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Sama Veda II.1.1.18: For first possession of your juice, for the
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1895) · From Hymns of the Samaveda (1895)
1. For first possession of your juice, for the exhilarating drink,
Drive ye away the dog, my friends, drive ye the long-tongued dog away!
2. He who with purifying stream, effused, comes flowing hitherward,
Indu, is like an able steed.
3. With prayer all-reaching let the men tend unassailable Soma: be-
The stones prepared for sacrifice!
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Veda, The Rishis of the Sama. “Sama Veda II.1.1.18: For first possession of your juice, for the.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/samaveda-rishis/76/.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Sama. “Sama Veda II.1.1.18: For first possession of your juice, for the.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/samaveda-rishis/76/.
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