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Rig Veda 4.46: DRINK the best draught of Soma-juice, O Vayu, at our holy rites

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

DRINK the best draught of Soma-juice, O Vayu, at our holy rites:
For thou art he who drinketh first.

Come, team-drawn, with thy hundred helps, with Indra, seated in the car,
Vaya, and drink your fill of juice.

May steeds a thousand bring you both, Indra. and Vayu, hitherward
To drink the Soma, to the feagt.

For ye, O Indra-Vayu, mount the golden seated car that aids
The sacrifice, that reaches heaven.

On far-refulgent chariot come unto the man who offers gifts:
Come, Indra-Vayu, hitherward.

Here, Indra-Vayu, is the juice: drink it, accordant with the Gods,
Within the giver's dwelling-place.

Hither, O Indra-Vayu, be your journey here unyoke your steeds,
Here for your draught of Soma juice.

MLA

Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 4.46: DRINK the best draught of Soma-juice, O Vayu, at our holy rites.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/340/.

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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 4.46: DRINK the best draught of Soma-juice, O Vayu, at our holy rites.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/340/.

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