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Rig Veda 8.82

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Haste forward to us from afar, or, Vritra-slayer, from anear, To meet the offering to the meath.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Strong are the Soma-draughts; come nigh: the juices fill thee with delight: Drink boldly even as thou art wont'.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Joy, Indra, in the strengthening food et it content thy wish and thought, And be delightful to thine heart.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Come to us thou who hast no foe: we call thee down to hymns of praise, In heaven's sublimest realm of light.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

This Soma here expressed with stones and dressed with milk for thy carouse, Indra, is offered up to thee.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Graciously, Indra, hear my call. Come and obtain the draught, and sate Thyself with juices blent with milk.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

The Soma, Indra, which is shed in chalices and vats for thee, Drink thou, for thou art Lord thereof.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

The Soma seen within the mats, as in the flood the Moon is seen, Drink thou, for thou art Lord thereof.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

That which the Hawk brought in his claw, inviolate, through the air to thee, Drink thou, for thou art Lord thereof.

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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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