Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 157

RV 1 157.1

अबोध्य् अग्निर् ज्म उद् एति सूर्यो व्य् उ१षाश् चन्द्रा मह्य् आवो अर्चिषा । आयुक्षाताम् अश्विना यातवे रथम् प्रासावीद् देवः सविता जगत् पृथक्

abodhy agnir jma ud eti sūryo vy u1ṣāś candrā mahy āvo arciṣā | āyukṣātām aśvinā yātave ratham prāsāvīd devaḥ savitā jagat pṛthak

Agni has awakened; the sun rises from the earth; the great gleaming Dawn has shone out with her ray; the Aśvins have yoked their chariot to drive; the god Savitṛ has set the world in motion severally.

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RV 1 157.2

यद् युञ्जाथे वृषणम् अश्विना रथꣳ घृतेन नो मधुना क्षत्रम् उक्षतम् । अस्माकम् ब्रह्म पृतनासु जिन्वतꣳ वयꣳ धना शूरसाता भजेमहि

yad yuñjāthe vṛṣaṇam aśvinā rathaṁ ghṛtena no madhunā kṣatram ukṣatam | asmākam brahma pṛtanāsu jinvataṁ vayaṁ dhanā śūrasātā bhajemahi

When you two yoke the bullish chariot, O Aśvins, sprinkle our dominion with ghee, with honey; quicken our sacred word in the battles; may we share in the prizes in the winning of heroes.

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RV 1 157.3

अर्वाङ् त्रिचक्रो मधुवाहनो रथो जीराश्वो अश्विनोर् यातु सुष्टुतः । त्रिवन्धुरो मघवा विश्वसौभगः शꣳ न आ वक्षद् द्विपदे चतुष्पदे

arvāṅ tricakro madhuvāhano ratho jīrāśvo aśvinor yātu suṣṭutaḥ | trivandhuro maghavā viśvasaubhagaḥ śaṁ na ā vakṣad dvipade catuṣpade

Let the three-wheeled chariot of the Aśvins, bearing honey, with swift horses, well-praised, come hither; with three seats, bountiful, bringing all good fortune, let it carry welfare to our two-footed and four-footed.

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RV 1 157.4

आ न ऊर्जꣳ वहतम् अश्विना युवम् मधुमत्या नः कशया मिमिक्षतम् । प्रायुस् तारिष्टꣳ नी रपाꣳसि मृक्षतꣳ सेधतꣳ द्वेषो भवतꣳ सचाभुवा

ā na ūrjaṁ vahatam aśvinā yuvam madhumatyā naḥ kaśayā mimikṣatam | prāyus tāriṣṭaṁ nī rapāṁsi mṛkṣataṁ sedhataṁ dveṣo bhavataṁ sacābhuvā

Bring us nourishment, O Aśvins, you two; sprinkle us with your honeyed whip; lengthen our lifespan, wipe away our infirmities, drive off hostility, be our companions.

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RV 1 157.5

युवꣳ ह गर्भꣳ जगतीषु धत्थो युवꣳ विश्वेषु भुवनेष्व् अन्तः । युवम् अग्निꣳ च वृषणाव् अपश् च वनस्पतीꣳर् अश्विनाव् ऐरयेथाम्

yuvaṁ ha garbhaṁ jagatīṣu dhattho yuvaṁ viśveṣu bhuvaneṣv antaḥ | yuvam agniṁ ca vṛṣaṇāv apaś ca vanaspatīm̐r aśvināv airayethām

You two indeed place the embryo in living beings, you two within all the worlds; you two, O bulls, set in motion Agni and the waters and the trees, O Aśvins.

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RV 1 157.6

युवꣳ ह स्थो भिषजा भेषजेभिर् अथो ह स्थो रथ्या३ राथ्येभिः । अथो ह क्षत्रम् अधि धत्थ उग्रा यो वाꣳ हविष्मान् मनसा ददाश

yuvaṁ ha stho bhiṣajā bheṣajebhir atho ha stho rathyā3 rāthyebhiḥ | atho ha kṣatram adhi dhattha ugrā yo vāṁ haviṣmān manasā dadāśa

You two are indeed physicians with remedies, and you are indeed charioteers with chariot-skills; and you also confer lordship, O mighty ones, upon him who, bringing oblation, has served you with his mind.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition