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1. FOR thee
this Soma is effused, O Indra: drink of this juice; for thee the stream is
flowing -
Soma, which thou thyself hast
made and chosen, even Indu, for thy special drink to cheer thee.
2 Like a
capacious car hath it been harnessed, the Mighty; to acquire abundant
treasures.
Then in the sacrifice they
celebrated all triumphs won by Nahus -n the battle.
3 Like Vayu
with his team, moving at pleasure, most gracious when invoked like both
Nasatyas,
Thou art thyself like the
Wealth-Giver, Soma! who grants all boons, like song-inspiring Pusan.
4 Like Indra
who hath done great deeds, thou, Soma, art slayer of the Vrtras,
Fort-destroyer.
Like Pedu's horse who killed
the brood of serpents, thus thou, O Soma, slayest every Dasyu.
5 Like Agni
loosed amid the forest, fiercely he winneth splendour in the running waters.
Like one who fights, the
roaring of the mighty, thus Soma Pavamana sends his current.
6 These Somas
passing through the fleecy filter, like rain descending from the clouds of
heaven,
Have been effused and poured
into the beakers, swiftly like rivers running lowly seaward.
7 Flow onward like
the potent band of Maruts, like that Celestial Host whom none revileth.
Quickly be gracious unto us
like waters, like sacrifice victorious, thousand-fashioned.
8 Thine are
King Varuna's eternal statutes, lofty and deep, O Soma, is thy glory.
All-pure art thou like Mitra
the beloved, adorable, like Aryaman, O Soma.
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