Mantra 5
Soma Pavamāna’s self-purification through the filter as life-giving, rain-bestowing, and disease-removing power in the yajña
पवमानो असिष्यदद्रक्षांस्यपजङ्घनत् प्रत्नवद्रोचयन्रुचः
pavamāno asiṣyadadrakṣāṃsyapajaṅghanat pratnavadrocayanrucaḥ
pavamāno asiṣyad adrakṣāṃsy apajaṅghanat pratnavad rocayan rucaḥ
ശുദ്ധീകരിക്കപ്പെടുന്ന പവമാന സോമൻ ഒഴുകി പുറപ്പെട്ടു; അവൻ പണ്ടത്തെപ്പോലെ രാക്ഷസന്മാരെ അകറ്റി, ദീപ്തമായ കിരണങ്ങളെ പ്രകാശിപ്പിച്ചു.
pavamānaḥ | asiṣyat | adrakṣāṃsi | apajaṅghanat | pratna-vat | rocayan | rucaḥ
Unknown/unspecified (Pavamāna sāman; exact tune requires chant-index)
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