Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·9·9.23
सोमा असृग्रम् आशवो मधोर् मदस्य धारया । अभि विश्वानि काव्या ॥
somā asṛgram āśavo madhor madasya dhārayā | abhi viśvāni kāvyā ||
Swift Soma drops have been effused in streams of meath, the gladdening drink, For sacred lore of every kind.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अनु प्रत्नास आयवः पदं नवीयो अक्रमुः । रुचे जनन्त सूर्यम् ॥
anu pratnāsa āyavaḥ padaṃ navīyo akramuḥ | ruce jananta sūryam ||
Hither to newer. resting-place the ancient Living Ones are come. They made the Sun that he might shine.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ पवमान नो भरार्यो अदाशुषो गयम् । कृधि प्रजावतीर् इषः ॥
ā pavamāna no bharāryo adāśuṣo gayam | kṛdhi prajāvatīr iṣaḥ ||
O Pavamana, bring to us the unsacrificing foeman's wealth, And give us food with progeny.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अभि सोमास आयवः पवन्ते मद्यम् मदम् । अभि कोशम् मधुश्चुतम् ॥
abhi somāsa āyavaḥ pavante madyam madam | abhi kośam madhuścutam ||
The living Somas being cleansed diffuse exhilarating drink, Turned to the vat which drips with meath.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सोमो अर्षति धर्णसिर् दधान इन्द्रियं रसम् । सुवीरो अभिशस्तिपाः ॥
somo arṣati dharṇasir dadhāna indriyaṃ rasam | suvīro abhiśastipāḥ ||
Soma grows on intelligent, possessing sap and mighty strength, Brave Hero who repels the curse.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इन्द्राय सोम पवसे देवेभ्यः सधमाद्यः । इन्दो वाजं सिषाससि ॥
indrāya soma pavase devebhyaḥ sadhamādyaḥ | indo vājaṃ siṣāsasi ||
For Indra, Soma! thou art cleansed, a feast-companion for the Gods: Indu, thou fain wilt win us strength
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्य पीत्वा मदानाम् इन्द्रो वृत्राण्य् अप्रति । जघान जघनच् च नु ॥
asya pītvā madānām indro vṛtrāṇy aprati | jaghāna jaghanac ca nu ||
When he had drunken draughts of this, Indra smote down resistless foes: Yea, smote them, and shall smite them still.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)