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Rigveda 1.181

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.181

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1.181.1

kad u̱ preṣṭā̍v i̱ṣāṁ ra̍yī̱ṇām a̍dhva̱ryantā̱ yad u̍nninī̱tho a̱pām |
a̱yaṁ vā̍ṁ ya̱jño a̍kṛta̱ praśa̍sti̱ṁ vasu̍dhitī̱ avi̍tārā janānām ||

WHAT, dearest Pair, is this in strength and riches that ye as Priests are bring from the waters? This sacrifice is your glorification, ye who protect mankind and give them treasures.

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

1.181.2

ā vā̱m aśvā̍sa̱ḥ śuca̍yaḥ paya̱spā vāta̍raṁhaso di̱vyāso̱ atyā̍ḥ |
ma̱no̱juvo̱ vṛṣa̍ṇo vī̱tapṛ̍ṣṭhā̱ eha sva̱rājo̍ a̱śvinā̍ vahantu ||

May your pure steeds, rain-drinkers, bring you hither, swift as the tempest, your celestial coursers, Rapid as thought, with fair backs, full of vigour, resplendent in their native light, O Aṣvins.

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

1.181.3

ā vā̱ṁ ratho̱ 'vani̱r na pra̱vatvā̍n sṛ̱prava̍ndhuraḥ suvi̱tāya̍ gamyāḥ |
vṛṣṇa̍ḥ sthātārā̱ mana̍so̱ javī̍yān ahampū̱rvo ya̍ja̱to dhi̍ṣṇyā̱ yaḥ ||

Your car is like a torrent rushing downward: may it come nigh, broad-seated, for our welfare,– Car holy, strong, that ever would be foremost, thought-swift, which ye, for whom we long, have mounted.

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

1.181.4

i̱heha̍ jā̱tā sam a̍vāvaśītām are̱pasā̍ ta̱nvā̱3̱̍ nāma̍bhi̱ḥ svaiḥ |
ji̱ṣṇur vā̍m a̱nyaḥ suma̍khasya sū̱rir di̱vo a̱nyaḥ su̱bhaga̍ḥ pu̱tra ū̍he ||

Here sprung to life, they both have sung together, with bodies free from stain, with signs that mark them; One of you Prince of Sacrifice, the Victor, the other counts as Heaven's auspicious offspring.

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

1.181.5

pra vā̍ṁ nice̱ruḥ ka̍ku̱ho vaśā̱m̐ anu̍ pi̱śaṅga̍rūpa̱ḥ sada̍nāni gamyāḥ |
harī̍ a̱nyasya̍ pī̱paya̍nta̱ vājai̍r ma̱thrā rajā̍ṁsy aśvinā̱ vi ghoṣai̍ḥ ||

May your car-seat, down-gliding, golden-coloured, according to your wish approach our dwellings. Men shall feed full the bay steeds of the other, and, Aṣvins they with roars shall stir the regions.

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

1.181.6

pra vā̍ṁ śa̱radvā̍n vṛṣa̱bho na ni̱ṣṣāṭ pū̱rvīr iṣa̍ś carati̱ madhva̍ i̱ṣṇan |
evai̍r a̱nyasya̍ pī̱paya̍nta̱ vājai̱r veṣa̍ntīr ū̱rdhvā na̱dyo̍ na̱ āgu̍ḥ ||

Forth comes your strong Bull like a cloud of autumn, sending abundant food of liquid sweetness. Let them feed with the other's ways and vigour: the upper streams have come and do us service.

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

1.181.7

asa̍rji vā̱ṁ sthavi̍rā vedhasā̱ gīr bā̱ḻhe a̍śvinā tre̱dhā kṣara̍ntī |
upa̍stutāv avata̱ṁ nādha̍māna̱ṁ yāma̱nn ayā̍mañ chṛṇuta̱ṁ hava̍m me ||

Your constant song hath been sent forth, Disposers! that flows threefold in mighty strength, O Aṣvins. Thus lauded, give the suppliant protection moving or resting hear mine invocation.

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

1.181.8

u̱ta syā vā̱ṁ ruśa̍to̱ vapsa̍so̱ gīs tri̍ba̱rhiṣi̱ sada̍si pinvate̱ nṝn |
vṛṣā̍ vām me̱gho vṛ̍ṣaṇā pīpāya̱ gor na seke̱ manu̍ṣo daśa̱syan ||

This song of bright contents for you is swelling in the men's hall where three-fold grass is ready. Your strong rain-cloud, ye Mighty Ones, hath swollen, honouring men as 'twere with milk's outpouring.

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

1.181.9

yu̱vām pū̱ṣevā̍śvinā̱ pura̍ṁdhir a̱gnim u̱ṣāṁ na ja̍rate ha̱viṣmā̍n |
hu̱ve yad vā̍ṁ variva̱syā gṛ̍ṇā̱no vi̱dyāme̱ṣaṁ vṛ̱jana̍ṁ jī̱radā̍num ||

The prudent worshipper, like Pûshan, Aṣvins! praises you as he praises Dawn and Agni, When, singing with devotion, he invokes you. May we find strengthening food in full abundance.

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

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