Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 2 — Chapter 18

RV 2 18.1

प्राता रथो नवो योजि सस्निश् चतुर्युगस् त्रिकशः सप्तरश्मिः । दशारित्रो मनुष्यः स्वर्षाः स इष्टिभिर् मतिभी रꣳह्यो भूत्

prātā ratho navo yoji sasniś caturyugas trikaśaḥ saptaraśmiḥ | daśāritro manuṣyaḥ svarṣāḥ sa iṣṭibhir matibhī raṁhyo bhūt

At dawn the new chariot, gain-winning, has been yoked, with four yokes, three whips, seven reins, ten oars, belonging to men, winning the sun; by wishes and thoughts it is to be sped along.

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RV 2 18.2

सास्मा अरम् प्रथमꣳ स द्वितीयम् उतो तृतीयम् मनुषः स होता । अन्यस्या गर्भम् अन्य ऊ जनन्त सो अन्येभिः सचते जेन्यो वृषा

sāsmā aram prathamaṁ sa dvitīyam uto tṛtīyam manuṣaḥ sa hotā | anyasyā garbham anya ū jananta so anyebhiḥ sacate jenyo vṛṣā

That was enough for him the first time, and the second, and the third too; he is the hotṛ of men. Some beget the embryo of another (female); he, the noble bull, keeps company with others.

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RV 2 18.3

हरी नु कꣳ रथ इन्द्रस्य योजम् आयै सूक्तेन वचसा नवेन । मो षु त्वाम् अत्र बहवो हि विप्रा नि रीरमन् यजमानासो अन्ये

harī nu kaṁ ratha indrasya yojam āyai sūktena vacasā navena | mo ṣu tvām atra bahavo hi viprā ni rīraman yajamānāso anye

I will now yoke the two tawny horses to Indra's chariot, for his coming, with a well-spoken new utterance. Let not the many inspired poets here, the other sacrificers, hold you back.

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RV 2 18.4

आ द्वाभ्याꣳ हरिभ्याम् इन्द्र याह्य् आ चतुर्भिर् आ षड्भिर् हूयमानः । आष्टाभिर् दशभिः सोमपेयम् अयꣳ सुतः सुमख मा मृधस् कः

ā dvābhyāṁ haribhyām indra yāhy ā caturbhir ā ṣaḍbhir hūyamānaḥ | āṣṭābhir daśabhiḥ somapeyam ayaṁ sutaḥ sumakha mā mṛdhas kaḥ

Come, Indra, with two tawny horses, come with four, come with six, being called; (come) with eight, with ten, to the soma-drinking. This (soma) is pressed, generous one: do not slight it.

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RV 2 18.5

आ विꣳशत्या त्रिꣳशता याह्य् अर्वाङ् आ चत्वारिꣳशता हरिभिर् युजानः । आ पञ्चाशता सुरथेभिर् इन्द्रा षष्ट्या सप्तत्या सोमपेयम्

ā viṁśatyā triṁśatā yāhy arvāṅ ā catvāriṁśatā haribhir yujānaḥ | ā pañcāśatā surathebhir indrā ṣaṣṭyā saptatyā somapeyam

Come hither with twenty, with thirty; come yoked with forty tawny horses; come with fifty, Indra, with good chariots, with sixty, with seventy, to the soma-drinking.

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RV 2 18.6

आशीत्या नवत्या याह्य् अर्वाङ् आ शतेन हरिभिर् उह्यमानः । अयꣳ हि ते शुनहोत्रेषु सोम इन्द्र त्वाया परिषिक्तो मदाय

āśītyā navatyā yāhy arvāṅ ā śatena haribhir uhyamānaḥ | ayaṁ hi te śunahotreṣu soma indra tvāyā pariṣikto madāya

Come hither with eighty, with ninety; come conveyed by a hundred tawny horses. For this soma among the Śunahotras has been poured out for you, out of love for you, for your rapture.

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RV 2 18.7

मम ब्रह्मेन्द्र याह्य् अच्छा विश्वा हरी धुरि धिष्वा रथस्य । पुरुत्रा हि विहव्यो बभूथास्मिञ् छूर सवने मादयस्व

mama brahmendra yāhy acchā viśvā harī dhuri dhiṣvā rathasya | purutrā hi vihavyo babhūthāsmiñ chūra savane mādayasva

Come, Indra, toward my sacred formula; set both the tawny horses at the pole of the chariot. For in many places you have been one to be called to; rejoice, hero, at this pressing.

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RV 2 18.8

न म इन्द्रेण सख्यꣳ वि योषद् अस्मभ्यम् अस्य दक्षिणा दुहीत । उप ज्येष्ठे वरूथे गभस्तौ प्राये-प्राये जिगीवाꣳसः स्याम

na ma indreṇa sakhyaṁ vi yoṣad asmabhyam asya dakṣiṇā duhīta | upa jyeṣṭhe varūthe gabhastau prāye-prāye jigīvāṁsaḥ syāma

May my friendship with Indra not be severed; may his bounty yield milk for us. May we, at every onset, be victorious, in his highest shelter, in his hand.

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RV 2 18.9

नूनꣳ सा ते प्रति वरꣳ जरित्रे दुहीयद् इन्द्र दक्षिणा मघोनी । शिक्षा स्तोतृभ्यो माति धग् भगो नो बृहद् वदेम विदथे सुवीराः

nūnaṁ sā te prati varaṁ jaritre duhīyad indra dakṣiṇā maghonī | śikṣā stotṛbhyo māti dhag bhago no bṛhad vadema vidathe suvīrāḥ

Now let that bountiful gift of yours, Indra, yield milk to the singer according to his wish. Be generous to the praisers; may fortune not pass us by. May we speak loftily at the ritual assembly, having good men.

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