{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rigveda/rv09001.htm","path":"hin/rigveda/rv09001.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv09001.htm","text":"Rig Veda, tr. by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1896]\n1. In sweetest and most gladdening stream\n flow pure, O Soma, on thy way,\n Pressed out for Indra, for his drink.\n 2 Fiend-queller, Friend of all men, he hath with the wood attained unto\n His place, his iron-fashioned home.\n 3 Be thou best V\u1e5btra-slayer, best granter of bliss, most liberal:\n Promote our wealthy princes' gifts.\n 4 Flow onward with thy juice unto the banquet of the Mighty Gods:\n Flow hither for our strength and fame.\n 5 O Indu, we draw nigh to thee, with this one object day by day:\n To thee alone our prayers are said\n 6 By means of this eternal fleece may S\u016brya's Daughter purify\n Thy Soma that is foaming forth.\n 7 Ten sister maids of slender form seize him within the press and hold\n Him firmly on the final day.\n 8 The virgins send him forth: they blow the the skin musician-like and fuse\n The triple foe-repelling meath.\n 9 Inviolable milch-kine round about him blend for Indra's drink,\n The fresh young Soma with their milk.\n 10 In the wild raptures of this draught, Indra slays all the V\u1e5btras: he,\n The Hero, pours his wealth on us.","title":"Rig Veda: Rig-Veda, Book 9: HYMN I. Soma Pavamana.","type":"page"}