HYMN XLVIII. ṚBHUS. · ४ मैत्रावरुणिर्वसिष्ठ:। ऋभव:, ४ विश्वे देवा वा । त्रिष्टुप् ।
7.48.1
ऋभु॑क्षणो वाजा मा॒दय॑ध्वम॒स्मे न॑रो मघवानः सु॒तस्य॑ | आ वो॒ऽर्वाच॒: क्रत॑वो॒ न या॒तां विभ्वो॒ रथं॒ नर्यं॑ वर्तयन्तु ||
YE liberal Heroes, Vājas and Ṛbhukṣans, come and delight you with our flowing Soma. May your strength, Vibhus, as ye come to meet us, turn hitherward your car that brings men profit.
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7.48.1
ऋभु॑क्षणो वाजा मा॒दय॑ध्वम॒स्मे न॑रो मघवानः सु॒तस्य॑ | आ वो॒ऽर्वाच॒: क्रत॑वो॒ न या॒तां विभ्वो॒ रथं॒ नर्यं॑ वर्तयन्तु ||
YE liberal Heroes, Vājas and Ṛbhukṣans, come and delight you with our flowing Soma. May your strength, Vibhus, as ye come to meet us, turn hitherward your car that brings men profit.
7.48.2
ऋ॒भुॠ॒भुभि॑र॒भि व॑: स्याम॒ विभ्वो॑ वि॒भुभि॒: शव॑सा॒ शवां॑सि | वाजो॑ अ॒स्माँ अ॑वतु॒ वाज॑साता॒विन्द्रे॑ण यु॒जा त॑रुषेम वृ॒त्रम् ||
May we as Ṛbhu with your Ṛbhus conquer strength with our strength, as Vibhus with the Vibhus. May Vāja aid us in the fight for booty, and helped by Indra may we quell the foeman.
7.48.3
ते चि॒द्धि पू॒र्वीर॒भि सन्ति॑ शा॒सा विश्वाँ॑ अ॒र्य उ॑प॒रता॑ति वन्वन् | इ न्द्रो॒ विभ्वाँ॑ ऋभु॒क्षा वाजो॑ अ॒र्यः शत्रो॑र्मिथ॒त्या कृ॑णव॒न्वि नृ॒म्णम् ||
For they rule many tribes with high dominion, and conquer all their foes in close encounter. May Indra, Vibhvan, Vāja, and Ṛbhukṣan destroy by turns the wicked foeman's valour.
7.48.4
नू दे॑वासो॒ वरि॑वः कर्तना नो भू॒त नो॒ विश्वेऽव॑से स॒जोषा॑: | सम॒स्मे इषं॒ वस॑वो ददीरन्यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभि॒: सदा॑ नः ||
Now, Deities, give us ample room and freedom: be all of you, one-minded, our protection. So let the Vasus grant us strength and vigour. Preserve us evermore, ye Gods, with blessings.