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Hinduism · Vedas · Rig Veda

Rig Veda 10.119Indra

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Hinduism · Vedas · Rig Veda

Rig Veda 10.119

Indra

GriffithEnglish
THIS, even this was my resolve, to win a cow, to win a steed: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
Like violent gusts of wind the draughts that I have drunk have lifted me Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
The draughts I drank have borne me up, as fleet-foot horses draw a car: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
The hymn hath reached me, like a cow who lows to meet her darling calf: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
As a wright bends a chariot-seat so round my heart I bend the hymn: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
Not as a mote within the eye count the Five Tribes of men with me: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
The heavens and earth themselves have not grown equal to one half of me Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
I in my grandeur have surpassed the heavens and all this spacious earth Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
Aha! this spacious earth will I deposit either here or there Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
In one short moment will I smite the earth in fury here or there: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
One of my flanks is in the sky; I let the other trail below: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
1, greatest of the Mighty Ones, am lifted to the firmament: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?
I seek the worshipper's abode; oblation-bearer to the Gods: Have I not drunk of Soma juice?

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Sources & credits: Griffith

Griffith — The Vedas (Ralph T. H. Griffith) (Rig Veda 1896, Sama Veda 1895, White Yajur Veda 1899, Atharva Veda 1895–96). Public Domain. Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith, public domain; transcription from the Internet Sacred Text Archive. Source