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# Samaveda 28

Sāmavedasaṃhitā 28

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama.28)

1 3 1 0401a atīhi manyuṣāviṇaṃ suṣuvāṃsamuperaya .  
1 3 1 0401c asya rātau sutaṃ piba .. 223  
1 3 1 0402a kadu pracetase mahe vaco devāya śasyate .  
1 3 1 0402c tadidhyasya vardhanam .. 224  
1 3 1 0403a ukthaṃ ca na śasyamānaṃ nāgo rayirā ciketa .  
1 3 1 0403c na gāyatraṃ gīyamānam .. 225  
1 3 1 0404a indra ukthebhirmandiṣṭho vājānāṃ ca vājapatiḥ .  
1 3 1 0404c harivāntsutānāṃ sakhā .. 226  
1 3 1 0405a ā yāhyupa naḥ sutaṃ vājebhirmā hṛṇīyathāḥ .  
1 3 1 0405c mahāṃ iva yuvajāniḥ .. 227  
1 3 1 0406a kadā vaso stotraṃ haryata ā ava śmaśā rudhadvāḥ .  
1 3 1 0406c dīrghaṃ sutam vātāpyāya .. 228  
1 3 1 0407a brāhmaṇādindra rādhasaḥ pibā somamṛtūṃ ranu .  
1 3 1 0407c tavedaṃ sakhyamastṛtam .. 229  
1 3 1 0408a vayaṃ ghā te api smasi stotāra indra girvaṇaḥ .  
1 3 1 0408c tvaṃ no jinva somapāḥ .. 230  
1 3 1 0409a endra pṛkṣu kāsu cinnṛmṇaṃ tanūṣu dhehi naḥ .  
1 3 1 0409c satrājidugra pauṃsyam .. 231  
1 3 1 0410a evā hyasi vīrayurevā śūra uta sthiraḥ .  
1 3 1 0410c evā te rādhyaṃ manaḥ .. 232

> Pass by the wrathful offerer; speed the man who pours libation, drink  
> The juice which he presents to thee!  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda

> What is the word addressed to him, God great and excellently wise?  
> For this is what exalteth him.  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda

> His wealth who hath no store of kine hath ne'er found out recited laud,  
> Nor song of praises that is sung.  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda

> Lord of each thing that giveth strength, Indra delighteth most in lauds,  
> Borne by bay steeds, libations' friend.  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda

> With wealth to our libation come, be not thou angry with us, like  
> A great man with a youthful bride.  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda

> When, Vasu, wilt thou love the laud? Now let the Channel bring the stream.  
> The juice is ready to ferment.  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda

> After the Seasons. Indra, drink the Soma from the Brahman's gift:  
> Thy friendship is invincible!  
> S. O Indra, lover of the song, we are the singers of thy praise  
> O Soma-drinker, quicken us!  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda

> O Indra, in each fight and fray give to our bodies manly strength:  
> Strong Lord, grant ever-conquering might!  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda

> For so thou art the brave man's friend; a hero, too, art thou, and strong:  
> So may thine heart be won to us!  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda

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## Translations (1)

- [The Hymns of the Samaveda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama~en-griffith.1.3.1.4.1) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, English

## Commentaries (4)

- [Sāmavedabhāṣya (Bharatasvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama!bharatasvamin) — Bharatasvāmin, Sanskrit
- [Sāmavedabhāṣya (Vedārthaprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama!sayana) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- [Sāmavedavivaraṇa (Mādhava)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama!madhava) — Mādhava (son of Nārāyaṇa), Sanskrit
- [Sāmavedārthaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama!samavedarthaprakasa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Sāmavedasaṃhitā (ed. Theodor Benfey)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama*benfey1848.28) — Sanskrit

## Discussed in (1)

- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.529) — Bloomfield 1906, English

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