Rigveda 1.46

HYMN XLVI. AŚVINS. · १५ प्रस्कण्वः काण्वः। अश्विनौ। गायत्री।

1.46.1

ए॒षो उ॒षा अपू॑र्व्या॒ व्यु॑च्छति प्रि॒या दि॒वः | स्तु॒षे वा॑मश्विना बृ॒हत् ||

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1.46.1

ए॒षो उ॒षा अपू॑र्व्या॒ व्यु॑च्छति प्रि॒या दि॒वः | स्तु॒षे वा॑मश्विना बृ॒हत् ||

Now Morning with her earliest light shines forth, dear Daughter of the Sky: High, Aśvins, I extol your praise,

1.46.2

या द॒स्रा सिन्धु॑मातरा मनो॒तरा॑ रयी॒णाम् | धि॒या दे॒वा व॑सु॒विदा॑ ||

Sons of the Sea, mighty to save discoverers of riches, ye Gods with deep thought who find out wealth.

1.46.3

व॒च्यन्ते॑ वां ककु॒हासो॑ जू॒र्णाया॒मधि॑ वि॒ष्टपि॑ | यद् वां॒ रथो॒ विभि॒ष्पता॑त् ||

Your giant coursers hasten on over the region all in flames, When your car flies with winged steeds.

1.46.4

ह॒विषा॑ जा॒रो अ॒पां पिप॑र्ति॒ पपु॑रिर्नरा | पि॒ता कुट॑स्य चर्ष॒णिः ||

He, liberal, lover of the flood, Lord of the House, the vigilant, Chiefs! with oblations feeds you full.

1.46.5

आ॒दा॒रो वां॑ मती॒नां नास॑त्या मतवचसा | पा॒तं सोम॑स्य धृष्णु॒या ||

Ye have regard unto our hymns, Nāsatyas, thinking of our words: Drink boldly of the Soma juice.

1.46.6

या न॒: पीप॑रदश्विना॒ ज्योति॑ष्मती॒ तम॑स्ति॒रः | ताम॒स्मे रा॑साथा॒मिष॑म् ||

Vouchsafe to us, O Aśvin Pair, such strength as, with attendant light, May through the darkness carry us.

1.46.7

आ नो॑ ना॒वा म॑ती॒नां या॒तं पा॒राय॒ गन्त॑वे | यु॒ञ्जाथा॑मश्विना॒ रथ॑म् ||

Come in the ship of these our hymns to bear you to the hither shore O Aśvins, harness ye the car.

1.46.8

अ॒रित्रं॑ वां दि॒वस्पृ॒थु ती॒र्थे सिन्धू॑नां॒ रथ॑: | धि॒या यु॑युज्र॒ इन्द॑वः ||

The heaven's wide vessel is your own on the flood's shore your chariot waits Drops, with the hymn, have been prepared.

1.46.9

दि॒वस्क॑ण्वास॒ इन्द॑वो॒ वसु॒ सिन्धू॑नां प॒दे | स्वं व॒व्रिं कुह॑ धित्सथः ||

Kaṇvas, the drops are in the heaven; the wealth is at the waters' place: Where will ye manifest your form?

1.46.10

अभू॑दु॒ भा उ॑ अं॒शवे॒ हिर॑ण्यं॒ प्रति॒ सूर्य॑: | व्य॑ख्यज्जि॒ह्वयासि॑तः ||

Light came to lighten up the branch, the Sun appeared as it were gold: And with its tongue shone forth the dark.

1.46.11

अभू॑दु पा॒रमेत॑वे॒ पन्था॑ ऋ॒तस्य॑ साधु॒या | अद॑र्शि॒ वि स्रु॒तिर्दि॒वः ||

The path of sacrifice was made to travel to the farther goal: The road of heaven was manifest.

1.46.12

तत्त॒दिद॒श्विनो॒रवो॑ जरि॒ता प्रति॑ भूषति | मदे॒ सोम॑स्य॒ पिप्र॑तोः ||

The singer of their praise awaits whatever grace the Aśvins give, who save when Soma gladdens them.

1.46.13

वा॒व॒सा॒ना वि॒वस्व॑ति॒ सोम॑स्य पी॒त्या गि॒रा | म॒नु॒ष्वच्छ॑म्भू॒ आ ग॑तम् ||

Ye dwellers with Vivasvān come, auspicious, as to Manu erst; come to the Soma and our praise.

1.46.14

यु॒वोरु॒षा अनु॒ श्रियं॒ परि॑ज्मनोरु॒पाच॑रत् | ऋ॒ता व॑नथो अ॒क्तुभि॑: ||

O circumambient Aśvins, Dawn follows the brightness of your way: Approve with beams our solemn rites.

1.46.15

उ॒भा पि॑बतमश्विनो॒भा न॒: शर्म॑ यच्छतम् | अ॒वि॒द्रि॒याभि॑रू॒तिभि॑: ||

Drink ye of our libations, grant protection, O ye Aśvins Twain, With aids which none may interrupt.