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Sama Veda II.1.2.20: O Soma, for the feast of Gods, river-like
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1895) · From Hymns of the Samaveda (1895)
1. O Soma, for the feast of Gods, river-like he hath swelled with surge,
Sweet with the liquor of the stalk, as one who wakes, into the vat that drops with meath.
2. Like a dear son how must be decked, the bright and shining one hath clad him in his robe.
Men skilful at their work drive him forth, like a car, into the rivers from their hands.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Sama. “Sama Veda II.1.2.20: O Soma, for the feast of Gods, river-like.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/samaveda-rishis/101/.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Sama. “Sama Veda II.1.2.20: O Soma, for the feast of Gods, river-like.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/samaveda-rishis/101/.
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