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Rig Veda 9.24: HITHERWARD have the Soma streamed, the drops while they are purified
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896) · From The Hymns of the Rigveda (1896)
HITHERWARD have the Soma streamed, the drops while they are purified:
When blent, in waters they are rinsed.
The milk hath run to meet them like floods rushing down a precipice:
They come to Indra, being cleansed.
O Soma Pavamana, thou art flowing to be Indra's drink:
The men have seized and lead thee forth.
Victorious, to be hailed with joy, O Soma, flow, delighting men,
To him who ruleth o'er mankind.
Thou, Indu, when, effused by stones, thou runnest to the filter, art,
Ready for Indra's high decree.
Flow on, best Vrtra-slayer; flow meet to be hailed with joyful lauds.
Pure, purifying, wonderful.
Pure, purifying is he called the Soma of the meath effused,
Slayer of sinners, dear to Gods.
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MLA
Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 9.24: HITHERWARD have the Soma streamed, the drops while they are purified.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/745/.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 9.24: HITHERWARD have the Soma streamed, the drops while they are purified.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/745/.
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