Sama Veda — Uttarārcika, Mantra 1
Soma Pavamāna’s self-purification through the filter as life-giving, rain-bestowing, and disease-removing power in the yajña
पवस्व वृष्टिमा सु नो ऽपामूर्मिं दिवस्परि अयक्ष्मा बृहतीरिषः
pavasva vṛṣṭimā su no 'pāmūrmiṃ divaspari ayakṣmā bṛhatīriṣaḥ
pavasva vṛṣṭimā su no apāmūrmiṃ divaspari ayakṣmā bṛhatīriṣaḥ
ஓ சோமா! நீ உன்னைத் தூய்மைப்படுத்து—மழை அருள்வோனே, எங்களுக்கு மங்களமாக. விண்ணிலிருந்து வரும் நீரலைபோல் பாய்ந்து வா. நோயற்றவனாய், பேர்த் தணிவு மற்றும் போஷணத்தை அருள்வாயாக.
pavasva | vṛṣṭi-māḥ su naḥ | apām ūrmiṃ | divaḥ pari | a-yakṣmāḥ | bṛhatīḥ iṣaḥ
Unknown/unspecified (Pavamāna sāman; exact tune requires chant-index)
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