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Rig Veda 9.25: GREEN-HUED! as one who giveth strength flow on for Gods to drink…

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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GREEN-HUED! as one who giveth strength flow on for Gods to drink, a draught
For Vayu and the Marut host.

O Pavamana, sent by song, roaring about thy dwelling-place,
Pass into Vayu as Law bids.

The Steer shines with the Deities, dear Sage in his appointed home,
Foe-Slayer, most beloved by Gods.

Taking each beauteous form, he goes, desirable, while purified,
Thither where the Immortals sit.

To Indra Soma flows, the Red, engendering song, exceeding wise,
The visitor of living men.

Flow, best exhilarator, Sage, flow to the filter in a stream
To seat thee in the place of song.

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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 9.25: GREEN-HUED! as one who giveth strength flow on for Gods to drink….” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/746/.

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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 9.25: GREEN-HUED! as one who giveth strength flow on for Gods to drink….” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/746/.

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