Rigveda 1.22

1.22.1

१३-१४ द्यावापृथिव्यौ, १५ पृथिवी, १६ विष्णुर्देवा वा, १७-२१ विष्णुः | गायत्री | प्रा॒त॒र्युजा॒ वि बो॑धया॒श्विना॒वेह ग॑च्छताम् | अ॒स्य सोम॑स्य पी॒तये॑ ||

WAKEN the Aśvin Pair who yoke their car at early morn: may they Approach to drink this Soma juice.

1.22.2

या सु॒रथा॑ र॒थीत॑मो॒भा दे॒वा दि॑वि॒स्पृशा॑ | अ॒श्विना॒ ता ह॑वामहे ||

We call the Aśvins Twain, the Gods borne in a noble car, the best Of charioteers, who reach the heavens.

1.22.3

या वां॒ कशा॒ मधु॑म॒त्यश्वि॑ना सू॒नृता॑वती | तया॑ य॒ज्ञं मि॑मिक्षतम् ||

Dropping with honey is your whip, Aśvins, and full of pleasantness Sprinkle therewith the sacrifice.

1.22.4

न॒हि वा॒मस्ति॑ दूर॒के यत्रा॒ रथे॑न॒ गच्छ॑थः | अश्वि॑ना सो॒मिनो॑ गृ॒हम् ||

As ye go thither in your car, not far, O Aśvins, is the home Of him who offers Soma juice.

1.22.5

हिर॑ण्यपाणिमू॒तये॑ सवि॒तार॒मुप॑ ह्वये | स चेत्ता॑ दे॒वता॑ प॒दम् ||

For my protection I invoke the golden-handed Savitar. He knoweth, as a God, the place.

1.22.6

अ॒पां नपा॑त॒मव॑से सवि॒तार॒मुप॑ स्तुहि | तस्य॑ व्र॒तान्यु॑श्मसि ||

That he may send us succour, praise the Waters’ Offspring Savitar: Fain are we for his holy ways.

1.22.7

वि॒भ॒क्तारं॑ हवामहे॒ वसो॑श्चि॒त्रस्य॒ राध॑सः | स॒वि॒तारं॑ नृ॒चक्ष॑सम् ||

We call on him, distributer of wondrous bounty and of wealth, On Savitar who looks on men.

1.22.8

सखा॑य॒ आ नि षी॑दत सवि॒ता स्तोम्यो॒ नु न॑: | दाता॒ राधां॑सि शुम्भति ||

Come hither, friends, and seat yourselves Savitar, to be praised by us, Giving good gifts, is beautiful.

1.22.9

अग्ने॒ पत्नी॑रि॒हा व॑ह दे॒वाना॑मुश॒तीरुप॑ | त्वष्टा॑रं॒ सोम॑पीतये ||

O Agni, hither bring to us the willing Spouses of the Gods, And Tvaṣṭar, to the Soma draught.

1.22.10

आ ग्ना अ॑ग्न इ॒हाव॑से॒ होत्रां॑ यविष्ठ॒ भार॑तीम् | वरू॑त्रीं धि॒षणां॑ वह ||

Most youthful Agni, hither bring their Spouses, Hotrā, Bhāratī, Varūtrī, Dhiṣaṇā, for aid.

1.22.11

॥ अ॒भि नो॑ दे॒वीरव॑सा म॒हः शर्म॑णा नृ॒पत्नी॑: | अच्छि॑न्नपत्राः सचन्ताम् ||

Spouses of Heroes, Goddesses, with whole wings may they come to us With great protection and with aid.

1.22.12

॥ इ॒हेन्द्रा॒णीमुप॑ ह्वये वरुणा॒नीं स्व॒स्तये॑ | अ॒ग्नायीं॒ सोम॑पीतये ||

Indrāṇī, Varuṇānī, and Agnāyī hither I invite, For weal, to drink the Soma juice.

1.22.13

म॒ही द्यौः पृ॑थि॒वी च॑ न इ॒मं य॒ज्ञं मि॑मिक्षताम् | पि॒पृ॒तां नो॒ भरी॑मभिः ||

May Heaven and Earth, the Mighty Pair, bedew for us our sacrifice, And feed us full with nourishments.

1.22.14

तयो॒रिद् घृ॒तव॒त् पयो॒ विप्रा॑ रिहन्ति धी॒तिभि॑: | ग॒न्ध॒र्वस्य॑ ध्रु॒वे प॒दे ||

Their water rich with fatness, there in the Gandharva's steadfast place, The singers taste through sacred songs.

1.22.15

स्यो॒ना पृ॑थिवि भवानृक्ष॒रा नि॒वेश॑नी | यच्छा॑ न॒: शर्म॑ स॒प्रथ॑: ||

Thornless be thou, O Earth, spread wide before us for a dwelling-place: Vouchsafe us shelter broad and sure.

1.22.16

अतो॑ दे॒वा अ॑वन्तु नो॒ यतो॒ विष्णु॑र्विचक्र॒मे | पृ॒थि॒व्याः स॒प्त धाम॑भिः ||

The Gods be gracious unto us even from the place whence Viṣṇu strode Through the seven regions of the earth!

1.22.17

इ॒दं विष्णु॒र्वि च॑क्रमे त्रे॒धा नि द॑धे प॒दम् | समू॑ह्लमस्य पांसु॒रे ||

Through all this world strode Viṣṇu; thrice his foot he planted, and the whole Was gathered in his footstep's dust.

1.22.18

त्रीणि॑ प॒दा वि च॑क्रमे॒ विष्णु॑र्गो॒पा अदा॑भ्यः | अतो॒ धर्मा॑णि धा॒रय॑न् ||

Viṣṇu, the Guardian, he whom none deceiveth, made three steps; thenceforth Establishing his high decrees.

1.22.19

विष्णो॒: कर्मा॑णि पश्यत॒ यतो॑ व्र॒तानि॑ पस्प॒शे | इन्द्र॑स्य॒ युज्य॒: सखा॑ ||

Look ye on Viṣṇu's works, whereby the Friend of Indra, close-allied, Hath let his holy ways be seen.

1.22.20

तद् विष्णो॑: पर॒मं प॒दं सदा॑ पश्यन्ति सू॒रय॑: | दि॒वी॑व॒ चक्षु॒रात॑तम् ||

The princes evermore behold that loftiest place where Viṣṇu is, Laid as it were an eye in heaven.

1.22.21

॥ तद् विप्रा॑सो विप॒न्यवो॑ जागृ॒वांस॒: समि॑न्धते | विष्णो॒र्यत् प॑र॒मं प॒दम् ||

This, Viṣṇu's station most sublime, the singers, ever vigilant, Lovers of holy song, light up.