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XIII
Soma, Lord of Delight
and Immortality
Rig Veda IX.83
pEv/\ t Evtt\ b} Z-pt þB; gA/AEZ pyEq Ev[vt, .
atØtnn tdAmo a ; t ftAs i h t-t(smAft 1
l. Wide spread out for thee is the sieve of thy purifying, O
Master of the soul; becoming in the creature thou pervadest
his members all through. He tastes not that delight who is
unripe and whose body has not suffered in the heat of the
fire; they alone are able to bear that and enjoy it who have
been prepared by the flame.
tpo pEv/\ Evtt\ Edv-pd foc to a-y t tvo &yE-Trn^ .
av (y-y pvFtArmAfvo Edv-p WmED Et WE t ctsA 2
2. The strainer through which the heat of him is purified is
spread out in the seat of Heaven; its threads shine out and
stand extended. His swift ecstasies foster the soul that purifies
him; he ascends to the high level of Heaven by the
conscious heart.
a!zcd; qs, pE rEg}y u"A EbBEt B; vnAEn vAjy; , .
mAyAEvno mEmr a-y mAyyA nc"s, Eptro gBmA dD; , 3
3. This is the supreme dappled Bull that makes the Dawns to
shine out, the Male that bears the worlds of the becoming
and seeks the plenitude; the Fathers who had the forming
knowledge made a form of him by that power of knowledge