Translation of the Sanhitá of the Sáma Veda / By J. Stevenson.

Date:
1842
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Credit: Translation of the Sanhitá of the Sáma Veda / By J. Stevenson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    let him attend to our (solemn songs), and cause that the relaxed strings of our enemies’ bows be broken in pieces. Thou createst the down-flowing flood, thou strikest through the all-enveloping cloud.^ Thou art without a foe, the preserver of every va¬ luable thing. We embrace thee ; therefore do thou cause, &c. Let all the far-seeing minds of our foes suffer destruction; and, O Indra, cast thy slaughtering weapon amid the enemies who wish to slay us, and be to us a bestower of wealth by con¬ ferring (on us their spoil); and do thou cause, &c. 15. Let the praises of a rich, wealthy, famous god like thee, who art served by the horses Hari, be especially blessed with wealth; and let the hater of those who apply not themselves to sacred music accept our well-chanted psalter and well-sung hymns of praise. O Indra, never deliver us over to the murderous crew, never permit us to be conquered, but by thy acts, O mighty god, teach us (to van¬ quish) . 16. Come, O Indra, to the eucharistic hymns of Kanwa with thy horses Han; and whilst thou rulest over the firmament, do thou, uniting with the shining oflering, go thy way to heaven. In this sacrifice (Soma), the axle of these (bruising-stones), makes (the stalks) to shake as a wolf does a flock of sheep.
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