Sukta 79
Sukta 9.79
Himne Soma Pavamāna yang ringkas ini memuji titisan Soma yang diperah ketika mereka meluru maju dalam proses penyucian, menyebarkan pemeliharaan serta ilham pemikiran bagi para pemuja. Ia juga menjadikan Soma yang menyucikan sebagai kuasa moral dan pelindung, memohon agar dia memusnahkan segala yang “menahan” serta kekuatan bermusuhan yang menghalang kemakmuran dan kewarasan budi. Himne ini memuncak dengan doa agar kekuatan Soma dan ekstasi kesayangannya membawa para pelaksana korban dengan selamat “dari tingkat ke tingkat.”
In this hymn
Addressed to
Mantras
Mantra 1
अचोदसो नो धन्वन्त्विन्दवः प्र सुवानासो बृहद्दिवेषु हरयः । वि च नशन्न इषो अरातयोऽर्यो नशन्त सनिषन्त नो धियः ॥
Semoga titisan-titisan Soma yang tidak didorong itu meluru untuk kami—yang diperah, yang bercahaya—di langit yang luas. Biarlah dorongan dan pemeliharaan kami tersebar luas; biarlah yang tidak memberi binasa seperti orang asing; dan biarlah fikiran kami memenangi keuntungan.
Mantra 2
प्र णो धन्वन्त्विन्दवो मदच्युतो धना वा येभिरर्वतो जुनीमसि । तिरो मर्तस्य कस्य चित्परिह्वृतिं वयं धनानि विश्वधा भरेमहि ॥
Semoga titisan-titisan Soma meluru untuk kami, mencurahkan ekstasi—kekayaan yang dengannya kami memasang kuk pada kuda yang bersemangat. Melampaui tuntutan yang memperdaya daripada mana-mana insan fana, semoga kami membawa kekayaan itu dalam segala cara.
Mantra 3
उत स्वस्या अरात्या अरिर्हि ष उतान्यस्या अरात्या वृको हि षः । धन्वन्न तृष्णा समरीत ताँ अभि सोम जहि पवमान दुराध्यः ॥
Dan penahanan diri sendiri menjadi musuh; penahanan orang lain menjadi serigala. Seperti dahaga yang melimpah di tanah gersang, mereka merebak bersama—tumpaskanlah mereka, wahai Soma, ketika Engkau memurnikan diri, kuasa-kuasa yang sukar ditundukkan itu.
Mantra 5
एवा त इन्दो सुभ्वं सुपेशसं रसं तुञ्जन्ति प्रथमा अभिश्रियः । निदंनिदं पवमान नि तारिष आविस्ते शुष्मो भवतु प्रियो मदः ॥
Demikianlah, wahai Indu, seri-seri pertama memerah keluar sarimu—kesejahteraan, elok terbentuk dalam keindahan. Dari tingkat ke tingkat, wahai yang memurnikan, bawalah kami menyeberang; nyatakanlah kekuatanmu, biarlah ekstasi kesayanganmu hadir dalam diri kami.
Inside Sukta 79
How it unfolds
- Where it opens
Soma-drops surge forward—bright, pressed, and moving in the vast heights—so that the worshippers’ impulses and nourishments may expand.
- Development
The hymn contrasts abundance and right inspiration with the threat of arāti (withholding/ill-will), asking that non-givers and hostile forces perish and that dhī (insight) wins the prize.
- Climax
Soma is invoked as an active purifier and warrior: he must strike down the hard-to-master forces that spread like thirst across dry land.
- Where it settles
The poet asks Soma to carry the sacrificers safely through successive stages, revealing his might and establishing his beloved ecstasy within them.
The deity: Soma Pavamāna
- In the VedaThe hymn depicts Soma-drops as bright movers in the “vast heaven,” bestowing iṣ (impulse/nourishment) and sharpening dhī (visionary thought).
- Cosmic functionMediator of vitality and divine delight—purifying and energizing the worlds, empowering gods and humans, and driving away forces of scarcity, obstruction, and hostility.
- Inner significanceThe clarified current of consciousness: when the mind is ‘filtered,’ inspiration, courage, and right intention arise, while inner miserliness, fear, and predatory impulses are struck down.
Famous verses
अचोदसो नो धन्वन्त्विन्दवः प्र सुवानासो बृहद्दिवेषु हरयः । वि च नशन्न इषो अरातयोऽर्यो नशन्त सनिषन्त नो धियः ॥उत स्वस्या अरात्या अरिर्हि ष उतान्यस्या अरात्या वृको हि षः । धन्वन्न तृष्णा समरीत ताँ अभि सोम जहि पवमान दुराध्यः ॥एवा त इन्दो सुभ्वं सुपेशसं रसं तुञ्जन्ति प्रथमा अभिश्रियः । निदंनिदं पवमान नि तारिष आविस्ते शुष्मो भवतु प्रियो मदः ॥Attributes of the deity
- Purifying/filtered (pavamāna)
- Swift-flowing drops (indu/indavaḥ)
- Bestower of nourishment and gain (iṣ, sani)
- Giver of inspired thought (dhī)
- Protector who destroys hostile/withholding forces
- Ecstatic, प्रिय मद (dear exhilaration)
- Radiant/bright in the heights (bṛhaddiveṣu harayaḥ)
Also by this seer
- Associated broadly with the Soma Pavamāna corpus of Mandala 9 rather than a distinct, securely identified r̥ṣi oeuvre.
- Used within the Pavamāna sequence of the Soma sacrifice (Soma-yajña) as a liturgical purification chant.
The rite, step by step
- Soma is pressed and its juice collected.
- The juice is poured through the strainer (pavitra) for purification while Pavamāna verses are recited.
- The clarified Soma is mixed/prepared according to rite (often with water/milk as prescribed in the larger ritual setting).
- Libations are offered to the gods (commonly Indra and others) as Soma’s ‘strength’ is invoked.
- The sacrificers pray for nourishment, victory over hostile forces, and successful gain (sani).
Offerings
- Filtered Soma juice (primary)
- Water used in purification
- Optional accompanying oblations typical of Soma rites (e.g., ghee in the fire as part of the broader ceremony)
Frequently Asked Questions
The deity is Soma Pavamāna—Soma as the purified, filtered, flowing draught (Indu/Indavaḥ) that brings vitality, inspiration, and protective power.
It asks Soma to spread nourishment and right impulses, help inspired thought win gains, and destroy obstructive forces like withholding, hostility, and predatory harm.
Because Soma’s physical filtering in the ritual symbolizes a clarifying power: as Soma becomes pure, the mind and community are prayed to become strong, prosperous, and protected from inner and outer negativity.
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