Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 5 — Chapter 78

RV 5 78.1

अश्विनाव् एह गच्छतꣳ नासत्या मा वि वेनतम् । हꣳसाव् इव पततम् आ सुताꣳ उप

aśvināv eha gacchataṁ nāsatyā mā vi venatam | haṁsāv iva patatam ā sutām̐ upa

Aśvins, come here, Nāsatyas; do not look away. Like two geese, fly here to the pressed (soma).

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RV 5 78.2

अश्विना हरिणाव् इव गौराव् इवानु यवसम् । हꣳसाव् इव पततम् आ सुताꣳ उप

aśvinā hariṇāv iva gaurāv ivānu yavasam | haṁsāv iva patatam ā sutām̐ upa

Aśvins, like two deer, like two wild bulls after pasture—like two geese, fly here to the pressed (soma).

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RV 5 78.3

अश्विना वाजिनीवसू जुषेथाꣳ यज्ञम् इष्टये । हꣳसाव् इव पततम् आ सुताꣳ उप

aśvinā vājinīvasū juṣethāṁ yajñam iṣṭaye | haṁsāv iva patatam ā sutām̐ upa

O Aśvins, rich in mares, take pleasure in the sacrifice, for (our) desire; fly here like two swans, to the pressed (soma).

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RV 5 78.4

अत्रिर् यद् वाम् अवरोहन्न् ऋबीसम् अजोहवीन् नाधमानेव योषा । श्येनस्य चिज् जवसा नूतनेनागच्छतम् अश्विना शꣳतमेन

atrir yad vām avarohann ṛbīsam ajohavīn nādhamāneva yoṣā | śyenasya cij javasā nūtanenāgacchatam aśvinā śaṁtamena

When Atri, going down into the fiery pit, called upon you two loudly, like a woman in distress — then, Aśvins, you came with the swiftness of a falcon, fresh and most kindly.

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RV 5 78.5

वि जिहीष्व वनस्पते योनिः सूष्यन्त्या इव । श्रुतम् मे अश्विना हवꣳ सप्तवध्रिꣳ च मुञ्चतम्

vi jihīṣva vanaspate yoniḥ sūṣyantyā iva | śrutam me aśvinā havaṁ saptavadhriṁ ca muñcatam

Open wide, O tree, like the womb of a woman about to give birth; hear my call, O Aśvins, and release Saptavadhri.

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RV 5 78.6

भीताय नाधमानाय ऋषये सप्तवध्रये । मायाभिर् अश्विना युवꣳ वृक्षꣳ सꣳ च वि चाचथः

bhītāya nādhamānāya ṛṣaye saptavadhraye | māyābhir aśvinā yuvaṁ vṛkṣaṁ saṁ ca vi cācathaḥ

For the frightened, distressed seer Saptavadhri, you two, O Aśvins, with your magic arts, both closed and opened the tree.

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RV 5 78.7

यथा वातः पुष्करिणीꣳ समिङ्गयति सर्वतः । एवा ते गर्भ एजतु निरैतु दशमास्यः

yathā vātaḥ puṣkariṇīṁ samiṅgayati sarvataḥ | evā te garbha ejatu niraitu daśamāsyaḥ

As the wind stirs the lotus pond all around, so let your embryo stir; let it come forth, the ten-month one.

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RV 5 78.8

यथा वातो यथा वनꣳ यथा समुद्र एजति । एवा त्वꣳ दशमास्य सहावेहि जरायुणा

yathā vāto yathā vanaṁ yathā samudra ejati | evā tvaṁ daśamāsya sahāvehi jarāyuṇā

As the wind (stirs), as the forest (stirs), as the sea stirs, so do you, ten-month one, come forth together with the afterbirth.

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RV 5 78.9

दश मासाञ् छशयानः कुमारो अधि मातरि । निरैतु जीवो अक्षतो जीवो जीवन्त्या अधि

daśa māsāñ chaśayānaḥ kumāro adhi mātari | niraitu jīvo akṣato jīvo jīvantyā adhi

Lying ten months in the mother, let the boy come forth alive, unhurt, alive from the living woman.

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