{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rigveda/rv09008.htm","path":"hin/rigveda/rv09008.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv09008.htm","text":"Rig Veda, tr. by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1896]\n1. OBEYING Indra's dear desire these Soma juices have flowed forth,\n Increasing his heroic might.\n 2 Laid in the bowl, pure-flowing on to V\u0101yu and the A\u015bvins, may\n These give us great heroic strength.\n 3 Soma, as thou art purified, incite to bounty Indra's heart,\n To sit in place of sacrifice.\n 4 The ten swift fingers deck thee forth, seven ministers impel thee on:\n The sages have rejoiced in thee.\n 5 When through the filter thou art poured, we clothe thee with a robe of milk\n To be a gladdening draught for Gods.\n 6 When purified within the jars, Soma, brightred and golden-hued,\n Hath clothed him with a robe of milk.\n 7 Flow on to us and make us rich. Drive all our enemies away.\n O Indu, flow into thy Friend.\n Send down the rain from heaven, a stream of opulence from earth. Give us,\n O Soma, victory in war.\n 9 May we obtain thee, Indra's drink, who viewest men and findest light,\n Gain thee, and progeny and food.","title":"Rig Veda: Rig-Veda, Book 9: HYMN VIII. Soma Pavamana.","type":"page"}