Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·9·9.12
सोमा असृग्रम् इन्दवः सुता ऋतस्य सादने । इन्द्राय मधुमत्तमाः ॥
somā asṛgram indavaḥ sutā ṛtasya sādane | indrāya madhumattamāḥ ||
To Indra have the Soma drops, exceeding rich in sweets, been poured, Shed in the seat of sacrifice.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अभि विप्रा अनूषत गावो वत्सं न मातरः । इन्द्रं सोमस्य पीतये ॥
abhi viprā anūṣata gāvo vatsaṃ na mātaraḥ | indraṃ somasya pītaye ||
As mother kine low to their calves, to Indra have the sages called, Called him to drink the Soma juice.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
मदच्युत् क्षेति सादने सिन्धोर् ऊर्मा विपश्चित् । सोमो गौरी अधि श्रितः ॥
madacyut kṣeti sādane sindhor ūrmā vipaścit | somo gaurī adhi śritaḥ ||
In the stream's wave wise Soma dwells, distilling rapture, in his seat, Resting upon a wiId-cow's hide.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
दिवो नाभा विचक्षणो ऽव्यो वारे महीयते । सोमो यः सुक्रतुः कविः ॥
divo nābhā vicakṣaṇo 'vyo vāre mahīyate | somo yaḥ sukratuḥ kaviḥ ||
Far-sighted Soma, Sage and Seer, is worshipped in the central point Of heaven, the straining-cloth of wool.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यः सोमः कलशेष्व् आं अन्तः पवित्र आहितः । तम् इन्दुः परि षस्वजे ॥
yaḥ somaḥ kalaśeṣv āṃ antaḥ pavitra āhitaḥ | tam induḥ pari ṣasvaje ||
In close embraces Indu holds Soma when poured within the jars. And on the. purifying sieve.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र वाचम् इन्दुर् इष्यति समुद्रस्याधि विष्टपि । जिन्वन् कोशम् मधुश्चुतम् ॥
pra vācam indur iṣyati samudrasyādhi viṣṭapi | jinvan kośam madhuścutam ||
Indu sends forth a voice on high to regions of the sea of air, Shaking the vase that drops with meath.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नित्यस्तोत्रो वनस्पतिर् धीनाम् अन्तः सबर्दुघः । हिन्वानो मानुषा युगा ॥
nityastotro vanaspatir dhīnām antaḥ sabardughaḥ | hinvāno mānuṣā yugā ||
The Tree whose praises never fail yields heavenly milk among our hymns, Urging men's generations on.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अभि प्रिया दिवस् पदा सोमो हिन्वानो अर्षति । विप्रस्य धारया कविः ॥
abhi priyā divas padā somo hinvāno arṣati | viprasya dhārayā kaviḥ ||
The Wise One, with the Sage's stream, the Soma urged to speed, flows on To the dear places of the sky.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ पवमान धारय रयिं सहस्रवर्चसम् । अस्मे इन्दो स्वाभुवम् ॥
ā pavamāna dhāraya rayiṃ sahasravarcasam | asme indo svābhuvam ||
O Pavamana, bring us wealth bright with a thousand splendours. Yea. O Indu, give us ready help.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)