Rig Veda 9.68.10: Mandala 9, Sukta 68, Mantra 10
Sukta 9.68
- Devata
- Soma Pavamāna
- Chandas
- Trishtubh
- Rasa
- Adbhuta (wonder) and Shanta (peace)
एवा नः सोम परिषिच्यमानो वयो दधच्चित्रतमं पवस्व । अद्वेषे द्यावापृथिवी हुवेम देवा धत्त रयिमस्मे सुवीरम् ॥
evā́ naḥ soma pari-sicyámāno váyo dádhac citrá-tamaṃ pavasva | advéṣe dyāvā-pṛthivī́ huvema devā́ dhatta rayím asmé su-vī́ram ||
ഹേ സോമ, ഇങ്ങനെ എല്ലാടവും പരിഷേചനം ചെയ്യപ്പെടുമ്പോൾ നീ ശുദ്ധിയിൽ പ്രവഹിക്ക; ഞങ്ങളിലേയ്ക്ക് ജീവിതത്തിന്റെ അത്യന്തം വിചിത്രവും വിശാലവുമായ ശക്തി സ്ഥാപിക്ക. അദ്വേഷ—അഖണ്ഡ സൗഹൃദത്തിൽ ഞങ്ങൾ ദ്യാവാ-പൃഥിവിയെ ആഹ്വാനിക്കുന്നു; ഹേ ദേവന്മാരേ, ഞങ്ങൾക്ക് സുവീര-സമൃദ്ധമായ റയി—വീരബലസമ്പന്നമായ സമ്പത്ത്—നൽകുവിൻ.
Word by Word
- एवा
- thus, just soIndeclinableनिपात; अव्ययRoot एव (निपात) + आ (प्रगृह्य/उपपद-प्रयोग) → एवा
- नः
- to us / ourPronounषष्ठी/चतुर्थी (एन्क्लिटिक) एकवचन-बहुवचन-समष्टि; ‘our/to us’Role SampradānaRoot अस्मद्
- सोम
- O SomaNounपुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन एकवचनRole सम्बोधनRoot सोम
- परिषिच्यमानः
- being poured around / being sprinkledVerb (participle)वर्तमान कर्मणि कृदन्त (शानच्); पुंलिङ्ग प्रथमा एकवचनRole KartāRoot √सिच् (सिञ्चति) + परि-
- वयः
- vital strength, vigorNounनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन (वेदिक रूप: वयः)Role KarmaRoot वयस्
- दधत्
- placing, bestowingVerb (participle)वर्तमान कर्तरि कृदन्त (शतृ); पुंलिङ्ग प्रथमा एकवचनRole KartāRoot √धा (दधाति)
- चित्रतमम्
- most splendid / most wondrousAdjectiveनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; अतिशय (तमप्)Role KarmaRoot चित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
- पवस्व
- purify yourself; flow clearVerbलोट् (आज्ञार्थ); मध्यमपुरुष एकवचन; आत्मनेपदRoot √पू (पवते)
- अद्वेषे
- in the two (realms) free from hatredAdjective (used substantively)द्विवचन? actually locative dual; नपुंसक/विशेषण-प्रयोग; सप्तमी द्विवचनRole AdhikaraṇaRoot अद्वेष (a- + द्वेष)
- द्यावापृथिवी
- Heaven-and-EarthNoun (dual compound)स्त्रीलिङ्ग (द्वन्द्व-समास); प्रथमा/द्वितीया द्विवचन (युगल-देवता)Role KarmaRoot द्यावापृथिवी (द्वन्द्व: द्यौ + पृथिवी)
- हुवेम
- may we invoke / let us callVerbविधिलिङ्/लोट्-प्राय (वेदिक injunctive/optative use); उत्तमपुरुष बहुवचन; परस्मैपदRoot √हू (ह्वयति/जुहोति-पर्याय)
- देवाः
- the godsNounपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचनRole KartāRoot देव
- धत्त
- grant! place!Verbलोट्; मध्यमपुरुष बहुवचन; परस्मैपदRoot √धा (धत्ते/दधाति)
- रयिम्
- wealthNounपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचनRole KarmaRoot रयि
- अस्मे
- to usPronounचतुर्थी बहुवचन (वेदिक रूप)Role SampradānaRoot अस्मद्
- सुवीरम्
- rich in good heroes / having brave sonsAdjectiveपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचनRole KarmaRoot सुवीर (सु- + वीर)
Sandhi Notes
- Sandhi resolution (major): नः सोम (no sandhi beyond enclitic)
- परिषिच्यमानो वयः → परिषिच्यमानः + वयः (visarga before v- often unmarked in saṃhitā)
- दधच्चित्रतमम् → दधत् + चित्रतमम् (final -t + c- → -च्च-)
- पवस्व । अद्वेषे → sentence break
- द्यावापृथिवी हुवेम → no internal sandhi (dvandva stem)
- देवा धत्त → देवाः + धत्त (visarga before dh- often written without explicit ḥ in saṃhitā orthography)
- रयिमस्मे → रयिम् + अस्मे (m + a- sandhi). Accents as in saṃhitā: ए॒वा, न॑:, परिषि॒च्यमा॑नो, वयो॒, दध॑त्, चि॒त्रत॑मं, पवस्व, अ॒द्वे॒षे, द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी, हु॑वेम, देवा॑, ध॒त्त, र॒यिम॒स्मे, सु॒वीर॑म्
The meaning
Outer meaning
Soma, being poured on all sides, is asked to flow in purity and establish a wonderful wideness of life; in an undivided harmony Heaven and Earth are invoked; the gods are asked to give a wealth rich in heroic force.
