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Sama Veda II.7.3.16: Ye cows, protect the fount: the two mighty
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1895) · From Hymns of the Samaveda (1895)
1. Ye cows, protect the fount: the two mighty ones bless the sacrifice.
The handles twain are wrought of gold.
2. The pressing-stones are set at work: the meath is poured into the tank
At the out-shedding of the fount.
3. With reverence they drain the fount that circles with its wheel above.
Exhaustless, with the mouth below.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Sama. “Sama Veda II.7.3.16: Ye cows, protect the fount: the two mighty.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/samaveda-rishis/362/.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Sama. “Sama Veda II.7.3.16: Ye cows, protect the fount: the two mighty.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/samaveda-rishis/362/.
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