Religion
Sama Veda II.5.1.5: Loud as a river's roaring wave thy powers
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1895) · From Hymns of the Samaveda (1895)
1. Loud as a river's roaring wave thy powers have lifted up themselves:
Urge on thine arrow's sharpened point!
2. At thine effusion upward rise three voices fresh and strong, when thou.
Flowest upon the fleecy ridge.
3. On to the fleece they urge with stones the dear, the goldencoloured one,
Even Pavamana dropping meath.
4. Flow with thy current to the sieve, O Sage, best giver of delight,
To seat these in the shrine of song!
5. Best giver of delight, flow on anointed with the milk for balm,
And enter into Indra's throat!
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MLA
Veda, The Rishis of the Sama. “Sama Veda II.5.1.5: Loud as a river's roaring wave thy powers.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/samaveda-rishis/230/.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Sama. “Sama Veda II.5.1.5: Loud as a river's roaring wave thy powers.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/samaveda-rishis/230/.
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