Rig Veda 9.67.5: Mandala 9, Sukta 67, Mantra 5
Sukta 9.67
- Devata
- Soma Pavamāna
- Rasa
- Adbhuta (wonder) and Shanta (peace)
इन्दो व्यव्यमर्षसि वि श्रवांसि वि सौभगा । वि वाजान्त्सोम गोमतः ॥
índo vy avyàm arṣasi | ví śravāṃsi ví saúbhagā | ví vā́jān soma gómataḥ ||
ஓ இந்து, நீ பவித்ரம் (வடிகட்டி) வழியாக விரிந்தோடி பாய்கிறாய்; விழிப்பூட்டும் ஸ்ரவாஂஸி (புகழ்/கேள்விகள்) யாவற்றையும் நீ பரப்புகிறாய், சௌபாக்யங்களையும் பரப்புகிறாய்; வெற்றியளிக்கும் வாஜங்களை (ஆற்றல்கள்) பரப்புகிறாய்—ஒளிக்கதிர்களால் (கோ) நிறைந்த கோமன் சோமா, வளமிகுந்தவன்.
Word by Word
- इन्दो
- O Indu (Soma)Nounपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचनRole सम्बोधन (आह्वान) / कर्तृ-सम्बन्धीRoot इन्दु (प्रातिपदिक) < √इन्द्/इन्दु- (सोम)
- वि
- apart, forth, widelyIndeclinableउपसर्ग (विभाग/विस्तार/विशेषणार्थ)Role क्रियाविशेषण (उपसर्ग) / क्रियाप्रवर्तकRoot वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
- अव्य॑मर्षसि
- you press/drive forth irresistibly; you surge unweariedVerbलट् (वर्तमान), मध्यम? (वेदिके प्रायः 2nd sg), परस्मैपद, एकवचन; रूपः: (वि) अव्य॑मर्षसि = ‘अव्ययम्’ + ‘ऋषसि/मर्षसि’ (वेदिक संधि/पदविभाग)Role कर्तृ (त्वम् = इन्दुः)Root √मृष् (सहने/क्षान्तौ) + उपसर्ग वि + अव्य- (न-व्यय/अविनाश्य-भाव) (अव्ययम् + ऋषसि)
- वि
- forth, widelyIndeclinableउपसर्गRole क्रियाविशेषणRoot वि (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
- श्रवां॑सि
- fames, glories, renownNounनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, बहुवचनRole कर्म (वि… [करोषि/प्राप्नोषि] श्रवांसि) / फलRoot श्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक) < √श्रु (श्रवणे)
- वि
- forth, widelyIndeclinableउपसर्गRole क्रियाविशेषणRoot वि (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
- सौभ॑गा
- prosperities, good fortunesNounनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, बहुवचन (वेदिक रूप: सौभगा)Role कर्म/फलRoot सौभग (प्रातिपदिक) < सु- + √भज् (भाग/सम्पत्तौ) → सौभग ‘good fortune’
- वि
- forth, widelyIndeclinableउपसर्गRole क्रियाविशेषणRoot वि (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
- वाजा॑न्
- prizes, strengths, winningsNounपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचनRole कर्म/फलRoot वाज (प्रातिपदिक) ‘prize, strength, speed’
- सोम
- O SomaNounपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचनRole सम्बोधनRoot सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
- गोम॑तः
- from the cow-rich (source); abounding in cowsAdjectiveपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (अपादान/हेतौ) एकवचन; ‘गोमतः’ = ‘from/through the cow-rich (one)’Role अपादान/हेतु (यतः/यस्मात्) / विशेषण-सम्बन्धRoot गोमत् (प्रातिपदिक) < गो + -मत् (मतुप्) ‘possessing cows’
Sandhi Notes
- पदविभाग (संधि-निरसन): इन्दो | वि | अव्य॑मर्षसि | वि | श्रवां॑सि | वि | सौभ॑गा | वि | वाजा॑न् | सोम | गोम॑तः । 1) ‘इन्दो’ = इन्दु + सम्बोधन-एकवचन -ओ। 2) ‘अव्य॑मर्षसि’ वेदिक संहिता-पाठे संयुक्तरूपः
- पदपाठानुसार ‘अव्ययम्’ (अव्यय-रूप) + ‘ऋषसि/मर्षसि’ (√मृष्, लट् 2sg) इति ग्रहणीयम्
- संहितायां अव्ययम् + ऋषसि → अव्य॑मर्षसि (य्-लोप/समास-प्राय संयोग). 3) ‘वाजा॑न्त्’ इत्यत्र संहितायां अन्त्य-न् + आरम्भ-स् (सोम) इत्यादि संयोगे ‘वाजा॑न् सोम’ इति पदच्छेदः। 4) ‘गोम॑तः’ = गोमत्-शब्दस्य पञ्चमी एकवचन (मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त)
The meaning
Outer meaning
O Indu, you stream widely through the imperishable filter; you spread fame/hearings, you spread felicities, you spread victorious energies—O Soma rich in cows (rays).
