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3. Breaking into light he cries down into the jars, guided by
men, in the golden sheath; in him the milkings of the Truth
dawn out, 3 he shines wide on the triple back of the Dawn.
aEdý EB, s; to mEtEB[cnoEht, þrocyn^ rodsF mAtrA f; Ec, .
romA y&yA smyA Ev DAvEt mDoDArA Ep vmAnA EdvEdv 4
4. Pressed out by the stones, placed in delight by the thoughts,
pure, making to shine out the two mothers, Earth and
Heaven, he runs evenly through all the hairs of the Sheep; 4
his stream of honey goes on increasing day by day.
pEr som þ D vA -v-ty nEB, p; nAno aEB vAsyAEfrm^ .
y t mdA aAhnso EvhAys-tEBEr dý\ cody dAtv mGm^ 5
5. Race everywhere, O Soma, for our happiness, purified by
men clothe thyself with the mixings; with those thy raptures
that are smiting and wide-extended, impel Indra to give his
plenty. 5
jnyn^ rocnA Edvo jnyà=s; sym^ .
vsAno gA apo hEr, 1
II
1. Giving birth to the luminous worlds of heaven, 6 giving birth
to the Sun in the waters, 7 the Brilliant One clothes himself
with the waters and the rays. 8
3 Or, “to him the milkers of the Truth cry out the chant.”
4 The strainer in which the Soma is purified is made of the fleece of the Ewe. Indra is the
Ram; the Ewe must therefore be an energy of Indra, probably the divinised sense-mind,
indriyam.
5 The Soma was mixed with water, milk and other ingredients: Soma is said to clothe
himself with the Waters and with the “cows”, that is, the illuminations or yield of Dawn,
the shining Cow.
6 The three worlds of Swar.
7 Agni, Surya and Soma himself are said to be found in the waters or seven rivers.
8 Gāh. , meaning both cows and rays.