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Post by Anne Terri on Nov 9, 2011 10:39:06 GMT 1
RIGVEDA - BOOK 9-HYMN I. Soma Pavamana.
1. In sweetest and most gladdening stream flow pure, O Soma, on thy way, Pressed out for Indra, for his drink. 2 Fiend-queller, Friend of all men, he hath with the wood attained unto His place, his iron-fashioned home. 3 Be thou best Vṛtra-slayer, best granter of bliss, most liberal: Promote our wealthy princes' gifts. 4 Flow onward with thy juice unto the banquet of the Mighty Gods: Flow hither for our strength and fame. 5 O Indu, we draw nigh to thee, with this one object day by day: To thee alone our prayers are said 6 By means of this eternal fleece may Sūrya's Daughter purify Thy Soma that is foaming forth. 7 Ten sister maids of slender form seize him within the press and hold Him firmly on the final day. 8 The virgins send him forth: they blow the the skin musician-like and fuse The triple foe-repelling meath. 9 Inviolable milch-kine round about him blend for Indra's drink, The fresh young Soma with their milk. 10 In the wild raptures of this draught, Indra slays all the Vṛtras: he, The Hero, pours his wealth on us.
Bibliography: Rigveda, translated by Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith, (1896)
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