Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·2·2.39
ग्रावाणेव तद् इद् अर्थं जरेथे गृध्रेव वृक्षं निधिमन्तम् अच्छ । ब्रह्माणेव विदथ उक्थशासा दूतेव हव्या जन्या पुरुत्रा ॥
grāvāṇeva tad id arthaṃ jarethe gṛdhreva vṛkṣaṃ nidhimantam accha | brahmāṇeva vidatha ukthaśāsā dūteva havyā janyā purutrā ||
Sing like the two press-stones for this same purpose; come like two misers to the tree of treasure; Like two laud-singing Brahmans in the assembly, like the folk's envoys called in many places.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्रातर्यावाणा रथ्येव वीराजेव यमा वरम् आ सचेथे । मेने इव तन्वा शुम्भमाने दम्पतीव क्रतुविदा जनेषु ॥
prātaryāvāṇā rathyeva vīrājeva yamā varam ā sacethe | mene iva tanvā śumbhamāne dampatīva kratuvidā janeṣu ||
Moving at morning like two chr-borne heroes, like to a pair of goats ye come electing; Like two fair dames embellishing their bodies, like a wise married pair among the people.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
शृङ्गेव नः प्रथमा गन्तम् अर्वाक् छफाव् इव जर्भुराणा तरोभिः । चक्रवाकेव प्रति वस्तोर् उस्रार्वाञ्चा यातं रथ्येव शक्रा ॥
śṛṅgeva naḥ prathamā gantam arvāk chaphāv iva jarbhurāṇā tarobhiḥ | cakravākeva prati vastor usrārvāñcā yātaṃ rathyeva śakrā ||
Like to a pair of horns come first to usward, like to a pair of hoofs with rapid motion; Come like two Cakavas in the grey of morning, come like two chariot wheels at dawn, ye Mighty.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नावेव नः पारयतं युगेव नभ्येव न उपधीव प्रधीव । श्वानेव नो अरिषण्या तनूनां खृगलेव विस्रसः पातम् अस्मान् ॥
nāveva naḥ pārayataṃ yugeva nabhyeva na upadhīva pradhīva | śvāneva no ariṣaṇyā tanūnāṃ khṛgaleva visrasaḥ pātam asmān ||
Bear us across the rivers like two vessels, save us as ye were yokes, naves, spokes and fellies. Be like two dogs that injure not our bodies; preserve us, like two crutches, that we fall not.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वातेवाजुर्या नद्येव रीतिर् अक्षी इव चक्षुषा यातम् अर्वाक् । हस्ताव् इव तन्वे शम्भविष्ठा पादेव नो नयतं वस्यो अच्छ ॥
vātevājuryā nadyeva rītir akṣī iva cakṣuṣā yātam arvāk | hastāv iva tanve śambhaviṣṭhā pādeva no nayataṃ vasyo accha ||
Like two winds ageing not, two confluent rivers, come with quick vision like two eyes before us. Come like two hands most helpful to the body, and guide us like two feet to what is precious.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ओष्ठाव् इव मध्व् आस्ने वदन्ता स्तनाव् इव पिप्यतं जीवसे नः । नासेव नस् तन्वो रक्षितारा कर्णाव् इव सुश्रुता भूतम् अस्मे ॥
oṣṭhāv iva madhv āsne vadantā stanāv iva pipyataṃ jīvase naḥ | nāseva nas tanvo rakṣitārā karṇāv iva suśrutā bhūtam asme ||
Even as two lips that with the mouth speak honey, even as two breasts that nourish our existence, Like the two nostrils that protect our being, be to us as our ears that hear distinctly.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
हस्तेव शक्तिम् अभि संददी नः क्षामेव नः सम् अजतं रजांसि । इमा गिरो अश्विना युष्मयन्तीः क्ष्णोत्रेणेव स्वधितिं सं शिशीतम् ॥
hasteva śaktim abhi saṃdadī naḥ kṣāmeva naḥ sam ajataṃ rajāṃsi | imā giro aśvinā yuṣmayantīḥ kṣṇotreṇeva svadhitiṃ saṃ śiśītam ||
Like two hands give ye us increasing vigour; like heaven and earth constrain the airy regions. Asvins, these hymns that struggle to approach you, sharpen ye like an axe upon a whetstone.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एतानि वाम् अश्विना वर्धनानि ब्रह्म स्तोमं गृत्समदासो अक्रन् । तानि नरा जुजुषाणोप यातम् बृहद् वदेम विदथे सुवीराः ॥
etāni vām aśvinā vardhanāni brahma stomaṃ gṛtsamadāso akran | tāni narā jujuṣāṇopa yātam bṛhad vadema vidathe suvīrāḥ ||
These prayers of ours exalting you, O Asvins, have the GrtSamadas, for a laud, made ready. Welcome them, O ye Heroes, and come bither. Loud may we speak. with brave men, in assembly.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)