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Rig Veda 6.55: SON of Deliverance, come, bright God!

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)

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SON of Deliverance, come, bright God!
Let us twain go together: be our charioteer of sacrifice.

We pray for wealth to thee most skilled of charioteers, with braided hair,
Lord of great riches, and our Friend.

Bright God whose steeds are goats, thou art a stream of wealth, a treasure-heap,
The Friend of every pious man.

Pusan, who driveth goats for steeds, the strong and Mighty, who is called
His Sister's lover, will we laud.

His Mother's suitor I address. May he who loves his Sister hear,
Brother of Indra, and my Friend.

May the sure-footed goats come nigh, conveying Pusan on his car,
The God who visiteth mankind.

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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 6.55: SON of Deliverance, come, bright God!” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/494/.

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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 6.55: SON of Deliverance, come, bright God!” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/494/.

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