Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·2·2.31

Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.31

RV 2.31.1

अस्माकम् मित्रावरुणावतं रथम् आदित्यै रुद्रैर् वसुभिः सचाभुवा । प्र यद् वयो न पप्तन् वस्मनस् परि श्रवस्यवो हृषीवन्तो वनर्षदः ॥

asmākam mitrāvaruṇāvataṃ ratham ādityai rudrair vasubhiḥ sacābhuvā | pra yad vayo na paptan vasmanas pari śravasyavo hṛṣīvanto vanarṣadaḥ ||

Help, Varuna and Mitra, O ye Twain allied with Vasus, Rudras, and Adityas, help our car, That, as the wild birds of the forest from their home, our horses may fly forth, glad, eager for renown.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 2.31.2

अध स्मा न उद् अवता सजोषसो रथं देवासो अभि विक्षु वाजयुम् । यद् आशवः पद्याभिस् तित्रतो रजः पृथिव्याः सानौ जङ्घनन्त पाणिभिः ॥

adha smā na ud avatā sajoṣaso rathaṃ devāso abhi vikṣu vājayum | yad āśavaḥ padyābhis titrato rajaḥ pṛthivyāḥ sānau jaṅghananta pāṇibhiḥ ||

Yea, now ye Gods of one accord speed on our car what time among the folk it seeks an act of might; When, hasting through the region with the stamp of hoofs, our swift steeds trample on the ridges of the earth.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 2.31.3

उत स्य न इन्द्रो विश्वचर्षणिर् दिवः शर्धेन मारुतेन सुक्रतुः । अनु नु स्थात्य् अवृकाभिर् ऊतिभी रथम् महे सनये वाजसातये ॥

uta sya na indro viśvacarṣaṇir divaḥ śardhena mārutena sukratuḥ | anu nu sthāty avṛkābhir ūtibhī ratham mahe sanaye vājasātaye ||

Or may our Indra here, the Friend of all mankind, coming from heaven, most wise, girt by the Marut host, Accompany, with aid untroubled by a foe, our car to mighty gain, to win the meed of strength.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 2.31.4

उत स्य देवो भुवनस्य सक्षणिस् त्वष्टा ग्नाभिः सजोषा जूजुवद् रथम् । इळा भगो बृहद्दिवोत रोदसी पूषा पुरन्धिर् अश्विनाव् अधा पती ॥

uta sya devo bhuvanasya sakṣaṇis tvaṣṭā gnābhiḥ sajoṣā jūjuvad ratham | iḷā bhago bṛhaddivota rodasī pūṣā purandhir aśvināv adhā patī ||

Or may this Tvastar, God who rules the world with power, one-minded with the Goddesses speed forth our car; Ila and Bhaga the celestial, Earth and Heaven, Pusan, Purandhi, and the Asvins, ruling Lords.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 2.31.5

उत त्ये देवी सुभगे मिथूदृशोषासानक्ता जगताम् अपीजुवा । स्तुषे यद् वाम् पृथिवि नव्यसा वच स्थातुश् च वयस् त्रिवया उपस्तिरे ॥

uta tye devī subhage mithūdṛśoṣāsānaktā jagatām apījuvā | stuṣe yad vām pṛthivi navyasā vaca sthātuś ca vayas trivayā upastire ||

Or, seen alternate, those two blessed Goddesses, Morning and Night who stir all living things to act: While with my newest song I praise you both, O Earth, that from what moves not ye may spread forth threefold food.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 2.31.6

उत वः शंसम् उशिजाम् इव श्मस्य् अहिर् बुध्न्यो ऽज एकपाद् उत । त्रित ऋभुक्षाः सविता चनो दधे ऽपां नपाद् आशुहेमा धिया शमि ॥

uta vaḥ śaṃsam uśijām iva śmasy ahir budhnyo 'ja ekapād uta | trita ṛbhukṣāḥ savitā cano dadhe 'pāṃ napād āśuhemā dhiyā śami ||

Your blessing as a boon for suppliants we desire: the Dragon of the Deep, and Aja-Ekapad, Trita, Rbhuksan, Savitar shall joy in us, and the Floods' swift Child in our worship and our prayer.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 2.31.7

एता वो वश्म्य् उद्यता यजत्रा अतक्षन्न् आयवो नव्यसे सम् । श्रवस्यवो वाजं चकानाः सप्तिर् न रथ्यो अह धीतिम् अश्याः ॥

etā vo vaśmy udyatā yajatrā atakṣann āyavo navyase sam | śravasyavo vājaṃ cakānāḥ saptir na rathyo aha dhītim aśyāḥ ||

These earnest prayers I pray to you, ye Holy: to pay you honour, living men have formed them, Men fain to win the prize and glory. May they win, as a car-horse might the goal, your notice.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)