
The Rig Veda, Book 1, Verses 111 to 119

HYMN CXI. Rbhus.
1. WORKING with skill they wrought the lightly
rolling car: they wrought the Bays who bear Indra and bring
great gifts.
The Rbhus for their Parents made life young
again; and fashioned for the calf a mother by its side.
2
For sacrifice make for us active vital power for skill and wisdom
food with noble progeny.
Grant to our company this power
most excellent, that with a family all-heroic we may dwell.
3 Do ye, O Rbhus, make prosperity for us, prosperity for car,
ye Heroes, and for steed.
Grant us prosperity victorious
evermore,
conquering foes in battle, strangers or akin.
4 Indra, the Rbhus' Lord, I invocate for aid, the Rbhus, Vajas,
Maruts to the Soma draught.
Varuna, Mitra, both, yea, and
the Asvins Twain: let them speed us to wealth, wisdom, and victory.
5 May Rbhu send prosperity for battle, may Vaja conquering in
the fight protect us.
This prayer of ours may Varuna grant,
and Mitra, and Aditi and Sindhu, Earth and Heaven.
HYMN CXII. Asvins.
1 To give first thought to them, I worship Heaven
and Earth, and Agni, fair bright glow, to hasten their approach.
Come hither unto us, O Asvins, with those aids wherewith in
fight ye speed the war-cry to the spoil.
2 Ample, unfailing,
they have mounted as it were an eloquent car that ye may think
of us and give.
Come hither unto us, O Asvins, with those
aids wherewith ye help our thoughts to further holy acts.
3 Ye by the might which heavenly nectar giveth you are in supreme
dominion Lords of all these folk.
Come hither unto us, O
Asvins, with those aids wherewith ye, Heroes, made the barren
cow give milk.
4 The aids wherewith the Wanderer through
his offipring's might, or the Two-Mothered Son shows swiftest
mid the swift;
Wherewith the sapient one acquired his triple
lore,-Come hither unto us, O Asvins, with those aids.
5 Wherewith
ye raised from waters, prisoned and fast bound, Rebha, and Vandana
to look upon the light;
Wherewith ye succoured Kapva as he
strove to win,-Come hither unto us, O Asvins, with those aids.
6 Wherewith ye rescued Antaka when languishing deep in the pit,
and Bhujyu with unfailing help.
And comforted Karkandhu,
Vayya, in their woe,-Come hither unto us, O Asvins, with those
aids.
7 Wherewith ye gave gucanti wealth and happy home,
and made the fiery pit friendly for Atri's sake;
Wherewith ye guarded Purukutsa, Prsnigu, -Come hither unto
us, O Agvin;, with those aids.
8 Mighty Ones, with what powers
ye gave Paravrj aid what time ye made the blind and lame to
see and walk;
Wherewith ye set at liberty the swallowed quail,-Come
hither unto us, O Asvins, with those aids.
9 Wherewith ye
quickened the most sweet exhaustless flood, and comforted Vasistha,
ye who ne'er decay;
And to Srutarya, Kutsa, Narya gave your
help,-Come hither unto us, O Asvins, with those aids.
10
Wherewith ye helped, in battle of a thousand spoils, Vispala
seeking booty, powerless to move.
Wherewith ye guarded friendly
Vaga, Asva's son,-Come hither unto us, O Asvins, with those
aids.
11 Whereby the cloud, ye Bounteous Givers, shed sweet
rain for Dirghasravas, for the merchant Ausija,
Wherewith
ye helped Kaksivan, singer of your praise,-Come hither unto
us, O Asvins, with those aids.
12 Wherewith ye made Rasa
swell full with water-floods, and urged to victory the car without
a horse;
Wherewith Trisoka drove forth his recovered cows,-Come
hither unto us, O Asvins, with those aids.
13 Wherewith ye,
compass round the Sun when far away, strengthened Manddatar
in his tasks as lord of lands,
And to sage Bharadvija gave
protecting help,-Come hither unto us, O Asvins, with those aids.
14 Wherewith, when Sambara was slain, ye guarded well great
Atithigva, Divodisa, Kasoju,
And Trasadasyu when the forts
were shattered down,-Come hither unto us, O Asvins, with those
aids.
