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Sama Veda II.8.2.15: Who knows what vital power he wins, drinking
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1895) · From Hymns of the Samaveda (1895)
1. Who knows what vital power he wins, drinking beside the flowing juice?
This is the fair-cheeked God who, joying in the draught, breaks down the castles in his strength.
2. As a wild elephant rushes on, this way and that way mad with
heat,
None may restrain thee, yet come hither to the draught! Thou, movest mighty in thy power.
3. When he, the terrible, ne'er o'erthrown, stedfast, made ready for the fight--
When Indra Maghavan lists to his praiser's call, he will not stand aloof, but come.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Sama. “Sama Veda II.8.2.15: Who knows what vital power he wins, drinking.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/samaveda-rishis/396/.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Sama. “Sama Veda II.8.2.15: Who knows what vital power he wins, drinking.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/samaveda-rishis/396/.
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