पुरुत्रा चिद्धि वां नरा विह्वयन्ते मनीषिणः । वाघद्भिरश्विना गतम्
Indeed, in many places, O men, the wise call upon you; come, O Ashvins, with those who praise.
जनासो वृक्तबर्हिषो हविष्मन्तो अरंकृतः । युवां हवन्ते अश्विना
The people, with strewn sacred grass, bearing offerings, adorned, call upon you, O Ashvins.
अस्माकमद्य वामयं स्तोमो वाहिष्ठो अन्तमः । युवाभ्यां भूत्वश्विना
Today, O wondrous ones, may this praise of ours, most excellent and intimate, reach you; may it be with you, Ashvins.
यो ह वां मधुनो दृतिराहितो रथचर्षणे । ततः पिबतमश्विना
O Ashvins, drink from that vessel of honey which has been placed for you, O charioteers among men.
तेन नो वाजिनीवसू पश्वे तोकाय शं गवे । वहतं पीवरीरिषः
With that, O givers of horses, bring us abundant nourishment for cattle, offspring, and cows.
उत नो दिव्या इष उत सिन्धूँरहर्विदा । अप द्वारेव वर्षथः
May you grant us blessings from heaven, and from the flowing rivers; may you pour them down as through doors.
कदा वां तौग्र्यो विधत्समुद्रे जहितो नरा । यद्वां रथो विभिष्पतात्
When will the son of Tugra, having set out on the sea, be abandoned by you, O men, or when will your chariot break apart?
युवं कण्वाय नासत्या ऋपिरिप्ताय हर्म्ये । शश्वदूतीर्दशस्यथः
You, O Nasatyas, have always favored Kanva, the generous one, in his house, with your constant aids.
ताभिरा यातमूतिभिर्नव्यसीभिः सुशस्तिभिः । यद्वां वृषण्वसू हुवे
Come with those newer, most auspicious aids, by which I, calling you, O mighty ones, seek your favor.
यथा चित्कण्वमावतं प्रियमेधमुपस्तुतम् । अत्रिं शिञ्जारमश्विना
Just as you protected Kanva, the dear and praised, and Atri, O Ashvins, and Shinjara as well.
यथोत कृत्व्ये धनेऽंशुं गोष्वगस्त्यम् । यथा वाजेषु सोभरिम्
As you did in the contest for wealth, for the Soma among cows for Agastya, and in the contest for prizes for Sobhari.
एतावद्वां वृषण्वसू अतो वा भूयो अश्विना । गृणन्तः सुम्नमीमहे
So much, O mighty Ashvins, or even more, do we, singing your praise, seek your favor.
रथं हिरण्यवन्धुरं हिरण्याभीशुमश्विना । आ हि स्थाथो दिविस्पृशम्
Your chariot, O Ashvins, has golden yokes and golden reins; you have indeed mounted it, reaching to the sky.
हिरण्ययी वां रभिरीषा अक्षो हिरण्ययः । उभा चक्रा हिरण्यया
Its pole is golden, its harness is splendid, its axle is golden; both wheels are golden.
तेन नो वाजिनीवसू परावतश्चिदा गतम् । उपेमां सुष्टुतिं मम
With that, O givers of horses, come to us even from afar; accept this good praise of mine.
आ वहेथे पराकात्पूर्वीरश्नन्तावश्विना । इषो दासीरमर्त्या
You come from afar, O Ashvins, bringing many gifts, bestowing nourishment, O immortal ones.
आ नो द्युम्नैरा श्रवोभिरा राया यातमश्विना । पुरुश्चन्द्रा नासत्या
Come to us, O Ashvins, with glory, with fame, with wealth, O Nasatyas, shining before all.
एह वां प्रुषितप्सवो वयो वहन्तु पर्णिनः । अच्छा स्वध्वरं जनम्
Here, let your feathered, rain-bringing birds carry you, to this worshipful gathering of people.
रथं वामनुगायसं य इषा वर्तते सह । न चक्रमभि बाधते
The chariot which, accompanied by songs, moves with strength—its wheel is never hindered.
हिरण्ययेन रथेन द्रवत्पाणिभिरश्वैः । धीजवना नासत्या
With your golden chariot, with swift hands and horses, you hasten, O Nasatyas, inspired by thought.
युवं मृगं जागृवांसं स्वदथो वा वृषण्वसू । ता नः पृङ्क्तमिषा रयिम्
You two delight in the vigilant deer, or in the strong, wealthy bull; grant us nourishment and wealth.
ता मे अश्विना सनीनां विद्यातं नवानाम् । यथा चिच्चैद्यः कशुः शतमुष्ट्रानां ददत्सहस्रा दश गोनाम्
O Ashvins, know these gifts of mine, new ones; just as Caidiya, the generous, gave a hundred camels and ten thousand cows.
यो मे हिरण्यसंदृशो दश राज्ञो अमंहत । अधस्पदा इच्चैद्यस्य कृष्टयश्चर्मम्ना अभितो जनाः
He who gave me ten kings, shining like gold, was not diminished; beneath Caidiya, his people thrived, and many gathered around him.
माकिरेना पथा गाद्येनेमे यन्ति चेदयः । अन्यो नेत्सूरिरोहते भूरिदावत्तरो जनः
Let no one travel this path with me, for these Caidiya go forth; another, not a leader, rises, but the one with abundant gifts is the greater man.
महाँ इन्द्रो य ओजसा पर्जन्यो वृष्टिमाँ इव । स्तोमैर्वत्सस्य वावृधे
Mighty is Indra by his strength, like the rain-bringing Parjanya; he grew strong through the praises of the calf.
प्रजामृतस्य पिप्रतः प्र यद्भरन्त वह्नयः । विप्रा ऋतस्य वाहसा
You who nourish the offspring of immortality, when the fires bear forth, O wise ones, by the vehicle of truth.
कण्वा इन्द्रं यदक्रत स्तोमैर्यज्ञस्य साधनम् । जामि ब्रुवत आयुधम्
When the Kanvas made Indra with praises, the accomplisher of sacrifice, they called the weapon kin.
समस्य मन्यवे विशो विश्वा नमन्त कृष्टयः । समुद्रायेव सिन्धवः
For his wrath, all peoples bow down; like rivers to the ocean.
ओजस्तदस्य तित्विष उभे यत्समवर्तयत् । इन्द्रश्चर्मेव रोदसी
Such is his strength and brilliance, when he brought together both; Indra, like a skin, enveloped the heavens and earth.
वि चिद्वृत्रस्य दोधतो वज्रेण शतपर्वणा । शिरो बिभेद वृष्णिना
He split the head of the resisting Vritra with the thunderbolt of a hundred joints, with his mighty force.