Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 2 — Chapter 31

RV 2 31.1

अस्माकम् मित्रावरुणावतꣳ रथम् आदित्यै रुद्रैर् वसुभिः सचाभुवा । प्र यद् वयो न पप्तन् वस्मनस् परि श्रवस्यवो हृषीवन्तो वनर्षदः

asmākam mitrāvaruṇāvataṁ ratham ādityai rudrair vasubhiḥ sacābhuvā | pra yad vayo na paptan vasmanas pari śravasyavo hṛṣīvanto vanarṣadaḥ

Mitra and Varuṇa, help our chariot, you two who keep company with the Ādityas, the Rudras, the Vasus—when they fly forth like birds from the nest, seeking fame, exulting, sitting in the wood.

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RV 2 31.2

अध स्मा न उद् अवता सजोषसो रथꣳ देवासो अभि विक्षु वाजयुम् । यद् आशवः पद्याभिस् तित्रतो रजः पृथिव्याः सानौ जङ्घनन्त पाणिभिः

adha smā na ud avatā sajoṣaso rathaṁ devāso abhi vikṣu vājayum | yad āśavaḥ padyābhis titrato rajaḥ pṛthivyāḥ sānau jaṅghananta pāṇibhiḥ

Then, of one accord, help up our chariot, O gods, (that goes) seeking the prize among the peoples—when the swift ones pierce the space with their strides, pounding with their hooves on the ridge of the earth.

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RV 2 31.3

उत स्य न इन्द्रो विश्वचर्षणिर् दिवः शर्धेन मारुतेन सुक्रतुः । अनु नु स्थात्य् अवृकाभिर् ऊतिभी रथम् महे सनये वाजसातये

uta sya na indro viśvacarṣaṇir divaḥ śardhena mārutena sukratuḥ | anu nu sthāty avṛkābhir ūtibhī ratham mahe sanaye vājasātaye

And that Indra of ours, present among all peoples, of good resolve, together with the Marut host of heaven, shall now attend our chariot with aids free of wolves, for great gain, for the winning of the prize.

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RV 2 31.4

उत स्य देवो भुवनस्य सक्षणिस् त्वष्टा ग्नाभिः सजोषा जूजुवद् रथम् । इऴा भगो बृहद्दिवोत रोदसी पूषा पुरꣳधिर् अश्विनाव् अधा पती

uta sya devo bhuvanasya sakṣaṇis tvaṣṭā gnābhiḥ sajoṣā jūjuvad ratham | iḻā bhago bṛhaddivota rodasī pūṣā puraṁdhir aśvināv adhā patī

And that god Tvaṣṭar, who prevails over the world, of one accord with the divine wives, shall speed our chariot; and Iḻā, Bhaga, Bṛhaddiva, and the two worlds, Pūṣan, Purandhi, and the two Aśvins, the lords.

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RV 2 31.5

उत त्ये देवी सुभगे मिथूदृशोषासानक्ता जगताम् अपीजुवा । स्तुषे यद् वाम् पृथिवि नव्यसा वचः स्थातुश् च वयस् त्रिवया उपस्तिरे

uta tye devī subhage mithūdṛśoṣāsānaktā jagatām apījuvā | stuṣe yad vām pṛthivi navyasā vacaḥ sthātuś ca vayas trivayā upastire

And those two fortunate goddesses, who appear in alternation, Dawn and Night, urging on the moving creatures — when I praise for you two, O Earth, a newer word, and to spread out the threefold vigour of what stands still.

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RV 2 31.6

उत वः शꣳसम् उशिजाम् इव श्मस्य् अहिर् बुध्न्यो३ ऽज एकपाद् उत । त्रित ऋभुक्षाः सविता चनो दधे ऽपाꣳ नपाद् आशुहेमा धिया शमि

uta vaḥ śaṁsam uśijām iva śmasy ahir budhnyo3 'ja ekapād uta | trita ṛbhukṣāḥ savitā cano dadhe 'pāṁ napād āśuhemā dhiyā śami

And we desire your praise-utterance like that of the Uśijs — (yours), Ahi Budhnya and Aja Ekapād too; Trita, Ṛbhukṣan, Savitṛ has taken pleasure (in it), and Apāṁ Napāt, the swift-driver, in the ritual labour together with the devotion.

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RV 2 31.7

एता वो वश्म्य् उद्यता यजत्रा अतक्षन्न् आयवो नव्यसे सम् । श्रवस्यवो वाजꣳ चकानाः सप्तिर् न रथ्यो अह धीतिम् अश्याः

etā vo vaśmy udyatā yajatrā atakṣann āyavo navyase sam | śravasyavo vājaṁ cakānāḥ saptir na rathyo aha dhītim aśyāḥ

These uplifted (praises) of yours I desire, O you worthy of worship; the Āyus have fashioned them together for a new (song); seeking fame, longing for the prize — like a team-horse of the chariot, may he indeed reach the hymn.

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