Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·5·5.77
प्रातर्यावाणा प्रथमा यजध्वम् पुरा गृध्राद् अररुषः पिबातः । प्रातर् हि यज्ञम् अश्विना दधाते प्र शंसन्ति कवयः पूर्वभाजः ॥
prātaryāvāṇā prathamā yajadhvam purā gṛdhrād araruṣaḥ pibātaḥ | prātar hi yajñam aśvinā dadhāte pra śaṃsanti kavayaḥ pūrvabhājaḥ ||
First worship those who come at early morning: let the Twain drink before the giftless niggard. The Asvins claim the sacrifice at daybreak: the sages yielding the first share extol them.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्रातर् यजध्वम् अश्विना हिनोत न सायम् अस्ति देवया अजुष्टम् । उतान्यो अस्मद् यजते वि चावः पूर्वः-पूर्वो यजमानो वनीयान् ॥
prātar yajadhvam aśvinā hinota na sāyam asti devayā ajuṣṭam | utānyo asmad yajate vi cāvaḥ pūrvaḥ-pūrvo yajamāno vanīyān ||
Worship at dawn and instigate the Asvins: nor is the worshipper at eve rejected. Besides ourselves another craves and worships: each first in worship is most highly favoured.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
हिरण्यत्वङ् मधुवर्णो घृतस्नुः पृक्षो वहन्न् आ रथो वर्तते वाम् । मनोजवा अश्विना वातरंहा येनातियाथो दुरितानि विश्वा ॥
hiraṇyatvaṅ madhuvarṇo ghṛtasnuḥ pṛkṣo vahann ā ratho vartate vām | manojavā aśvinā vātaraṃhā yenātiyātho duritāni viśvā ||
Covered with gold, meath-tinted, dropping fatness, your chariot with its freight of food comes hither, Swift as thought, Asvins, rapid as the tempest, wherewith ye travel over all obstructions.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यो भूयिष्ठं नासत्याभ्यां विवेष चनिष्ठम् पित्वो ररते विभागे । स तोकम् अस्य पीपरच् छमीभिर् अनूर्ध्वभासः सदम् इत् तुतुर्यात् ॥
yo bhūyiṣṭhaṃ nāsatyābhyāṃ viveṣa caniṣṭham pitvo rarate vibhāge | sa tokam asya pīparac chamībhir anūrdhvabhāsaḥ sadam it tuturyāt ||
He who hath served most often the Nasatyas, and gives the sweetest food at distribution, Furthers with his own holy works his offspring, and ever passes those whose flames ascend not.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सम् अश्विनोर् अवसा नूतनेन मयोभुवा सुप्रणीती गमेम । आ नो रयिं वहतम् ओत वीरान् आ विश्वान्य् अमृता सौभगानि ॥
sam aśvinor avasā nūtanena mayobhuvā supraṇītī gamema | ā no rayiṃ vahatam ota vīrān ā viśvāny amṛtā saubhagāni ||
May we obtain the Asvins' newest favour, and gain their health-bestowing happy guidance. Bring riches hither unto us, and heroes, and all felicity and joy, Immortals!
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)