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Rig Veda · 779 of 1027
1.SWIFT to the purifying sieve flows Soma as exalted Law, Slaying the fiends, loving the Gods.
2.When Soma pours the strengthening food a hundred ever-active streams To Indra’s friendship win their way.
3.Ten Dames have sung to welcome thee, even as a maiden greets her love: O Soma, thou art decked to win.
4.Flow hitherward, O Indu, sweet to Indra and to Viṣṇu: guard The men, the singers, from distress.
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Why does the hymn call Soma both a law and a purifier?
The hymn presents Soma as a living process: “purifying sieve” and “exalted Law” describe Soma’s role in both cleansing ritual space and sustaining cosmic order. The drink’s flow is practical—“swift to the purifying sieve flows Soma”—and theological—its power slays fiends and wins the gods, so purity and norm are the same active force.
This links to how Rig Veda treats ritual substances elsewhere, where efficacy creates order; compare Ṛg Veda Mandala 1 hymns that show ritual acts producing protection and favor. Here Soma’s purification produces friendship with Indra and Viṣṇu and guards the singers, so law is enacted through sacrament.
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