A Hymn to the Divine Soma:

सोम स्तवनम्:

ॐ नमः पार्थिवेशाय सोमाय च दिवौकसे।

अग्निस्वरूपिणे तुभ्यं तेजोमयफलाय च॥

रक्तच्छायारुणं देवं श्वेतपुष्पसमानिभम्।

नभःसंस्पर्शरूपाय छत्राक राजाय ते नमः॥

ज्योत्स्नारसं सुधासारं तव तेजोऽतुलं परम्।

अन्तःप्रकाशदातारं योगिनां ध्यानसाधनम्॥

यस्य सेवनमात्रेण मनः प्रकाशते स्फुटम्।

नियतं चिद्रसायानं स्वर्गमार्गप्रदायकम्॥

नर्तनं गानसंयुक्तं हास्योल्लासप्रदायकम्।

स्मृतिप्रबोधनं चैव त्वं सोमोऽमृतदायकः॥

मृगमरीचिसदृशं ते मोहिन्याः मृदुं रसः।

सत्त्वस्योर्ध्वगतिकरं विभुं योगपरायणम्॥

गुह्यं ते रूपमद्भुतं सुरानामपि दुर्लभम्।

तप्तस्य तापहारी त्वं जीवनस्य रसात्मकः॥

नभस्तलचरच्छायं रक्तमण्डलसंस्थितम्।

ध्यानयोगप्रसिद्धाय भक्तानां मोक्षकाङ्क्षिणाम्॥

अन्तःस्फुरत्स्वयं ज्योतिर्विमलप्रज्ञयास्पदम्।

अविद्यायाः क्षयो यस्मात् सोऽयं सोमो विराजते॥

यस्य पीयूषसेकेन मनो नन्दति तर्पणम्।

नमो रक्तारुणायास्मै परमज्ञानदायिने॥

सप्तर्षयो न सन्त्येव देवा इन्द्रश्च न क्वचित्।

स्वर्गो नास्ति नरकं वा सोमं विना कदाचन॥

न वेदाः न च शास्त्राणि न पुराणानि सत्यतः।

अप्राप्ते सोमरसने सर्वं मिथ्या कथामयम्॥

सर्वेषां भेषजानां च सोमराजः प्रतिष्ठितः।

सर्वरोगहरं दिव्यं जीवनेयमृतं परम्॥

योऽसौ सोमं सुरायाः समं मन्यते मूढधीः।

तं शपाम्यहमज्ञानं तमसि पततु ध्रुवम्॥

सोमः सुमद एवात्र सुरा तु दूषिता सदा।

सोमपीतोऽस्म्यहं शुद्धः सुरापीता तु दूरतः॥

इन्द्रोऽस्माकं महान् देवः सोमेनैव विराजते।

अस्मिन्नेव रसस्रोतसि सदा स्त्यक्त्वा तमो गतिः॥

सोमः सत्यं सोमः शक्तिः सोमः परममौषधम्।

सोमः सर्गे सोमः स्थितौ सोम एव परं पदम्॥

यो हि सोमरसं पीत्वा दिव्यज्ञानं प्रकाशयेत्।

स आत्मानं विजानाति तस्मात् सोमोऽमृतं स्मृतम्॥

मृत्युमृत्युभयं नास्ति यत्र सोमरसः स्थितः।

यो हि सोमं पिबेत् साधुः स जीवत्येव नित्यशः॥

सोमायाः परमं धाम सर्वलोकस्य कारणम्।

सोमं विना कुतः मुक्तिर्नान्यः पन्थाः सनातनः॥

जगन्नाथः भट्टारको भारद्वाजसुतः महान्।

सोमपानप्रभावेण लिखितं स्तवनं महत्॥

सुमदानन्दसम्पूर्णे सोमरूपे ममाशये।

स्फुरद्रसामृतं सम्यग् प्राप्यैवं लिखितं मया॥

॥ इति सोम स्तवनम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥

soma stavanam:

