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Rigveda 4.40

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 4.40

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Sanskrit

4.40.1

da̱dhi̱krāvṇa̱ id u̱ nu ca̍rkirāma̱ viśvā̱ in mām u̱ṣasa̍ḥ sūdayantu |
a̱pām a̱gner u̱ṣasa̱ḥ sūrya̍sya̱ bṛha̱spate̍r āṅgira̱sasya̍ ji̱ṣṇoḥ ||

LET us recite the praise of Dadhikrâvan: may all the Mornings move me to exertion; Praise of the Lord of Waters, Dawn, and Agni, Bṛihaspati Son of Angiras, and Sûrya.

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

4.40.2

satvā̍ bhari̱ṣo ga̍vi̱ṣo du̍vanya̱sac chra̍va̱syād i̱ṣa u̱ṣasa̍s turaṇya̱sat |
sa̱tyo dra̱vo dra̍va̱raḥ pa̍taṁga̱ro da̍dhi̱krāveṣa̱m ūrja̱ṁ sva̍r janat ||

Brave, seeking war and booty, dwelling with the good and with the swift, may he hasten the food of Dawn. May he the true, the fleet, the lover of the course, the bird-like Dadhikrâvan, bring food, strength, and light.

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

4.40.3

u̱ta smā̍sya̱ drava̍tas turaṇya̱taḥ pa̱rṇaṁ na ver anu̍ vāti praga̱rdhina̍ḥ |
śye̱nasye̍va̱ dhraja̍to aṅka̱sam pari̍ dadhi̱krāvṇa̍ḥ sa̱horjā tari̍trataḥ ||

His pinion, rapid runner, fans him m his way, as of a bird that hastens onward to its aim, And, as it were a falcon's gliding through the air, strikes Dadhikrâvan's side as he speeds on with might.

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

4.40.4

u̱ta sya vā̱jī kṣi̍pa̱ṇiṁ tu̍raṇyati grī̱vāyā̍m ba̱ddho a̍pika̱kṣa ā̱sani̍ |
kratu̍ṁ dadhi̱krā anu̍ sa̱ṁtavī̍tvat pa̱thām aṅkā̱ṁsy anv ā̱panī̍phaṇat ||

Bound by the neck and by the flanks and by the mouth, the vigorous Courser lends new swiftness to his speed. Drawing himself together, as his strength allows, Dadhikrâs springs along the windings of the paths.

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

4.40.5

ha̱ṁsaḥ śu̍ci̱ṣad vasu̍r antarikṣa̱sad dhotā̍ vedi̱ṣad ati̍thir duroṇa̱sat |
nṛ̱ṣad va̍ra̱sad ṛ̍ta̱sad vyo̍ma̱sad a̱bjā go̱jā ṛ̍ta̱jā a̍dri̱jā ṛ̱tam ||

The Hamsa homed in light, the Vasu in mid-air, the priest beside the altar, in the house the guest, Dweller in noblest place, mid men, in truth, in sky, born of flood, kine, truth, mountain, he is holy Law.

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

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