15 Wherewith ye honoured the great drinker Vamra, and
Upastuta and Kali when he gained his wife,
And lent to Vyasva.
and to Prthi favouring help,-Come hither unto us, O Asvins,
with those aids.
16 Wherewith, O Heroes, ye vouchsafed deliverance
to Sayu, Atri, and to Manu long ago;
Wherewith ye shot your
shafts in Syumarasmi's cause.-Come hither unto us, O Asvins,
with those aids.
17 Wherewith Patharva, in his majesty of
form, shone in his course like to a gathered kindled fire;
Wherewith ye helped Suryata in the mighty fray,-Come hither
unto us, O Asvins, with those aids.
18 Wherewith, Angirases!
ye triumphed in your heart, and onward went to liberate the
flood of milk;
Wherewith ye helped the hero Manu with new
strength,-Come hither unto us, O Asvins, with those aids.
19 Wherewith ye brought awife for Vimada to wed, wherewith ye
freely gave the ruddy cows away;
Wherewith ye brought the
host of kind Gods to Sudas-Come hither unto us, O Asvins, with
those aids.
20 Wherewith ye bring great bliss to him who
offers gifts, wherewith ye have protected Bhujyu, Adhrigu,
And good and gracious Subhara and Rtastup,-Come hither unto
us, O Asvins, with those aids.
21 Wherewith ye served Krsanu
where the shafts were shot, and helped the young man's horse
to swiftness in the race;
Wherewith ye bring delicious honey
to the bees,-Come hither unto us, O Asvins, with those aids.
22 Wherewith ye speed the hero as he fights for kine in hero
battle, in the strife for land and sons,
Wherewith ye safely
guard his horses and his car,-Come hither unto us, O Asvins
with those aids.
23 Wherewith ye, Lords of Hundred Powers,
helped Kutsa, son of Aduni, gave Turviti and Dabhiti strength,
Favoured Dhvasanti and lent Purusanti help,-Come hither unto
us, O Asvins, with those aids.
24 Make ye our speech effectual,
O ye Asvins, and this our hymn, ye mighty Wonder-Workers.
In luckless game I call on you for succour . strengthen us also
on the field of battle.
25 With, undiminished blessings,
O ye Asvins, for evermore both night and day protect us.
This prayer of ours may Varuna grant, and Mitra, and Aditi and
Sindhu, Earth and Heaven.
HYMN CXIII. Dawn.
1. This light is come, amid all lights the fairest;
born is the brilliant, far-extending brightness.
Night, sent
away for Savitar's uprising, hath yielded up a birth-place for
the Morning.
2 The Fair, the Bright is come with her white
offspring; to her the Dark One hath resigned her dwelling.
Akin, immortal, following each other, changing their colours
both the heavens move onward.
3 Common, unending is the Sisters'
pathway; taught by the Gods, alternately they travel.
Fair-formed,
of different hues and yet one-minded, Night and Dawn clash not,
neither do they travel.
4 Bright leader of glad sounds, our
eyes behold her; splendid in hue she hath unclosed the portals.
She, stirring up the world, hath shown us riches: Dawn hath
awakened every living creature.
5 Rich Dawn, she sets afoot
the coiled-up sleeper, one for enjoyment, one for wealth or
worship,
Those who saw little for extended vision. All living
creatures hath the Dawn awakened.
6 One to high sway, one
to exalted glory, one to pursue his gain, and one his labour:
All to regard their different vocations, all moving creatures
hath the Dawn awakened.
7 We see her there, the Child of
Heaven apparent, the young Maid, flushing in her shining raiment.
Thou soyran Lady of all earthly treasure, flush on us here,
auspicious Dawn, this morning.
8 She first of endless morns
to come hereafter, follows the path of morns that have departed.
Dawn, at her rising, urges forth the living him who is dead
she wakes not from his slumber.
9 As thou, Dawn, hast caused
Agni to be kindled, and with the Sun's eye hast revealed creation.
And hast awakened men to offer worship, thou hast performed,
for Gods, a noble service.
10 How long a time, and they shall
be together,-Dawns that have shone and Dawns to shine hereafter?
