Religion

Rig Veda 4.48: TASTE offerings never tasted yet…

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

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.

MLA

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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