Rigveda 9.070.09
Rigveda · Mandala 9, Sukta 70 · Verse 9.70.9
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
पव॑स्व सोम दे॒ववी॑तये॒ वृषेन्द्र॑स्य॒ हार्दि॑ सोम॒धान॒मा वि॑श । पु॒रा नो॑ बा॒धाद्दु॑रि॒ताति॑ पारय क्षेत्र॒विद्धि दिश॒ आहा॑ विपृच्छ॒ते
pavasva soma devavītaye vṛṣendrasya hārdi somadhānamā viśa purā no bādhādduritāti pāraya kṣetraviddhi diśa āhā vipṛcchate
O Soma, spotless, for the godlike robe’s strength, the bull-king’s delight: Soma is the name of him who pours. Formerly he brought us over from constraint; know the field; he asked the seers.
Flow Soma, the showerer, for the banquet for the gods; enter the Soma-vessel dear to Indra; bring us safe past the hostile (rākṣasas) before the oppress us; for he who knows the country tells the direction to him who asks (the way).
Flow on for the God's banquet, Soma, as a Steer, and enter Indra's heart, the Soma's reservoir. Bear us beyond misfortune ere we be oppres. sed. the man who knows the land directs the man who asks.