Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·1·1.116
नासत्याभ्याम् बर्हिर् इव प्र वृञ्जे स्तोमां इयर्म्य् अभ्रियेव वातः । याव् अर्भगाय विमदाय जायां सेनाजुवा न्यूहतू रथेन ॥
nāsatyābhyām barhir iva pra vṛñje stomāṃ iyarmy abhriyeva vātaḥ | yāv arbhagāya vimadāya jāyāṃ senājuvā nyūhatū rathena ||
I TRIM like grass my song for the Nasatyas and send their lauds forth as the wind drives rain-clouds, Who, in a chariot rapid as an arrow, brought to the youthful Vimada a consort.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वीळुपत्मभिर् आशुहेमभिर् वा देवानां वा जूतिभिः शाशदाना । तद् रासभो नासत्या सहस्रम् आजा यमस्य प्रधने जिगाय ॥
vīḷupatmabhir āśuhemabhir vā devānāṃ vā jūtibhiḥ śāśadānā | tad rāsabho nāsatyā sahasram ājā yamasya pradhane jigāya ||
Borne on by rapid steeds of mighty pinion, or proudly trusting in the Gods' incitements. That stallion ass of yours won, O Nasatyas, that thousand in the race, in Yama's contest.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तुग्रो ह भुज्युम् अश्विनोदमेघे रयिं न कश् चिन् ममृवां अवाहाः । तम् ऊहथुर् नौभिर् आत्मन्वतीभिर् अन्तरिक्षप्रुद्भिर् अपोदकाभिः ॥
tugro ha bhujyum aśvinodameghe rayiṃ na kaś cin mamṛvāṃ avāhāḥ | tam ūhathur naubhir ātmanvatībhir antarikṣaprudbhir apodakābhiḥ ||
Yea, Asvins, as a dead man leaves his riches, Tugra left Bhujyu in the cloud of waters. Ye brought him back in animated vessels, traversing air, unwetted by the billows.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तिस्रः क्षपस् त्रिर् अहातिव्रजद्भिर् नासत्या भुज्युम् ऊहथुः पतङ्गैः । समुद्रस्य धन्वन्न् आर्द्रस्य पारे त्रिभी रथैः शतपद्भिः षळश्वैः ॥
tisraḥ kṣapas trir ahātivrajadbhir nāsatyā bhujyum ūhathuḥ pataṅgaiḥ | samudrasya dhanvann ārdrasya pāre tribhī rathaiḥ śatapadbhiḥ ṣaḷaśvaiḥ ||
Bhujyu ye bore with winged things, Nasatyas, which for three nights, three days full swiftly travelled, To the sea's farther shore, the strand of ocean, in three cars, hundred-footed, with six horses.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अनारम्भणे तद् अवीरयेथाम् अनास्थाने अग्रभणे समुद्रे । यद् अश्विना ऊहथुर् भुज्युम् अस्तं शतारित्रां नावम् आतस्थिवांसम् ॥
anārambhaṇe tad avīrayethām anāsthāne agrabhaṇe samudre | yad aśvinā ūhathur bhujyum astaṃ śatāritrāṃ nāvam ātasthivāṃsam ||
Ye wrought that hero exploit in the ocean which giveth no support, or hold or station, What time ye carried Bhujyu to his dwelling, borne in a ship with hundred oars, O Asvins.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यम् अश्विना ददथुः श्वेतम् अश्वम् अघाश्वाय शश्वद् इत् स्वस्ति । तद् वां दात्रम् महि कीर्तेन्यम् भूत् पैद्वो वाजी सदम् इद् धव्यो अर्यः ॥
yam aśvinā dadathuḥ śvetam aśvam aghāśvāya śaśvad it svasti | tad vāṃ dātram mahi kīrtenyam bhūt paidvo vājī sadam id dhavyo aryaḥ ||
The white horse which of old ye gave Aghasva, Asvins, a gift to be his wealth for ever,-- Still to be praised is that your glorious present, still to be famed is the brave horse of Pedu.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
