Samveda (Acharya Dharmadev Vidya Martand)

Samveda Mantra 546

1875 Mantra
Devata- पवमानः सोमः Rishi- नहुषो मानवः Chhand- अनुष्टुप् Swara- गान्धारः Kaand Name- पावमानं काण्डम् Gaan- प्रकृति गान Gaan Parva- पावमानं पर्व
Mantra with Swara
अ꣣यं꣢ पू꣣षा꣢ र꣣यि꣢꣫र्भगः꣣ सो꣡मः꣢ पुना꣣नो꣢ अ꣢र्षति । प꣡ति꣣र्वि꣡श्व꣢स्य꣣ भू꣡म꣢नो꣣꣬ व्य꣢꣯ख्य꣣द्रो꣡द꣢सी उ꣣भे꣢ ॥५४६॥

अ꣣य꣢म् । पू꣣षा꣢ । र꣣यिः꣢ । भ꣡गः꣢꣯ । सो꣡मः꣢꣯ । पु꣣नानः꣢ । अ꣣र्षति । प꣡तिः꣢꣯ । वि꣡श्व꣢꣯स्य । भू꣡म꣢꣯नः । वि । अ꣣ख्यत् । रो꣡द꣢꣯सी꣣इ꣡ति꣢ । उ꣣भे꣡इति꣢ ॥५४६॥

Mantra without Swara
अयं पूषा रयिर्भगः सोमः पुनानो अर्षति । पतिर्विश्वस्य भूमनो व्यख्यद्रोदसी उभे ॥

अयम् । पूषा । रयिः । भगः । सोमः । पुनानः । अर्षति । पतिः । विश्वस्य । भूमनः । वि । अख्यत् । रोदसीइति । उभेइति ॥५४६॥

Samveda - Mantra Number : 546
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Samveda (Acharya Dharmadev Vidya Martand)

English
Samveda (Acharya Dharmadev Vidya Martand) - English
Translation
This God is the Support or Nourisher of the world. He is Giver of all wealth, Adorable Lord and Creator of the universe. Purifying all, He the Lord of all the multitude, pervades all and looks upon the earth and heaven as an Omniscient Supreme Being.
Comment
This Mantra makes it quite clear that by Soma in the Vedas is primarily meant God who is Source of peace and Creator of the world and yet Rev. Stevenson, Griffith and other western scholars translate it as “Liquor or Juice of a moon plant.” Here is Rev. Stevenson’s translation of the Mantra:- “This wealth and prosperity confering purifying Soma, the Lord of all, the soul of the world, in the person of the sun, enlightens the heaven and the earth”. Griffith translates it as follows:- “As Pushan, Fortune, Bhaga, Comes this Soma while they make him pure. He, Lord of all the multitude, hath looked upon the earth and heaven.” Can even a barbarian look upon the juice of moon-plant as the Lord of all, the soul of the world and enlightener of the heaven and the earth etc. as mentioned in this and hundreds of other mantras of the Vedas? It is nothing but their bias not to accept that by Soma in such mantras Omnipresent, Omniscient and Omnipotent God, the Creator of the world is clearly meant.