She yearns for former Dawns with eager longing, and goes forth
gladly shining with the others.
11 Gone are the men who in
the days before us looked on the rising of the earlier Morning.
We, we the living, now behold her brightness and they come nigh
who shall hereafter see her.
12 Foe-chaser, born of Law,
the Law's protectress, joy-giver waker of all pleasant voices,
Auspicious, bringing food for Gods' enjoyment, shine on us here,
most bright, O Dawn, this morning.
13 From days eternal hath
Dawn shone, the Goddess, and shows this light to-day, endowed
with riches.
So will she shine on days to come immortal she
moves on in her own strength, undecaying.
14 In the sky's
borders hath she shone in splendour: the Goddess hath thrown
off the veil of darkness.
Awakening the world with purple
horses, on her well-harnessed chariot Dawn approaches.
15
Bringing all life-sustaining blessings with her, showing herself
she sends forth brilliant lustre.
Last of the countless mornings
that have vanished, first of bright morns to come hath Dawn
arisen.
16 Arise! the breath, the life, again hath reached
us: darkness hath passed away and light approacheth.
She
for the Sun hath left a path to travel we have arrived where
men prolong existence.
17 Singing the praises of refulgent
Mornings with his hymn's web the priest, the poet rises.
Shine then to-day, rich Maid, on him who lauds thee, shine down
on us the gift of life and offipring.
18 Dawns giving sons
all heroes, kine and horses, shining upon the man who brings
oblations,-
These let the Soma-presser gain when ending his
glad songs louder than the voice of Vayu.
19 Mother of Gods,
Aditi's forui of glory, ensign of sacrifice, shine forth exalted.
Rise up, bestowing praise on our devotion all-bounteous, niake
us chief among the people.
20 Whatever splendid wealth the
Dawns bring with them to bless the man who offers praise and
worship,
Even that may Mitra, Varuna vouchsafe us, and Aditi
and Sindhu, Earth and Heaven.
HYMN CXIV. Rudra.
1. To the strong Rudra bring we these our songs
of praise, to him the Lord of Heros with the braided hair,
That it be well with all our cattle and our men, that in this
village all he healthy and well-fed.
2 Be gracious unto us,
O Rudra, bring us joy: thee, Lord of Heroes, thee with reverence
will we serve.
Whatever health and strength our father Manu
won by sacrifice may we, under thy guidance, gain.
3 By worship
of the Gods may we, O Bounteous One, O Rudra, gain thy grace,
Ruler of valiant men.
Come to our families, bringing them
bliss: may we, whose heroes are uninjured, bring thee sacred
gifts,
4 Hither we call for aid the wise, the wanderer, impetuous
Rudra, perfecter of sacri fice.
May he repel from us the
anger of the Gods: verily we desire his favourable grace.
5 Him with the braided hair we call with reverence down, the
wild-boar of the sky, the red, the dazzling shape.
May he,
his hand filled full of sovran medicines, grant us protection,
shelter, and a home secure.
6 To him the Maruts' Father is
this hymn addressed, to strengthen Rudra's might, a song more
sweet than sweet.
Grant us, Immortal One, the food which
mortals eat: be gracious unto me, my seed, my progeny.
7
O Rudra, harm not either great or small of us, harm not the
growing boy, harm not the full-grown man.
Slay not a sire
among us, slay no mother here, and to our own dear bodies, Rudra,
do not harm.
8 Harm us not, Rudra, in our seed and progeny,
harm us not in the living, nor in cows or steeds,
Slay not
our heroes in the fury of thy wrath. Bringing oblations evermore
we call to thee.
9 Even as a herdsman I have brought thee
hymns of praise: O Father of the Maruts, give us happiness,
Blessed is thy most favouring benevolence, so, verily, do we
desire thy saving help.
10 Far be thy dart that killeth men
or cattle: thy bliss be with us, O thou Lord of Heroes.
Be
gracious unto us, O God, and bless us, and then vouchsafe us
doubly-strong protection.
11 We, seeking help, have spoken
and adored him: may Rudra, girt by Maruts, hear our calling.
This prayer of ours may Varuna grant, and Mitra, and Aditi and
Sindhu, Earth and Heaven.
