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Rig Veda 9.55: POUR on us with thy juice all kinds of corn, each sort of nourishment

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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POUR on us with thy juice all kinds of corn, each sort of nourishment,
And, Soma, all felicities.

As thine, O Indu, is the praise, and thine what springeth from the juice,
Seat thee on the dear sacred grass.

And, finding for us kine and steeds, O Soma, with thy juice flow on
Through days that fly most rapidly.

As one who conquers, ne'er subdued, attacks and stays the enemy,
Thus, Vanquisher of thousands! flow.

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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 9.55: POUR on us with thy juice all kinds of corn, each sort of nourishment.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/776/.

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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 9.55: POUR on us with thy juice all kinds of corn, each sort of nourishment.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/776/.

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