{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rigveda/rv09048.htm","path":"hin/rigveda/rv09048.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv09048.htm","text":"Rig Veda, tr. by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1896]\n1. WITH sacrifice we seek to thee kind Cherisher of manly might\n In mansions of the lofty heavens;\n 2 Gladdening crusher of the bold, ruling with very mighty sway,\n Destroyer of a hundred forts.\n 3 Hence, Sapient One! the Falcon, strong of wing, unwearied, brought thee down,\n Lord over riches, from the sky.\n 4 That each may see the light, the Bird brought us the guard of Law, the Friend\n Of all, the speeder through the air.\n 5 And now, sent forth, it hath attained to mighty power and majesty,\n Most active, ready to assist.","title":"Rig Veda: Rig-Veda, Book 9: HYMN XLVIII. Soma Pavamana.","type":"page"}