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Rig Veda 5.40

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Come thou to what the stones have pressed, drink Soma, O thou Soma's Lord, Indra best Vritra-slayer Strong One, with the Strong.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Strong is the stone, the draught is strong, strong is this Soma that is pressed, Indra, best Vritra-slayer, Strong One with the Strong.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

As strong I call on thee the Strong, O Thunder-armed, with various aids, Indra, best Vritra-slayer, Strong One with the Strong.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Impetuous, Thunderer, Strong, quelling the mighty, King, potent, Vritra-slayer, Soma-drinker, May he come hither with his yoked Bay Horses; may Indra gladden him at the noon libation.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

O Surya, when the Asura's descendant Svarbhanu, pierced thee through and through with darkness, All creatures looked like one who is bewildered, who knoweth not the place where he is standing.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

What time thou smotest down Svarbhanu's magic that spread itself beneath the sky, O Indra, By his fourth sacred prayer Atri discovered Surya concealed in gloom that stayed his function.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Let not the oppressor with this dread, through anger swallow me up, for I am thine, O Atri. Mitra art thou, the sender of true blessings: thou and King Varuna be both my helpers.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

The Brahman Atri, as he set the press-stones, serving the Gods with praise and adoration, Established in the heaven the eye of Surya, and caused Svarbhanu's magic arts to vanish.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

The Atris found the Sun again, him whom Svarbhanu of the brood Of Asuras had pierced with gloom. This none besides had power to do.

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Ralph T. H. Griffith's translation (1896–97). It is dated, and scholars now read many verses differently. A few verses Griffith left untranslated or moved to an appendix are not included.

Ralph T. H. Griffith, The Hymns of the Rigveda, 2nd edition (Benares: E. J. Lazarus, 1896–97). Public domain. Text from English Wikisource, checked against Internet Archive scans of the 1896–97 printing. · Source ↗

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