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Mandala IX

HYMN CX. Soma Pavamana.

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Overpowering Vṛtras, run forward to gain great strength: You rush to subdue, like one collecting debts.

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In you, poured out, O Soma, we rejoice for great supremacy in battle. You, Pavamana, enter mighty deeds,

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You, Pavamana, generated the Sun and spread moisture with power, Hastening to us with plenty rich in milk.

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You produced him, Immortal One among mortals, for the Law and lovely Amṛta: You always move, making strength flow to us.

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All around you pierce with glory for us, as if a never-failing well for men to drink, Borne on your way in fragments from the presser's arms.

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Then, beautifully radiant, certain Heavenly Ones sang kinship as they looked upon you, And Savitar, the God, opened as if a stall.

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Soma, the ancient men whose grass was trimmed addressed the hymn to you for mighty strength and fame: So, Hero, urge us onward to heroic power.

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They drained forth from the great sky's old primordial milk of heaven that claims praise: They raised their voice at Indra's birth.

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As long as you, O Pavamana, are above this earth and heaven and all existence in your might, You stand like a Bull, the chief among the herd.

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In the sheep's wool, Soma, Pavamana flowed, while cleansing him, like a playful infant, Indu with a hundred powers and a hundred currents.

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Holy and sweet, while purified, this Indu flows on, a wave of pleasant taste, to Indra— Strength-winner, Treasure-finder, Life-giver.

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So flow you on, subduing our attackers, chasing the hard-to-encounter demons, Well-armed and conquering our foes, O Soma.

Source: Sacred Texts Archive
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