5.78.1
अश्वि॑ना॒वेह ग॑च्छतं॒ नास॑त्या॒ मा वि वे॑नतम् | हं॒सावि॑व पतत॒मा सु॒ताँ उप॑ ||
YE Aśvins, hither come to us: Nāsatyas, be not disinclined. Fly hither like two swans unto the juice we shed.
Rigveda 5.78
HYMN LXXVIII. AŚVINS. · ९ सप्तवध्रिरात्रेयः। अश्विनौ(५-९ गर्भस्राविण्युपनिषद्)। अनुष्टुप्, १-३ उष्णिक्, ४ त्रिष्टुप्।
5.78.1
अश्वि॑ना॒वेह ग॑च्छतं॒ नास॑त्या॒ मा वि वे॑नतम् | हं॒सावि॑व पतत॒मा सु॒ताँ उप॑ ||
YE Aśvins, hither come to us: Nāsatyas, be not disinclined. Fly hither like two swans unto the juice we shed.
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5.78.2
अश्वि॑ना हरि॒णावि॑व गौ॒रावि॒वानु॒ यव॑सम् | हं॒सावि॑व पतत॒मा सु॒ताँ उप॑ ||
O Aśvins, like a pair of deer, like two wild cattle to the mead: Fly hither like two swans unto the juice we shed.
5.78.3
अश्वि॑ना वाजिनीवसू जु॒षेथां॑ य॒ज्ञमि॒ष्टये॑ | हं॒सावि॑व पतत॒मा सु॒ताँ उप॑ ||
O Aśvins rich in gifts, accept our sacrifice to prosper it: Fly hither like two swans unto the juice we shed.
5.78.4
अत्रि॒र्यद् वा॑मव॒रोह॑न्नृ॒बीस॒मजो॑हवी॒न्नाध॑मानेव॒ योषा॑ | श्ये॒नस्य॑ चि॒ज्जव॑सा॒ नूत॑ने॒ना ऽऽग॑च्छतमश्विना॒ शंत॑मेन ||
As Atri when descending to the cavern called on you loudly like a wailing woman. Ye came to him, O Aśvins, with the freshest and most auspicious fleetness of a falcon.
5.78.5
वि जि॑हीष्व वनस्पते॒ योनि॒: सूष्य॑न्त्या इव | श्रु॒तं मे॑ अश्विना॒ हवं॑ स॒प्तव॑ध्रिं च मुञ्चतम् ||
Tree, part asunder like the side of her who bringeth forth a child. Ye Aśvins, listen to my call: loose Saptavadhri from his bonds.
5.78.6
भी॒ताय॒ नाध॑मानाय॒ ऋष॑ये स॒प्तव॑ध्रये | मा॒याभि॑रश्विना यु॒वं वृ॒क्षं सं च॒ वि चा॑चथः ||
For Saptavadhri, for the seer affrighted when he wept and wailed, Ye, Aśvins, with your magic powers rent up the tree and shattered it.
5.78.7
यथा॒ वात॑: पुष्क॒रिणीं॑ समि॒ङ्गय॑ति स॒र्वत॑: | ए॒वा ते॒ गर्भ॑ एजतु नि॒रैतु॒ दश॑मास्यः ||
Like as the wind on every side ruffles a pool of lotuses, So stir in thee the babe unborn, so may the ten-month babe descend.
5.78.8
यथा॒ वातो॒ यथा॒ वनं॒ यथा॑ समु॒द्र एज॑ति | ए॒वा त्वं द॑शमास्य स॒हावे॑हि ज॒रायु॑णा ||
Like as the wind, like as the wood, like as the sea is set astir, So also, ten-month babe, descend together with the after-birth.
5.78.9
दश॒ मासा॑ञ्छशया॒नः कु॑मा॒रो अधि॑ मा॒तरि॑ | नि॒रैतु॑ जी॒वो अक्ष॑तो जी॒वो जीव॑न्त्या॒ अधि॑ ||
The child who hath for ten months' time been lying in his mother's side,— May he come forth alive, unharmed, yea, living from the living dame.