HYMN CXV. Surya.
1. THE brilliant presence of the Gods hath risen,
the eye of Mitra, Varuna and Agni.
The soul of all that moveth
not or moveth, the Sun hath filled the air and earth and heaven.
2 Like as a young man followeth a maiden, so doth the Sun the
Dawn, refulgent Goddess:
Where pious men extend their generations,
before the Auspicious One for happy fortune.
3 Auspicious
are the Sun's Bay-coloured Horses, bright, changing hues, meet
for our shouts of triumph.
Bearing our prayers, die sky's
ridge have they mounted, and in a moment speed round earth and
heaven.
4 This is the Godhead, this might of Surya: he hath
withdrawn what spread o'er work unfinished.
When he hath
loosed his Horses from their station, straight over all Night
spreadeth out her garment.
5 In the sky's lap the Sun this
form assumeth that Varuna and Mitra may behold it.
His Bay
Steeds well maintain his power eternal, at one time bright and
darksome at another.
6 This day, O Gods, while Surya is ascending,
deliver us from trouble and dishonour.
This prayer of ours
may Varuna grant, and Mitra, and Aditi and Sindhu, Earth and
Heaven.
HYMN CXVI. Asvins.
1. I TRIM like grass my song for the Nasatyas
and send their lauds forth as the wind drives rain-clouds,
Who, in a chariot rapid as an arrow, brought to the youthful
Vimada a consort.
2 Borne on by rapid steeds of mighty pinion,
or proudly trusting in the Gods' incitements.
That stallion
ass of yours won, O Nasatyas, that thousand in the race, in
Yama's contest.
3 Yea, Asvins, as a dead man leaves his riches,
Tugra left Bhujyu in the cloud of waters.
Ye brought him
back in animated vessels, traversing air, unwetted by the billows.
4 Bhujyu ye bore with winged things, Nasatyas, which for three
nights, three days full swiftly travelled,
To the sea's farther
shore, the strand of ocean, in three cars, hundred-footed, with
six horses.
5 Ye wrought that hero exploit in the ocean which
giveth no support, or hold or station,
What time ye carried
Bhujyu to his dwelling, borne in a ship with hundred oars, O
Asvins.
6 The white horse which of old ye gave Aghasva, Asvins,
a gift to be his wealth for ever,-
Still to be praised is
that your glorious present, still to be famed is the braye horse
of Pedu.
7 O Heroes, ye gave wisdom to Kaksivan who sprang
from Pajra's line, who sang your praises.
Ye poured forth
from the hoof of your strong charger a hundred jars of wine
as from a strainer.
8 Ye warded off with cold the fire's
fierce burning; food very rich in nouripliment ye furnished.
Atri, cast downward in the cavern, Asvins ye brought, with all
his people, forth to comfort.
9 Ye lifted up the well, O
ye Nasatyas, and set the base on high to open downward.
Streams
flowed for folk of Gotama who thirsted, like rain to bring forth
thousandfold abundance.
10 Ye from the old Cyavana, O Nasatyas,
stripped, as 'twere mail, the skin upon
his body,
Lengthened
his life when all had left him helpless, Dasras! and made him
lord of youthful maidens.
11 Worthy of praise and worth the
winning, Heroes, is that your favouring succour O Nasatyas,
What time ye, knowing well his case, delivered Vandana trom
the pit like hidden treasure.
12 That mighty deed of yours,
for gain, O Heroes, as thunder heraldeth the rain, I publish,
When, by the horse's head, Atharvan's offspring Dadhyac made
known to you the Soma's sweetness.
13 In the great rite the
wise dame called, Nasatyas, you, Lords of many treasures, to
assist her.
Ye heard the weakling's wife, as 'twere an order,
and gave to her a son Hiranyahasta.
14 Ye from the wolf's
jaws, as ye stood together, set free the quail, O Heroes, O
Nasatyas.
Ye, Lords of many treasures, gave the poet his
perfect vision as he mourned his trouble.
15 When in the
time of night, in Khela's battle, a leg was severed like a wild
bird's pinion,
Straight ye gave Vispali a leg of iron that
she might move what time the conflict opened.
