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Rig Veda · 780 of 1027
1.THY streams that never fail or waste flow forth like showers of rain from heaven, To bring a thousand stores of strength.
2.He flows beholding on his way all wellbeloved sacred lore, Green-tinted, brandishing his, arms.
3.He, when the people deck him like a docile king of elephants. Sits as a falcon in the, wood.
4.So bring thou hitherward to us, Indu, while thou art purified, All treasures both of heaven and earth.
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Why is Soma described as flowing and purified in this hymn?
The hymn portrays Soma as a living stream whose “streams that never fail or waste flow forth,” which links his flowing with continual vitality and the ritual offering’s replenishing power. Purification marks the sacred moment when Indu (Soma) is ritually cleansed so he can bestow “all treasures both of heaven and earth.”
The images—Soma “beholding on his way all wellbeloved sacred lore” and sitting “as a falcon in the wood”—make him an animate presence carrying wisdom and strength to the worshippers. This usage echoes other Vedic hymns where the consecrated drink is both sacrament and deity, as in Rig Veda Mandala 8’s praise of Soma’s life-giving force.
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