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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    Whilst thou rulest, &c. Let the moon - plant bruising-stone, making a noise, bring thee, (O Soma,) to us by its voice. Whilst thou rulest, &c. 17. O most pleasant exhilarating Soma, flow out pure for Indra. Thy pressed, wisdom-giving white streams send forth their sound. The men who are as ready for food, as a waggon is for its load, prepare (the juice) for the banquet of the gods. 18. I praise Agni, the inviter to the sacrifice, the giver of gifts, the giver of a place of abode, the son of strength, the knower of all things, who carries aloft the offering with his all-collecting power, and embraces the white, flaming, brilliant, ffowing stream of offered up melted butter. O most intelligent god, we, the institutors of sacrifices, offer up obla¬ tions to him who is most worthy of offerings, the eldest descendant of Angiras, beloved when attended by the wise priests, and resplendent when served with sacred hymns, going every where like the Sun, the inviter of the gods for the benefit of man, the white-haired, the rainer of felicity, thee our people especially propitiate that thou mayest send (them to heaven). He also, by his shining powerful might blazing forth, slays those that hate us, slays our haters, as with a battle-axe. By meeting with whom also the firm impenetrable fortress is swept away as if it were but a stream of water; who, pressing T
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