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Rig Veda 9.18: THOU, Soma, dweller on the hills, effused, hast flowed into the sieve

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

THOU, Soma, dweller on the hills, effused, hast flowed into the sieve,:
All-bounteous art thou in carouse.

Thou art a sacred Bard, a Sage; the meath is offspring of thy sap:
All-bounteous art thou in carouse.

All Deities of one accord have come that they may drink of thee:
All-bounteous art thou in carouse.

He who containeth in his hands all treasures much to be desired:
All-bounteous art thou in carouse.

Who milketh out this mighty Pair, the Earth and Heaven, like mother kine
All-bounteous art thou in carouse.

Who in a moment mightily floweth around these two world-halves:
All-bounteous art thou in carouse.

The Strong One, being purified, hath in the pitchers cried aloud:
All-bounteous art thou in carouse.

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MLA

Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 9.18: THOU, Soma, dweller on the hills, effused, hast flowed into the sieve.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/739/.

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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 9.18: THOU, Soma, dweller on the hills, effused, hast flowed into the sieve.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/739/.

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