1.181.1
कदु॒ प्रेष्टा॑वि॒षां र॑यी॒णाम॑ध्व॒र्यन्ता॒ यदु॑न्निनी॒थो अ॒पाम् |
अ॒यं वां॑ य॒ज्ञो अ॑कृत॒ प्रश॑स्तिं॒ वसु॑धिती॒ अवि॑तारा जनानाम् ||
WHAT, dearest Pair, is this in strength and riches that ye as Priests are bring from the waters? This sacrifice is your glorification, ye who protect mankind and give them treasures.
What strength and riches do you, dearest Pair, bring as priests from the waters? This sacrifice glorifies you who protect mankind and give treasures.
Aśvins as ṛtvij from āpaḥ: healers whose priesthood is hydrological and economic. Yajña as their yaśas; gopā of manuṣya and rayi-dātṛ—care plus prosperity.
Ask helpers what concrete value they bring from their domain—and frame collaboration as mutual glorification, not extraction.
1.181.2
आ वा॒मश्वा॑स॒: शुच॑यः पय॒स्पा वात॑रंहसो दि॒व्यासो॒ अत्या॑: |
म॒नो॒जुवो॒ वृष॑णो वी॒तपृ॑ष्ठा॒ एह स्व॒राजो॑ अ॒श्विना॑ वहन्तु ||
May your pure steeds, rain-drinkers, bring you hither, swift as the tempest, your celestial coursers, Rapid as thought, with fair backs, full of vigour, resplendent in their native light, O Aśvins.
May pure rain-drinking steeds, tempest-swift, thought-rapid, fair-backed and vigorous, bring you in native light, O Aśvins.
Vṛṣṭi-pā aśvāḥ: rain-linked vitality. Manojava speed and nija-jyotis: help that is fast as thought and luminous by nature—Aśvin signature.
Ideal support arrives fast, clean, vigorous, and clear—without borrowed dimness.
1.181.3
आ वां॒ रथो॒ऽवनि॒र्न प्र॒वत्वा॑न् त्सृ॒प्रव॑न्धुरः सुवि॒ताय॑ गम्याः |
वृष्ण॑: स्थातारा॒ मन॑सो॒ जवी॑यानहम्पू॒र्वो य॑ज॒तो धि॑ष्ण्या॒ यः ||
Your car is like a torrent rushing downward: may it come nigh, broad-seated, for our welfare,— Car holy, strong, that ever would be foremost, thought-swift, which ye, for whom we long, have mounted.
Your car is like a downward torrent: broad-seated, holy, strong, ever-foremost, thought-swift—come near for our welfare.
Ratha as pravaṇa torrent: overwhelming grace that still offers broad seating (safety). Foremost and thought-swift: priority help for kṣema.
Design aid that feels powerful yet spacious enough for people to 'sit' safely while it moves.
1.181.4
इ॒हेह॑ जा॒ता सम॑वावशीतामरे॒पसा॑ त॒न्वा॒३ नाम॑भि॒: स्वैः |
जि॒ष्णुर्वा॑म॒न्यः सुम॑खस्य सू॒रिर्दि॒वो अ॒न्यः सु॒भग॑: पु॒त्र ऊ॑हे ||
Here sprung to life, they both have sung together, with bodies free from stain, with signs that mark them; One of you Prince of Sacrifice, the Victor, the other counts as Heaven's auspicious offspring.
Sprung to life they sang together, stainless, marked: one Prince of Sacrifice and Victor, the other Heaven's auspicious offspring.
Dual theology of the twins—yajña-rājan/victor and dyaus-auspicious child—unity in difference (saha gāyataḥ). Niranjana bodies: purity of healing vocation.
Honor complementary roles in a partnership—different origins, shared stainless purpose.
1.181.5
प्र वां॑ निचे॒रुः क॑कु॒हो वशाँ॒ अनु॑ पि॒शङ्ग॑रूप॒: सद॑नानि गम्याः |
हरी॑ अ॒न्यस्य॑ पी॒पय॑न्त॒ वाजै॑र्म॒थ्रा रजां॑स्यश्विना॒ वि घोषै॑: ||
May your car-seat, down-gliding, golden-coloured, according to your wish approach our dwellings. Men shall feed full the bay steeds of the other, and, Aśvins they with roars shall stir the regions.
