{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rigveda/rv06040.htm","path":"hin/rigveda/rv06040.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv06040.htm","text":"Rig Veda, tr. by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1896]\n1. DRINK, Indra; juice is shed to make thee joyful: loose thy Bay Steeds and give thy friends their freedom.\n Begin the song, seated in our assembly. Give strength for sacrifice to him who singeth.\n 2 Drink thou of this whereof at birth, O Indra, thou drankest, Mighty One for power and rapture.\n The men, the pressing-stones, the cows, the waters have made this Soma ready for thy drinking.\n 3 The fire is kindled, Soma pressed, O Indra: let thy Bays, best to draw, convey thee hither.\n With mind devoted, Indra, I invoke thee. Come, for our great prosperity approach us.\n 4 Indra, come hither: evermore thou camest through our great strong desire to drink the Soma.\n Listen and hear the prayers which now we offer, and let this sacrifice increase thy vigour.\n 5 Mayst thou, O Indra, on the day of trial, present or absent, wheresoe\u2019er thou dwellest,\n Thence, with thy team, accordant with the Maruts, Song-lover! guard our sacrifice, to help us.","title":"Rig Veda: Rig-Veda, Book 6: HYMN XL. Indra","type":"page"}