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Rig Veda 9.58: SWIFT runs this giver of delight, even the stream of flowing juice

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

SWIFT runs this giver of delight, even the stream of flowing juice:
Swift runs this giver of delight.

The Morning knows all precious things, the Goddess knows her grace to man:
Swift runs this giver of delight.

We have accepted thousands from Dhvasra's and Purusanti's hands:
Swift runs this giver of delight.

From whom we have accepted thus thousands and three times ten beside:
Swift runs this giver of delight.

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MLA

Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 9.58: SWIFT runs this giver of delight, even the stream of flowing juice.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/779/.

Chicago

Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 9.58: SWIFT runs this giver of delight, even the stream of flowing juice.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/779/.

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