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Rig Veda 8.91

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Down to the stream a maiden came, and found the Soma by the way. Bearing it to her home she said, For Indra will I press thee out, for Sakra will I press thee out.

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Thou roaming yonder, little man, beholding every house in turn, Drink thou this Soma pressed with teeth, accompanied with grain and curds, with cake of meal and song of praise.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Fain would we learn to know thee well, nor yet can we attain to thee. Still slowly and in gradual drops, O Indu, unto Indra flow.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Will he not help and work for us? Will he not make us wealthier? Shall we not, hostile to our lord, unite ourselves to Indra now?

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

O Indra, cause to sprout again three places, these which I declare,- My father's head, his cultured field, and this the part below my waist.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Make all of these grow crops of hair, you cultivated field of ours, My body, and my father's head.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Cleansing Apala, Indra! thrice, thou gavest sunlike skin to her, Drawn, Satakratu! through the hole of car, of wagon, and of yoke.

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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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