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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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