{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rigveda/rv09045.htm","path":"hin/rigveda/rv09045.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv09045.htm","text":"Rig Veda, tr. by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1896]\n1. FLOW, thou who viewest men, to give delight, to entertain the Gods,\n Indu, to Indra for his drink.\n 2 Stream to thine embassy for us: thou hastenest, for Indra, to\n The Gods, O better than our friends.\n 3 We balm thee, red of hue, with milk to fit thee for the rapturous joy:\n Unbar for us the doors of wealth.\n 4 He through the sieve hath passed, as comes a courser to the pole, to run\n Indu belongs unto the Gods.\n 5 All friends have lauded him as he sports in the wood, beyond the fleece:\n Singers have chanted Indu's praise.\n 6 Flow, Indu, with that stream wherein steeped thou announcest to the man\n Who worships thee heroic strength.","title":"Rig Veda: Rig-Veda, Book 9: HYMN XLV. Soma Pavamana.","type":"page"}