BOO VI CHAPTER III I Soma Pavamana 1. Pour down the rain upon us, pour a wave of waters from the sky. And plenteous store of wholesome foood! 2. Flow onward with that stream of thine, whereb... Read more
BOOK VI CHAPTER II I Agni 1. Chant we a hymn to Agni while we go to sacrifice, to him Who hears us even from afar! 2. Who from of old, in carnage, when the folk were gathered, hath preserved... Read more
HYMN XV. Agni. 1. RESPLENDENT with thy wide-extending lustre, dispel the terrors of the fiends who hate us May lofty Agni be my guide and shelter, the easily-invoked, the good Protector. 2.... Read more
BOOK VI CHAPTER I I Agni 1. Agni,well kindled bring the Gods for him who offers holy gifts; And worship them, pure Hotar-priest! 2. O Sage, Tanunapat, present our sacrifice to Gods to-day, S... Read more
vHYMN IX. 1. WE as thy friends have chosen thee, mortals a God, to be our help, The Waters’ Child, the blessed, the resplendent One, victorious and beyond compare. 2. Since thou deligh... Read more
BOOK V CHAPTER II I Soma Pavamana 1. Guard of all being, generating creatures, loud roared the sea as highest law commanded. Strong in the filter, on the fleecy summit, pressed from the ston... Read more
HYMN IV Apris. 1. BE friendly with each kindled log of fuel, with every flash bestow the boon of riches. Bring thou the Gods, O God, unto our worship: serve, well-inclined, as Friend thy fri... Read more
BOOK V CHAPTER I I Soma Pavamana 1. The Maruts with their troop adorn and brighten, even at his birth, the Sage, the lovely infant. By songs a poet, and a Sage by wisdom, Soma goes singing t... Read more
Translator Ralph T.H. Griffith THE THIRD BOOK page 1 HYMN I. Agni. 1. THOU, Agni, who wilt have the strong, hast made me the Soma’s priest, to worship in assembly. Thou shinest to the... Read more
HYMN XLI. Various Deities. 1. O VAYU, come to us with all the thousand chariots that are thine, Team-borne, to drink the Soma juice. 2. Drawn by thy team, O Vayu, come; to thee is offered th... Read more