Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 22

RV 1 22.1

प्रातर्युजा वि बोधयाश्विनाव् एह गच्छताम् । अस्य सोमस्य पीतये

prātaryujā vi bodhayāśvināv eha gacchatām | asya somasya pītaye

Awaken the two who are yoked at dawn, the Aśvins; may they come here for the drinking of this soma.

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RV 1 22.2

या सुरथा रथीतमोभा देवा दिविस्पृशा । अश्विना ता हवामहे

yā surathā rathītamobhā devā divispṛśā | aśvinā tā havāmahe

The two gods with fine chariots, best of charioteers, both touching heaven — those Aśvins we call.

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RV 1 22.3

या वाꣳ कशा मधुमत्य् अश्विना सूनृतावती । तया यज्ञम् मिमिक्षतम्

yā vāṁ kaśā madhumaty aśvinā sūnṛtāvatī | tayā yajñam mimikṣatam

That whip of yours, O Aśvins, that is full of honey and full of bounty — with it enrich the sacrifice.

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RV 1 22.4

नहि वाम् अस्ति दूरके यत्रा रथेन गच्छथः । अश्विना सोमिनो गृहम्

nahi vām asti dūrake yatrā rathena gacchathaḥ | aśvinā somino gṛham

For you two it is not far off, where you go with your chariot — the house of the soma-presser, O Aśvins.

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RV 1 22.5

हिरण्यपाणिम् ऊतये सवितारम् उप ह्वये । स चेत्ता देवता पदम्

hiraṇyapāṇim ūtaye savitāram upa hvaye | sa cettā devatā padam

I call the golden-handed Savitar here for aid; he, as a deity, marks out the place.

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RV 1 22.6

अपाꣳ नपातम् अवसे सवितारम् उप स्तुहि । तस्य व्रतान्य् उश्मसि

apāṁ napātam avase savitāram upa stuhi | tasya vratāny uśmasi

Praise Savitar, the child of the waters, for help; we desire his ordinances.

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RV 1 22.7

विभक्तारꣳ हवामहे वसोश् चित्रस्य राधसः । सवितारꣳ नृचक्षसम्

vibhaktāraṁ havāmahe vasoś citrasya rādhasaḥ | savitāraṁ nṛcakṣasam

We call upon the apportioner of goods, of bright bounty — Savitar, who looks upon men.

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RV 1 22.8

सखाय आ नि षीदत सविता स्तोम्यो नु नः । दाता राधाꣳसि शुम्भति

sakhāya ā ni ṣīdata savitā stomyo nu naḥ | dātā rādhāṁsi śumbhati

Friends, sit down here: Savitar is now to be praised by us; as giver he makes his gifts beautiful.

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RV 1 22.9

अग्ने पत्नीर् इहा वह देवानाम् उशतीर् उप । त्वष्टारꣳ सोमपीतये

agne patnīr ihā vaha devānām uśatīr upa | tvaṣṭāraṁ somapītaye

Agni, convey hither the wives of the gods, the eager ones, and Tvaṣṭar, to the soma-drinking.

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RV 1 22.10

आ ग्ना अग्न इहावसे होत्राꣳ यविष्ठ भारतीम् । वरूत्रीꣳ धिषणाꣳ वह

ā gnā agna ihāvase hotrāṁ yaviṣṭha bhāratīm | varūtrīṁ dhiṣaṇāṁ vaha

Bring the divine women hither for aid, O youngest Agni — the hotrā Bhāratī, the protecting Dhiṣaṇā.

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RV 1 22.11

अभि नो देवीर् अवसा महः शर्मणा नृपत्नीः । अच्छिन्नपत्राः सचन्ताम्

abhi no devīr avasā mahaḥ śarmaṇā nṛpatnīḥ | acchinnapatrāḥ sacantām

May the goddesses, wives of heroes, attend us with aid, with great shelter — they whose wings are unbroken.

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RV 1 22.12

इहेन्द्राणीम् उप ह्वये वरुणानीꣳ स्वस्तये । अग्नायीꣳ सोमपीतये

ihendrāṇīm upa hvaye varuṇānīṁ svastaye | agnāyīṁ somapītaye

Here I call Indrāṇī near, and Varuṇānī, for well-being, and Agnāyī, to the soma-drinking.

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RV 1 22.13

मही द्यौः पृथिवी च न इमꣳ यज्ञम् मिमिक्षताम् । पिपृताꣳ नो भरीमभिः

mahī dyauḥ pṛthivī ca na imaṁ yajñam mimikṣatām | pipṛtāṁ no bharīmabhiḥ

May great Heaven and Earth suffuse this sacrifice of ours; may they fill us with sustaining gifts.

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RV 1 22.14

तयोर् इद् घृतवत् पयो विप्रा रिहन्ति धीतिभिः । गन्धर्वस्य ध्रुवे पदे

tayor id ghṛtavat payo viprā rihanti dhītibhiḥ | gandharvasya dhruve pade

It is the ghee-rich milk of those two that the inspired singers lick with their thoughts, in the firm place of the Gandharva.

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RV 1 22.15

स्योना पृथिवि भवानृक्षरा निवेशनी । यच्छा नः शर्म सप्रथः

syonā pṛthivi bhavānṛkṣarā niveśanī | yacchā naḥ śarma saprathaḥ

Be soft, O Earth, free of thorns, a place of settling; grant us shelter that spreads wide.

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RV 1 22.16

अतो देवा अवन्तु नो यतो विष्णुर् विचक्रमे । पृथिव्याः सप्त धामभिः

ato devā avantu no yato viṣṇur vicakrame | pṛthivyāḥ sapta dhāmabhiḥ

From there may the gods aid us, from where Viṣṇu strode out, through the seven abodes of the earth.

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RV 1 22.17

इदꣳ विष्णुर् वि चक्रमे त्रेधा नि दधे पदम् । समूऴ्हम् अस्य पाꣳसुरे

idaṁ viṣṇur vi cakrame tredhā ni dadhe padam | samūḻham asya pāṁsure

This Viṣṇu strode across; threefold he set down his step; (all) is heaped together in his dust.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 1 22.18

त्रीणि पदा वि चक्रमे विष्णुर् गोपा अदाभ्यः । अतो धर्माणि धारयन्

trīṇi padā vi cakrame viṣṇur gopā adābhyaḥ | ato dharmāṇi dhārayan

Three steps he strode, Viṣṇu the herdsman not to be deceived, upholding from there the established orders.

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RV 1 22.19

विष्णोः कर्माणि पश्यत यतो व्रतानि पस्पशे । इन्द्रस्य युज्यः सखा

viṣṇoḥ karmāṇi paśyata yato vratāni paspaśe | indrasya yujyaḥ sakhā

Behold the works of Viṣṇu, from which he has kept watch over the observances — the fitting comrade of Indra.

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RV 1 22.20

तद् विष्णोः परमम् पदꣳ सदा पश्यन्ति सूरयः । दिवीव चक्षुर् आततम्

tad viṣṇoḥ paramam padaṁ sadā paśyanti sūrayaḥ | divīva cakṣur ātatam

That highest step of Viṣṇu the patrons always see, like an eye stretched out in heaven.

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RV 1 22.21

तद् विप्रासो विपन्यवो जागृवाꣳसः सम् इन्धते । विष्णोर् यत् परमम् पदम्

tad viprāso vipanyavo jāgṛvāṁsaḥ sam indhate | viṣṇor yat paramam padam

That the inspired ones, eager to praise, wakeful, kindle up: that which is Viṣṇu's highest step.

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