Inner meaning
Soma, moving through the inner filter (avyam), widens consciousness. It spreads śravāṃsi—not outer ‘fame’ but inspired hearings: receptivity to truth and the messages of intuition. It spreads saubhagā—felicities, harmonies of the soul’s good fortune. It spreads vājān—victorious powers of realization. ‘Gomataḥ’ declares it rich in rays of knowledge (go), not cattle: illumination multiplying in the nature.
Universal truth
When delight is purified, it naturally widens receptivity, harmony, and effective power; true prosperity is the increase of light and capacity within.
Themes
Soma-ritual, Expansion (vi-), Illumination through hearing, Felicity and victorious force
The seer
- Other hymns
- Rig Veda 9.67.1, Rig Veda 9.67.2, Rig Veda 9.67.3, Rig Veda 9.67.4, Rig Veda 9.67.6
Significance
The seer’s emphasis is integrative: purification is validated by its fruits—widened receptivity, harmony, and victorious capacity suffused with light (go).
The deity
- Devata
- Soma Pavamāna
- Epithets
- Indu, gomat (rich in rays), pavamāna (implied by filtration)
- Related deities
- Sarasvatī (inspiration/hearing), Indra (victory), Bhaga (saubhaga/fortune)
Cosmic role
Distributor of inner riches: it spreads listening, fortune, and victory across the human field.
Inner power
A widening ananda that turns into knowledge-receptivity (śravas/śravāṃsi), harmony (saubhaga), and power (vāja).
In ritual
Where it is used
Pavamāna Soma chants during filtration/clarification
इन्दो॒ व्यव्य॑मर्षसि॒ वि श्रवां॑सि॒ वि सौभ॑गा । वि वाजा॑न्त्सोम॒ गोम॑तः ॥
इन्दो॒ इति॑ । वि । अव्य॑म् । अ॒र्ष॒सि॒ । वि । श्रवां॑सि । वि । सौभ॑गा । वि । वाजा॑न् । सो॒म॒ । गोऽम॑तः ॥
indo iti | vi | avyam | arṣasi | vi | śravāṃsi | vi | saubhagā | vi | vājān | soma | go-mataḥ
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4 padas of ~12
Repetitive ‘vi…vi…vi…’ gives a widening, spreading rhythm.
Creates an expansive sense in the chest and head; supports openness and receptivity.
