Religion
Rig Veda 9.98: STREAM on us riches that are sought by many, best at winning strength
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896) · From The Hymns of the Rigveda (1896)
STREAM on us riches that are sought by many, best at winning strength
Riches, O Indu, thousand fold, glorious, conquering the great.
Effused, he hath, as on a car, invested him in fleecy mail:
Onward hath Indu flowed in streams, impelled, surrounded by the wood.
Effused, this Indu hath flowed on, distilling rapture, to the fleece:
He goes erect, as seeking kine in stream, with light, to sacrifice.
For thou thyself, O Indu, God, to every mortal worshipper
Attractest riches thousand fold, made manifest in hundred forms.
Good Vrtra-slayer, may we be still nearest to this wealth of thine
Which many crave, nearest to food and happiness, Resistless One!
Whom, bright with native splendour, crushed between the pair of pressing stones
The wavy Friend whom Indra loves-the twice-five sisters dip and bathe,
Him with the fleece they purify, brown, golden-hued, beloved of all,
Who with exhilarating juice goes forth to all the Deities.
Through longing for this sap of yours ye drink what brings ability,
Even him who, dear as heaven's own light, gives to our princes high renown.
Indu at holy rites produced you, Heaven and Earth, the Friends of men,
Hill-haunting God the Goddesses. They bruised him where the roar was loud.
For Vrtra-slaying Indra, thou, Soma, art poured that he may drink,
Poured for the guerdon-giving man, poured for the God who sitteth there.
These ancient Somas, at the break of day, have flowed into the sieve,
Snorting away at early morn these foolish evil-hearted ones.
Friends, may the princes, ye and we, obtain this Most Resplendent One.
Gain him who hath the smell of strength, win him whose home is very strength.
Cite this poem
MLA
Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 9.98: STREAM on us riches that are sought by many, best at winning strength.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/819/.
Chicago
Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 9.98: STREAM on us riches that are sought by many, best at winning strength.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/819/.
Read this poem with the Codex →
More by The Rishis of the Rig Veda
- Rig Veda 1.55: THOUGH e'en this heaven's wide space and earth have spread them out…
- Rig Veda 3.27: IN ladle dropping oil your food goes in oblation up to heaven
- Rig Veda 6.25: WITH thine assistance, O thou Mighty Indra, be it the least, the…
- Rig Veda 8.51: OFFER ye up as praise to him that wherein Indra takes delight.
- Rig Veda 10.41: THAT general Car of yours, invoked by many a man, that comes to our libations, three-wheeled, meet…