Atharva Veda · 589 of 724

HYMN VIII

HYMN VIII 1. Drink as of old, and let the draught delight thee: hear thou my    prayer and let our songs exalt thee.   Make the Sun visible, make food abundant: slaughter the foes,.    pierce through and free the cattle. 2. Come to us; they have called thee Soma-lover. Here is the    pressed juice: drink thereof for rapture.   Widely-capacious, pour it down within thee, and invocated hear    us like a father. 3. Full is his chalice. Blessing! Like a pourer I have filled up the    vessel for his drinking.   Presented on the right, dear Soma juices have brought us Indra,.    to rejoice him, hither.