Rig Veda 9.86.6: Mandala 9, Sukta 86, Mantra 6

Sukta 9.86

Rishi: Traditionally ascribed to Soma Pavamāna seers of Mandala 9 (often within the Kāṇva/Angirasa transmission; specific rishi for 9.86 varies by Anukramaṇī recension)

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Soma in the act of purification)

Chandas: Jagatī (dominant for many verses in RV 9; this verse conforms to the Jagatī cadence in common recensions)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उभयतः पवमानस्य रश्मयो ध्रुवस्य सतः परि यन्ति केतवः । यदी पवित्रे अधि मृज्यते हरिः सत्ता नि योना कलशेषु सीदति ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.86.6

Transliteration

ubhayatáḥ pávamānasya raśmáyo dhruvásya satáḥ pári yanti ketávaḥ | yadī pavítre ádhi mṛ́jyate háriḥ sattā́ ní yonā kalaśéṣu sīdati ||

Translation

On both sides the rays of the self-purifying Soma—steadfast in the Real—move around as luminous signs. When the tawny one is cleansed upon the filter, then, taking his true seat, he settles into the wombs, the cups that receive and hold the clarified delight.

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