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THE SAMA VEDA<br />
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Bring food to those who sing thy praise!<br />
5. As thou art cleansed, O wondrous steed, O Soma, thou hast entered, like<br />
A pious king, into the songs,<br />
6. He, Soma, like a courser in the floods invincible, made bright<br />
With hands, is resting in the press.<br />
7. Disporting, like a liberal chief, thou goest. Soma to the sieve,<br />
Lending the laud heroic strength.<br />
V Soma Pavamana<br />
1. Pour on us with thy juice all kinds of corn, each sort of nourishment!<br />
And, Soma, all felicities!<br />
2. As thine, O Indu, is the praise, and thine what springeth from, the juice,<br />
Seat thee on the dear sacred grass!<br />
3. And, finding for us steeds and kine, O Soma, with thy juice flow on<br />
Through days that fly most rapidly!<br />
4. As one who conquers, ne'er subdued, attacks and slays the enemy,<br />
Thus, vanquisher of thousands! flow!<br />
VI Soma Pavamana<br />
1. Thou, Indu, with thy streams that drop sweet juices, which were poured for help,<br />
Hast settled in the cleansing sieve.<br />
2. So flow thou onward through the fleece, for Indra flow to be his drink,<br />
Seating thee in the shrine of Law!<br />
3. As giving room and freedom, as most sweet, pour butter forth and milk,<br />
O Soma, for the Angirasas!<br />
VII Agni<br />
1. Thy glories are, like lightnings from the rainy cloud, visible, Agni, like the comings of the Dawns,<br />
When, loosed to wander over plants and forest trees, thou crammest by thyself thy food into thy<br />
mouth.<br />
2. When, sped and urged by wind, thou spreadest thee abroad, soon piercing through thy food<br />
according to thy will,<br />
The hosts, who ne'er decayest, eager to consume, like men on chariots, Agni! strive on every side.<br />
3. Agni, the Hotar-priest who fills the assembly full, waker of wisdom, chief controller of the<br />
thought-<br />
Thee, yea, none other than thyself, doth man elect priest of the holy offering, great and small, alike.<br />
VIII Mitra-Varuna<br />
1. Even far and wide, O Varuna and Mitra, doth your help extend:<br />
May I obtain your kind good-will!<br />
2. True Gods, may we completely gain food and a dwelling place from you:<br />
Ye Mitras, may we be your own!<br />
3. Guard us, ye Mitras, with your guards, save us, ye skilled to save: may we<br />
Subdue the Dasyus by ourselves!<br />
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