HYMN LVI. SOMA PAVAMANA.


परिpari सोमsoma रतंṛtaṃ बर्हदाशुःbṛhadāśuḥ पवित्रेpavitre अर्षतिarṣati |

विघ्ननvighnan रक्षांसिrakṣāṃsi देवयुःdevayuḥ ||

SWIFT to the purifying sieve flows Soma as exalted Law,
Slaying the fiends, loving the Gods.
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यतyat सोमोsomo वाजमर्षतिvājamarṣati शतंśataṃ धाराdhārā अपस्युवःapasyuvaḥ |

इन्द्रस्यसख्यमाविशनindrasyasakhyamāviśan ||

When Soma pours the strengthening food a hundred ever-active streams
To Indra's friendship win theirway.
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अभिabhi तवाtvā योषणोyoṣaṇo दशdaśa जारंjāraṃ नna कन्यानूषतkanyānūṣata |

मर्ज्यसेmṛjyase सोमsoma सातयेsātaye ||

Ten Dames have sung to welcome thee, even as a maiden greets her love:
O Soma, thou art decked to win.
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तवमिन्द्रायtvamindrāya विष्णवेviṣṇave सवादुरिन्दोsvādurindo परिpari सरवsrava |

नॄनnṝn सतोतॄन्पाह्यंहसःstotṝnpāhyaṃhasaḥ ||

Flow hitherward, O Indu, sweet to Indra and to Viṣṇu: guard
The men, the singers, from distress.
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