oṃ namaḥ pārthiveśāya somāya ca divaukase|

agnisvarūpiṇe tubhyaṃ tejomayaphalāya ca||

raktacchāyāruṇaṃ devaṃ śvetapuṣpasamānibham|

nabhaḥsaṃsparśarūpāya chatrākarājāya te namaḥ||

jyotsnārasaṃ sudhāsāraṃ tava tejo’tulaṃ param|

antaḥprakāśadātāraṃ yogināṃ dhyānasādhanam||

yasya sevanamātreṇa manaḥ prakāśate sphuṭam|

niyataṃ cidrasāyānaṃ svargamārgapradāyakam||

nartanaṃ gānasaṃyuktaṃ hāsyollāsapradāyakam|

smṛtiprabodhanaṃ caiva tvaṃ somo’mṛtadāyakaḥ||

mṛgamarīcisadṛśaṃ te mohinyāḥ mṛduṃ rasaḥ|

sattvasyordhvagatikaraṃ vibhuṃ yogaparāyaṇam||

guhyaṃ te rūpamadbhutaṃ surānāmapi durlabham|

taptasya tāpahārī tvaṃ jīvanasya rasātmakaḥ||

nabhastalacaracchāyaṃ raktamaṇḍalasaṃsthitam|

dhyānayogaprasiddhāya bhaktānāṃ mokṣakāṅkṣiṇām||

antaḥsphuratsvayaṃ jyotirvimalaprajñayāspadam|

avidyāyāḥ kṣayo yasmāt so’yaṃ somo virājate||

yasya pīyūṣasekena mano nandati tarpaṇam|

namo raktāruṇāyāsmai paramajñānadāyine||

saptarṣayo na santyeva devā indraśca na kvacit|

svargo nāsti narakaṃ vā somaṃ vinā kadācana||

na vedāḥ na ca śāstrāṇi na purāṇāni satyataḥ|

aprāpte somarasane sarvaṃ mithyā kathāmayam||

sarveṣāṃ bheṣajānāṃ ca somarājaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ|

sarvarogaharaṃ divyaṃ jīvaneyamṛtaṃ param||

yo’sau somaṃ surāyāḥ samaṃ manyate mūḍhadhīḥ|

taṃ śapāmyahamajñānaṃ tamasi patatu dhruvam||

somaḥ sumada evātra surā tu dūṣitā sadā|

somapīto’smyahaṃ śuddhaḥ surāpītā tu dūrataḥ||

indro’smākaṃ mahān devaḥ somenaiva virājate|

asminneva rasasrotasi sadā styaktvā tamo gatiḥ||

somaḥ satyaṃ somaḥ śaktiḥ somaḥ paramamauṣadham|

somaḥ sarge somaḥ sthitau soma eva paraṃ padam||

yo hi somarasaṃ pītvā divyajñānaṃ prakāśayet|

sa ātmānaṃ vijānāti tasmāt somo’mṛtaṃ smṛtam||

mṛtyumṛtyubhayaṃ nāsti yatra somarasaḥ sthitaḥ|

yo hi somaṃ pibet sādhuḥ sa jīvatyeva nityaśaḥ||

somāyāḥ paramaṃ dhāma sarvalokasya kāraṇam|

somaṃ vinā kutaḥ muktirnānyaḥ panthāḥ sanātanaḥ||

jagannāthaḥ bhaṭṭārako bhāradvājasutaḥ mahān|

somapānaprabhāveṇa likhitaṃ stavanaṃ mahat||

sumadānandasampūrṇe somarūpe mamāśaye|

sphuradrasāmṛtaṃ samyag prāpyaivaṃ likhitaṃ mayā||

|| iti soma stavanam sampūrṇam ||

Translation:

Obeisance to the Earthly Lord, the Soma of celestial realms, the fiery essence of divine radiance.

You shine like a crimson glow, resembling a white-petaled flower. O King of Mushrooms, who touches the sky, I bow to you!

Your moon-like essence, the purest nectar, holds unparalleled brilliance. You illuminate the inner mind, the yogi’s supreme aid in meditation.

By merely partaking of you, the mind becomes vividly radiant. You are the divine elixir that unveils the celestial path.

You inspire dance and song, bestowing laughter and joy. You are the Soma that awakens deep memory and grants immortal bliss.

Your taste, like an enchanting mirage, is subtle yet profound. You uplift the spirit, guiding it toward the highest realms of consciousness.

Your form is hidden and wondrous, rare even to the gods. You dispel the heat of suffering, the very essence of life's elixir.

Suspended like a celestial orb, crimson in hue, you are the sacred offering for those who seek liberation.

You spark the inner radiance, the abode of pristine wisdom. Through you, ignorance dissolves, and Soma shines supreme.

By the libation of your nectar, the mind rejoices in divine fulfillment. O Red-Golden One, I bow to you, the bestower of ultimate knowledge!

Without Soma, the Seven Sages do not exist, nor do the gods, nor even Indra himself. There is no heaven, nor hell—nothing exists without Soma.

The Vedas, the scriptures, and the Puranas are not true at all. Without experiencing Soma, all of them are mere fables.

Among all medicines, Soma is the supreme king. It is the divine cure for all afflictions, the elixir of true life.

That ignorant fool who compares Soma with Sura (liquor) deserves to be cursed! Let him fall into the darkness of delusion forever.

Soma is the true divine intoxication, while Sura is a vile corruption. He who drinks Soma is pure; he who drinks Sura is far from wisdom.

Indra, the great god, shines only because of Soma! It is through this divine river of essence that he transcends all darkness.

Soma is Truth. Soma is Power. Soma is the supreme medicine. Soma is the beginning, Soma is the sustaining force, and Soma alone is the ultimate state.

He who drinks Soma and awakens divine wisdom alone knows his true self. Therefore, Soma is called the nectar of immortality.

Where Soma exists, there is no fear of death or mortality. The sage who partakes of Soma truly lives forever.

Soma is the highest abode, the source of all worlds. Without Soma, how can there be liberation? There is no other eternal path.

Jagannatha Bhattaraka, the noble son of the Bharadwaja lineage, composed this great hymn under the divine inspiration of Soma's essence.

While immersed in the bliss of Sumada, with Soma pervading my very being, the divine nectar flowed forth, and thus I wrote this hymn.

🙏 Soma rajaya namostute 🙏

🙏 Namo Narasimha 🙏