Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·4·4.40
दधिक्राव्ण इद् उ नु चर्किराम विश्वा इन् माम् उषसः सूदयन्तु । अपाम् अग्नेर् उषसः सूर्यस्य बृहस्पतेर् आङ्गिरसस्य जिष्णोः ॥
dadhikrāvṇa id u nu carkirāma viśvā in mām uṣasaḥ sūdayantu | apām agner uṣasaḥ sūryasya bṛhaspater āṅgirasasya jiṣṇoḥ ||
Let us recite the praise of Dadhikravan: may all the Mornings move me to exertion; Praise of the Lord of Waters, Dawn, and Agni, Brhaspati Son of Angiras, and Surya.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सत्वा भरिषो गविषो दुवन्यसच् छ्रवस्याद् इष उषसस् तुरण्यसत् । सत्यो द्रवो द्रवरः पतङ्गरो दधिक्रावेषम् ऊर्जं स्वर् जनत् ॥
satvā bhariṣo gaviṣo duvanyasac chravasyād iṣa uṣasas turaṇyasat | satyo dravo dravaraḥ pataṅgaro dadhikrāveṣam ūrjaṃ svar janat ||
Brave, seeking war and booty, dwelling with the good and with the swift, may he hasten the food of Dawn. May he the true, the fleet, the lover of the course, the bird-like Dadhikravan, bring food, strength, and light.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उत स्मास्य द्रवतस् तुरण्यतः पर्णं न वेर् अनु वाति प्रगर्धिनः । श्येनस्येव ध्रजतो अङ्कसम् परि दधिक्राव्णः सहोर्जा तरित्रतः ॥
uta smāsya dravatas turaṇyataḥ parṇaṃ na ver anu vāti pragardhinaḥ | śyenasyeva dhrajato aṅkasam pari dadhikrāvṇaḥ sahorjā taritrataḥ ||
His pinion, rapid runner, fans him m his way, as of a bird that hastens onward to its aim, And, as it were a falcon's gliding through the air, strikes Dadhikravan's side as he speeds on with might.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उत स्य वाजी क्षिपणिं तुरण्यति ग्रीवायाम् बद्धो अपिकक्ष आसनि । क्रतुं दधिक्रा अनु संतवीत्वत् पथाम् अङ्कांस्य् अन्व् आपनीफणत् ॥
uta sya vājī kṣipaṇiṃ turaṇyati grīvāyām baddho apikakṣa āsani | kratuṃ dadhikrā anu saṃtavītvat pathām aṅkāṃsy anv āpanīphaṇat ||
Bound by the neck and by the flanks and by the mouth, the vigorous Courser lends new swiftness to his speed. Drawing himself together, as his strength allows, Dadhikras springs along the windings of the paths.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
हंसः शुचिषद् वसुर् अन्तरिक्षसद् धोता वेदिषद् अतिथिर् दुरोणसत् । नृषद् वरसद् ऋतसद् व्योमसद् अब्जा गोजा ऋतजा अद्रिजा ऋतम् ॥
haṃsaḥ śuciṣad vasur antarikṣasad dhotā vediṣad atithir duroṇasat | nṛṣad varasad ṛtasad vyomasad abjā gojā ṛtajā adrijā ṛtam ||
The Hamsa homed in light, the Vasu in mid-air, the priest beside the altar, in the house the guest, Dweller in noblest place, mid men, in truth, in sky, born of flood, kine, truth, mountain, he is holy Law.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)