Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.45

एष स्य भानुर् उद् इयर्ति युज्यते रथः परिज्मा दिवो अस्य सानवि । पृक्षासो अस्मिन् मिथुना अधि त्रयो दृतिस् तुरीयो मधुनो वि रप्शते ॥

eṣa sya bhānur ud iyarti yujyate rathaḥ parijmā divo asya sānavi | pṛkṣāso asmin mithunā adhi trayo dṛtis turīyo madhuno vi rapśate ||

Yonder goes up that light: your chariot is yoked that travels round upon the summit of this heaven. Within this car are stored three kindred shares of food, and a skin filled with meath is rustling as the fourth.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4.45.2

उद् वाम् पृक्षासो मधुमन्त ईरते रथा अश्वास उषसो व्युष्टिषु । अपोर्णुवन्तस् तम आ परीवृतं स्वर् ण शुक्रं तन्वन्त आ रजः ॥

ud vām pṛkṣāso madhumanta īrate rathā aśvāsa uṣaso vyuṣṭiṣu | aporṇuvantas tama ā parīvṛtaṃ svar ṇa śukraṃ tanvanta ā rajaḥ ||

Forth come your viands rich with store of pleasant meath, and cars and horses at the flushing of the dawn, Stripping the covering from the surrounded gloom, and spreading through mid-air bright radiance like the Sun.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4.45.3

मध्वः पिबतम् मधुपेभिर् आसभिर् उत प्रियम् मधुने युञ्जाथां रथम् । आ वर्तनिम् मधुना जिन्वथस् पथो दृतिं वहेथे मधुमन्तम् अश्विना ॥

madhvaḥ pibatam madhupebhir āsabhir uta priyam madhune yuñjāthāṃ ratham | ā vartanim madhunā jinvathas patho dṛtiṃ vahethe madhumantam aśvinā ||

Drink of the meath with lips accustomed to the draught; harness for the meath's sake the chariot that ye love. Refresh the way ye go, refresh the paths with meath: hither, O Asvins, bring the skin that holds the meath.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4.45.4

हंसासो ये वाम् मधुमन्तो अस्रिधो हिरण्यपर्णा उहुव उषर्बुधः । उदप्रुतो मन्दिनो मन्दिनिस्पृशो मध्वो न मक्षः सवनानि गच्छथः ॥

haṃsāso ye vām madhumanto asridho hiraṇyaparṇā uhuva uṣarbudhaḥ | udapruto mandino mandinispṛśo madhvo na makṣaḥ savanāni gacchathaḥ ||

The swans ye have are friendly, rich in store of meath, gold-pinioned, strong to draw, awake at early morn, Swimming the flood, exultant, fain for draughts that cheer: ye come like flies to our libations of-the meath.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4.45.5

स्वध्वरासो मधुमन्तो अग्नय उस्रा जरन्ते प्रति वस्तोर् अश्विना । यन् निक्तहस्तस् तरणिर् विचक्षणः सोमं सुषाव मधुमन्तम् अद्रिभिः ॥

svadhvarāso madhumanto agnaya usrā jarante prati vastor aśvinā | yan niktahastas taraṇir vicakṣaṇaḥ somaṃ suṣāva madhumantam adribhiḥ ||

Well knowing solemn rites and rich in meath, the fires sing to the morning Asvins at the break of day, When with pure hands the prudent energetic priest hath with the stones pressed out the Soma rich in meath.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4.45.6

आकेनिपासो अहभिर् दविध्वतः स्वर् ण शुक्रं तन्वन्त आ रजः । सूरश् चिद् अश्वान् युयुजान ईयते विश्वां अनु स्वधया चेतथस् पथः ॥

ākenipāso ahabhir davidhvataḥ svar ṇa śukraṃ tanvanta ā rajaḥ | sūraś cid aśvān yuyujāna īyate viśvāṃ anu svadhayā cetathas pathaḥ ||

The rays advancing nigh, chasing with day the gloom, spread through the firmament bright radiance like the Sun; And the Sun harnessing his horses goeth forth: ye through your Godlike nature let his paths be known.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4.45.7

प्र वाम् अवोचम् अश्विना धियन्धा रथः स्वश्वो अजरो यो अस्ति । येन सद्यः परि रजांसि याथो हविष्मन्तं तरणिम् भोजम् अच्छ ॥

pra vām avocam aśvinā dhiyandhā rathaḥ svaśvo ajaro yo asti | yena sadyaḥ pari rajāṃsi yātho haviṣmantaṃ taraṇim bhojam accha ||

Devout in thought I have declared, O Asvins, your chariot with good steeds, which lasts for ever, Wherewith ye travel swiftly through the regions to the prompt worshipper who brings oblation.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)