Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·1·1.120
का राधद् धोत्राश्विना वां को वां जोष उभयोः । कथा विधात्य् अप्रचेताः ॥
kā rādhad dhotrāśvinā vāṃ ko vāṃ joṣa ubhayoḥ | kathā vidhāty apracetāḥ ||
Asvins, what praise may win your grace? Who may be pleasing to you both? How shall the ignorant worship you?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
विद्वांसाव् इद् दुरः पृच्छेद् अविद्वान् इत्थापरो अचेताः । नू चिन् नु मर्ते अक्रौ ॥
vidvāṃsāv id duraḥ pṛcched avidvān itthāparo acetāḥ | nū cin nu marte akrau ||
Here let the ignorant ask the means of you who know--for none beside you knoweth aught-- Not of a spiritless mortal man.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ता विद्वांसा हवामहे वां ता नो विद्वांसा मन्म वोचेतम् अद्य । प्रार्चद् दयमानो युवाकुः ॥
tā vidvāṃsā havāmahe vāṃ tā no vidvāṃsā manma vocetam adya | prārcad dayamāno yuvākuḥ ||
Such as ye: are, all-wise, we call you. Ye wise, declare to us this day accepted prayer. Loving you well your servant lauds you.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वि पृच्छामि पाक्या न देवान् वषट्कृतस्याद्भुतस्य दस्रा । पातं च सह्यसो युवं च रभ्यसो नः ॥
vi pṛcchāmi pākyā na devān vaṣaṭkṛtasyādbhutasya dasrā | pātaṃ ca sahyaso yuvaṃ ca rabhyaso naḥ ||
Simply, ye Mighty Ones, I ask the Gods of that wondrous oblation hallowed by the mystic word. Save us from what is stronger, fiercer than ourselves.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र या घोषे भृगवाणे न शोभे यया वाचा यजति पज्रियो वाम् । प्रैषयुर् न विद्वान् ॥
pra yā ghoṣe bhṛgavāṇe na śobhe yayā vācā yajati pajriyo vām | praiṣayur na vidvān ||
Forth go the hymn that shone in Ghosa Bhrgu's like, the song wherewith the son of Pajra worships you, Like some wise minister.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
श्रुतं गायत्रं तकवानस्याहं चिद् धि रिरेभाश्विना वाम् । आक्षी शुभस् पती दन् ॥
śrutaṃ gāyatraṃ takavānasyāhaṃ cid dhi rirebhāśvinā vām | ākṣī śubhas patī dan ||
Hear ye the song of him who hastens speedily. O Asvins, I am he who sang your praise. Hither, ye Lords of Splendour, hither turn your eyes.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
युवं ह्य् आस्तम् महो रन् युवं वा यन् निरततंसतम् । ता नो वसू सुगोपा स्यातम् पातं नो वृकाद् अघायोः ॥
yuvaṃ hy āstam maho ran yuvaṃ vā yan niratataṃsatam | tā no vasū sugopā syātam pātaṃ no vṛkād aghāyoḥ ||
For ye were ever nigh to deal forth ample wealth, to give the wealth that ye had gathered up. As such, ye Vasus, guard us well, and keep us safely from the wicked wolf.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
मा कस्मै धातम् अभ्य् अमित्रिणे नो माकुत्रा नो गृहेभ्यो धेनवो गुः । स्तनाभुजो अशिश्वीः ॥
mā kasmai dhātam abhy amitriṇe no mākutrā no gṛhebhyo dhenavo guḥ | stanābhujo aśiśvīḥ ||
Give us not up to any man who hateth us, nor let our milch-cows stray, whose udders give us food, Far from our homes without their calves.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
दुहीयन् मित्रधितये युवाकु राये च नो मिमीतं वाजवत्यै । इषे च नो मिमीतं धेनुमत्यै ॥
duhīyan mitradhitaye yuvāku rāye ca no mimītaṃ vājavatyai | iṣe ca no mimītaṃ dhenumatyai ||
May they who love you gain you for their Friends. Prepare ye us for opulence with strengthening food, Prepare us for the food that floweth from our cows
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अश्विनोर् असनं रथम् अनश्वं वाजिनीवतोः । तेनाहम् भूरि चाकन ॥
aśvinor asanaṃ ratham anaśvaṃ vājinīvatoḥ | tenāham bhūri cākana ||
I have obtained the horseless car of Asvins rich in sacrifice, And I am well content therewith.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अयं समह मा तनूह्याते जनां अनु । सोमपेयं सुखो रथः ॥
ayaṃ samaha mā tanūhyāte janāṃ anu | somapeyaṃ sukho rathaḥ ||
May it convey me evermore: may the light chariot pass from men To men unto the Soma draught.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अध स्वप्नस्य निर् विदे ऽभुञ्जतश् च रेवतः । उभा ता बस्रि नश्यतः ॥
adha svapnasya nir vide 'bhuñjataś ca revataḥ | ubhā tā basri naśyataḥ ||
It holdeth slumber in contempt. and the rich who enjoyeth not: Both vanish quickly and are lost.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)