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Rigveda 1.120

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.120

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Sanskrit

1.120.1

kā rā̍dha̱d dhotrā̍śvinā vā̱ṁ ko vā̱ṁ joṣa̍ u̱bhayo̍ḥ |
ka̱thā vi̍dhā̱ty apra̍cetāḥ ||

ASVINS, what praise may win your grace? Who may be pleasing to you both? How shall the ignorant worship you?

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.120.2

vi̱dvāṁsā̱v id dura̍ḥ pṛcche̱d avi̍dvān i̱tthāpa̍ro ace̱tāḥ |
nū ci̱n nu marte̱ akrau̍ ||

Here let the ignorant ask the means of you who know-for none beside you knoweth aught – Not of a spiritless mortal man.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.120.3

tā vi̱dvāṁsā̍ havāmahe vā̱ṁ tā no̍ vi̱dvāṁsā̱ manma̍ vocetam a̱dya |
prārca̱d daya̍māno yu̱vāku̍ḥ ||

Such as ye: are, all-wise, we call you. Ye wise, declare to us this day accepted prayer. Loving you well your servant lauds you.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.120.4

vi pṛ̍cchāmi pā̱kyā̱3̱̍ na de̱vān vaṣa̍ṭkṛtasyādbhu̱tasya̍ dasrā |
pā̱taṁ ca̱ sahya̍so yu̱vaṁ ca̱ rabhya̍so naḥ ||

Simply, ye Mighty Ones, I ask the Gods of that wondrous oblation hallowed by the mystic word. Save us from what is stronger, fiercer than ourselves.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.120.5

pra yā ghoṣe̱ bhṛga̍vāṇe̱ na śobhe̱ yayā̍ vā̱cā yaja̍ti pajri̱yo vā̍m |
praiṣa̱yur na vi̱dvān ||

Forth go the hymn that shone in Ghosha Bhṛigu's like, the song wherewith the son of Pajra worships you, Like some wise minister.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.120.6

śru̱taṁ gā̍ya̱traṁ taka̍vānasyā̱haṁ ci̱d dhi ri̱rebhā̍śvinā vām |
ākṣī śu̍bhas patī̱ dan ||

Hear ye the song of him who hastens speedily. O Aṣvins, I am he who sang your praise. Hither, ye Lords of Splendour, hither turn your eyes.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.120.7

yu̱vaṁ hy āsta̍m ma̱ho ran yu̱vaṁ vā̱ yan ni̱rata̍taṁsatam |
tā no̍ vasū sugo̱pā syā̍tam pā̱taṁ no̱ vṛkā̍d aghā̱yoḥ ||

For ye were ever nigh to deal forth ample wealth, to give the wealth that ye had gathered up. As such, ye Vasus, guard us well, and keep us safely from the wicked wolf.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.120.8

mā kasmai̍ dhātam a̱bhy a̍mi̱triṇe̍ no̱ mākutrā̍ no gṛ̱hebhyo̍ dhe̱navo̍ guḥ |
sta̱nā̱bhujo̱ aśi̍śvīḥ ||

Give us not up to any man who hateth us, nor let our milch-cows stray, whose udders give us food, Far from our homes without their calves.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.120.9

du̱hī̱yan mi̱tradhi̍taye yu̱vāku̍ rā̱ye ca̍ no mimī̱taṁ vāja̍vatyai |
i̱ṣe ca̍ no mimītaṁ dhenu̱matyai̍ ||

May they who love you gain you for their Friends. Prepare ye us for opulence with strengthening food, Prepare us for the food that floweth from our cows

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.120.10

a̱śvino̍r asana̱ṁ ratha̍m ana̱śvaṁ vā̱jinī̍vatoḥ |
tenā̱ham bhūri̍ cākana ||

I have obtained the horseless car of Aṣvins rich in sacrifice, And I am well content therewith.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.120.11

a̱yaṁ sa̍maha mā tanū̱hyāte̱ janā̱m̐ anu̍ |
so̱ma̱peya̍ṁ su̱kho ratha̍ḥ ||

May it convey me evermore: may the light chariot pass from men To men unto the Soma draught.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.120.12

adha̱ svapna̍sya̱ nir vi̱de 'bhu̍ñjataś ca re̱vata̍ḥ |
u̱bhā tā basri̍ naśyataḥ ||

It holdeth slumber in contempt. and the rich who enjoyeth not: Both vanish quickly and are lost.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

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