युवं नरा स्तुवते पज्रियाय कक्षीवते अरदतम् पुरन्धिम् । कारोतराच् छफाद् अश्वस्य वृष्णः शतं कुम्भां असिञ्चतं सुरायाः ॥
yuvaṃ narā stuvate pajriyāya kakṣīvate aradatam purandhim | kārotarāc chaphād aśvasya vṛṣṇaḥ śataṃ kumbhāṃ asiñcataṃ surāyāḥ ||
O Heroes, ye gave wisdom to Kaksivan who sprang from Pajra's line, who sang your praises. Ye poured forth from the hoof of your strong charger a hundred jars of wine as from a strainer.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
हिमेनाग्निं घ्रंसम् अवारयेथाम् पितुमतीम् ऊर्जम् अस्मा अधत्तम् । ऋबीसे अत्रिम् अश्विनावनीतम् उन् निन्यथुः सर्वगणं स्वस्ति ॥
himenāgniṃ ghraṃsam avārayethām pitumatīm ūrjam asmā adhattam | ṛbīse atrim aśvināvanītam un ninyathuḥ sarvagaṇaṃ svasti ||
Ye warded off with cold the fire's fierce burning; food very rich in nourishment ye furnished. Atri, cast downward in the cavern, Asvins ye brought, with all his people, forth to comfort.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
परावतं नासत्यानुदेथाम् उच्चाबुध्नं चक्रथुर् जिह्मबारम् । क्षरन्न् आपो न पायनाय राये सहस्राय तृष्यते गोतमस्य ॥
parāvataṃ nāsatyānudethām uccābudhnaṃ cakrathur jihmabāram | kṣarann āpo na pāyanāya rāye sahasrāya tṛṣyate gotamasya ||
Ye lifted up the well, O ye Nasatyas, and set the base on high to open downward. Streams flowed for folk of Gotama who thirsted, like rain to bring forth thousandfold abundance.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
जुजुरुषो नासत्योत वव्रिम् प्रामुञ्चतं द्रापिम् इव च्यवानात् । प्रातिरतं जहितस्यायुर् दस्राद् इत् पतिम् अकृणुतं कनीनाम् ॥
jujuruṣo nāsatyota vavrim prāmuñcataṃ drāpim iva cyavānāt | prātirataṃ jahitasyāyur dasrād it patim akṛṇutaṃ kanīnām ||
Ye from the old Cyavana, O Nasatyas, stripped, as 'twere mail, the skin upon his body, Lengthened his life when all had left him helpless, Dasras! and made him lord of youthful maidens.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तद् वां नरा शंस्यं राध्यं चाभिष्टिमन् नासत्या वरूथम् । यद् विद्वांसा निधिम् इवापगूळ्हम् उद् दर्शताद् ऊपथुर् वन्दनाय ॥
tad vāṃ narā śaṃsyaṃ rādhyaṃ cābhiṣṭiman nāsatyā varūtham | yad vidvāṃsā nidhim ivāpagūḷham ud darśatād ūpathur vandanāya ||
Worthy of praise and worth the winning, Heroes, is that your favouring succour O Nasatyas, What time ye, knowing well his case, delivered Vandana from the pit like hidden treasure.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तद् वां नरा सनये दंस उग्रम् आविष् कृणोमि तन्यतुर् न वृष्टिम् । दध्यङ् ह यन् मध्व् आथर्वणो वाम् अश्वस्य शीर्ष्णा प्र यद् ईम् उवाच ॥
tad vāṃ narā sanaye daṃsa ugram āviṣ kṛṇomi tanyatur na vṛṣṭim | dadhyaṅ ha yan madhv ātharvaṇo vām aśvasya śīrṣṇā pra yad īm uvāca ||
That mighty deed of yours, for gain, O Heroes, as thunder heraldeth the rain, I publish, When, by the horse's head, Atharvan's offspring Dadhyac made known to you the Soma's sweetness.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अजोहवीन् नासत्या करा वाम् महे यामन् पुरुभुजा पुरन्धिः । श्रुतं तच् छासुर् इव वध्रिमत्या हिरण्यहस्तम् अश्विनाव् अदत्तम् ॥
