Sama Veda

SECOND PART

BOOK V

Chapter I

HYMN 4 Soma Pavamana

1

The Soma drops, exceeding rich in sweets, to Indra have been poured,
Shed with the stream of sacrifice.

2

Sages have called to Indra, like cows, milch-kine, lowing to their calves,
Called him to drink the Soma juice.

3

In the stream's wave wise Soma dwells, distilling rapture, in his. seat,
Resting upon a wild cow's hide.

4

Far-sighted Soma, Sage and bard, is worshipped in the central point,
Of heaven, the straining-cloth of wool.

5

In close embracement Indu holds Soma when poured within the: jars.
And on the purifying sieve.

6

Indu sends forth a voice on high, up in the region of the sea.
Stirring the cask that drops with meath.

7

The tree whose praises never fail dwells in the stream of holy milk,
Urged onward by its human friend.

8

O Pavamana bring us wealth bright with a thousand splendours; yea,
O Indu, give us ready help!

9

Sage, poet, poured with all his stream, Soma is driven, far away,
To the dear places of the sky.