Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 163

RV 1 163.1

यद् अक्रन्दः प्रथमꣳ जायमान उद्यन् समुद्राद् उत वा पुरीषात् । श्येनस्य पक्षा हरिणस्य बाहू उपस्तुत्यम् महि जातꣳ ते अर्वन्

yad akrandaḥ prathamaṁ jāyamāna udyan samudrād uta vā purīṣāt | śyenasya pakṣā hariṇasya bāhū upastutyam mahi jātaṁ te arvan

When you first neighed, as you were being born, rising up out of the ocean or out of the flood — having the wings of a falcon and the forelegs of a deer — great and to be extolled is your birth, O courser.

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RV 1 163.2

यमेन दत्तꣳ त्रित एनम् आयुनग् इन्द्र एणम् प्रथमो अध्य् अतिष्ठत् । गन्धर्वो अस्य रशनाम् अगृभ्णात् सूराद् अश्वꣳ वसवो निर् अतष्ट

yamena dattaṁ trita enam āyunag indra eṇam prathamo adhy atiṣṭhat | gandharvo asya raśanām agṛbhṇāt sūrād aśvaṁ vasavo nir ataṣṭa

Given by Yama, Trita yoked him; Indra was the first to mount him; the Gandharva took hold of his rein. Out of the sun, O Vasus, you fashioned the horse.

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RV 1 163.3

असि यमो अस्य् आदित्यो अर्वन्न् असि त्रितो गुह्येन व्रतेन । असि सोमेन समया विपृक्त आहुस् ते त्रीणि दिवि बन्धनानि

asi yamo asy ādityo arvann asi trito guhyena vratena | asi somena samayā vipṛkta āhus te trīṇi divi bandhanāni

You are Yama, you are Āditya, O courser; you are Trita by a hidden ordinance. You are set apart midway by means of Soma; they say you have three bonds in heaven.

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RV 1 163.4

त्रीणि त आहुर् दिवि बन्धनानि त्रीण्य् अप्सु त्रीण्य् अन्तः समुद्रे । उतेव मे वरुणश् छन्त्स्य् अर्वन् यत्रा त आहुः परमꣳ जनित्रम्

trīṇi ta āhur divi bandhanāni trīṇy apsu trīṇy antaḥ samudre | uteva me varuṇaś chantsy arvan yatrā ta āhuḥ paramaṁ janitram

Three bonds of yours, they say, are in heaven, three in the waters, three within the sea. And you appear to me like Varuṇa, O courser, there where they say your highest birthplace is.

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RV 1 163.5

इमा ते वाजिन्न् अवमार्जनानीमा शफानाꣳ सनितुर् निधाना । अत्रा ते भद्रा रशना अपश्यम् ऋतस्य या अभिरक्षन्ति गोपाः

imā te vājinn avamārjanānīmā śaphānāṁ sanitur nidhānā | atrā te bhadrā raśanā apaśyam ṛtasya yā abhirakṣanti gopāḥ

These are your rubbing-down places, O steed, these the depositings of the hooves of the winner. Here I have seen your auspicious reins, which the herdsmen of ṛta guard.

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RV 1 163.6

आत्मानꣳ ते मनसाराद् अजानाम् अवो दिवा पतयन्तम् पतꣳगम् । शिरो अपश्यम् पथिभिः सुगेभिर् अरेणुभिर् जेहमानम् पतत्रि

ātmānaṁ te manasārād ajānām avo divā patayantam pataṁgam | śiro apaśyam pathibhiḥ sugebhir areṇubhir jehamānam patatri

From afar I recognized your self with my mind, a bird flying below the heaven. I saw your head panting along easy, dustless paths, winged.

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RV 1 163.7

अत्रा ते रूपम् उत्तमम् अपश्यꣳ जिगीषमाणम् इष आ पदे गोः । यदा ते मर्तो अनु भोगम् आनऴ् आद् इद् ग्रसिष्ठ ओषधीर् अजीगः

atrā te rūpam uttamam apaśyaṁ jigīṣamāṇam iṣa ā pade goḥ | yadā te marto anu bhogam ānaḻ ād id grasiṣṭha oṣadhīr ajīgaḥ

There I saw your highest form, seeking to win nourishment at the cow's footprint. When a mortal has attained the enjoyment of you, then, greatest of devourers, you have roused up the plants.

