{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rigveda/rv08054.htm","path":"hin/rigveda/rv08054.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv08054.htm","text":"Rig Veda, tr. by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1896]\n1. THOUGH, Indra, thou art called by men from east and west, from north and south,\n Come hither quickly with fleet steeds\n 2 If in the effluence of heaven, rich in its light, thou takest joy,\n Or in the sea in Soma juice.\n 3 With songs I call thee, Great and Wide, even as a cow to profit us,\n Indra, to drink the Soma-draught.\n 4 Hither, O Indra, let thy Bays bear up and, bring upon thy car\n Thy glory, God! and majesty.\n 5 Thou, Indra, wouldst be sung and praised as great, strong, lordly in thy deeds\n Come hither, drink our Soma juice.\n 6 We who have shed the Soma and prepared the feast are calling thee.\n To sit on this our sacred grass.\n 7 As, Indra, thou art evermore the common Lord of all alike,\n As such we invocate thee now.\n 8 The men with stones have milked for thee this nectar of the Soma juice:\n Indra, be pleased with it, and drink.\n 9 Neglect all pious men with skill in sacred song: come hitherward,\n With speed, and give us high renown.\n 10 Gods, may the mighty rest unharmed, the King who gives me spotted kine,\n Kine decked with golden ornaments.\n 11 Beside a thousand spotted kine I have received a gift of gold,\n Pure, brilliant, and exceeding great.\n 12 Durgaha's grandsons, giving me a thousand kine, munificent,\n Have won renown among the Gods.","title":"Rig Veda: Rig-Veda, Book 8: HYMN LIV. Indra.","type":"page"}