{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rigveda/rv01016.htm","path":"hin/rigveda/rv01016.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv01016.htm","text":"Rig Veda, tr. by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1896]\n1 LET thy Bay Steeds bring thee, the Strong, hither to drink the Soma draught\u2014\n Those, Indra, who are bright as suns.\n 2 Here are the grains bedewed with oil: hither let the Bay Coursers bring\n Indra upon his easiest car.\n 3 Indra at early morn we call, Indra in course of sacrifice,\n Indra to drink the Soma juice.\n 4 Come hither, with thy long-maned Steeds, O Indra, to he draught we pour\n We call thee when the juice is shed.\n 5 Come thou to this our song of praise, to the libation poured for thee\n Drink of it like a stag athirst.\n 6 Here are the drops of Soma juice expressed on sacred grass: thereof\n Drink, Indra, to increase thy might.\n 7 Welcome to thee be this our hymn, reaching thy heart, most excellent:\n Then drink the Soma juice expressed.\n 8 To every draught of pressed-out juice Indra, the V\u1e5btra-slayer, comes,\n To drink the Soma for delight.\n 9 Fulfil, O \u015aatakratu, all our wish with horses and with kine:\n With holy thoughts we sing thy praise.","title":"Rig Veda: Rig-Veda Book 1: HYMN XVI. Indra.","type":"page"}