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Rig Veda 9.63

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Pour hitherward, O Soma, wealth in thousands and heroic strength, And keep renown secure for us.

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Thou makest food and vigour swell for Indra, best of gladdeners! Within the cups thou seatest thee.

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For Indra and for Vishnu poured, Soma hath flowed into the jar: May Vayu find it rich in sweets.

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These Somas swift and brown of hue, in stream of solemn sacrifice Have flowed through twisted obstacles,

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Performing every noble work, active, augmenting Indra's strength, Driving away the godless ones.

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Brown Soma-drops, effused that seek Indra, to their appropriate place Flow through the region hitherward.

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Flow onward with that stream of thine wherewith thou gavest Surya light, Urging on waters good to men.

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He, Pavamana, high o'er man yoked the Sun's courser Etasa To travel through the realm of air.

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And those ten Coursers, tawny-hued, he harnessed that the Sun might come Indu, he said, is Indra's self.

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Hence, singers, pour the gladdening juice to Vayu and to Indra, pour The drops upon the fleecy cloth.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

O Soma Pavamana, find wealth for us not to be assailed, Wealth which the foeman may not win.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Send riches hither with thy stream in thousands, both of steeds and kine, Send spoil of war and high renown.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Soma the God, expressed with stones, like Surya, floweth on his way, Pouring the juice within the jar.

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These brilliant drops have poured for us, in stream of solemn sacrifice, Worshipful laws and strength in kine.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Over the cleansing sieve have flowed the Somas, blent with curdled milk, Effused for Indra Thunder-armed.

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Soma, do thou most rich in sweets, a gladdening drink most dear to Gods, Flow to the sieve to bring us wealth.

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For Indra, living men adorn the Tawny Courser in the streams, Indu, the giver of delight.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Pour for us, Soma, wealth in gold, in horses and heroic sons, Bring hither strength in herds of kine.

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For Indra pour ye on the fleece him very sweet to taste, who longs. For battle as it were in war.

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The singers, seeking help, adorn the Sage who must be decked with songs: Loud bellowing the Steer comes on,

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

The singers with their thoughts and hymns have, in the stream of sacrifice, Caused Soma, active Steer, to roar.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

God, working with mankind, flow on; to Indra go thy gladdening juice: To Vayu mount as Law commands

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

O Soma, Pavamana, thou pourest out wealth that brings renown: Enter the lake, as one we love.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Soma thou flowest chasing foes and bringing wisdom and delight: Drive off the folk who love not Gods.

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The Pavamanas have been poured, the brilliant drops of Soma juice, For holy lore of every kind.

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The Pavamanas have been shed, the beautiful swift Soma-drops, Driving all enemies afar.

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From, heaven, from out the firmament, hath Pavamana been effused Upon the summit of the earth.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

O Soma, Indu, very wise, drive, being purified, with thy stream All foes, all Rakshasas away.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Driving the Rakshasas afar, O Soma, bellowing, pour for us Most excellent and splendid strength.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Soma, do thou secure for us the treasures of the earth and heaven, Indu, all boons to be desired.

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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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