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Sama Veda II.2.2.10: Three are the voices that the car-steed utters
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1895) · From Hymns of the Samaveda (1895)
1. Three are the voices that the car-steed utters: he speaks the lore of prayer, the thought of Order.
To the cows' master come the cows inquiring: the hymns with eager longing come to Soma.
2. To Soma come the cows, the milch-kine longing, to Soma sages with their hymns inquiring.
Soma, effused, is purified and lauded: our hymns and Trishtup songs unite in Soma.
3. Thus, Soma, as we pour thee into vessels, while thou art purified, flow for our welfare!
Pass into Indra. with great joy and rapture: make the voice swell, and generate abundance!
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MLA
Veda, The Rishis of the Sama. “Sama Veda II.2.2.10: Three are the voices that the car-steed utters.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/samaveda-rishis/133/.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Sama. “Sama Veda II.2.2.10: Three are the voices that the car-steed utters.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/samaveda-rishis/133/.
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