16 His father
robbed Rjrasva of his eyesight who for the she-wolf slew a hundred
wethers.
Ye gave him eyes, Nasatyas, Wonder-Workers, Physicians,
that he saw with sight uninjured.
17 The Daughter of the
Sun your car ascended, first reaching as it were the goal with
coursers.
All Deities within their hearts assented, and ye,
Nasatyas, are close linked with glory.
18 When to his house
ye came, to Divodasa, hasting to Bharadvaja, O ye Asvins,
The car that came with you brought splendid riches: a porpoise
and a bull were yoked together.
19 Ye, bringing wealth with
rule, and life with offspring, life rich in noble heroes; O
Nasatyas,
Accordant came with strength to Jahnu's children
who offered you thrice every day your portion.
20 Ye bore
away at night by easy pathways Jahusa compassed round on every
quarter,
And, with your car that cleaves the toe asunder,
Nasatyas never decaying! rent the mountains.
21 One morn
ye strengthened Vaga for the battle, to gather spoils that might
be told in thousands.
With Indra joined ye drove away misfortunes,
yea foes of Prthusravas, O ye mighty.
22 From the deep well
ye raised on high the water, so that Rcatka's son, Sara, should
drink it;
And with your might, to help the weary Sayu, ye
made the barren cow yield milk, Nasatyas.
23 To Visvaka,
Nasatyas! son of Krsna, the righteous man who sought your aid
and praised you,
Ye with your powers restored, like some
lost creature, his son Visnapu for his eyes to look on.
24
Asvins, ye raised, like Soma in a ladle Rebha, who for ten days
and ten nights, fettered.
Had lain in cruel bonds, immersed
and wounded, suffering sore affliction, in the waters.
25
1 have declared your wondrous deeds, O Asvins: may this be mine,
and many kine and heroes.
May I, enjoying lengthened life,
still seeing, enter old age as 'twere the house I live in.
HYMN CXVII. Asvins.
1. ASVINS, your ancient priest invites you hither
to gladden you with draughts of meath of Soma.
Our gift is
on the grass, our song apportioned: with food and strength come
hither, O Nasatyas.
2 That car of yours, swifter than thought,
O Asvins, which drawn by brave steeds cometh to the people,
Whereon ye seek the dwelling of the pious,-come ye thereon to
our abode, O Heroes.
3 Ye freed sage Atri, whom the Five
Tribes honoured, from the strait pit, ye Heroes with his people,
Baffling the guiles of the malignant Dasyu, repelling them,
ye Mighty in succession.
4 Rebha the sage, ye mighty Heroes,
Asvins! whom, like a horse, vile men had sunk in water,-
Him, wounded, with your wondrous power ye rescued: your exploits
of old time endure for ever.
5 Ye brought forth Vandana,
ye Wonder-Workers, for triumph, like fair gold that hath been
buried,
Like one who slumbered in destruction's bosom, or
like the Sun when dwelling in the darkness.
6 Kaksivan, Pajra's
son, must laud that exploit of yours, Nasatyas, Heroes, ye who
wander!
When from the hoof of your strong horse ye showered
a hundred jars of honey for the people.
7 To Krsna's son,
to Visvaka who praised you, O Heroes, ye restored his son Visnapu.
To Ghosa, living in her father's dwelling, stricken in years,
ye gave a husband, Asvins.
8 Rusati, of the mighty people,
Asvins, ye gave to Syava of the line of Kanva.
This deed
of yours, ye Strong Ones should be published, that ye gave glory
to the son of Nrsad.
9 O Asvins, wearing many forms at pleasure,
on Pedu ye bestowed a fleet-foot courser,
Strong, winner
of a thousand spoils, resistless the serpent slayer, glorious,
triumphant.
10 These glorious things are yours, ye Bounteous
Givers; prayer, praise in both worlds are your habitation.
O Asvins, when the sons of Paira call you, send strength with
nourishment to him who knoweth.
11 Hymned with the reverence
of a son, O Asvins ye Swift Ones giving booty to the singer,
Glorified by Agastya with devotion, established Vispala again,
Nasatyas.
