Rigveda 9.096.23
Rigveda · Mandala 9, Sukta 96 · Verse 9.96.23
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अ॒प॒घ्नन्ने॑षि पवमान॒ शत्रू॑न्प्रि॒यां न जा॒रो अ॒भिगी॑त॒ इन्दुः॑ । सीद॒न्वने॑षु शकु॒नो न पत्वा॒ सोमः॑ पुना॒नः क॒लशे॑षु॒ सत्ता॑
apaghnanneṣi pavamāna śatrūnpriyāṃ na jāro abhigīta induḥ sīdanvaneṣu śakuno na patvā somaḥ punānaḥ kalaśeṣu sattā
Pavamana, slayer of enemies, harmless to the beloved, Indu came not with age. Sit in the woods, O Shakuna, not falling; Soma, youthful, abides in the pots as beings.
O Pavamāna, eulogized (by the worshippers), distilling (into the receptacles), destroying the enemies, you go like a gallant to his mistress; falling like a bird alighting on the trees the Soma when purified alights upon the pitchers.
Chasing our foes thou comest, Pavamana Indu, besting, as lover to his darling. As a bird flies and settles in the forest, thus Soma settles, purified, in goblets.
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