Mantra 9
Soma Pavamāna’s purifying flow through the strainer, bringing nourishment and auspicious power
अया वीती परि स्रव यस्त इन्दो मदेष्वा अवाहन्नवतीर्नव
ayā vītī pari srava yasta indo madeṣvā avāhannavatīrnava
a1yā vī2tī3 pa1ri sra1va ya1s ta i1ndo ma2deṣv ā3 a1vāhan na2vatīr na1va3
Flow all around by this (course) unto the banquet, O Indu; thou who, in the exhilarations, hast brought hither nine-and-ninety (boons).
ayā | vītī | pari | srava | yaḥ | te | indo | madeṣu | ā | avāhat | nava-tīḥ | nava
Unknown/unspecified (Pavamāna Sāman)
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