Religion
Rig Veda 3.41: INVOKED to drink the Soma juice…
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896) · From The Hymns of the Rigveda (1896)
INVOKED to drink the Soma juice, come with thy Bay Steeds, Thunder-armed
Come, Indra, hitherward to me.
Our priest is seated, true to time; the grass is regularly strewn;
The pressing-stones were set at morn.
These prayers, O thou who hearest prayer are offered: seat thee on the grass.
Hero, enjoy the offered cake.
O Vrtra-slayer, be thou pleased with these libations, with these hymns,
Song-loving Indra, with our lauds.
Our hymns caress the Lord of Strength, vast, drinker of the Soma's juice,
Indra, as mother-cows their calf.
Delight thee with the juice we pour for thine own great munificence:
Yield not thy singer to reproach.
We, Indra, dearly loving thee, bearing oblation, sing thee hymns
Thou, Vasu, dearly lovest us.
O thou to whom thy Bays are dear, loose not thy Horses far from us:
Here glad thee, Indra, Lord divine.
May long-maned Coursers, dropping oil, bring thee on swift car hitherward,
Indra, to seat thee on the grass.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 3.41: INVOKED to drink the Soma juice….” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/273/.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 3.41: INVOKED to drink the Soma juice….” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/273/.
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