Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 4 — Chapter 43

RV 4 43.1

क उ श्रवत् कतमो यज्ञियानाꣳ वन्दारु देवः कतमो जुषाते । कस्येमाꣳ देवीम् अमृतेषु प्रेष्ठाꣳ हृदि श्रेषाम सुष्टुतिꣳ सुहव्याम्

ka u śravat katamo yajñiyānāṁ vandāru devaḥ katamo juṣāte | kasyemāṁ devīm amṛteṣu preṣṭhāṁ hṛdi śreṣāma suṣṭutiṁ suhavyām

Who will hear? Which of those worthy of sacrifice? Which god will take pleasure in our praise? In whose heart shall we lodge this goddess-song, dearest among the immortals, the well-made praise with its good oblation?

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RV 4 43.2

को मृऴाति कतम आगमिष्ठो देवानाम् उ कतमः शम्भविष्ठः । रथꣳ कम् आहुर् द्रवदश्वम् आशुꣳ यꣳ सूर्यस्य दुहितावृणीत

ko mṛḻāti katama āgamiṣṭho devānām u katamaḥ śambhaviṣṭhaḥ | rathaṁ kam āhur dravadaśvam āśuṁ yaṁ sūryasya duhitāvṛṇīta

Who is merciful? Which comes most readily? Which of the gods is most bringing of welfare? Which chariot do they call swift, with running horses — the one the Daughter of the Sun chose?

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RV 4 43.3

मक्षू हि ष्मा गच्छथ ईवतो द्यून् इन्द्रो न शक्तिम् परितक्म्यायाम् । दिव आजाता दिव्या सुपर्णा कया शचीनाम् भवथः शचिष्ठा

makṣū hi ṣmā gacchatha īvato dyūn indro na śaktim paritakmyāyām | diva ājātā divyā suparṇā kayā śacīnām bhavathaḥ śaciṣṭhā

For swiftly indeed you two go, for such days, like Indra to the test of strength at the decisive moment. Born out of heaven, heavenly eagles — by which of your skills are you most skilled?

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RV 4 43.4

का वाम् भूद् उपमातिः कया न आश्विना गमथो हूयमाना । को वाम् महश् चित् त्यजसो अभीक उरुष्यतम् माध्वी दस्रा न ऊती

kā vām bhūd upamātiḥ kayā na āśvinā gamatho hūyamānā | ko vām mahaś cit tyajaso abhīka uruṣyatam mādhvī dasrā na ūtī

What was the offering of praise made to you? By which do you two come to us, Aśvins, when invoked? Who is at hand for you in the face of even great abandonment? Keep us wide of it with your help, O honeyed, wondrous ones.

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RV 4 43.5

उरु वाꣳ रथः परि नक्षति द्याम् आ यत् समुद्राद् अभि वर्तते वाम् । मध्वा माध्वी मधु वाम् प्रुषायन् यत् सीꣳ वाम् पृक्षो भुरजन्त पक्वाः

uru vāṁ rathaḥ pari nakṣati dyām ā yat samudrād abhi vartate vām | madhvā mādhvī madhu vām pruṣāyan yat sīṁ vām pṛkṣo bhurajanta pakvāḥ

Wide, your chariot goes round heaven, when it turns hither for you from the sea. With honey, O honeyed pair, it sprinkles honey for you, when they made the cooked dainties ready for you.

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RV 4 43.6

सिन्धुर् ह वाꣳ रसया सिञ्चद् अश्वान् घृणा वयो ऽरुषासः परि ग्मन् । तद् ऊ षु वाम् अजिरꣳ चेति यानꣳ येन पती भवथः सूर्यायाः

sindhur ha vāṁ rasayā siñcad aśvān ghṛṇā vayo 'ruṣāsaḥ pari gman | tad ū ṣu vām ajiraṁ ceti yānaṁ yena patī bhavathaḥ sūryāyāḥ

The Sindhu indeed sprinkled your horses with Rasā; the ruddy birds sped round away from the burning heat. That tireless journey of yours has become manifest, by which you become the husbands of Sūryā.

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RV 4 43.7

इहेह यद् वाꣳ समना पपृक्षे सेयम् अस्मे सुमतिर् वाजरत्ना । उरुष्यतꣳ जरितारꣳ युवꣳ ह श्रितः कामो नासत्या युवद्रिक्

iheha yad vāṁ samanā papṛkṣe seyam asme sumatir vājaratnā | uruṣyataṁ jaritāraṁ yuvaṁ ha śritaḥ kāmo nāsatyā yuvadrik

What here and here alike I have asked of you two — that same favour of yours, whose jewel is the prize, is ours. Keep the singer wide of harm: on you two, Nāsatyas, our desire rests, directed towards you.

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