Religion
Sama Veda II.4.1.21: Pour forth this wealth with this purification: flow
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1895) · From Hymns of the Samaveda (1895)
1. Pour forth this wealth with this purification: flow onward to the yellow lake, O Indu!
Here, too, the bright one, wind-swift, full of wisdom, shall give a son to him who cometh quickly.
2. Flow on for us with this purification to the famed ford of thee whose due is glory!
May the foe-queller shake us down, for triumph, like a tree's ripe fruit, sixty thousand treasures!
3. Eagerly do we pray for those two exploits, at the blue lake and Prisana, wrought in battle.
He sent our enemies to sleep and slew them, and turned away the foolish and unfriendly.
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MLA
Veda, The Rishis of the Sama. “Sama Veda II.4.1.21: Pour forth this wealth with this purification: flow.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/samaveda-rishis/208/.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Sama. “Sama Veda II.4.1.21: Pour forth this wealth with this purification: flow.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/samaveda-rishis/208/.
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