HYMN LXI. Sarasvati. 1. To Vadhryasva when. be worshipped her with gifts she gave fierce Divodasa, canceller of debts. Consumer of the churlish niggard, one and all, thine, O Sarasvati, are... Read more

HYMN LIL Visvedevas. 1. THIS I allow not in the earth or heaven, at sacrifice or in these holy duties. May the huge mountains crush him down: degraded be Atiyaja’s sacrificing patron.... Read more

HYMN XLVII. Indra, Etc. 1. YEA, this is good to taste and full of. sweetness, verily it is strong and rich in flavour. No one may conquer Indra in the battle when he hath drunken of the drau... Read more

HYMN XLL Indra. 1. COME gracious to our sacrifice, O Indra: pressed Soma-drops are purified to please thee. As cattle seek their home, so Thunderwielder, come, Indra, first of those who clai... Read more

HYMN XXXI Indra. 1. SOLE Lord of wealth art thou, O Lord of riches: thou in thine hands hast held the people, Indra! Men have invoked thee with contending voices for seed and waters, progeny... Read more

HYMN XXIII. Indra. 1. THOU art attached to pressed-out Soma, Indra, at laud, at prayer, and when the hymn is chanted; Or when with yoked Bays, Maghavan, thou comest, O Indra, bearing in thin... Read more

HYMN XVII. Indra. 1. DRINK Soma, Mighty One, for which, when lauded, thou breakest through the cattle-stall, O Indra; Thou who, O Bold One, armed with thunder smotest Vrtra with might, and e... Read more

HYMN VIII. Agni. 1. AT Jatavedas’ holy gathering I will tell aloud the conquering might of the swift red-hued Steer. A pure and fresher hymn flows to Vaisvanara, even as for Agni lovel... Read more

Translator Ralph T.H. Griffith RIG VEDA – THE SIXTH BOOK HYMN I. Agni. 1. THOU, first inventor of this prayer, O Agni, Worker of Marvels, hast become our Herald. Thou, Bull, hast made... Read more