Dashati 4
Pavamāna purification and cosmic manifestation through Soma’s (and allied powers’) luminous ordering of the worlds
Pavamāna Soma (purifying Soma as the implicit kanda focus)
Bright expansive and consecratory—moving from kindling-energy to wide-world benediction
Anukta/unspecified overall (mixed sources within the decad)
Pavamāna-stotra setting: chants aligned to Soma’s purification/pressing and the consecratory atmosphere of the Soma-yajña (exact graha/pressing linkage depends on śākhā prayoga).
Mantras
Mantra 1
भ्राजन्त्यग्ने समिधान दीदिवो जिह्वा चरत्यन्तरासनि स त्वं नो अग्ने पयसा वसुविद्रयिं वर्चो दृशे ऽदाः
They shine, O Agni, when thou art kindled, bright (are thy flames); thy tongue moves between the jaws: do thou then, O Agni, winner of wealth, bestow upon us, with nourishment, riches and lustre to be beheld.
Mantra 2
वसन्त इन्नु रन्त्यो ग्रीष्म इन्नु रन्त्यः वर्षाण्यनु शरदो हेमन्तः शिशिर इन्नु रन्त्यः
Spring verily rejoiceth; summer verily rejoiceth; the rains, and thereafter the autumns; winter and the cold season verily rejoice (in attendance) upon the sacrifice.
Mantra 3
सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषः सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात् स भूमिं सर्वतो वृत्वात्यतिष्ठद्दशाङ्गुलम्
The Puruṣa is thousand-headed, thousand-eyed, thousand-footed; encompassing the earth on every side, he stood beyond it by the measure of ten fingers.
Mantra 4
त्रिपादूर्ध्व उदैत्पुरुषः पदो ऽस्येहाभवत्पुनः तथा विष्वङ् व्यक्रामदशनानशने अभि
Three quarters of the Puruṣa rose aloft; again one quarter of him became here: thence he expanded on every side over that which eateth and that which eateth not.
Mantra 5
पुरुष एवेदं सर्वं यद्भूतं यच्च भाव्यम् पादो ऽस्य सर्वा भूतानि त्रिपादस्यामृतं दिवि
The Puruṣa alone is all this, whatsoever hath been and whatsoever is to be; one quarter of him is all beings, but his three quarters are the immortal in heaven.
Mantra 6
तावानस्य महिमा ततो ज्यायांश्च पूरुषः उतामृतत्वस्येशानो यदन्नेनातिरोहति
Such is his greatness; yet the Puruṣa is greater than this: he is also the lord of immortality, since by food (the oblation) he transcendeth (the manifested).
Mantra 7
ततो विराडजायत विराजो अधि पूरुषः स जातो अत्यरिच्यत पश्चाद्भूमिमथो पुरः
Thence Virāj was produced; and from Virāj the Puruṣa: when born, he exceeded the earth, behind and also before.
Mantra 8
मन्ये वां द्यावापृथिवी सुभोजसौ ये अप्रथेथाममितमभि योजनम् द्यावापृथिवी भवतं स्योने ते नो मुञ्चतमंहसः
I acknowledge you, Heaven and Earth, bountiful of sustenance, who have spread yourselves forth immeasurably to the full extent: be ye to us a kindly seat; do ye release us from sin and suffering.
Mantra 9
हरी त इन्द्र श्मश्रूण्युतो ते हरितौ हरि तं त्वा स्तुवन्ति कवयः पुरुषासो वनर्गवः
Thy two tawny steeds, O Indra, and thy manly beard; thy two bay steeds: thee, the tawny-horsed, do sages praise, men, the Vanargavas.
Mantra 10
यद्वर्चो हिरण्यस्य यद्वा वर्चो गवामुत सत्यस्य ब्रह्मणो वर्चस्तेन मा सं सृजामसि
What lustre is of gold, or what lustre is of kine, and what lustre is of true Brahman; with that lustre do thou unite us.
Mantra 11
सहस्तन्न इन्द्र दद्ध्योज ईशे ह्यस्य महतो विरप्शिन् क्रतुं न नृम्णं स्थविरं च वाजं वृत्रेषु शत्रून्त्सुहना कृधी नः .
Bestow upon us, O Indra, abundant strength; for thou, strong-handed, art lord of this great (power): grant us manly might like energy of purpose, and firm vigour with the prize; and amongst the obstructers make us slayers of enemies.
Mantra 12
सहर्षभाः सहवत्सा उदेत विश्वा रूपाणी बिभ्रतीर्द्व्यूद्नीः उरुः पृथुरयं वो अस्तु लोक इमा आपः सुप्रपाणा इह स्त
The Waters, rejoicing together, accompanied by their calves, have risen up, bearing manifold forms; may this your world be wide and ample: do ye, these Waters, of beneficent hands, abide here (for our rite).
Frequently Asked Questions
It links ritual purification with cosmic order: Soma’s purifying current is supported by Agni’s offering-power, the Waters’ cleansing presence, and Puruṣa–Virāj as the vast ground of creation.
In Soma ritual, purification and offering work together: Agni carries oblations, while the Waters symbolize cleansing, fertility, and an auspicious space where the rite can ‘abide’ and succeed.
It supplies a cosmological frame: from Virāj arises Puruṣa, who surpasses earth and directions—teaching that the power invoked in sacrifice is not limited to the visible world but overflows it.
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