ajohavīn nāsatyā karā vām mahe yāman purubhujā purandhiḥ | śrutaṃ tac chāsur iva vadhrimatyā hiraṇyahastam aśvināv adattam ||
In the great rite the wise dame called, Nasatyas, you, Lords of many treasures, to assist her. Ye heard the weakling's wife, as 'twere an order, and gave to her a son Hiranyahasta.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आस्नो वृकस्य वर्तिकाम् अभीके युवं नरा नासत्यामुमुक्तम् । उतो कविम् पुरुभुजा युवं ह कृपमाणम् अकृणुतं विचक्षे ॥
āsno vṛkasya vartikām abhīke yuvaṃ narā nāsatyāmumuktam | uto kavim purubhujā yuvaṃ ha kṛpamāṇam akṛṇutaṃ vicakṣe ||
Ye from the wolf's jaws, as ye stood together, set free the quail, O Heroes, O Nasatyas. Ye, Lords of many treasures, gave the poet his perfect vision as he mourned his trouble.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
चरित्रं हि वेर् इवाच्छेदि पर्णम् आजा खेलस्य परितक्म्यायाम् । सद्यो जङ्घाम् आयसीं विश्पलायै धने हिते सर्तवे प्रत्य् अधत्तम् ॥
caritraṃ hi ver ivācchedi parṇam ājā khelasya paritakmyāyām | sadyo jaṅghām āyasīṃ viśpalāyai dhane hite sartave praty adhattam ||
When in the time of night, in Khela's battle, a leg was severed like a wild bird's pinion, Straight ye gave Vispala a leg of iron that she might move what time the conflict opened.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
शतम् मेषान् वृक्ये चक्षदानम् ऋज्राश्वं तम् पितान्धं चकार । तस्मा अक्षी नासत्या विचक्ष आधत्तं दस्रा भिषजाव् अनर्वन् ॥
śatam meṣān vṛkye cakṣadānam ṛjrāśvaṃ tam pitāndhaṃ cakāra | tasmā akṣī nāsatyā vicakṣa ādhattaṃ dasrā bhiṣajāv anarvan ||
His father robbed Rjrasva of his eyesight who for the she-wolf slew a hundred wethers. Ye gave him eyes, Nasatyas, Wonder-Workers, Physicians, that he saw with sight uninjured.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ वां रथं दुहिता सूर्यस्य कार्ष्मेवातिष्ठद् अर्वता जयन्ती । विश्वे देवा अन्व् अमन्यन्त हृद्भिः सम् उ श्रिया नासत्या सचेथे ॥
ā vāṃ rathaṃ duhitā sūryasya kārṣmevātiṣṭhad arvatā jayantī | viśve devā anv amanyanta hṛdbhiḥ sam u śriyā nāsatyā sacethe ||
The Daughter of the Sun your car ascended, first reaching as it were the goal with coursers. All Deities within their hearts assented, and ye, Nasatyas, are close linked with glory.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यद् अयातं दिवोदासाय वर्तिर् भरद्वाजायाश्विना हयन्ता । रेवद् उवाह सचनो रथो वां वृषभश् च शिंशुमारश् च युक्ता ॥
yad ayātaṃ divodāsāya vartir bharadvājāyāśvinā hayantā | revad uvāha sacano ratho vāṃ vṛṣabhaś ca śiṃśumāraś ca yuktā ||
When to his house ye came, to Divodasa, hasting to Bharadvaja, O ye Asvins, The car that came with you brought splendid riches: a porpoise and a bull were yoked together.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
रयिं सुक्षत्रं स्वपत्यम् आयुः सुवीर्यं नासत्या वहन्ता । आ जह्नावीं समनसोप वाजैस् त्रिर् अह्नो भागं दधतीम् अयातम् ॥
rayiṃ sukṣatraṃ svapatyam āyuḥ suvīryaṃ nāsatyā vahantā | ā jahnāvīṃ samanasopa vājais trir ahno bhāgaṃ dadhatīm ayātam ||
