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Rig Veda 4.48: TASTE offerings never tasted yet…
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896) · From The Hymns of the Rigveda (1896)
TASTE offerings never tasted yet, as bards enjoy the foeman's wealth.
O Vayu, on refulgent car come to the drinking of the juice.
Removing curses, drawn by teams, with Indra, seated by thy side,
O Vayu, on refulgent car come to the drinking of the juice.
The two dark treasuries of wealth that wear all beauties wait on thee.
O Vayu, on refulgent car come to the drinking of the juice.
May nine-and-ninety harnessed steeds who yoke them at thy will bring thee.
O Vayu, on refulgent car come to the drinking of the juice.
Harness, O Vayu, to thy car a hundred well-fed tawny steeds,
Yea, or a thousand steeds, and let thy chariot come to us with might.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 4.48: TASTE offerings never tasted yet….” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/342/.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 4.48: TASTE offerings never tasted yet….” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/342/.
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