{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rigveda/rv01015.htm","path":"hin/rigveda/rv01015.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv01015.htm","text":"Rig Veda, tr. by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1896]\n1 O INDRA drink the Soma juice with \u1e5atu; let the cheering drops\n Sink deep within, which settle there.\n 2 Drink from the Purifier's cup, Maruts, with \u1e5atu; sanctify\n The rite, for ye give precious gifts.\n 3 O Ne\u1e63\u1e6dar, with thy Dame accept our sacrifice; with \u1e5atu drink,\n For thou art he who giveth wealth.\n 4 Bring the Gods, Agni; in the three appointed places set them down:\n Surround them, and with \u1e5atu drink.\n 5 Drink Soma after the \u1e5atus, from the Br\u0101hma\u1e47a's bounty: undissolved,\n O Indra, is thy friendship's bond.\n 6 Mitra, Varu\u1e47a, ye whose ways are firm\u2014a Power that none deceives\u2014,\n With \u1e5atu ye have reached the rite.\n 7 The Soma-pressers, fain for wealth, praise the Wealth-giver in the rite,\n In sacrifices praise the God.\n 8 May the Wealth-giver grant to us riches that shall be far renowned.\n These things we gain, among the Gods.\n 9 He with the \u1e5atu fain would drink, Wealth-giver, from the Ne\u1e63\u1e6dar's bowl.\n Haste, give your offering, and depart.\n 10 As we this fourth time, Wealth-giver, honour thee with the \u1e5atus, be\n A Giver bountiful to us.\n 11 Drink ye the meath, O A\u015bvins bright with flames, whose acts are pure, who with\n \u1e5atus accept the sacrifice.\n 12 With \u1e5atu, through the house-fire, thou, kind Giver, guidest sacrifice:\n Worship the Gods for the pious man.","title":"Rig Veda: Rig-Veda Book 1: HYMN XV. \u1e5atu.","type":"page"}