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 ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 9.86.6

Transliteration

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

Translation

自净之苏摩（Soma）之光线，安住于真实（sat）而恒定者，其两侧的光辉标识（ketu）环绕而行。那赭黄者（hari）在滤器（pavitra）上被拂拭净化之时，便安立其真实之座，沉入诸“子宫”——盛受并涵藏澄明甘露的杯盏（kalaśa）之中。

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