- indo
- Literal: O Indu (Soma-drop). Symbolic: address to the concentrated delight-consciousness
- vi avyam arṣasi
- Literal: you flow widely through the filter. Symbolic: purified delight spreads through the whole being via discernment
- śravāṃsi
- Literal: hearings, reports, fame. Symbolic: inner hearing: intuitive receptivity, inspired understanding
- saubhagā
- Literal: good fortune, felicities. Symbolic: harmonies, right enjoyments, soul’s auspicious alignment
- vājān
- Literal: strengths/prizes/victories. Symbolic: effective powers of realization and action
- gomataḥ
- Literal: possessing cows. Symbolic: abounding in rays of light/knowledge
Pavamāna hymnic segment accompanying Soma’s filtration (avyam/pavitra), invoking expansion of śravas (inspired hearing), saubhaga (felicity), and vāja (victorious force) as boons of the rite.
As Soma passes through the strainer and is prepared for offering
Straining/clarifying; invoking Soma’s distributing powers
Chant for opening intuition (‘inner hearing’) and for harmonizing life circumstances by inner alignment rather than external striving.
avyam: ‘of the sheep’ → the woolen strainer; ritual term for Soma filtration, extended symbolically to inner discrimination. śravāṃsi: from √śru ‘to hear’; Vedic ‘hearing’ is reception of truth (śruti), hence illuminative inspiration. saubhagā: su-bhaga ‘good allotment/fortunate portion’ → felicity/harmony. gomat: go ‘cow’ in Vedic often signifies light-ray/knowledge (root √gā ‘to go’ also supports ‘ray’ as moving light); thus gomat = endowed with luminous herds.
Discrimination/purification as prerequisite to truth, Śruti as inner hearing of the Real, Light-as-knowledge (go)
The ‘filter’ is ṛta in the psyche: separating truth-movement from mixture.
Śravāṃsi as reception of satya—truth that is heard inwardly.
Expansion (vi-) as a creative principle: consciousness widens and multiplies its powers.
Integral Vedāntic reading: prosperity as inner light, harmony, and capacity.
Discernment filters experience; purified joy spreads as intuitive hearing, harmony, and victorious energy, radiating as knowledge-light.
- What is the primary Vedic 'mythologem' present in this verse?
- The ‘wide spreading’ (repeated vi) of Soma’s gifts: inspired hearing, felicity, and vāja. The mythic pattern is Soma as multiplier of divine powers—when purified, it disseminates light-knowledge (go) and victorious capacities throughout the human field.
- How does the linguistic structure reflect Proto-Indo-European roots?
- śru- ‘hear’ continues PIE *ḱleu̯- ‘to hear, be famed’ (cf. Greek klúō, Latin clueō); hence śravas/śravāṃsi links hearing and fame as an inherited poetic complex. The distributive vi- intensification is a characteristic Indo-Iranian stylistic strategy for expressing expansion/manifestation.
- What is the relationship between the Rishi and the Devata here?
- The seer invokes Soma not merely to flow but to distribute inner attainments: the hymn positions Soma as the agency that turns purification into concrete spiritual results—receptive illumination (śravāṃsi), harmony (saubhagā), and empowered accomplishment (vājān).
Widen the inner field; receive rather than strive—let ‘hearing’ awaken.
anāhata (expansion/harmony) and ājñā (inner hearing/insight)
Box breathing 4-4-4-4 for a few rounds, then natural breath while chanting, feeling ‘vi’ as expansion on exhale.
Open, receptive, quietly luminous.
After chanting, sit 3–5 minutes in ‘śravaṇa’ mode: listen inwardly without seeking; note any intuitive promptings and let them settle into calm certainty.
Not fully recoverable; keep clear segmentation at each ‘vi’ while maintaining overall flow.
Mark the repeated ‘vi’ with a slight lift; emphasize: índo, ávyam, árṣasi, śrávāṃsi, sáubhagā, vā́jān, gó-mataḥ (approx.).
vy avyam: keep ‘vy’ conjunct clean; avoid inserting extra vowel, śravāṃsi: ‘śr’ conjunct; long ā; nasal ṃ, saubhagā: ‘au’ diphthong; ‘bh’ aspirated; long ā, gomataḥ: long o; dental t; final ḥ light
Open-throated, expansive, slightly softer on repeated ‘vi’ to create widening rather than force.
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