Rig Veda Mandal - 8 (Part - 8) HYMN 17 Indra1 COME, we have pressed the juice for thee; O Indra, drink this Soma here 2 O Indra, let thy long-maned Bays, yoked by prayer, bring thee hitherward 3 We Soma-bearing Brahmans call thee Soma-drinker with thy friend, 4 Come unto us who bring the juice, come unto this our eulogy, 5 I pour it down within thee, so through all thy members let it spread: 6 Sweet to thy body let it be, delicious be the savoury juice: 7 Like women, let this Soma-draught, invested with its robe, approach, 8 Indra, transported with the juice, vast in his bulk, strong in his neck 9 O Indra, go thou forward, thou who rulest over all by might: 10 Long be thy grasping-hook wherewith thou givest ample wealth to him 11 Here, Indra, is thy Soma-draught, made pure upon the sacred grass: 12 Famed for thy radiance, worshipped well this juice is shed for thy delight 13 To Kundapayya, grandson's son, grandson of Srngavrs! to thee, 14 Strong pillar thou, Lord of the home armour of Soma-offerers: 15 Holy Prdikusanu, winner of the spoil, one eminent o'er many men,
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