Inner meaning
As the delight-principle (Soma) is “poured” through the whole being, it purifies the consciousness and founds in us a vaster prāṇa (wideness of life) and a luminous harmony between higher mind (Heaven) and embodied nature (Earth). From that integral poise, the divine powers are invoked to install an inner prosperity—stable energies and capacities for courageous spiritual action (suvīra).
Universal truth
When delight is purified and made pervasive, life widens and harmonizes spirit and matter; from that unity arises a resilient, heroic abundance—power to act from truth rather than division.
Themes
Concluding prayer, Harmony of Heaven and Earth, Spiritual wealth (rayi), Heroic strength (su-vīra)
The seer
- Other hymns
- Rig Veda Book 9 (Pavamāna Soma) sequences around 9.68–9.70 (adjacent purification verses)
Family tradition
Pavamāna Soma hymns (Book 9) transmitted in specialized Soma-chanting lineages; the seer-identity is eclipsed by the liturgical and yogic function of Soma’s purification.
Significance
The anonymous ‘seer’ here represents a collective yogic seeing: the experience that purified delight widens life and reconciles the higher and lower hemispheres, yielding heroic abundance.
The deity
- Devata
- Soma Pavamāna (with Dyāvā-Pṛthivī and Devāḥ invoked)
- Epithets
- Pavamāna (self-purifying), Śuci (pure/bright—implied by pavasva), Madhu (honeyed—implicit Soma quality), Suvīra-dātā (giver of heroic force—requested)
- Related deities
- Agni, Indra, Dyāvā-Pṛthivī, Viśve Devāḥ
Cosmic role
Soma is the flow of delight that, when filtered, becomes a truth-bearing force sustaining gods and worlds; Dyāvā-Pṛthivī are the cosmic parents whose harmony supports manifestation.
Inner power
Ananda that purifies desire, expands prāṇa, and unifies mind and body in a single rhythm of ṛta; it empowers courageous, effective action aligned with truth.
In ritual
Where it is used
Soma Pavamāna purification chants during Soma pressing and filtering (pavamāna-stotra context)
ए॒वा न॑: सोम परिषि॒च्यमा॑नो॒ वयो॒ दध॑च्चि॒त्रत॑मं पवस्व । अ॒द्वे॒षे द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी हु॑वेम॒ देवा॑ ध॒त्त र॒यिम॒स्मे सु॒वीर॑म् ॥
ए॒व । नः॒ । सो॒म॒ । प॒रि॒ऽसि॒च्यमा॑नः । वयः॑ । दध॑त् । चि॒त्रऽत॑मम् । प॒व॒स्व॒ । अ॒द्वे॒षे । द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी इति॑ । हु॒वे॒म॒ । देवाः॑ । ध॒त्त । र॒यिम् । अ॒स्मे इति॑ । सु॒ऽवीर॑म् ॥
eva | naḥ | soma | pari-sicyamānaḥ | vayaḥ | dadhat | citra-tamam | pavasva | adveṣe | dyāvāpṛthivī iti | huvema | devāḥ | dhatta | rayim | asme iti | su-vīram
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4 pādas of ~11 syllables each (triṣṭubh cadence; exact saṃhitā scansion may vary by sandhi)
Forward-driving, expansive; suited to declarations of widening and invocation.
Builds a sense of breadth and uplift; supports inner ‘opening’ (uru-bhāva) and steady invocation of harmonizing powers.
