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
ขอท่านเพื่อหล่อเลี้ยงเรา จงไหลแล่นผ่านตะแกรงกรอง (pavitra) ไปพร้อมกับกระแสธาร; ขอเหล่าเทพทั้งหลายจงได้ยินบทสรรเสริญของเราโดยแท้จริง.
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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