Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 22

RV 8 22.1

ओ त्यम् अह्व आ रथम् अद्या दꣳसिष्ठम् ऊतये । यम् अश्विना सुहवा रुद्रवर्तनी आ सूर्यायै तस्थथुः

o tyam ahva ā ratham adyā daṁsiṣṭham ūtaye | yam aśvinā suhavā rudravartanī ā sūryāyai tasthathuḥ

Hither have I called today that chariot, most wondrous, for help — the one which you two Aśvins, easy to invoke, of ruddy track, mounted for Sūryā.

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RV 8 22.2

पूर्वायुषꣳ सुहवम् पुरुस्पृहम् भुज्युꣳ वाजेषु पूर्व्यम् । सचनावन्तꣳ सुमतिभिः सोभरे विद्वेषसम् अनेहसम्

pūrvāyuṣaṁ suhavam puruspṛham bhujyuṁ vājeṣu pūrvyam | sacanāvantaṁ sumatibhiḥ sobhare vidveṣasam anehasam

(The chariot) of ancient life, easy to invoke, much longed for, bringing enjoyment, foremost in the prize-contests, attended (by good things), with favours, O Sobhari, free of hatred, without a rival.

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RV 8 22.3

इह त्या पुरुभूतमा देवा नमोभिर् अश्विना । अर्वाचीना स्व् अवसे करामहे गन्तारा दाशुषो गृहम्

iha tyā purubhūtamā devā namobhir aśvinā | arvācīnā sv avase karāmahe gantārā dāśuṣo gṛham

Here those two gods most present among many, the Aśvins, (we bring) with acts of homage: turned toward us we make them for good help, those who come to the house of the one who offers.

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RV 8 22.4

युवो रथस्य परि चक्रम् ईयत ईर्मान्यद् वाम् इषण्यति । अस्माꣳ अच्छा सुमतिर् वाꣳ शुभस् पती आ धेनुर् इव धावतु

yuvo rathasya pari cakram īyata īrmānyad vām iṣaṇyati | asmām̐ acchā sumatir vāṁ śubhas patī ā dhenur iva dhāvatu

The wheel of your chariot goes around; the other one, (set) at rest, speeds for you. Let your favour run toward us, O lords of splendour, like a milch-cow.

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RV 8 22.5

रथो यो वाꣳ त्रिवन्धुरो हिरण्याभीशुर् अश्विना । परि द्यावापृथिवी भूषति श्रुतस् तेन नासत्या गतम्

ratho yo vāṁ trivandhuro hiraṇyābhīśur aśvinā | pari dyāvāpṛthivī bhūṣati śrutas tena nāsatyā gatam

The chariot of yours that has three seats, with golden reins, O Aśvins, encompasses heaven and earth and is famed: with it, O Nāsatyas, come.

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RV 8 22.6

दशस्यन्ता मनवे पूर्व्यꣳ दिवि यवꣳ वृकेण कर्षथः । ता वाम् अद्य सुमतिभिः शुभस् पती अश्विना प्र स्तुवीमहि

daśasyantā manave pūrvyaṁ divi yavaṁ vṛkeṇa karṣathaḥ | tā vām adya sumatibhiḥ śubhas patī aśvinā pra stuvīmahi

Showing favour to Manu, you two plough the barley in heaven, the ancient (barley), with a wolf. So today, with hymns, O lords of splendour, Aśvins, would we praise you.

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RV 8 22.7

उप नो वाजिनीवसू यातम् ऋतस्य पथिभिः । येभिस् तृक्षिꣳ वृषणा त्रासदस्यवम् महे क्षत्राय जिन्वथः

upa no vājinīvasū yātam ṛtasya pathibhiḥ | yebhis tṛkṣiṁ vṛṣaṇā trāsadasyavam mahe kṣatrāya jinvathaḥ

Come to us, you rich in prize-mares, by the paths of ṛta — the paths by which, O bulls, you quicken Tṛkṣi son of Trasadasyu for great dominion.

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RV 8 22.8

अयꣳ वाम् अद्रिभिः सुतः सोमो नरा वृषण्वसू । आ यातꣳ सोमपीतये पिबतꣳ दाशुषो गृहे

ayaṁ vām adribhiḥ sutaḥ somo narā vṛṣaṇvasū | ā yātaṁ somapītaye pibataṁ dāśuṣo gṛhe

This soma, pressed for you with the stones, O men rich in manly wealth — come to the soma-drinking, drink in the house of the one who offers.

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RV 8 22.9

आ हि रुहतम् अश्विना रथे कोशे हिरण्यये वृषण्वसू । युञ्जाथाम् पीवरीर् इषः

ā hi ruhatam aśvinā rathe kośe hiraṇyaye vṛṣaṇvasū | yuñjāthām pīvarīr iṣaḥ

Mount up then, O Aśvins, on the chariot, on the golden box, you rich in manly wealth; yoke up fat refreshments.

