Sama Veda

SECOND PART

BOOK I

Chapter II

HYMN 17 Soma Pavamana

1

By generation long ago this God, engendered for the Gods,
Flows tawny to the straining cloth.

2

According to primeval plan this poet hath been strengthened by,
The sage as God for all the Gods.

3

Shedding the ancient fiuid thou art poured into the cleansing sieve:
Roaring, thou hast produced the Gods.