Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·10·10.39
यो वाम् परिज्मा सुवृद् अश्विना रथो दोषाम् उषासो हव्यो हविष्मता । शश्वत्तमासस् तम् उ वाम् इदं वयम् पितुर् न नाम सुहवं हवामहे ॥
yo vām parijmā suvṛd aśvinā ratho doṣām uṣāso havyo haviṣmatā | śaśvattamāsas tam u vām idaṃ vayam pitur na nāma suhavaṃ havāmahe ||
As 'twere the name of father, easy to invoke, we all assembled here invoke this Car of yours, Asvins, your swiftly-rolling circumambient Car which he who worships must invoke at eve and dawn.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
चोदयतं सूनृताः पिन्वतं धिय उत् पुरन्धीर् ईरयतं तद् उश्मसि । यशसम् भागं कृणुतं नो अश्विना सोमं न चारुम् मघवत्सु नस् कृतम् ॥
codayataṃ sūnṛtāḥ pinvataṃ dhiya ut purandhīr īrayataṃ tad uśmasi | yaśasam bhāgaṃ kṛṇutaṃ no aśvinā somaṃ na cārum maghavatsu nas kṛtam ||
Awake all pleasant strains and let the hymns flow forth: raise up abundant fulness: this is our desire. Asvins, bestow on us a glorious heritage, and give our princes treasure fair as Soma is.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अमाजुरश् चिद् भवथो युवम् भगो ऽनाशोश् चिद् अवितारापमस्य चित् । अन्धस्य चिन् नासत्या कृशस्य चिद् युवाम् इद् आहुर् भिषजा रुतस्य चित् ॥
amājuraś cid bhavatho yuvam bhago 'nāśoś cid avitārāpamasya cit | andhasya cin nāsatyā kṛśasya cid yuvām id āhur bhiṣajā rutasya cit ||
Ye are the bliss of her who groweth old at home, and helpers of the slow although he linger last. Men call you too, Nasatyas, healers of the blind, the thin and feeble, and the man with broken bones.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
युवं च्यवानं सनयं यथा रथम् पुनर् युवानं चरथाय तक्षथुः । निष् टौग्र्यम् ऊहथुर् अद्भ्यस् परि विश्वेत् ता वां सवनेषु प्रवाच्या ॥
yuvaṃ cyavānaṃ sanayaṃ yathā ratham punar yuvānaṃ carathāya takṣathuḥ | niṣ ṭaugryam ūhathur adbhyas pari viśvet tā vāṃ savaneṣu pravācyā ||
Ye made Cyavana, weak and worn with length of days, young again, like a car, that he had power to move. Ye lifted up the son of Tugra from the floods. At our libations must all these your acts be praised.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
पुराणा वां वीर्या प्र ब्रवा जने ऽथो हासथुर् भिषजा मयोभुवा । ता वां नु नव्याव् अवसे करामहे ऽयं नासत्या श्रद् अरिर् यथा दधत् ॥
purāṇā vāṃ vīryā pra bravā jane 'tho hāsathur bhiṣajā mayobhuvā | tā vāṃ nu navyāv avase karāmahe 'yaṃ nāsatyā śrad arir yathā dadhat ||
We will declare among the folk your ancient deeds heroic; yea, ye were Physicians bringing health. You, you who must be lauded, will we bring for aid, so that this foe of ours, O Asvins, may believe.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इयं वाम् अह्वे शृणुतम् मे अश्विना पुत्रायेव पितरा मह्यं शिक्षतम् । अनापिर् अज्ञा असजात्यामतिः पुरा तस्या अभिशस्तेर् अव स्पृतम् ॥
iyaṃ vām ahve śṛṇutam me aśvinā putrāyeva pitarā mahyaṃ śikṣatam | anāpir ajñā asajātyāmatiḥ purā tasyā abhiśaster ava spṛtam ||
Listen to me, O Asvins; I have cried to you. Give me-your aid as sire and mother aid their son. Poor, without kin or friend or ties of blood am I. Save me before it be too late, from this my curse.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
युवं रथेन विमदाय शुन्ध्युवं न्य् ऊहथुः पुरुमित्रस्य योषणाम् । युवं हवं वध्रिमत्या अगच्छतं युवं सुषुतिं चक्रथुः पुरन्धये ॥
yuvaṃ rathena vimadāya śundhyuvaṃ ny ūhathuḥ purumitrasya yoṣaṇām | yuvaṃ havaṃ vadhrimatyā agacchataṃ yuvaṃ suṣutiṃ cakrathuḥ purandhaye ||
Ye, mounted on your chariot brought to Vimada the comely maid of Purumitra as a bride. Ye, came unto the calling of the weakling's dame, and granted noble offspring to the happy wife.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
युवं विप्रस्य जरणाम् उपेयुषः पुनः कलेर् अकृणुतं युवद् वयः । युवं वन्दनम् ऋश्यदाद् उद् ऊपथुर् युवं सद्यो विश्पलाम् एतवे कृथः ॥
yuvaṃ viprasya jaraṇām upeyuṣaḥ punaḥ kaler akṛṇutaṃ yuvad vayaḥ | yuvaṃ vandanam ṛśyadād ud ūpathur yuvaṃ sadyo viśpalām etave kṛthaḥ ||
Ye gave again the vigour of his youthful life to the sage Kali when old age was coming nigh. Ye rescued Vandana and raised him from the pit, and in a moment gave Vispala power to move.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
युवं ह रेभं वृषणा गुहा हितम् उद् ऐरयतम् ममृवांसम् अश्विना । युवम् ऋबीसम् उत तप्तम् अत्रय ओमन्वन्तं चक्रथुः सप्तवध्रये ॥
yuvaṃ ha rebhaṃ vṛṣaṇā guhā hitam ud airayatam mamṛvāṃsam aśvinā | yuvam ṛbīsam uta taptam atraya omanvantaṃ cakrathuḥ saptavadhraye ||
Ye Asvins Twain, endowed with manly strength, brought forth Reblia when hidden in the cave and well-nigh dead, Freed Saptavadliri, and for Atri caused the pit heated with fire to be a pleasant resting-place.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
युवं श्वेतम् पेदवे ऽश्विनाश्वं नवभिर् वाजैर् नवती च वाजिनम् । चर्कृत्यं ददथुर् द्रावयत्सखम् भगं न नृभ्यो हव्यम् मयोभुवम् ॥
yuvaṃ śvetam pedave 'śvināśvaṃ navabhir vājair navatī ca vājinam | carkṛtyaṃ dadathur drāvayatsakham bhagaṃ na nṛbhyo havyam mayobhuvam ||
On Pedu ye bestowed, Asvins, a courser white, mighty with nine-and-ninety varied gifts of strength, A horse to be renowned, who bore his friend at speed, joy-giving, Bhaga-like to be invoked of men.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
न तं राजानाव् अदिते कुतश् चन नांहो अश्नोति दुरितं नकिर् भयम् । यम् अश्विना सुहवा रुद्रवर्तनी पुरोरथं कृणुथः पत्न्या सह ॥
na taṃ rājānāv adite kutaś cana nāṃho aśnoti duritaṃ nakir bhayam | yam aśvinā suhavā rudravartanī purorathaṃ kṛṇuthaḥ patnyā saha ||
From no side, ye Two Kings whom none may check or stay, doth grief, distress, or danger come u on the man Whom, Asvins swift to hear, borne on your glowing path, ye with your Consort make the foremost in the race.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ तेन यातम् मनसो जवीयसा रथं यं वाम् ऋभवश् चक्रुर् अश्विना । यस्य योगे दुहिता जायते दिव उभे अहनी सुदिने विवस्वतः ॥
ā tena yātam manaso javīyasā rathaṃ yaṃ vām ṛbhavaś cakrur aśvinā | yasya yoge duhitā jāyate diva ubhe ahanī sudine vivasvataḥ ||
Come on that Chariot which the Rbhus wrought for you, the Chariot, Asvins, that is speedier than thought, At harnessing whereof Heaven's Daughter springs to birth, and from Vivasvan come auspicious Night and Day.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ता वर्तिर् यातं जयुषा वि पर्वतम् अपिन्वतं शयवे धेनुम् अश्विना । वृकस्य चिद् वर्तिकाम् अन्तर् आस्याद् युवं शचीभिर् ग्रसिताम् अमुञ्चतम् ॥
tā vartir yātaṃ jayuṣā vi parvatam apinvataṃ śayave dhenum aśvinā | vṛkasya cid vartikām antar āsyād yuvaṃ śacībhir grasitām amuñcatam ||
Come, Conquerors of the sundered mountain, to our home, Asvins who made the cow stream milk for Sayu's sake, Ye who delivered even from the wolf's deep throat and set again at liberty the swallowed quail.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एतं वां स्तोमम् अश्विनाव् अकर्मातक्षाम भृगवो न रथम् । न्य् अमृक्षाम योषणां न मर्ये नित्यं न सूनुं तनयं दधानाः ॥
etaṃ vāṃ stomam aśvināv akarmātakṣāma bhṛgavo na ratham | ny amṛkṣāma yoṣaṇāṃ na marye nityaṃ na sūnuṃ tanayaṃ dadhānāḥ ||
We have prepared this laud for you, O Asvins, and, like the Bhrgus, as a car have framed it, Have decked it as a maid to meet the bridegroom, and brought it as a son, our stay for ever.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)