Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 4 — Chapter 45

RV 4 45.1

एष स्य भानुर् उद् इयर्ति युज्यते रथः परिज्मा दिवो अस्य सानवि । पृक्षासो अस्मिन् मिथुना अधि त्रयो दृतिस् तुरीयो मधुनो वि रप्शते

eṣa sya bhānur ud iyarti yujyate rathaḥ parijmā divo asya sānavi | pṛkṣāso asmin mithunā adhi trayo dṛtis turīyo madhuno vi rapśate

This light rises up; the chariot that circles about is yoked on the back of this heaven. Three pairs of dainties are on it; the fourth, a skin of honey, overflows.

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RV 4 45.2

उद् वाम् पृक्षासो मधुमन्त ईरते रथा अश्वास उषसो व्युष्टिषु । अपोर्णुवन्तस् तम आ परीवृतꣳ स्व१र् ण शुक्रꣳ तन्वन्त आ रजः

ud vām pṛkṣāso madhumanta īrate rathā aśvāsa uṣaso vyuṣṭiṣu | aporṇuvantas tama ā parīvṛtaṁ sva1r ṇa śukraṁ tanvanta ā rajaḥ

Your (two) nourishing, honey-rich (steeds) rise up, your chariots and horses, at the dawnings of Dawn, uncovering the enveloping darkness, stretching out over the airy space the bright (light) like the sun.

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RV 4 45.3

मध्वः पिबतम् मधुपेभिर् आसभिर् उत प्रियम् मधुने युञ्जाथाꣳ रथम् । आ वर्तनिम् मधुना जिन्वथस् पथो दृतिꣳ वहेथे मधुमन्तम् अश्विना

madhvaḥ pibatam madhupebhir āsabhir uta priyam madhune yuñjāthāṁ ratham | ā vartanim madhunā jinvathas patho dṛtiṁ vahethe madhumantam aśvinā

Drink of the honey with mouths that drink honey; and for the honey yoke the dear chariot. With honey you quicken the track of the road; you (two) carry the honey-filled skin-bag, Aśvins.

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RV 4 45.4

हꣳसासो ये वाम् मधुमन्तो अस्रिधो हिरण्यपर्णा उहुव उषर्बुधः । उदप्रुतो मन्दिनो मन्दिनिस्पृशो मध्वो न मक्षः सवनानि गच्छथः

haṁsāso ye vām madhumanto asridho hiraṇyaparṇā uhuva uṣarbudhaḥ | udapruto mandino mandinispṛśo madhvo na makṣaḥ savanāni gacchathaḥ

Your (steeds) that are swans, honey-rich, unerring, golden-winged, draft-beasts, waking at dawn, swimming in the water, exhilarated, touching what exhilarates — like bees to honey you (two) come to the pressings.

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RV 4 45.5

स्वध्वरासो मधुमन्तो अग्नय उस्रा जरन्ते प्रति वस्तोर् अश्विना । यन् निक्तहस्तस् तरणिर् विचक्षणः सोमꣳ सुषाव मधुमन्तम् अद्रिभिः

svadhvarāso madhumanto agnaya usrā jarante prati vastor aśvinā | yan niktahastas taraṇir vicakṣaṇaḥ somaṁ suṣāva madhumantam adribhiḥ

The fires, well-ordering the rite, honey-rich, at daybreak sing (their) praise toward the morning, Aśvins, when the man with washed hands, swift and far-seeing, has pressed out with the stones the honey-rich soma.

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RV 4 45.6

आकेनिपासो अहभिर् दविध्वतः स्व१र् ण शुक्रꣳ तन्वन्त आ रजः । सूरश् चिद् अश्वान् युयुजान ईयते विश्वाꣳ अनु स्वधया चेतथस् पथः

ākenipāso ahabhir davidhvataḥ sva1r ṇa śukraṁ tanvanta ā rajaḥ | sūraś cid aśvān yuyujāna īyate viśvām̐ anu svadhayā cetathas pathaḥ

Looking (toward you?), shaking (the darkness) away with the days, stretching out over the airy space the bright (light) like the sun — even the sun, having yoked his horses, moves along; along all the paths you (two) take notice by your own power.

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RV 4 45.7

प्र वाम् अवोचम् अश्विना धियꣳधा रथः स्वश्वो अजरो यो अस्ति । येन सद्यः परि रजाꣳसि याथो हविष्मन्तꣳ तरणिम् भोजम् अच्छ

pra vām avocam aśvinā dhiyaṁdhā rathaḥ svaśvo ajaro yo asti | yena sadyaḥ pari rajāṁsi yātho haviṣmantaṁ taraṇim bhojam accha

I have proclaimed (it) forth to you, Aśvins, holding the thought (in mind): the chariot which is ageless and has good horses, with which you go around the airy spaces in a single day, toward the swift, liberal (patron) who has oblations.

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