Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·1·1.163
यद् अक्रन्दः प्रथमं जायमान उद्यन् समुद्राद् उत वा पुरीषात् । श्येनस्य पक्षा हरिणस्य बाहू उपस्तुत्यम् महि जातं ते अर्वन् ॥
yad akrandaḥ prathamaṃ jāyamāna udyan samudrād uta vā purīṣāt | śyenasya pakṣā hariṇasya bāhū upastutyam mahi jātaṃ te arvan ||
What time, first springing into life, thou neighedst, proceeding from the sea or upper waters, Limbs of the deer hadst thou, and eagle pinions. O Steed, thy birth is nigh and must be lauded.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यमेन दत्तं त्रित एनम् आयुनग् इन्द्र एणम् प्रथमो अध्य् अतिष्ठत् । गन्धर्वो अस्य रशनाम् अगृभ्णात् सूराद् अश्वं वसवो निर् अतष्ट ॥
yamena dattaṃ trita enam āyunag indra eṇam prathamo adhy atiṣṭhat | gandharvo asya raśanām agṛbhṇāt sūrād aśvaṃ vasavo nir ataṣṭa ||
This Steed which Yama gave hath Trita harnessed, and him, the first of all, hath Indra mounted. His bridle the Gandharva grasped. O Vasus, from out the Sun ye fashioned forth the Courser.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
असि यमो अस्य् आदित्यो अर्वन्न् असि त्रितो गुह्येन व्रतेन । असि सोमेन समया विपृक्त आहुस् ते त्रीणि दिवि बन्धनानि ॥
asi yamo asy ādityo arvann asi trito guhyena vratena | asi somena samayā vipṛkta āhus te trīṇi divi bandhanāni ||
Yama art thou, O Horse; thou art Aditya; Trita art thou by secret operation. Thou art divided thoroughly from Soma. They say thou hast three bonds in heaven that hold thee.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्रीणि त आहुर् दिवि बन्धनानि त्रीण्य् अप्सु त्रीण्य् अन्तः समुद्रे । उतेव मे वरुणश् छन्त्स्य् अर्वन् यत्रा त आहुः परमं जनित्रम् ॥
trīṇi ta āhur divi bandhanāni trīṇy apsu trīṇy antaḥ samudre | uteva me varuṇaś chantsy arvan yatrā ta āhuḥ paramaṃ janitram ||
Three bonds, they say, thou hast in heaven that bind thee, three in the waters, three within the ocean. To me thou seemest Varuna, O Courser, there where they say is thy sublimest birth-place.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इमा ते वाजिन्न् अवमार्जनानीमा शफानां सनितुर् निधाना । अत्रा ते भद्रा रशना अपश्यम् ऋतस्य या अभिरक्षन्ति गोपाः ॥
imā te vājinn avamārjanānīmā śaphānāṃ sanitur nidhānā | atrā te bhadrā raśanā apaśyam ṛtasya yā abhirakṣanti gopāḥ ||
Here-, Courser, are the places where they groomed thee, here are the traces of thy hoofs as winner. Here have I seen the auspicious reins that guide thee, which those who guard the holy Law keep safely.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आत्मानं ते मनसाराद् अजानाम् अवो दिवा पतयन्तम् पतङ्गम् । शिरो अपश्यम् पथिभिः सुगेभिर् अरेणुभिर् जेहमानम् पतत्रि ॥
ātmānaṃ te manasārād ajānām avo divā patayantam pataṅgam | śiro apaśyam pathibhiḥ sugebhir areṇubhir jehamānam patatri ||
Thyself from far I recognized in spirit,--a Bird that from below flew through the heaven. I saw thy head still soaring, striving upward by paths unsoiled by dust, pleasant to travel.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अत्रा ते रूपम् उत्तमम् अपश्यं जिगीषमाणम् इष आ पदे गोः । यदा ते मर्तो अनु भोगम् आनळ् आद् इद् ग्रसिष्ठ ओषधीर् अजीगः ॥
atrā te rūpam uttamam apaśyaṃ jigīṣamāṇam iṣa ā pade goḥ | yadā te marto anu bhogam ānaḷ ād id grasiṣṭha oṣadhīr ajīgaḥ ||
Here I beheld thy form, matchless in glory, eager to win thee food at the Cow's station. Whene'er a man brings thee to thine enjoyment, thou swallowest the plants most greedy eater.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अनु त्वा रथो अनु मर्यो अर्वन्न् अनु गावो ऽनु भगः कनीनाम् । अनु व्रातासस् तव सख्यम् ईयुर् अनु देवा ममिरे वीर्यं ते ॥
anu tvā ratho anu maryo arvann anu gāvo 'nu bhagaḥ kanīnām | anu vrātāsas tava sakhyam īyur anu devā mamire vīryaṃ te ||
After thee, Courser, come the car, the bridegroom, the kine come after, and the charm of maidens. Full companies have followed for thy friendship: the pattern of thy vigour Gods have copied.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
हिरण्यशृङ्गो ऽयो अस्य पादा मनोजवा अवर इन्द्र आसीत् । देवा इद् अस्य हविरद्यम् आयन् यो अर्वन्तम् प्रथमो अध्यतिष्ठत् ॥
hiraṇyaśṛṅgo 'yo asya pādā manojavā avara indra āsīt | devā id asya haviradyam āyan yo arvantam prathamo adhyatiṣṭhat ||
Horns made of gold hath he: his feet are iron: less fleet than he, though swift as thought, is Indra. The Gods have come that they may taste the oblation of him who mounted, first of all, the Courser.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ईर्मान्तासः सिलिकमध्यमासः सं शूरणासो दिव्यासो अत्याः । हंसा इव श्रेणिशो यतन्ते यद् आक्षिषुर् दिव्यम् अज्मम् अश्वाः ॥
īrmāntāsaḥ silikamadhyamāsaḥ saṃ śūraṇāso divyāso atyāḥ | haṃsā iva śreṇiśo yatante yad ākṣiṣur divyam ajmam aśvāḥ ||
Symmetrical in flank, with rounded haunches, mettled like heroes, the Celestial Coursers Put forth their strength, like swans in lengthened order, when they, the Steeds, have reached the heavenly causeway.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तव शरीरम् पतयिष्ण्व् अर्वन् तव चित्तं वात इव ध्रजीमान् । तव शृङ्गाणि विष्ठिता पुरुत्रारण्येषु जर्भुराणा चरन्ति ॥
tava śarīram patayiṣṇv arvan tava cittaṃ vāta iva dhrajīmān | tava śṛṅgāṇi viṣṭhitā purutrāraṇyeṣu jarbhurāṇā caranti ||
A body formed for flight hast thou, O Charger; swift as the wind in motion is thy spirit. Thy horns are spread abroad in all directions: they move with restless beat in wildernesses.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उप प्रागाच् छसनं वाज्य् अर्वा देवद्रीचा मनसा दीध्यानः । अजः पुरो नीयते नाभिर् अस्यानु पश्चात् कवयो यन्ति रेभाः ॥
upa prāgāc chasanaṃ vājy arvā devadrīcā manasā dīdhyānaḥ | ajaḥ puro nīyate nābhir asyānu paścāt kavayo yanti rebhāḥ ||
The strong Steed hath come forward to the slaughter, pondering with a mind directed God-ward. The goat who is his kin is led before him the sages and the singers follow after.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उप प्रागात् परमं यत् सधस्थम् अर्वां अच्छा पितरम् मातरं च । अद्या देवाञ् जुष्टतमो हि गम्या अथा शास्ते दाशुषे वार्याणि ॥
upa prāgāt paramaṃ yat sadhastham arvāṃ acchā pitaram mātaraṃ ca | adyā devāñ juṣṭatamo hi gamyā athā śāste dāśuṣe vāryāṇi ||
The Steed is come unto the noblest mansion, is come unto his Father and his Mother. This day shall he approach the Gods, most welcome: then he declares good gifts to him who offers.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)