A Hymn of Maṇḍala 9
Rigveda IX.49 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.
Purify thyself, and send us rain—
a swell of waters from the heav’nly height, sweet draughts aloft, untainted by ill.
Purify thyself in that holy stream whereby the herds of men draw nigh,
even unto our very threshold.
Purify thyself in a flow like unto ghee, thou who art swift to seek the gods in sacrifice; bring us the rain, made pure in thy coursing.
For our good keeping, run through the woolen veil in a stream most fair—for the gods shall surely hearken!
Now purified, he floweth forth, ever shattering the brood of fiends,
and kindleth again the lights, as in the days of old.
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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.49
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.
pavasva vṛṣṭim ā su no 'pām ūrmiṁ divas pari |
ayakṣmā bṛhatīr iṣaḥ || 1 ||
tayā pavasva dhārayā yayā gāva ihāgaman |
janyāsa upa no gṛham || 2 ||
ghṛtam pavasva dhārayā yajñeṣu devavītamaḥ |
asmabhyaṁ vṛṣṭim ā pava || 3 ||
sa na ūrje vy a1vyayam pavitraṁ dhāva dhārayā |
devāsaḥ śṛṇavan hi kam || 4 ||
pavamāno asiṣyadad rakṣāṁsy apajaṅghanat |
pratnavad rocayan rucaḥ || 5 ||
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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