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Rig Veda 9.20: FORTH through the straining-cloth the Sage flows to the banquet of the…
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896) · From The Hymns of the Rigveda (1896)
FORTH through the straining-cloth the Sage flows to the banquet of the Gods,
Subduing all our enemies.
For he, as Pavamana, sends thousand fold treasure in the shape
Of cattle to the singing-men.
Thou graspest all things with thy mind, and purifiest thee with thoughts
As such, O Soma, find us fame.
Pour lofty glory on us, send sure riches to our liberal lords,
Bring food to those who sing thy praise.
As thou art cleansed, O Wondrous Steed, O Soma, thou hast entered, like
A pious King, into the songs.
He, Soma, like a courser in the floods invincible, made clean
With hands, is resting in the jars.
Disporting, like a liberal chief, thou goest, Soma, to the sieve,
Lending the laud a Hero's strength.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 9.20: FORTH through the straining-cloth the Sage flows to the banquet of the….” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/741/.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 9.20: FORTH through the straining-cloth the Sage flows to the banquet of the….” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/741/.
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