Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 7 — Chapter 44

RV 7 44.1

दधिक्राꣳ वः प्रथमम् अश्विनोषसम् अग्निꣳ समिद्धम् भगम् ऊतये हुवे । इन्द्रꣳ विष्णुम् पूषणम् ब्रह्मणस् पतिम् आदित्यान् द्यावापृथिवी अपः स्वः

dadhikrāṁ vaḥ prathamam aśvinoṣasam agniṁ samiddham bhagam ūtaye huve | indraṁ viṣṇum pūṣaṇam brahmaṇas patim ādityān dyāvāpṛthivī apaḥ svaḥ

Dadhikrā I call first for you, and the Aśvins, Uṣas, kindled Agni, Bhaga, for aid; Indra, Viṣṇu, Pūṣan, Brahmaṇaspati, the Ādityas, Heaven and Earth, the Waters, the sun-light.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 7 44.2

दधिक्राम् उ नमसा बोधयन्त उदीराणा यज्ञम् उपप्रयन्तः । इऴाꣳ देवीम् बर्हिषि सादयन्तो ऽश्विना विप्रा सुहवा हुवेम

dadhikrām u namasā bodhayanta udīrāṇā yajñam upaprayantaḥ | iḻāṁ devīm barhiṣi sādayanto 'śvinā viprā suhavā huvema

Awakening Dadhikrā with homage, rising up, approaching the sacrifice, seating the goddess Iḻā on the barhis — may we, the inspired, call upon the Aśvins, who are readily invoked.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 7 44.3

दधिक्रावाणम् बुबुधानो अग्निम् उप ब्रुव उषसꣳ सूर्यꣳ गाम् । ब्रध्नम् मꣳश्चतोर् वरुणस्य बभ्रुꣳ ते विश्वास्मद् दुरिता यावयन्तु

dadhikrāvāṇam bubudhāno agnim upa bruva uṣasaṁ sūryaṁ gām | bradhnam mam̐ścator varuṇasya babhruṁ te viśvāsmad duritā yāvayantu

Having awakened, I address Dadhikrāvan, Agni, Uṣas, Sūrya, the cow, the ruddy one, the brown one of Varuṇa (and) of the two bountiful ones: may they keep all difficulties away from us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 7 44.4

दधिक्रावा प्रथमो वाज्य् अर्वाग्रे रथानाम् भवति प्रजानन् । सꣳविदान उषसा सूर्येणादित्येभिर् वसुभिर् अङ्गिरोभिः

dadhikrāvā prathamo vājy arvāgre rathānām bhavati prajānan | saṁvidāna uṣasā sūryeṇādityebhir vasubhir aṅgirobhiḥ

Dadhikrāvan, the first prize-winning steed, is in the forefront of the chariots, knowing the way, in concord with Uṣas, with Sūrya, with the Ādityas, the Vasus, the Aṅgirases.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 7 44.5

आ नो दधिक्राः पथ्याम् अनक्त्व् ऋतस्य पन्थाम् अन्वेतवा उ । शृणोतु नो दैव्यꣳ शर्धो अग्निः शृण्वन्तु विश्वे महिषा अमूराः

ā no dadhikrāḥ pathyām anaktv ṛtasya panthām anvetavā u | śṛṇotu no daivyaṁ śardho agniḥ śṛṇvantu viśve mahiṣā amūrāḥ

May Dadhikrā anoint for us the roadway, to follow along the path of ṛta. May Agni hear us, (and) the divine host; may all the unerring buffaloes (i.e. mighty ones) hear.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition