Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·2·2.18
प्राता रथो नवो योजि सस्निश् चतुर्युगस् त्रिकशः सप्तरश्मिः । दशारित्रो मनुष्यः स्वर्षाः स इष्टिभिर् मतिभी रंह्यो भूत् ॥
prātā ratho navo yoji sasniś caturyugas trikaśaḥ saptaraśmiḥ | daśāritro manuṣyaḥ svarṣāḥ sa iṣṭibhir matibhī raṃhyo bhūt ||
The rich new car hath been equipped at morning; four yokes it hath, three whips, seven reins to guide it: Ten-sided, friendly to mankind, light-winner, that must be urged to speed with prayers and wishes.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सास्मा अरम् प्रथमं स द्वितीयम् उतो तृतीयम् मनुषः स होता । अन्यस्या गर्भम् अन्य ऊ जनन्त सो अन्येभिः सचते जेन्यो वृषा ॥
sāsmā aram prathamaṃ sa dvitīyam uto tṛtīyam manuṣaḥ sa hotā | anyasyā garbham anya ū jananta so anyebhiḥ sacate jenyo vṛṣā ||
This is prepared for him the first, the second, and the third time: he is man's Priest and Herald. Others get offspring of another parent he goeth, as a noble Bull, with others.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
हरी नु कं रथ इन्द्रस्य योजम् आयै सूक्तेन वचसा नवेन । मो षु त्वाम् अत्र बहवो हि विप्रा नि रीरमन् यजमानासो अन्ये ॥
harī nu kaṃ ratha indrasya yojam āyai sūktena vacasā navena | mo ṣu tvām atra bahavo hi viprā ni rīraman yajamānāso anye ||
To Indra's car the Bay Steeds have I harnessed, that new well-spoken words may bring him hither. Here let not other worshippers detain thee, for among us are many holy singers.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ द्वाभ्यां हरिभ्याम् इन्द्र याह्य् आ चतुर्भिर् आ षड्भिर् हूयमानः । आष्टाभिर् दशभिः सोमपेयम् अयं सुतः सुमख मा मृधस् कः ॥
ā dvābhyāṃ haribhyām indra yāhy ā caturbhir ā ṣaḍbhir hūyamānaḥ | āṣṭābhir daśabhiḥ somapeyam ayaṃ sutaḥ sumakha mā mṛdhas kaḥ ||
Indra, come hitherward with two Bay Coursers, come thou with four, with six when invocated. Come thou with eight, with ten, to drink the Soma. Here is the juice, brave Warrior: do not scorn it.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ विंशत्या त्रिंशता याह्य् अर्वाङ् आ चत्वारिंशता हरिभिर् युजानः । आ पञ्चाशता सुरथेभिर् इन्द्रा षष्ट्या सप्तत्या सोमपेयम् ॥
ā viṃśatyā triṃśatā yāhy arvāṅ ā catvāriṃśatā haribhir yujānaḥ | ā pañcāśatā surathebhir indrā ṣaṣṭyā saptatyā somapeyam ||
O Indra, come thou hither having harnessed thy car with twenty, thirty, forty horses. Come thou with fifty well trained coursers, Indra, sixty or seventy, to drink the Soma.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आशीत्या नवत्या याह्य् अर्वाङ् आ शतेन हरिभिर् उह्यमानः । अयं हि ते शुनहोत्रेषु सोम इन्द्र त्वाया परिषिक्तो मदाय ॥
āśītyā navatyā yāhy arvāṅ ā śatena haribhir uhyamānaḥ | ayaṃ hi te śunahotreṣu soma indra tvāyā pariṣikto madāya ||
Come to us hitherward, O Indra, carried by eighty, ninety, or an hundred horses. This Soma juice among the Sunahotras hath been poured out, in love, to glad thee, Indra.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
मम ब्रह्मेन्द्र याह्य् अच्छा विश्वा हरी धुरि धिष्वा रथस्य । पुरुत्रा हि विहव्यो बभूथास्मिञ् छूर सवने मादयस्व ॥
mama brahmendra yāhy acchā viśvā harī dhuri dhiṣvā rathasya | purutrā hi vihavyo babhūthāsmiñ chūra savane mādayasva ||
To this my prayer, O Indra, come thou hither: bind to thy car's pole all thy two Bay Coursers. Thou art to be invoked in many places Hero, rejoice thyself in this libation.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
न म इन्द्रेण सख्यं वि योषद् अस्मभ्यम् अस्य दक्षिणा दुहीत । उप ज्येष्ठे वरूथे गभस्तौ प्राये-प्राये जिगीवांसः स्याम ॥
na ma indreṇa sakhyaṃ vi yoṣad asmabhyam asya dakṣiṇā duhīta | upa jyeṣṭhe varūthe gabhastau prāye-prāye jigīvāṃsaḥ syāma ||
Ne'er be my love from Indra disunited still may his liberal Milch-cow yield us treasure. So may we under his supreme protection, safe in his arms, succeed in each forth-going.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नूनं सा ते प्रति वरं जरित्रे दुहीयद् इन्द्र दक्षिणा मघोनी । शिक्षा स्तोतृभ्यो माति धग् भगो नो बृहद् वदेम विदथे सुवीराः ॥
nūnaṃ sā te prati varaṃ jaritre duhīyad indra dakṣiṇā maghonī | śikṣā stotṛbhyo māti dhag bhago no bṛhad vadema vidathe suvīrāḥ ||
Now may that wealthy Cow Of thine, O Indra, give in return a boon to him who lauds thee. Give to thy praisers: let not fortune fail us. Loud may we speak, with heroes, in assembly.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)