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Yajur Sama Atharvan Vedas

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THE SAMA VEDA<br />

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IX Indra<br />

I. Arising in thy might, thy jaws thou shookest Indra, having drunk<br />

The Soma which the press had shed.<br />

2. Indra, both world gave place to thee as thou wast fighting, when thou wast<br />

The slayer of the Dasyu hosts.<br />

3. From Indra, have I measured out a song eight-footed with nine parts,<br />

Delicate, strengthening the Law.<br />

X Indra-Agni<br />

1. Indra and Agni, these our songs of praise have sounded forth to you:<br />

Ye who bring blessings! drink the juice<br />

2. Come, Indra, Agni, with those teams, desired of many, which ye have,<br />

O heroes, for the worshipper<br />

3. With those to his libation poured, ye heroes, Indra, Agni, come:<br />

Come ye to drink the Soma-juice!<br />

XI Soma Pavamana<br />

1. Soma, flow on exceeding bright with loud roar to the reservoirs,<br />

Resting in wooden vats thy home!<br />

2. Let water winning Somas flow to Indra, Vayu, Varuna,<br />

To Vishnu and Marut host!<br />

3. Soma, bestowing food upon our progeny, from every side<br />

Pour on us riches thousandfold.<br />

XII Soma Pavamana<br />

1. Pressed out by pressers Soma goes over the fleecy backs of sheep,<br />

Goes even as with a mare in tawny-coloured stream, goes in a sweetly-sounding stream.<br />

2. Down to the water Soma, rich in kine, bath flowed with cows, with cows that have been milked.<br />

They have approached the mixing-vessels as a sea: the cheerer streams for the carouse.<br />

XIII Soma Pavamana<br />

1. O Purifying Soma, bring to us the wondrous treasure, meet.<br />

For lauds, that is in earth and heaven!<br />

2. Cleansing the lives of men, thou, Steer, bellowing on the sacred grass,<br />

Gold-hued, hast settled in thy home.<br />

3. For ye twain, Indra, Soma, are Lords of heaven's light, Lords of the kine:<br />

Prosper, as mighty ones, our prayers<br />

XIV Indra<br />

1. By men hath Indra been advanced, the Vritra-sIayer, to joy and strength.<br />

Him only we invoke for help in battles whether great or small be he our aid in deeds or might!<br />

2. For, hero, thou art like a host, art giver of abundant spoil.<br />

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