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Rig Veda 9.67

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Thou, Soma, hast a running stream, joyous, most strong at sacrifice: Flow bounteously bestowing wealth.

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Effused as cheerer of the men, flowing best gladdener, thou art A Prince to Indra with thy juice.

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Poured forth by pressing-stones, do thou with loud roar send us in a stream Most excellent illustrious might.

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Indu, urged forward, floweth through the fleecy cloth: the Tawny One With his loud roar hath brought as strength.

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Indu, thou flowest through the fleece, bringing felicities and fame, And, Soma, spoil and wealth in kine.

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Hither, O Indu, bring us wealth in steeds and cattle hundredfold: Bring wealth, O Soma, thousand fold.

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In purifying, through the sieve the rapid drops of'Soma juice Come nigh to Indra in their course.

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For Indra floweth excellent Indu, the noblest Soma juice The Living for the Living One.

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The glittering maids send Sura forth they with their song have sung aloud To Pavamana dropping meath.

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May Pushan, drawn by goats, be our protector, and on all his paths Bestow on us our share of maids.

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This Soma flows like gladdening oil for him who wears the braided locks: He shall give us our share of maids.

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This Soma juice, O glowing God, flows like pure oil, effused for thee: He shall give us our share of maids.

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Flow onward, Soma, in thy stream, begetter of the sages' speech: Wealth-giver among Gods art thou.

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The Falcon dips within the jars: he wrap him in his robe and goes Loud roaring to the vats of wood.

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Soma, thy juice hath been effused and poured into the pitcher: like A rapid hawk it rushes on.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

For Indra flow most rich in sweets, O Soma, bringing him delight.

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They were sent forth to feast the Gods, like chariots that display their strength.

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Brilliant, best givers of delight, these juices have sent Vayu forth.

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Bruised by the press-stones and extolled, Soma, thou goest to the sieve, Giving the worshipper hero strength.

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This juice bruised by the pressing-stones and lauded passes through the sieve, Slayer of demons, through the fleece.

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O Pavamana, drive away the danger, whether near at hand Or far remote, that finds me here.

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This day may Pavamana cleanse us with his purifying power, Most active purifying Priest.

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O Agni, with the cleansing light diffused through all thy fiery glow, Purify thou this prayer of ours.

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Cleanse us with thine own cleansing power, O Agni, that is bright with flame, And by libations poured to thee.

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Savitar, God, by both of these, libation, purifying power, Purify me on every side.

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Cleanse us, God Savitar, with Three, O Soma, with sublimest forms, Agni, with forms of power and might.

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May the Gods' company make me clean, and Vasus make rue pure by song. Purify me, ye General Gods; O Jatavedas, make me pure.

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Fill thyself full of juice, flow forth, O Soma, thou with all thy stalks, The best oblation to the Gods.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

We with our homage have approached the Friend who seeks our wondering praise, Young, strengthener of the solemn rite.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Lost is Alayya's axe. O Soma, God do thou send it back hither in thy flow Even, Soma, God, if 'twere a mole.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

The man who reads the essence stored by saints, the Pavamani hymns, Tastes food completely purified, made sweet by Matarisvan's touch.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Whoever reads the essence stored by saints, the Pavamani hymns, Sarasvati draws forth for him water and butter, milk and meath.

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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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