- सोम (soma)
- Literal: Soma-juice. Symbolic: divine Ananda/bliss that can be purified and made luminous in the system
- परिषिच्यमानः (pariṣicyamānaḥ)
- Literal: being poured around. Symbolic: Ananda pervading all parts of the nature, saturating mind-life-body
- पवस्व (pavasva)
- Literal: flow/purify. Symbolic: clarify consciousness; refine delight into sattvic, truth-bearing force
- वयः (vayo)
- Literal: vitality/life, strength. Symbolic: widened life-force (prāṇa) uplifted by purified Ananda
- चित्रतमम् (citratamam)
- Literal: most wondrous/variegated. Symbolic: marvel of integral wideness—many-sided luminous life
- अद्वेषे (adveṣe)
- Literal: without hatred, undivided. Symbolic: non-dual harmony; absence of inner conflict between parts of the being
- द्यावापृथिवी (dyāvāpṛthivī)
- Literal: Heaven and Earth. Symbolic: higher consciousness (dyauḥ) and embodied nature (pṛthivī) in concord
- रयिम् (rayim)
- Literal: wealth. Symbolic: inner riches: energies, insights, powers of realization
- सुवीरम् (suvīram)
- Literal: rich in good heroes. Symbolic: abundance of heroic soul-forces—courage, mastery, effective will
Concluding petition: as Soma is poured and purified, the sacrificers invoke Heaven-Earth and the gods for rayi and su-vīra—spiritual fullness and heroic capacities—typical of closing verses in Pavamāna sets.
During Soma extraction/filtration; recited/chaned to accompany the flowing Soma through the filter into the vessel.
Pouring and filtering Soma; invoking purity, wideness, and divine wealth.
Use as a meditation mantra for harmonizing ‘above and below’ (mind and body) and invoking courageous inner abundance during transitions or when seeking clarity and wideness.
pari-√sic ‘pour around’ marks infusion and pervasion. √pū/√pav ‘purify’ gives pavasva (imperative). advéṣa (a- + dveṣa) ‘non-hostility’ indicates harmonized duality. rayi is ‘plenitude’ (often misread as material wealth); su-vīra ‘good heroes’ indicates strong inner powers capable of sustaining the truth-force.
Adveṣa (non-division) as condition for harmony of worlds, Rayi as fullness of being, Vīrya as heroic force for inner victory
Purified Soma establishes movement in accord with ṛta—harmonizing dyauḥ and pṛthivī within the seeker.
Truth is approached through purification: delight becomes a clear, truth-bearing current rather than desire-mixed excitement.
Union of Heaven and Earth as the stable field where widened life and divine powers can manifest.
Proto-Vedāntic and integral-yogic reading (Aurobindo/Kashyap): Ananda as a fundamental plane enabling integral harmony.
The ‘pouring’ is the diffusion of delight through the sheaths; Heaven–Earth symbolize higher mind and physical nature brought into non-conflict (adveṣa) so life-force widens and becomes heroic.
- What is the primary Vedic 'mythologem' present in this verse?
- The ‘harmonizing of Heaven and Earth’ culminating mythologem: purified Soma pervades and establishes wonderful life-wideness (vayaḥ), while the sacrificers invoke Dyāvā-Pṛthivī in adveṣa (undivided concord). The boon sought is rayi with su-vīra—fullness of being supported by heroic inner powers.
- How does the linguistic structure reflect Proto-Indo-European roots?
- dyauṣ (in dyāvā-) reflects PIE *dyēus ‘sky’ (cf. Zeus, Jupiter), and pṛthivī relates to ‘broad earth’ semantics found across IE. √dhā ‘place/bestow’ continues PIE *dheh₁-, framing the prayer as an act of ‘placing’ fullness into the human vessel.
- What is the relationship between the Rishi and the Devata here?
- The Rishi asks Soma to actively establish (dadhat) the luminous vitality in the seekers as he is poured and purified. In parallel, the broader divine order (Dyāvā-Pṛthivī, Devāḥ) is invoked to confirm the attainment with rayi and su-vīra—showing the reciprocal law: right purification and invocation invite the gods’ bestowal of inner plenitude and strength.
Let purified delight pervade the whole being; establish harmony between ‘above’ (clarity/vision) and ‘below’ (body-life).
Anāhata (heart) and Ājñā (harmonizing higher guidance with embodied life)
Slow nasal breathing with a gentle ‘down-pouring’ on exhale (pervasion) and ‘widening’ on inhale (expansion).
From gathered clarity to expansive, integrated awareness (bṛhat-consciousness).
Begin with sensing the body as Earth and the quiet mind as Heaven; repeat the mantra to dissolve inner friction (adveṣa) and invite a steady heroic energy for right action (suvīra).
Default Vedic accenting applies (udātta/anudātta/svarita) per Śākala recension; precise svara for each syllable should be taken from a svara-marked text of RV 9.68.10.
Keep udātta syllables slightly raised and bright; allow svarita to glide downward; avoid flattening the cadence in triṣṭubh pādas.
Maintain clear retroflex in (pṛthivī) with ṛ, Do not over-assimilate in dyāvāpṛthivī—keep the compound legible, Hold long vowels: (so-ma) is long ‘o’; (pa-vas-va) crisp ‘v’, Articulate ṛ in (rayim) without turning it into ‘ri’
Clear, flowing, slightly sonorous; emphasize ‘pavasva’ as a purifying release.
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