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Rig Veda 9.114: THE man who walketh as the Laws of Indu Pavamana bid

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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THE man who walketh as the Laws of Indu Pavamana bid,
Men call him rich in children, him, O Soma, who hath met thy thought. Flow, Indu, flow for Indra's sake.

Kasyapa, Rsi, lifting up thy voice with hymn-composers' lauds,
Pav reverence to King Soma born the Sovran Ruler of the plants. Flow, Indu, flow for Indra's sake.

Seven regions have their several Suns; the ministering priests are seven;
Seven are the Aditya Deities,-with these, O Soma, guard thou us. Flow, Indu, flow for Indra's sake.

Guard us with this oblation which, King Soma, hath been dressed for thee.

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MLA

Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 9.114: THE man who walketh as the Laws of Indu Pavamana bid.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/835/.

Chicago

Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 9.114: THE man who walketh as the Laws of Indu Pavamana bid.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/835/.

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