Ye, bringing wealth with rule, and life with offspring, life rich in noble heroes; O Nasatyas, Accordant came with strength to Jahnu's children who offered you thrice every day your portion.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
परिविष्टं जाहुषं विश्वतः सीं सुगेभिर् नक्तम् ऊहथू रजोभिः । विभिन्दुना नासत्या रथेन वि पर्वतां अजरयू अयातम् ॥
pariviṣṭaṃ jāhuṣaṃ viśvataḥ sīṃ sugebhir naktam ūhathū rajobhiḥ | vibhindunā nāsatyā rathena vi parvatāṃ ajarayū ayātam ||
Ye bore away at night by easy pathways Jahusa compassed round on every quarter, And, with your car that cleaves the toe asunder, Nasatyas never decaying! rent the mountains.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एकस्या वस्तोर् आवतं रणाय वशम् अश्विना सनये सहस्रा । निर् अहतं दुच्छुना इन्द्रवन्ता पृथुश्रवसो वृषणाव् अरातीः ॥
ekasyā vastor āvataṃ raṇāya vaśam aśvinā sanaye sahasrā | nir ahataṃ ducchunā indravantā pṛthuśravaso vṛṣaṇāv arātīḥ ||
One morn ye strengthened Vasa for the battle, to gather spoils that might be told in thousands. With Indra joined ye drove away misfortunes, yea foes of Prthusravas, O ye mighty.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
शरस्य चिद् आर्चत्कस्यावताद् आ नीचाद् उच्चा चक्रथुः पातवे वाः । शयवे चिन् नासत्या शचीभिर् जसुरये स्तर्यम् पिप्यथुर् गाम् ॥
śarasya cid ārcatkasyāvatād ā nīcād uccā cakrathuḥ pātave vāḥ | śayave cin nāsatyā śacībhir jasuraye staryam pipyathur gām ||
From the deep well ye raised on high the water, so that Rcatka's son, Sara, should drink it; And with your might, to help the weary Sayu, ye made the barren cow yield milk, Nasatyas.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अवस्यते स्तुवते कृष्णियाय ऋजूयते नासत्या शचीभिः । पशुं न नष्टम् इव दर्शनाय विष्णाप्वं ददथुर् विश्वकाय ॥
avasyate stuvate kṛṣṇiyāya ṛjūyate nāsatyā śacībhiḥ | paśuṃ na naṣṭam iva darśanāya viṣṇāpvaṃ dadathur viśvakāya ||
To Visvaka, Nasatyas! son of Krsna, the righteous man who sought your aid and praised you, Ye with your powers restored, like some lost creature, his son Visnapu for his eyes to look on.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
दश रात्रीर् अशिवेना नव द्यून् अवनद्धं श्नथितम् अप्स्व् अन्तः । विप्रुतं रेभम् उदनि प्रवृक्तम् उन् निन्यथुः सोमम् इव स्रुवेण ॥
daśa rātrīr aśivenā nava dyūn avanaddhaṃ śnathitam apsv antaḥ | viprutaṃ rebham udani pravṛktam un ninyathuḥ somam iva sruveṇa ||
Asvins, ye raised, like Soma in a ladle Rebha, who for ten days and ten nights, fettered. Had lain in cruel bonds, immersed and wounded, suffering sore affliction, in the waters.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र वां दंसांस्य् अश्विनाव् अवोचम् अस्य पतिः स्यां सुगवः सुवीरः । उत पश्यन्न् अश्नुवन् दीर्घम् आयुर् अस्तम् इवेज् जरिमाणं जगम्याम् ॥
pra vāṃ daṃsāṃsy aśvināv avocam asya patiḥ syāṃ sugavaḥ suvīraḥ | uta paśyann aśnuvan dīrgham āyur astam ivej jarimāṇaṃ jagamyām ||
1 have declared your wondrous deeds, O Asvins: may this be mine, and many kine and heroes. May I, enjoying lengthened life, still seeing, enter old age as 'twere the house I live in.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)