Religion
Rig Veda 6.34: FULL Many songs have met in thee…
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896) · From The Hymns of the Rigveda (1896)
FULL Many songs have met in thee, O Indra, and many a noble thought from thee proceedeth.
Now and of old the eulogies of sages, their holy hymns and lauds, have yearned for Indra.
He, praised of many, bold, invoked of many, alone is glorified at sacrifices.
Like a car harnessed for some great achievement, Indra must be the cause of our rejoicing.
They make their way to Indra and exalt him, bim whom no prayers and no laudations trouble;
For when a hundred or a thousand singers. laud him who loves the song their praise delights him.
As brightness mingles with the Moon in heaven, the offered Soma yearns to mix with Indra.
Like water brought to men in desert places, our gifts at sacrifice have still refreshed him.
To him this mighty eulogy, to Indra hath this our laud been uttered by the poets,
That in the great encounter with the foemen, Loved of all life, Indra may guard and help us.
Cite this poem
MLA
Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 6.34: FULL Many songs have met in thee….” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/473/.
Chicago
Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 6.34: FULL Many songs have met in thee….” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/473/.
Read this poem with the Codex →
More by The Rishis of the Rig Veda
- Rig Veda 1.100: MAY he who hath his home with strength…
- Rig Veda 4.10: This day with praises, Agni, we bring thee that which thou lovest
- Rig Veda 6.73: SERVED with oblations, first-born, mountain-render, Angiras' son…
- Rig Veda 8.99: GREAT, verily, is Indra's might. I have beheld, and hither comes
- Rig Veda 10.87: I BALM with oil the mighty Raksas-slayer; to the most famous Friend I come for shelter