Rig Veda 9.96.5: Mandala 9, Sukta 96, Mantra 5
Sukta 9.96
सोमः पवते जनिता मतीनां जनिता दिवो जनिता पृथिव्याः । जनिताग्नेर्जनिता सूर्यस्य जनितेन्द्रस्य जनितोत विष्णोः ॥
sómaḥ pavate janitā́ matīnā́ṃ janitā́ divó janitā́ pṛthivyā́ḥ | janitā́gner janitā́ sū́ryasya janiténdrasya janitó uta víṣṇoḥ ||
Soma płynie oczyszczony, dawca natchnionych myśli; dawca nieba, dawca ziemi; dawca Agniego, dawca Surii; dawca Indry, a nawet dawca Wisznu, ponieważ istota rozkoszy, gdy zostaje wyklarowana, rodzi w nas same moce światła i słusznego działania.
Soma praise during pressing/filtration; identifies Soma as generative principle powering multiple devatās within the sacrifice
cosmogony as inner genesis, Satyam-Ritam-Bṛhat implied via Surya/Indra/Vishnu complex, mati (inspired thought) as a produced power
The repeated ‘janitā’ indicates ordered manifestation: powers arise in right sequence when delight is purified.
Sūrya and Indra represent truth-light and truth-force born from Soma’s clarified essence.
Soma as cosmogonic seed: from essence to worlds to gods (functions).
Integral Vedantic-yogic reading: ānanda as creative principle (not merely pleasure).
dawn-to-day (implied by Sūrya and emergence of light)
Heaven/earth are the upper luminous mind and the grounded embodied nature; the Sun is inner truth-vision; Soma is the clarifying sweetness that makes these stable and active.
- What is the primary Vedic 'mythologem' present in this verse?
- Cosmic begetting: Soma as ‘janitā’ of the principal luminous powers (Agni, Surya, Indra, Vishnu) and of Heaven-Earth. Psychologically, purified delight becomes the womb-force that generates inspired thought and awakens the divine functions in the human system.
- How does the linguistic structure reflect Proto-Indo-European roots?
- janitā (√jan) is a clear reflex of PIE *ǵenh₁- (beget). dyauṣ/div (divó) reflects PIE *dyew-. √man (matīnāṃ) reflects PIE *men-. These roots show the hymn’s deep Indo-European inheritance in cosmogonic and cognitive vocabulary.
- What is the relationship between the Rishi and the Devata here?
- The rishi declares Soma’s supremacy as an enabling power: not replacing other devatās, but generating them as operative functions. The human-soma relation becomes foundational—by purifying Soma, the practitioner participates in the birth of divine capacities.
Rest in a clear sweetness in the heart; from it allow inspirations (matī) to arise without force.
Anahata (source of serene joy) and Ajna (birth of matī/illumination)
Inhale: ‘somaḥ pavate’; exhale: ‘janitā matīnāṃ’—feel inspirations forming on the outbreath.
From dryness/mental effort to a generative delight that naturally illumines and empowers.
Do not chase thoughts; purify the ‘taste’ of consciousness. When delight is clean, the right thoughts and forces appear of themselves.
Maintain Vedic accents per pada; repeated ‘janitā’ should be articulated evenly without rushing.
Give slight lift to each ‘janitā’ as a creative beat; keep caesura after matīnāṃ / divo / pṛthivyāḥ.
somaḥ: visarga lightly before p- (somaḥ pavate), matīnāṃ: long ī and nasalized āṃ, pṛthivyāḥ: vocalic ṛ; aspirated th, viṣṇoḥ: retroflex ṣṇ cluster, long oḥ
Resonant and declarative; let the repetition build a calm power.
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