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Rigveda 5.78

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 5.78

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Sanskrit

5.78.1

aśvi̍nā̱v eha ga̍cchata̱ṁ nāsa̍tyā̱ mā vi ve̍natam |
ha̱ṁsāv i̍va patata̱m ā su̱tām̐ upa̍ ||

YE Aṣvins, hither come to us: Nâsatyas, be not disinclined. Fly hither like two swans unto the juice we shed.

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

5.78.2

aśvi̍nā hari̱ṇāv i̍va gau̱rāv i̱vānu̱ yava̍sam |
ha̱ṁsāv i̍va patata̱m ā su̱tām̐ upa̍ ||

O Aṣvins, like a pair of deer, like two wild cattle to the mead: Fly hither like two swans unto the juice we shed.

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

5.78.3

aśvi̍nā vājinīvasū ju̱ṣethā̍ṁ ya̱jñam i̱ṣṭaye̍ |
ha̱ṁsāv i̍va patata̱m ā su̱tām̐ upa̍ ||

O Aṣvins rich in gifts, accept our sacrifice to prosper it: Fly hither like two swans unto the juice we shed.

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

5.78.4

atri̱r yad vā̍m ava̱roha̍nn ṛ̱bīsa̱m ajo̍havī̱n nādha̍māneva̱ yoṣā̍ |
śye̱nasya̍ ci̱j java̍sā̱ nūta̍ne̱nāga̍cchatam aśvinā̱ śaṁta̍mena ||

As Atri when descending to the cavem called on you loudly like a wailing woman. Ye came to him, O Aṣvins, with the freshest and most auspicious fleetness of a falcon.

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

5.78.5

vi ji̍hīṣva vanaspate̱ yoni̱ḥ sūṣya̍ntyā iva |
śru̱tam me̍ aśvinā̱ hava̍ṁ sa̱ptava̍dhriṁ ca muñcatam ||

Tree, part asunder like the side of her who bringeth forth a child. Ye Aṣvins, listen to my call: loose Saptavadhri from his bonds.

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

5.78.6

bhī̱tāya̱ nādha̍mānāya̱ ṛṣa̍ye sa̱ptava̍dhraye |
mā̱yābhi̍r aśvinā yu̱vaṁ vṛ̱kṣaṁ saṁ ca̱ vi cā̍cathaḥ ||

For Saptavadhri, for the seer affrighted when he wept and wafled, Ye, Aṣvins, with your magic powers rent up the tree and shattered it.

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

5.78.7

yathā̱ vāta̍ḥ puṣka̱riṇī̍ṁ sami̱ṅgaya̍ti sa̱rvata̍ḥ |
e̱vā te̱ garbha̍ ejatu ni̱raitu̱ daśa̍māsyaḥ ||

Like as the wind on every side ruffles a pool of lotuses, So stir in thee the babe unborn, so may the ten-month babe descend.

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

5.78.8

yathā̱ vāto̱ yathā̱ vana̱ṁ yathā̍ samu̱dra eja̍ti |
e̱vā tvaṁ da̍śamāsya sa̱hāve̍hi ja̱rāyu̍ṇā ||

Like as the wind, like as the wood, like as the sea is set astir, So also, ten-month babe, descend together with the after-birth.

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

5.78.9

daśa̱ māsā̍ñ chaśayā̱naḥ ku̍mā̱ro adhi̍ mā̱tari̍ |
ni̱raitu̍ jī̱vo akṣa̍to jī̱vo jīva̍ntyā̱ adhi̍ ||

The child who hath for ten months' time been lying in his mother's side,– May he come forth alive, unharmed, yea, livingfrorn the living dame.

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

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