RV 9.98

Ralph T. H. Griffith, 1896 · 12 verses · Read at the source

9.98.1STREAM on us riches that are sought by many, best at winning strength Riches, O Indu, thousand fold, glorious, conquering the great.

9.98.2Effused, he hath, as on a car, invested him in fleecy mail: Onward hath Indu flowed in streams, impelled, surrounded by the wood.

9.98.3Effused, this Indu hath flowed on, distilling rapture, to the fleece: He goes erect, as seeking kine in stream, with light, to sacrifice.

9.98.4For thou thyself, O Indu, God, to every mortal worshipper Attractest riches thousand fold, made manifest in hundred forms.

9.98.5Good Vrtra-slayer, may we be still nearest to this wealth of thine Which many crave, nearest to food and happiness, Resistless One!

9.98.6Whom, bright with native splendour, crushed between the pair of pressing stones The wavy Friend whom Indra loves-the twice-five sisters dip and bathe,

9.98.7Him with the fleece they purify, brown, golden-hued, beloved of all, Who with exhilarating juice goes forth to all the Deities.

9.98.8Through longing for this sap of yours ye drink what brings ability, Even him who, dear as heaven's own light, gives to our princes high renown.

9.98.9Indu at holy rites produced you, Heaven and Earth, the Friends of men, Hill-haunting God the Goddesses. They bruised him where the roar was loud.

9.98.10For Vrtra-slaying Indra, thou, Soma, art poured that he may drink, Poured for the guerdon-giving man, poured for the God who sitteth there.

9.98.11These ancient Somas, at the break of day, have flowed into the sieve, Snorting away at early morn these foolish evil-hearted ones.

9.98.12Friends, may the princes, ye and we, obtain this Most Resplendent One. Gain him who hath the smell of strength, win him whose home is very strength.