{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rigveda/rv01002.htm","path":"hin/rigveda/rv01002.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv01002.htm","text":"Rig Veda, tr. by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1896]\n1 BEAUTIFUL V\u0101yu, come, for thee these Soma drops have been prepared:\n Drink of them, hearken to our call.\n 2 Knowing the days, with Soma juice poured forth, the singers glorify\n Thee, V\u0101yu, with their hymns of praise.\n 3 V\u0101yu, thy penetrating stream goes forth unto the worshipper,\n Far-spreading for the Soma draught.\n 4 These, Indra-V\u0101yu, have been shed; come for our offered dainties\u2019 sake:\n The drops are yearning for you both.\n 5 Well do ye mark libations, ye V\u0101yu and Indra, rich in spoil!\n So come ye swiftly hitherward.\n 6 V\u0101yu and Indra, come to what the Soma-presser hath prepared:\n Soon, Heroes, thus I make my prayer.\n 7 Mitra, of holy strength, I call, and foe-destroying Varu\u1e47a,\n Who make the oil-fed rite complete.\n 8 Mitra and Varu\u1e47a, through Law, lovers and cherishers of Law,\n Have ye obtained your might power\n 9 Our Sages, Mitra-Varu\u1e47a, wide dominion, strong by birth,\n Vouchsafe us strength that worketh well.","title":"Rig Veda: Rig-Veda Book 1: HYMN II. V\u0101yu.","type":"page"}