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Rigveda 2.39

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 2.39

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Sanskrit

2.39.1

grāvā̍ṇeva̱ tad id artha̍ṁ jarethe̱ gṛdhre̍va vṛ̱kṣaṁ ni̍dhi̱manta̱m accha̍ |
bra̱hmāṇe̍va vi̱datha̍ uktha̱śāsā̍ dū̱teva̱ havyā̱ janyā̍ puru̱trā ||

SING like the two press-stones for this same purpose; come like two misers to the tree of treasure; Like two laud-singing Brahmans in the assembly, like the folk's envoys called in many places.

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

2.39.2

prā̱ta̱ryāvā̍ṇā ra̱thye̍va vī̱rājeva̍ ya̱mā vara̱m ā sa̍cethe |
mene̍ iva ta̱nvā̱3̱̍ śumbha̍māne̱ dampa̍tīva kratu̱vidā̱ jane̍ṣu ||

Moving at morning like two chr-borne heroes, like to a pair of goats ye come electing; Like two fair dames embellishing their bodies, like a wise married pair among the people.

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

2.39.3

śṛṅge̍va naḥ pratha̱mā ga̍ntam a̱rvāk cha̱phāv i̍va̱ jarbhu̍rāṇā̱ taro̍bhiḥ |
ca̱kra̱vā̱keva̱ prati̱ vasto̍r usrā̱rvāñcā̍ yātaṁ ra̱thye̍va śakrā ||

Like to a pair of horns come first to usward, like to a pair of hoofs with rapid motion; Come like two Chakwâs in the grey of morning, come like two chariot wheels at dawn, ye Mighty.

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

2.39.4

nā̱veva̍ naḥ pārayataṁ yu̱geva̱ nabhye̍va na upa̱dhīva̍ pra̱dhīva̍ |
śvāne̍va no̱ ari̍ṣaṇyā ta̱nūnā̱ṁ khṛga̍leva vi̱srasa̍ḥ pātam a̱smān ||

Bear us across the rivers like two vessels, save us as ye were yokes, naves, spokes and fellies. Be like two dogs that injure not our bodies; preserve us, like two crutches, that we fall not.

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

2.39.5

vāte̍vāju̱ryā na̱dye̍va rī̱tir a̱kṣī i̍va̱ cakṣu̱ṣā yā̍tam a̱rvāk |
hastā̍v iva ta̱nve̱3̱̍ śambha̍viṣṭhā̱ pāde̍va no nayata̱ṁ vasyo̱ accha̍ ||

Like two winds ageing not, two confluent rivers, come with quick vision like two eyes before us. Come like two hands most helpful to the body, and guide us like two feet to what is precious.

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

2.39.6

oṣṭhā̍v iva̱ madhv ā̱sne vada̍ntā̱ stanā̍v iva pipyataṁ jī̱vase̍ naḥ |
nāse̍va nas ta̱nvo̍ rakṣi̱tārā̱ karṇā̍v iva su̱śrutā̍ bhūtam a̱sme ||

Even as two lips that with the mouth speak honey, even as two breasts that nourish our existence, Like the two nostrils that protect our being, be to us as our ears that hear distinctly.

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

2.39.7

haste̍va śa̱ktim a̱bhi sa̍ṁda̱dī na̱ḥ kṣāme̍va na̱ḥ sam a̍jata̱ṁ rajā̍ṁsi |
i̱mā giro̍ aśvinā yuṣma̱yantī̱ḥ kṣṇotre̍ṇeva̱ svadhi̍ti̱ṁ saṁ śi̍śītam ||

Like two hands give ye us increasing vigour; like heaven and earth constrain the airy regions. Aṣvins, these hymns that struggle to approach you, sharpen ye like an axe upon a whetstone.

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

2.39.8

e̱tāni̍ vām aśvinā̱ vardha̍nāni̱ brahma̱ stoma̍ṁ gṛtsama̱dāso̍ akran |
tāni̍ narā jujuṣā̱ṇopa̍ yātam bṛ̱had va̍dema vi̱dathe̍ su̱vīrā̍ḥ ||

These prayers of ours exalting you, O Aṣvins, have the Gṛitsamadas, for a laud, made ready. Welcome them, O ye Heroes, and come bither. Loud may we speak. with brave men, in assembly.

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

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