Sukta 79
Sukta 9.79
Soma Pavamāna (Indu/Indavaḥ)
Ten krótki hymn Pavamāna Soma sławi tłoczone krople Somy, które pędzą naprzód w procesie oczyszczania, rozprzestrzeniając pożywienie i natchnione myśli dla czcicieli. Hymn przekształca również oczyszczającą Somę w moralną i ochronną siłę, prosząc ją o zniszczenie "wstrzymywania" i wrogich mocy, które przeszkadzają pomyślności i prawemu myśleniu. Hymn kończy się modlitwą, aby siła Somy i umiłowana ekstaza bezpiecznie przeniosły składających ofiary "z poziomu na poziom".
Mantras
Mantra 1
अचोदसो नो धन्वन्त्विन्दवः प्र सुवानासो बृहद्दिवेषु हरयः । वि च नशन्न इषो अरातयोऽर्यो नशन्त सनिषन्त नो धियः ॥
Niech niepopychane krople Somy dla nas pędzą naprzód, wyciśnięte, jasne w rozległych niebiosach. Niech nasze impulsy i pożywienia się rozprzestrzenią; niech niedający zginą jak obcy, a nasze myśli niech zdobędą zysk.
Mantra 2
प्र णो धन्वन्त्विन्दवो मदच्युतो धना वा येभिरर्वतो जुनीमसि । तिरो मर्तस्य कस्य चित्परिह्वृतिं वयं धनानि विश्वधा भरेमहि ॥
Niech krople Somy spieszą dla nas, wylewając ekstazę, te bogactwa, którymi zaprzęgamy gorącego rumaka. Poza roszczeniem jakiegokolwiek śmiertelnika, niech niesiemy bogactwa na wszelki sposób.
Mantra 3
उत स्वस्या अरात्या अरिर्हि ष उतान्यस्या अरात्या वृको हि षः । धन्वन्न तृष्णा समरीत ताँ अभि सोम जहि पवमान दुराध्यः ॥
I własne wstrzymanie staje się wrogiem; cudze wstrzymanie staje się wilkiem. Jak pragnienie biegnące przez suchą ziemię, rozprzestrzeniają się razem, poraż ich, o Somo, gdy się oczyszczasz, te trudne do opanowania siły.
Mantra 5
एवा त इन्दो सुभ्वं सुपेशसं रसं तुञ्जन्ति प्रथमा अभिश्रियः । निदंनिदं पवमान नि तारिष आविस्ते शुष्मो भवतु प्रियो मदः ॥
Tak, o Indu, pierwsze blaski wyciskają twoją istotę, dobrobyt, pięknie uformowany. Z poziomu na poziom, o Oczyszczający, przeprowadź nas; objaw swoją siłę, niech twoja miła ekstaza będzie w nas obecna.
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 VedaSoma is the pressed, flowing, honeyed draught that is filtered (pavamāna) through wool/strainers, gleaming and swift, a source of exhilaration (mada) and inspired speech. The 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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