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सायण-भाष्यम्

“एते सोमासः’ इति सप्तर्चं द्वाविंशं सूक्तम् । ऋष्याद्याः पूर्ववत् । एते सोमासः’ इत्यनुक्रान्तम् । गतो विनियोगः ॥

Jamison Brereton

22 (734)
Soma Pavamāna
Asita Kāśyapa or Devala Kāśyapa
7 verses: gāyatrī
The hymn begins with the conventional image of the soma juices racing forward (vs. 1), but their journey soon becomes both cosmic and mystical. Their rush is com pared to cosmic forces in verse 2, and in verses 4–5 they travel through the cosmos itself. But the poet reaches even further conceptually: he equates this cosmic jour ney with a ritual one. In matched expressions in verses 3 and 5 the juices pervade not only the cosmic spaces (vs. 5) but also our “insights” (vs. 3), that is, the thoughts that produce ritual poetry. And in verse 6 they reach a higher place than the cosmic
space, namely the sacrifice itself, symbolized, as often, by the stretched thread. In the final verse (7) this journey theme is abruptly abandoned, and the disjunc tion between this verse and what precedes is also conveyed by the switch from plural (“soma juices”) to singular (“Soma”), and from 3rd-person reference to 2nd. It also contains an implicit equation of Soma with (the unmentioned) Saramā, Indra’s dog

who reacquired for him the cows stolen by the Paṇis (see esp. X.108)—an equation seemingly unmotivated by what precedes. (The Paṇis are mentioned only one other time in the IXth Maṇḍala [IX.11.2].) Perhaps the cosmic journey of Soma reminded the poet of Saramā’s long trek. The stretched thread of the sacrifice ends the hymn, and brings it back to the ritual scene.

Jamison Brereton Notes

On the structure and thematics of this hymn, see published introduction. Note also that the first 5 vss. begin eté, while the 2nd hemistichs of vss. 5 and 6 begin utédám. Further local chainings are discussed below.

01 एते सोमास - गायत्री

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एते᳓ सो᳓मास आश᳓वो
र᳓था इव प्र᳓ वाजि᳓नः
स᳓र्गाः सृष्टा᳓ अहेषत

02 एते वाता - गायत्री

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एते᳓ वा᳓ता इवोर᳓वः
पर्ज᳓न्यस्येव वृष्ट᳓यः
अग्ने᳓र् इव भ्रमा᳓ वृ᳓था

03 एते पूता - गायत्री

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एते᳓ पूता᳓ विपश्चि᳓तः
सो᳓मासो द᳓धिआशिरः
विपा᳓ वि᳓ आनशुर् धि᳓यः

04 एते मृष्था - गायत्री

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एते᳓ मृष्टा᳓ अ᳓मर्तियाः
ससृवां᳓सो न᳓ शश्रमुः
इ᳓यक्षन्तः पथो᳓ र᳓जः

05 एते पृष्टानि - गायत्री

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एते᳓ पृष्ठा᳓नि रो᳓दसोर्
विप्रय᳓न्तो वि᳓ आनशुः
उते᳓द᳓म् उत्तमं᳓ र᳓जः

06 तन्तुं तन्वानमुत्तममनु - गायत्री

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त᳓न्तुं तन्वान᳓म् उत्तम᳓म्
अ᳓नु प्रव᳓त आशत
उते᳓द᳓म् उत्तमा᳓यियम्

07 त्वं सोम - गायत्री

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तुवं᳓ सोम पणि᳓भ्य आ᳓
व᳓सु ग᳓व्यानि धारयः
ततं᳓ त᳓न्तुम् अचिक्रदः