Hymn to Soma Pavamana
Rigveda IX.4 is a sūkta (hymn of praise) from Maṇḍala 9 of the Rigveda, one of the 1,028 hymns organized within the ten books of the oldest Veda. The Rigveda was composed approximately 1700–1100 BCE in Vedic Sanskrit and preserved through oral transmission across millennia.
This is a Good Works Translation produced for the Good Works Library from the Sanskrit of the Śākala recension.
1. Win, Soma, purifying one — win of old and win now great fame. So make us more prosperous.
2. Win of old the light, win of old the sun, and every good fortune, Soma. So make us more prosperous.
3. Win skill and win resolve; strike away the scorners, Soma. So make us more prosperous.
4. Purifiers, purify Soma for Indra to drink. So make us more prosperous.
5. Give us a share in the sun, through your resolve and your help. So make us more prosperous.
6. Through your resolve and your help, may we see the sun for a long time. So make us more prosperous.
7. Flow toward us, well-armed Soma, wealth doubly abundant. So make us more prosperous.
8. Flow toward us — unshaken, all-conquering wealth in battles. So make us more prosperous.
9. They have strengthened you with sacrifices, purifying one, in the due order of the rite. So make us more prosperous.
10. Bring us, drop, wealth that is bright, rich in horses, sustaining all life. So make us more prosperous.
Translator's note: "vidharmaṇi" (verse 9) is rendered conservatively as "in the due order of the rite" — it can also mean "at the moment of separation/straining," referring to the ritual pressing of the Soma stalks. "viśvāyu" (verse 10) literally means "having/containing all life" or "lasting a whole lifetime"; rendered here as "sustaining all life."
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Rigveda IX.4 is drawn from the Śākala recension of the Rigveda, composed approximately 1700–1100 BCE. This is a Good Works Translation rendered verse by verse from the Sanskrit text printed below. Prepared for the Good Work Library by the Tianmu Anglican Church with AI-assisted translation.
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Source Text: ṛgveda IX.4
Sanskrit source text from the Aufrecht edition (1877) via GRETIL (Van Nooten & Holland input). Presented here for reference, study, and verification alongside the English translation above.
sanā ca soma jeṣi ca pavamāna mahi śravaḥ |
athā no vasyasas kṛdhi || 1 ||
sanā jyotiḥ sanā sva1r viśvā ca soma saubhagā |
athā no vasyasas kṛdhi || 2 ||
sanā dakṣam uta kratum apa soma mṛdho jahi |
athā no vasyasas kṛdhi || 3 ||
pavītāraḥ punītana somam indrāya pātave |
athā no vasyasas kṛdhi || 4 ||
tvaṁ sūrye na ā bhaja tava kratvā tavotibhiḥ |
athā no vasyasas kṛdhi || 5 ||
tava kratvā tavotibhir jyok paśyema sūryam |
athā no vasyasas kṛdhi || 6 ||
abhy arṣa svāyudha soma dvibarhasaṁ rayim |
athā no vasyasas kṛdhi || 7 ||
abhy a1rṣānapacyuto rayiṁ samatsu sāsahiḥ |
athā no vasyasas kṛdhi || 8 ||
tvāṁ yajñair avīvṛdhan pavamāna vidharmaṇi |
athā no vasyasas kṛdhi || 9 ||
rayiṁ naś citram aśvinam indo viśvāyum ā bhara |
athā no vasyasas kṛdhi || 10 ||
Source Colophon
Sanskrit text of the Rigveda, Śākala recension. The standard scholarly edition is the Bombay Oriental (Vishva Bandhu, 5 vols., 1963–66). IAST transliteration available from GRETIL (Göttingen Register of Electronic Texts in Indian Languages) and Vedaweb (University of Cologne). Both sources are open access. IAST transliteration from the Aufrecht edition (1877) via GRETIL (Van Nooten & Holland input, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).