Apama soman;amrta abhuma;aganma jyotir;avidama devan.
(we have drunk soma;we have became immortal;we have gone to the light;we have found the Gods.)
服soma之汁,即可以长生不死。古印度火之精曰agni;月中仙人则为soma,婆罗门经典中soma is identified with the moon god,此尽人皆知之。其仙人(Rishi)有曰somaka,后世王者每取为名;火神宋无忌既为月中仙人,亦如somaka之比。Soma为不死之药,究为何物,论者颇异其说,或谓为《楚辞》之桂浆……“顾菟在腹”语见《天问》,《古诗十九首》“三五蟾蜍满”。月中有兔,见于印度之《梨俱韦陀》,梵语所谓sasa,意即兔也……