Sama Veda — Uttarārcika, Mantra 4
Soma Pavamāna’s self-purification through the filter as life-giving, rain-bestowing, and disease-removing power in the yajña
स न ऊर्जे व्या3व्ययं पवित्रं धाव धारया देवासः शृणवन्हि कम्
sa na ūrje vyā3vyayaṃ pavitraṃ dhāva dhārayā devāsaḥ śṛṇavanhi kam
sa na ūrje vyā3vyayaṃ pavitraṃ dhāva dhārayā devāsaḥ śṛṇavan hi kam
ஓ (ஸோமா)! எங்கள் ஊட்டத்திற்காக, ஓடையோடு கூடி பவித்ரம் (வடிகட்டி) வழியாக வேகமாய் பாய்ந்து செல்; தேவர்கள் நிச்சயமாக எங்கள் ஸ்தோத்ரத்தை கேட்பாராக.
saḥ naḥ | ūrje | vyā-vyayam | pavitram | dhāva | dhārayā | devāsaḥ | śṛṇavan | hi | kam
Unknown/unspecified (Pavamāna sāman; exact tune requires chant-index)
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