānaḥ | indo iti | ā | bhara
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4 pādas × 12 syllables (approx.)
Long, forward-moving cadence suited to a ‘carrying’ or ‘bringing’ motion.
Builds a steady ascent in the listener: the rhythm supports reception—as if the Word is being borne inward on a purified stream.
- वाचम् (vācam)
- Literal: speech, word. Symbolic: mantric inspiration; truth-vibration that forms and directs consciousness
- सहस्रभर्णसम् (sahasra-bharṇasam)
- Literal: bearing a thousand supports/strengths. Symbolic: multiplied powers of the Word—many-force capacity to uplift, protect, and illumine
- मखस्युवम् (makhasyuvam)
- Literal: desirous of the sacrifice (makha). Symbolic: eager to serve the inner offering; aspiration that seeks the divine work
- पुनानः (punānaḥ)
- Literal: purifying, being purified. Symbolic: clarification of consciousness—refining mixed motives into a clear current
- इन्दु (indu)
- Literal: drop; Soma. Symbolic: a concentrated drop-stream of Ananda, capable of entering and transforming the inner nature
- आ भर (ā bhara)
- Literal: bring hither. Symbolic: descent/ingression of higher force into the embodied seeker
Invocation during Soma clarification: request that Soma bring effective sacrificial speech (mantra) into the rite/being.
During Soma-pavamāna recitations while Soma is filtered and offered.
Chanting alongside the flow through the filter; inviting Soma’s clarified power into the sacrificer and the rite.
Use as a mantra for refining speech: before teaching, difficult conversations, mantra-japa, or any work needing inspired, truthful expression.
makha ‘sacrifice/feast/energetic offering’ (semantic field: celebratory force of yajña); makhasyu from makha + -syu (desiderative/‘eager for’ nuance). ā-√bhṛ ‘bring in’ → internalization of mantra-force.
yajña as inner offering (makha), Vāc as power that fulfils sacrifice, purification leading to effective expression
Purified Soma aligns speech with R̥ta—truth-speech that carries force because it matches the cosmic order.
Vāc becomes a vehicle of Satya when supported by clarified Ananda rather than ego-movement.
Creation by the Word: inspired sound as formative power when energized by Soma.
Proto-Vedāntic / mantra-śakti orientation; also resonates with later Śabda-brahman themes.
The ‘flow and filtering’ are the psyche’s refinement: emotions and desires clarified into a luminous delight that carries inspired speech into the mind.
- What is the primary Vedic 'mythologem' present in this verse?
- Soma as carrier of the sacrifice-seeking Word: the mythic movement is the descent/bringing of mantra-force into the sacrificial field (outer rite, inner being).
- How does the linguistic structure reflect Proto-Indo-European roots?
- √bhṛ ‘bear/bring’ is PIE *bher-. The preverb ā- marks directionality (‘into/towards’), a common Indo-European feature of verbal prefixation (cf. Greek, Slavic preverbs).
- What is the relationship between the Rishi and the Devata here?
- The rishi asks Soma not only to be purified but to transport the right speech into the offering: the divine delight becomes the vehicle by which human utterance turns into effective sacrificial power.
Receive ‘truth-speech’: sit in the feeling of a purified inner sweetness and let words arise from silence rather than impulse.
viśuddha (throat)
Gentle nāḍī-śodhana for 5–7 rounds, then soft exhale while mentally repeating ‘pavasva’ or the full mantra.
Quietly luminous (sattvic), receptive inspiration.
Before speaking, pause; inwardly ‘filter’ emotion through calm delight. Then speak only what carries force, clarity, and goodwill—‘sahasra-bharṇas’ speech.
Mixed udātta/anudātta/svarita as per RV śākhā tradition; exact svara requires pada+saṃhitā accent notation from a svarita-marked text.
Keep udātta as the lifted pitch; anudātta low; svarita as a glide down—avoid flattening into monotone.
uto: keep short ‘u’, crisp dental ‘t’, sahasra-bharṇasam: articulate ‘bh’ aspirate; retroflex ‘ṇ’ in bharṇasam, makhasyuvam: ‘kh’ aspirated; ‘syu’ as consonant cluster, not ‘su’, punānaḥ: long ‘ā’; final visarga lightly aspirated, indu: short ‘i’, clear ‘nd’ cluster
Clear, flowing, slightly resonant (as if ‘poured’).
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