Hymn to Soma
Rigveda IX.31 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 by the New Tianmu Anglican Church from the Sanskrit of the Śākala recension.
The self-cleansing Soma streams have gone forth, laden with aim and fullness.
They bring to light the hidden wealth.
Rise thou, bright drop, in heaven and on earth— grow as the bringer of glory, the master of reward.
For thee the winds do hasten in favor;
for thee the rivers run.
O Soma, they lift thy might on high.
Swell in this place, and gather thy bull-strong force from every quarter, O Soma—be found where the prize is met.
For thee, O dusky-hued, the kine have poured out the deathless ghee and milk, upon the loftiest height.
Thou—well-armed, and truly here, O shaper of all— we seek thy kinship, bright drop divine.
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This hymn is drawn from the Śākala recension of the Rigveda, composed approximately 1700–1100 BCE. This is a Good Works Translation produced by the New Tianmu Anglican Church, translated independently from the Sanskrit. Reference translations consulted during original translation are to be documented during audit.
Compiled and formatted for the Good Work Library by the New Tianmu Anglican Church, 2026.
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Source Text: ṛgveda IX.31
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.
pra somāsaḥ svādhya1ḥ pavamānāso akramuḥ |
rayiṁ kṛṇvanti cetanam || 1 ||
divas pṛthivyā adhi bhavendo dyumnavardhanaḥ |
bhavā vājānām patiḥ || 2 ||
tubhyaṁ vātā abhipriyas tubhyam arṣanti sindhavaḥ |
soma vardhanti te mahaḥ || 3 ||
ā pyāyasva sam etu te viśvataḥ soma vṛṣṇyam |
bhavā vājasya saṁgathe || 4 ||
tubhyaṁ gāvo ghṛtam payo babhro duduhre akṣitam |
varṣiṣṭhe adhi sānavi || 5 ||
svāyudhasya te sato bhuvanasya pate vayam |
indo sakhitvam uśmasi || 6 ||
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).
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