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THE SAMA VEDA<br />
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DECADE II Indra<br />
1. Invite ye Indra with a song to drink your draught of Soma steeds, juice,<br />
All-conquering Satakratu, most munificent of all who live<br />
2. Sing ye a song, to make him glad, to Indra, Lord of tawny<br />
The Soma-drinker, O my friends!<br />
3. This, even this, O Indra, we implore: as thy devoted friends<br />
The Kanvas praise thee with their hymns!<br />
4. For Indra, lover of carouse, loud be our songs about the juice<br />
Let poets sing the song of praise.<br />
5. Here, Indra, is thy Soma draught, made pure upon the sacred grass:<br />
Run hither, come and drink thereof<br />
6. As a good cow to him who milks, we call the doer of good deeds<br />
To our assistance duy by day.<br />
7. Hero, the Soma being shed, I pour the juice for thee to drink<br />
Sate thee and finish thy carouse!<br />
8. The Soma, Indra, which is shed in saucers and in cups for thee,<br />
Drink thou, for thou art lord thereof!<br />
9. In every need, in every fray we call, as friends, to succour us,<br />
Indra, the mightiest of all.<br />
10. O come ye hither, sit ye down: to Indra sing ye forth your song,<br />
Companions, bringing hymns of praise<br />
DECADE III Indra<br />
1. So, Lord of affluent gifts, this juice hath been expressed for thee with strength:<br />
Drink of it, thou who lovest song!<br />
2. Great is our Indra from of old; greatness be his, the Thunderer<br />
Wide as the heaven extends his might.<br />
3. Indra, as one with mighty arm, gather for us with thy right hand<br />
Manifold and nutritious spoil!<br />
4. Praise, even as he is known, with song Indra the guardian of the kine,<br />
The Son of Truth, Lord of the brave.<br />
5. With what help will he come to us, wonderful, ever-waxing friend?<br />
With what most mighty company?<br />
6. Thou speedest down to succour us this ever-conquering God of yours<br />
Him who is drawn to all our songs.<br />
7. To the assembly's wondrous Lord, the lovely friend of Indra, I<br />
Had prayed for wisdom and successs.<br />
8. May all thy paths beneath the sky whereby thou speddest Vyasva on,<br />
Yea, let all spaces hear our voice<br />
9. Bring to us all things excellent, O Satakratu, food and strength,<br />
For, Indra, thou art kind to us!<br />
10. Here is the Soma ready pressed: of this the Maruts, yea, of this,<br />
Self-luminous the Asvins drink.<br />
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