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Rig Veda 8.65

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Though, Indra, thou art called by men from east and west, from north and south, Come hither quickly with fleet steeds

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If in the effluence of heaven, rich in its light, thou takest joy, Or in the sea in Soma juice.

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With songs I call thee, Great and Wide, even as a cow to profit us, Indra, to drink the Soma-draught.

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Hither, O Indra, let thy Bays bear up and, bring upon thy car Thy glory, God! and majesty.

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Thou, Indra, wouldst be sung and praised as great, strong, lordly in thy deeds Come hither, drink our Soma juice.

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We who have shed the Soma and prepared the feast are calling thee. To sit on this our sacred grass.

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As, Indra, thou art evermore the common Lord of all alike, As such we invocate thee now.

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The men with stones have milked for thee this nectar of the Soma juice: Indra, be pleased with it, and drink.

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Neglect all pious men with skill in sacred song: come hitherward, With speed, and give us high renown.

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Gods, may the mighty rest unharmed, the King who gives me spotted kine, Kine decked with golden ornaments.

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Beside a thousand spotted kine I have received a gift of gold, Pure, brilliant, and exceeding great.

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Durgaha's grandsons, giving me a thousand kine, munificent, Have won renown among the Gods.

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Sanskrit text: Oliver Hellwig, The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (DCS), 2010–2024. CC BY 4.0. · Source ↗

Sanskrit text from The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (DCS) by Oliver Hellwig, 2010–2024, https://github.com/OliverHellwig/sanskrit, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Changes: sentence parts joined per verse; only verses the DCS numbers are included (8483 of the Ṛgveda's 10,552).

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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