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Rig Veda 3.12: MOVED, Indra-Agni, by our hymn, come to the juice, the precious dew

by The Rishis of the Rig Veda c. 1500–1000 BCE (traditional; uncertain)

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896) · From The Hymns of the Rigveda (1896)

Religion

MOVED, Indra-Agni, by our hymn, come to the juice, the precious dew:
Drink ye thereof, impelled by song.

O Indra-Agni, with the man who lauds you comes the wakening rite:
So drink ye both this juice assured.

Through force of sacrifice I choose Indra-Agni who love the wise:
With Sorna let these sate them here.

Indra and Agni I invoke, joint-victors, bounteous, unsubdued,
Foe-slayers, best to win the spoil.

Indra and Agni, singers skilled in melody hymn you, bringing lauds:
I choose you for the sacred food.

Indra and Agni, ye cast down the ninety forts which DAsas held,
Together, with one mighty deed.

To Indra-Agni reverent thoughts go forward from the holy task
Along the path of sacred Law.

O Indra-Agni, powers are yours, and dwellings and delightful food
Good is your readiness to act.

Indra and Agni, in your deeds of might ye deck heaven's lucid realms:
Famed is that hero strength of yours.

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MLA

Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 3.12: MOVED, Indra-Agni, by our hymn, come to the juice, the precious dew.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/244/.

Chicago

Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 3.12: MOVED, Indra-Agni, by our hymn, come to the juice, the precious dew.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/244/.

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