{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rigveda/rv07022.htm","path":"hin/rigveda/rv07022.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv07022.htm","text":"Rig Veda, tr. by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1896]\n1. DRINK Soma, Lord of Bays, and let it cheer thee: Indra, the stone, like a well guided courser,\n Directed by the presser's arms hath pressed it.\n 2 So let the draught of joy, thy dear companion, by which, O Lord of Bays, thou slayest foemen,\n Delight thee, Indra, Lord of princely treasures.\n 3 Mark closely, Maghavan, the words I utter, this eulogy recited by Vasi\u1e63\u1e6dha:\n Accept the prayers I offer at thy banquet.\n 4 Hear thou the call of the juice-drinking press-stone: hear thou the Brahman's hymn who sings and lauds thee.\n Take to thine inmost self these adorations.\n 5 I know and ne\u2019er forget the hymns and praises of thee, the Conqueror, and thy strength immortal.\n Thy name I ever utter. Self-Refulgent\n 6 Among mankind many are thy libations, and many a time the pious sageinvokes thee.\n O Maghavan, be not long distant from us.\n 7 All these libations are for thee, O Hero: to thee I offer these my prayers. that strengthen.\n Ever, in every place, must men invoke thee.\n 8 Never do men attain, O Wonder-Worker, thy greatness, Mighty One, who must be lauded,\n Nor, Indra, thine heroic power and bounty.\n 9 Among all \u1e5a\u1e63is, Indra, old and recent, who have engendered hymns as sacred singers,\n Even with us be thine auspicious friendships. Ye Gods, preserve us evermore with blessings.","title":"Rig Veda: Rig-Veda, Book 7: HYMN XXII Indra.","type":"page"}