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Rig Veda 9.2

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Soma, flow on, inviting Gods, speed to the purifying cloth: Pass into Indra, as a Bull.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

As mighty food speed hitherward, Indu, as a most splendid Steer: Sit in thy place as one with strength.

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The well-loved meath was made to flow, the stream of the creative juice ne Sage drew waters to himself.

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The mighty waters, yea, the floods accompany thee Mighty One, When thou wilt clothe thee with the milk.

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The lake is brightened in the floods. Soma, our Friend, heaven's prop and stay, Falls on the purifying cloth.

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The tawny Bull hath bellowed, fair as mighty Mitra to behold: He shines together with the Sun.

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Songs, Indu, active in their might are beautified for thee, wherewith Thou deckest thee for our delight.

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To thee who givest ample room we pray, to win the joyous draught: Great are the praise due to thee.

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Indu as, Indra's Friend, on us pour with a stream of sweetness, like Parjanya sender of the rain.

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Winner of kine, Indu, art thou, winner of heroes, steeds, and strength Primeval Soul of sacrifice.

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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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