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RV 8 22.10

याभिः पक्थम् अवथो याभिर् अध्रिगुꣳ याभिर् बभ्रुꣳ विजोषसम् । ताभिर् नो मक्षू तूयम् अश्विना गतम् भिषज्यतꣳ यद् आतुरम्

yābhiḥ paktham avatho yābhir adhriguṁ yābhir babhruṁ vijoṣasam | tābhir no makṣū tūyam aśvinā gatam bhiṣajyataṁ yad āturam

With those (aids) with which you help Paktha, with which Adhrigu, with which Babhru who takes delight (in you) — with those, O Aśvins, come quickly, swiftly to us; heal what is ailing.

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RV 8 22.11

यद् अध्रिगावो अध्रिगू इदा चिद् अह्नो अश्विना हवामहे । वयꣳ गीर्भिर् विपन्यवः

yad adhrigāvo adhrigū idā cid ahno aśvinā havāmahe | vayaṁ gīrbhir vipanyavaḥ

When, O irresistible ones, O irresistible pair, at just this (hour) of the day, O Aśvins, we call you — we who are loud in praise, with our songs.

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RV 8 22.12

ताभिर् आ यातꣳ वृषणोप मे हवꣳ विश्वप्सुꣳ विश्ववार्यम् । इषा मꣳहिष्ठा पुरुभूतमा नरा याभिः क्रिविꣳ वावृधुस् ताभिर् आ गतम्

tābhir ā yātaṁ vṛṣaṇopa me havaṁ viśvapsuṁ viśvavāryam | iṣā maṁhiṣṭhā purubhūtamā narā yābhiḥ kriviṁ vāvṛdhus tābhir ā gatam

With those (aids) come, O bulls, to my call, (a call) of every form and all-desirable; you two most bountiful with refreshment, most present among many, O men — with those aids by which they strengthened Krivi, with those come hither.

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RV 8 22.13

ताव् इदा चिद् अहानाꣳ ताव् अश्विना वन्दमान उप ब्रुवे । ता उ नमोभिर् ईमहे

tāv idā cid ahānāṁ tāv aśvinā vandamāna upa bruve | tā u namobhir īmahe

Those two at just this (hour) of the days, those two Aśvins, I address in praise; those two we entreat with acts of homage.

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RV 8 22.14

ताव् इद् दोषा ता उषसि शुभस् पती ता यामन् रुद्रवर्तनी । मा नो मर्ताय रिपवे वाजिनीवसू परो रुद्राव् अति ख्यतम्

tāv id doṣā tā uṣasi śubhas patī tā yāman rudravartanī | mā no martāya ripave vājinīvasū paro rudrāv ati khyatam

Those two at evening, those two at dawn, the lords of splendour, those two on their journey, whose track is Rudra's — do not look past us, away to a treacherous mortal, O you rich in prize-mares, O you two Rudras.

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RV 8 22.15

आ सुग्म्याय सुग्म्यम् प्राता रथेनाश्विना वा सक्षणी । हुवे पितेव सोभरी

ā sugmyāya sugmyam prātā rathenāśvinā vā sakṣaṇī | huve piteva sobharī

For easy passage (I call) the pair that gives easy passage, the two Aśvins with their chariot in the early morning, the two companions; I, Sobhari, call as one calls a father.

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RV 8 22.16

मनोजवसा वृषणा मदच्युता मक्षुꣳगमाभिर् ऊतिभिः । आरात्ताच् चिद् भूतम् अस्मे अवसे पूर्वीभिः पुरुभोजसा

manojavasā vṛṣaṇā madacyutā makṣuṁgamābhir ūtibhiḥ | ārāttāc cid bhūtam asme avase pūrvībhiḥ purubhojasā

Swift as thought, the two bulls dripping with rapture, with your quickly-coming aids — be for us, even from afar, for help, with your many (aids), you two of much sustenance.

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RV 8 22.17

आ नो अश्वावद् अश्विना वर्तिर् यासिष्टम् मधुपातमा नरा । गोमद् दस्रा हिरण्यवत्

ā no aśvāvad aśvinā vartir yāsiṣṭam madhupātamā narā | gomad dasrā hiraṇyavat

Drive your circuit to us, O Aśvins, (a circuit) rich in horses, O you greatest drinkers of honey, O heroes, rich in cattle, O wondrous ones, rich in gold.

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RV 8 22.18

सुप्रावर्गꣳ सुवीर्यꣳ सुष्ठु वार्यम् अनाधृष्टꣳ रक्षस्विना । अस्मिन्न् आ वाम् आयाने वाजिनीवसू विश्वा वामानि धीमहि

suprāvargaṁ suvīryaṁ suṣṭhu vāryam anādhṛṣṭaṁ rakṣasvinā | asminn ā vām āyāne vājinīvasū viśvā vāmāni dhīmahi

Good outcome, good manly strength, well-chosen goods, unassailable by one possessed of demonic power — at this arrival of yours, O you rich in prize-mares, may we obtain all desirable things.

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