12 Ye Sons of Heaven, ye Mighty, whither went ye,
sought ye, for his fair praise the home of Kdvya.
When, like
a pitcher full of gold, O Asvins, on the tenth day ye lifted
up the buried?
13 Ye with the aid of your great powers, O
Asvins, restored to youth the ancient man Cyavana.
The Daughter
of the Sun with all her glory, O ye Nasatyas, chose your car
to bear her.
14 Ye, ever-youthful Ones, again remembered
Tugra, according to your ancient manner:
With horses brown
of hue that flew with swift wings ye brought back Bhujyu from
the sea of billows.
15 The son of Tugra had invoked you,
Asvins; borne on he went uninjured through the ocean.
Ye
with your chariot swift as thought, well-harnessed, carried
him off, O Mighty Ones, to safety.
16 The quail had invocated
you, O Asvins, when from the wolf's devouring jaws ye freed
her.
With conquering car ye cleft the mountain's ridges:
the offspring of Visvac ye killed with poison.
17 He whom
for furnishing a hundred wethers to the she-wolf, his wicked
father blinded,
To him, Rjrasva, gave ye eyes, O Asvins;
light to the blind ye sent for perfect vision.
18 To bring
the blind man joy thus cried the she-wolf: O Asvins, O ye Mighty
Ones, O Heroes,
For me Rjrasva, like a youthful lover, hath.
cut piecemeal one and a hundred wethers.
19 Great and weal-giving
is your aid, O Asvins, ye, objects of all thought, made whole
the cripple.
Purandhi also for this cause invoked you, and
ye, O mighty, came to her with succours.
20 Ye, Wonder-Workers,
filled with milk for Sayu the milkless cow, emaciated, barren;
And by your powers the child of Purumitra ye brought to Vimada
to be his consort.
21 Ploughing and sowing barley, O ye Asvins,
milking out food for men, ye Wonder-Workers,
Blasting away
the Dasyu with your trumpet, ye gave far-spreading light unto
the Arya.
22 Ye brought the horse's head, Asvins, and gave
it unto Dadhyac the offspring of Atharvan.
True, he revealed
to you, O WonderWorkers, sweet Soma, Tvastar's secret, as your
girdle.
23 O Sages, evermore I crave your favour: be gracious
unto all my prayers, O Asvins.
Grant me, Nasatyas, riches
in abundance, wealth famous and accompanied with children.
24 With liberal bounty to the weakling's consorts ye, Heroes,
gave a son Hiranyahasta;
And Syava, cut into three several
pieces, ye brougnt to life again, O bounteous Asvins.
25
These your heroic exploits, O ye Asvins, done in the days. of
old, have men related.
May we, addressing prayer to you,
ye Mighty, speak with brave sons about us to. the synod.
HYMN CXVIII. Asvins.
1. FLYING, with falcons, may your chariot, Asvins,
most gracious, bringing friendly
help, come hither,-
Your
chariot, swifter than the mind of mortal, fleet as the wind,
three-seated O ye Mighty.
2 Come to us with your chariot
triple seated, three-wheeled, of triple form, that rolleth lightly.
Fill full our cows, give mettle to our horses, and make each
hero son grow strong, O Asvins.
3 With your well-rolling
car, descending swiftly, hear this the press-stone's song, ye
Wonder-Workers.
How then have ancient sages said, O Asvins,
that ye most swiftly come to stay affliction?
4 O Asvins,
let your falcons bear you hither, yoked to your chariot, swift,
with flying pinions,
Which, ever active, like the airy eagles,
carry you, O Nasatyas, to the banquet.
5 The youthful Daughter
of the Sun, delighting in you, ascended there your chariot,
Heroes.
Borne on their swift wings let your beauteous horses,
your birds of ruddy hue, convey you near us.
6 Ye raised
up Vandana, strong WonderWorkers! with great might, and with
power ye rescued Rebha.
From out the sea ye saved the son
of Tugra, and gave his youth again unto Cyavana.
7 To Atri,
cast down to the fire that scorched him, ye gave, O Asvins,
strengthening tbod and favour.
Accepting his fair praises
with approval, ye gave his eyes again to blinded Kanva.
8
For ancient Sayti in his sore affliction ye caused his cow to
swell with milk, O Asvins.
The quail from her great misery
ye delivered, and a new leg for Vispala provided.
9 A white
horse, Asvins, ye bestowed on Pedu, a serpent-slaying steed
sent down by Indra,
Loud-neighing, conquering the foe, highmettled,
firm-limbed and vigorous, winning thousand treasures.
10
Such as ye are, O nobly horn, O Heroes, we in our trouble call
on you for succour.
Accepting these our songs, for our wellbeing
come to us on your chariot treasure-laden.
11 Come unto us
combined in love, Nasatyas come with the fresh swift vigour
of the falcon.
Bearing oblations I invoke you, Asvins, at
the first break of everlasting morning.
HYMN CXIX. Asvins.
1. HITHER, that I may live, I call unto the feast
your wondrous car, thought-swift, borne on by rapid steeds.
With thousand banners, hundred treasures, pouring gifts, promptly
obedient, bestowing ample room.
2 Even as it moveth near
my hymn is lifted up, and all the regions come together to sing
praise.
I sweeten the oblations; now the helpers come. Urjani
hath, O Asvins, mounted on your car.
3 When striving man
with man for glory they have met, brisk, measurcIess, eager
for victory in fight,
Then verily your car is seen upon the
slope when ye, O Asvins, bring some choice boon to the prince.
4 Ye came to Bhujyu while he struggled in the flood, with flying
birds, self-yoked, ye bore him to his sires.
Ye went to the
far-distant home, O Mighty Ones; and famed is your great aid
to Divodisa given.
5 Asvins, the car which you had yoked
for glorious show your own two voices urged directed to its
goal.
Then she who came for friendship, Maid of noble birth,
elected you as Husbands, you to be her Lords.
6 Rebha ye
saved from tyranny; for Atri's sake ye quenched with cold the
fiery pit that compassed him.
Ye made the cow of Sayu stream
refreshing milk, and Vandana was holpen to extended life.
7 Doers of marvels, skilful workers, ye restored Vandana, like
a car, worn out with length of days.
From earth ye brought
the sage to life in wondrous mode; be your great deeds done
here for him who honours you.
8 Ye went to him who mourned
in a far distant place, him who was left forlorn by treachery
of his sire.
Rich with the light ofheaven was then the help
ye gave, and marvellous your succour when ye stood by him.
9 To you in praise of sweetness sang the honey-bee: Ausija calleth
you in Soma's rapturous joy.
Ye drew unto yourselves the
spirit of Dadhyac, and then the horse's head uttered his words
to you.
10 A horse did ye provide for Pedu, excellent, white,
O ye Asvins, conqueror of combatants,
Invincible in war by
arrows, seeking heaven worthy of fame, like Indra, vanquisher
of men.
Suggestions for Further Reading
- The Rig Veda translation by Griffith, Introduction
- Hymns of the Sama veda translated by Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Yajur Veda: The Veda Of The Black Yajus School
- Hymns Of The Atharva-Veda
- Anugita English Translation
- THE Sanatsugâtîya, A Spiritual Dialogue
- Dharmashastras, the Sacred Law Books of Hindus
- The Hindu Dharmashastras, Subject Index
- The Grihya Sutras, The Vedic Domestic Ritual Texts
- The Sankhya Sutras of Kapila, Index page
- Translation of Upanishads by Swami Paramananda, Index
- A History Of Indian Philosophy - Chapter Index
- The Upanishads translated by Max Muller
- Vedic Reader for Students
- The Bhagavad-gita in a nutshell
- Essays On Dharma
- Esoteric Mystic Hinduism
- Introduction to Hinduism
- Hindu Way of Life
- Essays On Karma
- Hindu Rites and Rituals
- The Origin of The Sanskrit Language
- Symbolism in Hinduism
- Essays on The Upanishads
- Concepts of Hinduism
- Essays on Atman
- Hindu Festivals
- Spiritual Practice
- Right Living
- Yoga of Sorrow
- Happiness
- Mental Health
- Concepts of Buddhism
- General Essays
Source: An English translation of the Vedas by Ralph T.H. Griffith, 1896.