May your down-gliding golden car-seat approach our dwellings at will; men shall feed the other's bay steeds; with roars they stir the regions.
Hiraṇya seat approaching gṛha; mutual care of steeds; nāda stirring diśaḥ—Aśvin presence as sonic and spatial revitalization of the settlement.
Bring high-quality presence into homes and workplaces; feed the 'engines' of help and let energizing signal reach every direction.
1.181.6
प्र वां॑ श॒रद्वा॑न् वृष॒भो न नि॒ष्षाट् पू॒र्वीरिष॑श्चरति॒ मध्व॑ इ॒ष्णन् |
एवै॑र॒न्यस्य॑ पी॒पय॑न्त॒ वाजै॒र्वेष॑न्तीरू॒र्ध्वा न॒द्यो॑ न॒ आगु॑: ||
Forth comes your strong Bull like a cloud of autumn, sending abundant food of liquid sweetness. Let them feed with the other's ways and vigour: the upper streams have come and do us service.
Your strong Bull comes like an autumn cloud sending liquid-sweet food; upper streams arrive and serve us with the other's vigor.
Śarad-megha bull: seasonal fertility. Liquid madhu-food and ūrdhva streams: vertical blessing—sky-water serving human need with twin vigor.
Seasonal abundance should flow downward as usable nourishment—capture peak flow for community benefit.
1.181.7
अस॑र्जि वां॒ स्थवि॑रा वेधसा॒ गीर्बा॒ळहे अ॑श्विना त्रे॒धा क्षर॑न्ती |
उप॑स्तुताववतं॒ नाध॑मानं॒ याम॒न्नया॑मञ्छृणुतं॒ हवं॑ मे ||
Your constant song hath been sent forth, Disposers! that flows threefold in mighty strength, O Aśvins. Thus lauded, give the suppliant protection moving or resting hear mine invocation.
Your constant threefold song goes forth in mighty strength; thus praised, protect the suppliant—hear me moving or resting.
Trivṛt song of Aśvins: layered stoma. Protection whether carat/āśīna—continuity of divine śravaṇa across activity and rest.
Keep a reliable signal of care; listen to people both in their hustle and their downtime.
1.181.8
उ॒त स्या वां॒ रुश॑तो॒ वप्स॑सो॒ गीस्त्रि॑ब॒र्हिषि॒ सद॑सि पिन्वते॒ नॄन् |
वृषा॑ वां मे॒घो वृ॑षणा पीपाय॒ गोर्न सेके॒ मनु॑षो दश॒स्यन् ||
This song of bright contents for you is swelling in the men's hall where three-fold grass is ready. Your strong rain-cloud, ye Mighty Ones, hath swollen, honouring men as ’twere with milk's outpouring.
This bright song swells in the men's hall of threefold grass; your strong rain-cloud has swollen, honoring men as with milk's outpouring.
Tri-barhis hall; stoma śvaya; rain-cloud honor like payas—Aśvin grace as lactating sky for human community (nṛ-samiti).
Let recognition and resources swell together in community spaces—honor people with tangible nourishment.
1.181.9
यु॒वां पू॒षेवा॑श्विना॒ पुरं॑धिर॒ग्निमु॒षां न ज॑रते ह॒विष्मा॑न् |
हु॒वे यद् वां॑ वरिव॒स्या गृ॑णा॒नो वि॒द्यामे॒षं वृ॒जनं॑ जी॒रदा॑नुम् ||
The prudent worshipper, like Pūṣan, Aśvins! praises you as he praises Dawn and Agni, When, singing with devotion, he invokes you. May we find strengthening food in full abundance.
The prudent worshipper praises you as Pūṣan, as Dawn and Agni; singing with devotion he invokes you—may we find strengthening food in abundance.
Dhīra yajamāna maps Aśvins with Pūṣan, Uṣas, Agni—network of path, dawn, and fire. Bhakti-song closes into vāja-food prayer.
Integrate helpers with the rest of your support system; devoted asking should still end in practical sustenance.