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RV 1 163.8

अनु त्वा रथो अनु मर्यो अर्वन्न् अनु गावो ऽनु भगः कनीनाम् । अनु व्रातासस् तव सख्यम् ईयुर् अनु देवा ममिरे वीर्यꣳ ते

anu tvā ratho anu maryo arvann anu gāvo 'nu bhagaḥ kanīnām | anu vrātāsas tava sakhyam īyur anu devā mamire vīryaṁ te

After you (comes) the chariot, after you the young man, O steed; after you the cows, after you the charm of maidens. The troops have come after (you) into your friendship; the gods have measured themselves against your heroic strength.

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RV 1 163.9

हिरण्यशृङ्गो ऽयो अस्य पादा मनोजवा अवर इन्द्र आसीत् । देवा इद् अस्य हविरद्यम् आयन् यो अर्वन्तम् प्रथमो अध्यतिष्ठत्

hiraṇyaśṛṅgo 'yo asya pādā manojavā avara indra āsīt | devā id asya haviradyam āyan yo arvantam prathamo adhyatiṣṭhat

Golden-horned, his feet are of metal; swift as thought, Indra was behind him. The gods indeed came to the eating of his oblation—(the god) who first mounted the steed.

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RV 1 163.10

ईर्मान्तासः सिलिकमध्यमासः सꣳ शूरणासो दिव्यासो अत्याः । हꣳसा इव श्रेणिशो यतन्ते यद् आक्षिषुर् दिव्यम् अज्मम् अश्वाः

īrmāntāsaḥ silikamadhyamāsaḥ saṁ śūraṇāso divyāso atyāḥ | haṁsā iva śreṇiśo yatante yad ākṣiṣur divyam ajmam aśvāḥ

With (something) at the ends, with silika in the middle, mighty together, heavenly, the coursers: like geese they range themselves in rows, when the horses have reached the heavenly course.

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RV 1 163.11

तव शरीरम् पतयिष्ण्व् अर्वन् तव चित्तꣳ वात इव ध्रजीमान् । तव शृङ्गाणि विष्ठिता पुरुत्रारण्येषु जर्भुराणा चरन्ति

tava śarīram patayiṣṇv arvan tava cittaṁ vāta iva dhrajīmān | tava śṛṅgāṇi viṣṭhitā purutrāraṇyeṣu jarbhurāṇā caranti

Your body, O steed, is made for flight; your mind rushes like the wind. Your horns, spread out in many places, move about flickering in the wilds.

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RV 1 163.12

उप प्रागाच् छसनꣳ वाज्य् अर्वा देवद्रीचा मनसा दीध्यानः । अजः पुरो नीयते नाभिर् अस्यानु पश्चात् कवयो यन्ति रेभाः

upa prāgāc chasanaṁ vājy arvā devadrīcā manasā dīdhyānaḥ | ajaḥ puro nīyate nābhir asyānu paścāt kavayo yanti rebhāḥ

The prize-winning steed has gone up to the slaughter, thinking with a mind turned toward the gods. The goat is led in front, his kinsman; behind follow the poets, the singers.

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RV 1 163.13

उप प्रागात् परमꣳ यत् सधस्थम् अर्वाꣳ अच्छा पितरम् मातरꣳ च । अद्या देवाञ् जुष्टतमो हि गम्या अथा शास्ते दाशुषे वार्याणि

upa prāgāt paramaṁ yat sadhastham arvām̐ acchā pitaram mātaraṁ ca | adyā devāñ juṣṭatamo hi gamyā athā śāste dāśuṣe vāryāṇi

The steed has gone up to the highest seat, toward father and mother. May he today go to the gods as most welcome; then he asks desirable goods for the worshipper.

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