Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·1·1.181
कद् उ प्रेष्टाव् इषां रयीणाम् अध्वर्यन्ता यद् उन्निनीथो अपाम् । अयं वां यज्ञो अकृत प्रशस्तिं वसुधिती अवितारा जनानाम् ॥
kad u preṣṭāv iṣāṃ rayīṇām adhvaryantā yad unninītho apām | ayaṃ vāṃ yajño akṛta praśastiṃ vasudhitī avitārā janānām ||
What, dearest Pair, is this in strength and riches that ye as Priests are bring from the waters? This sacrifice is your glorification, ye who protect mankind and give them treasures.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ वाम् अश्वासः शुचयः पयस्पा वातरंहसो दिव्यासो अत्याः । मनोजुवो वृषणो वीतपृष्ठा एह स्वराजो अश्विना वहन्तु ॥
ā vām aśvāsaḥ śucayaḥ payaspā vātaraṃhaso divyāso atyāḥ | manojuvo vṛṣaṇo vītapṛṣṭhā eha svarājo aśvinā vahantu ||
May your pure steeds, rain-drinkers, bring you hither, swift as the tempest, your celestial coursers, Rapid as thought, with fair backs, full of vigour, resplendent in their native light, O Asvins.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ वां रथो ऽवनिर् न प्रवत्वान् सृप्रवन्धुरः सुविताय गम्याः । वृष्ण स्थातारा मनसो जवीयान् अहम्पूर्वो यजतो धिष्ण्या यः ॥
ā vāṃ ratho 'vanir na pravatvān sṛpravandhuraḥ suvitāya gamyāḥ | vṛṣṇa sthātārā manaso javīyān ahampūrvo yajato dhiṣṇyā yaḥ ||
Your car is like a torrent rushing downward: may it come nigh, broad-seated, for our welfare,-- Car holy, strong, that ever would be foremost, thought-swift, which ye, for whom we long, have mounted.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इहेह जाता सम् अवावशीताम् अरेपसा तन्वा नामभिः स्वैः । जिष्णुर् वाम् अन्यः सुमखस्य सूरिर् दिवो अन्यः सुभगः पुत्र ऊहे ॥
iheha jātā sam avāvaśītām arepasā tanvā nāmabhiḥ svaiḥ | jiṣṇur vām anyaḥ sumakhasya sūrir divo anyaḥ subhagaḥ putra ūhe ||
Here sprung to life, they both have sung together, with bodies free from stain, with signs that mark them; One of you Prince of Sacrifice, the Victor, the other counts as Heaven's auspicious offspring.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र वां निचेरुः ककुहो वशां अनु पिशङ्गरूपः सदनानि गम्याः । हरी अन्यस्य पीपयन्त वाजैर् मथ्रा रजांस्य् अश्विना वि घोषैः ॥
pra vāṃ niceruḥ kakuho vaśāṃ anu piśaṅgarūpaḥ sadanāni gamyāḥ | harī anyasya pīpayanta vājair mathrā rajāṃsy aśvinā vi ghoṣaiḥ ||
May your car-seat, down-gliding, golden-coloured, according to your wish approach our dwellings. Men shall feed full the bay steeds of the other, and, Asvins they with roars shall stir the regions.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र वां शरद्वान् वृषभो न निष्षाट् पूर्वीर् इषश् चरति मध्व इष्णन् । एवैर् अन्यस्य पीपयन्त वाजैर् वेषन्तीर् ऊर्ध्वा नद्यो न आगुः ॥
pra vāṃ śaradvān vṛṣabho na niṣṣāṭ pūrvīr iṣaś carati madhva iṣṇan | evair anyasya pīpayanta vājair veṣantīr ūrdhvā nadyo na āguḥ ||
Forth comes your strong Bull like a cloud of autumn, sending abundant food of liquid sweetness. Let them feed with the other's ways and vigour: the upper streams have come and do us service.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
असर्जि वां स्थविरा वेधसा गीर् बाळ्हे अश्विना त्रेधा क्षरन्ती । उपस्तुताव् अवतं नाधमानं यामन्न् अयामञ् छृणुतं हवम् मे ॥
asarji vāṃ sthavirā vedhasā gīr bāḷhe aśvinā tredhā kṣarantī | upastutāv avataṃ nādhamānaṃ yāmann ayāmañ chṛṇutaṃ havam me ||
Your constant song hath been sent forth, Disposers! that flows threefold in mighty strength, O Asvins. Thus lauded, give the suppliant protection moving or resting hear mine invocation.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उत स्या वां रुशतो वप्ससो गीस् त्रिबर्हिषि सदसि पिन्वते नॄन् । वृषा वाम् मेघो वृषणा पीपाय गोर् न सेके मनुषो दशस्यन् ॥
uta syā vāṃ ruśato vapsaso gīs tribarhiṣi sadasi pinvate nṝn | vṛṣā vām megho vṛṣaṇā pīpāya gor na seke manuṣo daśasyan ||
This song of bright contents for you is swelling in the men's hall where three-fold grass is ready. Your strong rain-cloud, ye Mighty Ones, hath swollen, honouring men as 'twere with milk's outpouring.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
युवाम् पूषेवाश्विना पुरन्धिर् अग्निम् उषां न जरते हविष्मान् । हुवे यद् वां वरिवस्या गृणानो विद्यामेषं वृजनं जीरदानुम् ॥
yuvām pūṣevāśvinā purandhir agnim uṣāṃ na jarate haviṣmān | huve yad vāṃ varivasyā gṛṇāno vidyāmeṣaṃ vṛjanaṃ jīradānum ||
The prudent worshipper, like Pusan, Asvins! praises you as he praises Dawn and Agni, When, singing with devotion, he invokes you. May we find strengthening food in full abundance.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)