पृष्ठं धावन्तं हर्योरौच्चैः श्रवसमब्रुवन् । स्वस्त्यश्व जैत्रायेन्द्रमा वह सुस्रजम्
They spoke to the swift pair, the steeds of high renown, as they ran on the track: 'With well-being, O horse, carry Indra to victory, adorned with a fair garland.'
ये त्वा श्वेता अजैश्रवसो हार्यो युञ्जन्ति दक्षिणम् । पूर्वा नमस्य देवानां बिभ्रदिन्द्र महीयते
Those white, high-spirited steeds, whom you, O Indra, harness to the right side, you, bearing the ancient homage of the gods, are magnified.
20.129 एता अश्वा आ प्लवन्ते
These horses swim forth.
प्रतीपं प्राति सुत्वनम्
They go against the current, seeking the well-pressed Soma.
तासामेका हरिक्निका
Among them, one is golden-maned.
हरिक्निके किमिछासि
Golden-maned one, what do you desire?
साधुं पुत्रं हिरण्ययम्
A good son, rich in gold.
क्वाहतं परास्यः
Where has he gone, the one from afar?
यत्रामूस्तिस्रः शिंशपाः
Where those three, the śiṃśapā trees, stand.
परि त्रयः
Around the three.
पृदाकवः
The guardians of the ford.
शृङ्गं धमन्त आसते
They sit blowing the horn.
अयन्महा ते अर्वाहः
This is your great coming, O horse.
स इच्छकं सघाघते
He, indeed, strives together with his companion.
सघाघते गोमीद्या गोगतीरिति
She who is in the household, who is rich in cows, who goes with the cows, thus it is said.
पुमां कुस्ते निमिच्छसि
You, O man, lie down on the kushta grass.
पल्प बद्ध वयो इति
The young bird is bound, thus it is said.
बद्ध वो अघा इति
Bound are your sins, thus it is said.
अजागार केविका
The kevikā has awakened.
अश्वस्य वारो गोशपद्यके
The horse's turn is at the cow's hoof-mark.
श्येनीपती सा
She is the mistress of the eagle.
अनामयोपजिह्विका
The tongue is healthy, without disease.
20.130 को अर्य बहुलिमा इषूनि
Who, O noble one, has many arrows?
को असिद्याः पयः
Who has the milk of the black cow?
को अर्जुन्याः पयः
Who has the milk of the white cow?
कः कार्ष्ण्याः पयः
Who has the milk of the dark cow?
एतं पृच्छ कुहं पृच्छ
Ask this, ask where.
कुहाकं पक्वकं पृच्छ
Ask about the cooked, ask about the ripe.
यवानो यतिष्वभिः कुभिः
The barley-grower moves among the ascetics with the kubhi vessel.
अकुप्यन्तः कुपायकुः
Those who do not stir are the makers of wells.