Rigveda 8.26

8.26.1

१६-१९,२१,२५ गायत्री; २० अनुष्टुप् | यु॒वोरु॒ षू रथं॑ हुवे स॒धस्तु॑त्याय सू॒रिषु॑ | अतू॑र्तदक्षा वृषणा वृषण्वसू ||

I CALL your chariot to receive united praise mid princely men, Strong Gods who pour down wealth, of never vanquished might!

8.26.2

यु॒वं व॑रो सु॒षाम्णे॑ म॒हे तने॑ नासत्या | अवो॑भिर्याथो वृषणा वृषण्वसू ||

Ye to Varosusaman come, Nāsatyas, for this glorious rite. With your protecting aid. Strong Gods, who pour down wealth.

8.26.3

ता वा॑म॒द्य ह॑वामहे ह॒व्येभि॑र्वाजिनीवसू | पू॒र्वीरि॒ष इ॒षय॑न्ता॒वति॑ क्ष॒पः ||

So with oblations we invoke you, rich in ample wealth, to-day, When night hath passed, O ye who send us plenteous food. O Aśvins, Heroes, let your car, famed, best to travel, come to us, And, for his glory, mark your zealous servant's lauds.

8.26.4

आ वां॒ वाहि॑ष्ठो अश्विना॒ रथो॑ यातु श्रु॒तो न॑रा | उप॒ स्तोमा॑न्तु॒रस्य॑ दर्शथः श्रि॒ये ||

Aśvins, who send us precious gifts, even when offended, think of him: For ye, O Rudras, lead us safe beyond our foes.

8.26.5

जु॒हु॒रा॒णा चि॑दश्वि॒ना ऽऽम॑न्येथां वृषण्वसू | यु॒वं हि रु॑द्रा॒ पर्ष॑थो॒ अति॒ द्विष॑: ||

For, Wonder-Workers, with fleet steeds ye fly completely round this All, Stirring our thoughts, ye Lords of splendour, honey-hued.

8.26.6

द॒स्रा हि विश्व॑मानु॒षङ्म॒क्षूभि॑: परि॒दीय॑थः | धि॒यं॒जि॒न्वा मधु॑वर्णा शु॒भस्पती॑ ||

With all-sustaining opulence, Aśvins, come hitherward to us, Ye rich and noble Heroes, ne’er to be o’erthrown.

8.26.7

उप॑ नो यातमश्विना रा॒या वि॑श्व॒पुषा॑ स॒ह | म॒घवा॑ना सु॒वीरा॒वन॑पच्युता ||

To welcome this mine offering, O ye Indra-like Nāsatyas, come As Gods of best accord this day with other Gods.

8.26.8

आ मे॑ अ॒स्य प्र॑ती॒व्य१मिन्द्र॑नासत्या गतम् | दे॒वा दे॒वेभि॑र॒द्य स॒चन॑स्तमा ||

For we, like Vyaśva, lifting up our voice like oxen, call on you: With all your loving kindness, Sages, come to us.

8.26.9

व॒यं हि वां॒ हवा॑मह उक्ष॒ण्यन्तो॑ व्यश्व॒वत् | सु॒म॒तिभि॒रुप॑ विप्रावि॒हा ग॑तम् ||

O Ṛṣi, laud the Aśvins well. Will they not listen to thy call? Will they not burn the Paṇis who are nearer them?

8.26.10

अ॒श्विना॒ स्वृ॑षे स्तुहि कु॒वित्ते॒ श्रव॑तो॒ हव॑म् | नेदी॑यसः कूळयातः प॒णीँरु॒त ||

O Heroes, listen to the son of Vyaśva, and regard me here, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman, of one accord.

8.26.11

वै॒य॒श्वस्य॑ श्रुतं नरो॒तो मे॑ अ॒स्य वे॑दथः | स॒जोष॑सा॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा ||

Gods whom we yearn for, of your gifts, of what ye bring to us, bestow By princes' hands on me, ye Mighty, day by day.

8.26.12

यु॒वाद॑त्तस्य धिष्ण्या यु॒वानी॑तस्य सू॒रिभि॑: | अह॑रहर्वृषण॒ मह्यं॑ शिक्षतम् ||

Him whom your sacrifices clothe, even as a woman with her robe, The Aśvins help to glory honouring him well.

8.26.13

यो वां॑ य॒ज्ञेभि॒रावृ॒तोऽधि॑वस्त्रा व॒धूरि॑व | स॒प॒र्यन्ता॑ शु॒भे च॑क्राते अ॒श्विना॑ ||

Whoso regards your care of men as succour widest in its reach, About his dwelling go, ye Aśvins, loving us.

8.26.14

यो वा॑मुरु॒व्यच॑स्तमं॒ चिके॑तति नृ॒पाय्य॑म् | व॒र्तिर॑श्विना॒ परि॑ यातमस्म॒यू ||

Come to us ye who pour down wealth, come to the home which men must guard: Like shafts, ye are made meet for sacrifice by song.

8.26.15

अ॒स्मभ्यं॒ सु वृ॑षण्वसू या॒तं व॒र्तिर्नृ॒पाय्य॑म् | वि॒षु॒द्रुहे॑व य॒ज्ञमू॑हथुर्गि॒रा ||

Most fetching of all calls, the laud, as envoy, Heroes, called to you Be it your own, O Aśvin Pair.

8.26.16

वाहि॑ष्ठो वां॒ हवा॑नां॒ स्तोमो॑ दू॒तो हु॑वन्नरा | यु॒वाभ्यां॑ भूत्वश्विना ||

Be ye in yonder sea of heaven, or joying in the home of food, Listen to me, Immortal Ones.

8.26.17

यद॒दो दि॒वो अ॑र्ण॒व इ॒षो वा॒ मद॑थो गृ॒हे | श्रु॒तमिन्मे॑ अमर्त्या ||

This river with his lucid flow attracts you, more than all the streams,— Even Sindhu with his path of gold.

8.26.18

उ॒त स्या श्वे॑त॒याव॑री॒ वाहि॑ष्ठा वां न॒दीना॑म् | सिन्धु॒र्हिर॑ण्यवर्तनिः ||

O Aśvins, with that glorious fame come hither, through our brilliant song, Come ye whose ways are marked with light.

8.26.19

स्मदे॒तया॑ सुकी॒र्त्याऽश्वि॑ना श्वे॒तया॑ धि॒या | वहे॑थे शुभ्रयावाना ||

Harness the steeds who draw the car, O Vasu, bring the well-fed pair. O Vāyu, drink thou of our meath: come unto our drink-offerings.

8.26.20

यु॒क्ष्वा हि त्वं र॑था॒सहा॑ यु॒वस्व॒ पोष्या॑ वसो | आन्नो॑ वायो॒ मधु॑ पिबा॒ऽस्माकं॒ सव॒ना ग॑हि ||

Wonderful Vāyu, Lord of Right, thou who art Tvaṣṭar's son-in-law, Thy saving succour we elect.

8.26.21

तव॑ वायवृतस्पते॒ त्वष्टु॑र्जामातरद्भुत | अवां॒स्या वृ॑णीमहे ||

To Tvaṣṭar's son-in-law we pray for wealth whereof he hath control: For glory we seek vayu, men with juice effused.

8.26.22

त्वष्टु॒र्जामा॑तरं व॒यमीशा॑नं रा॒य ई॑महे | सु॒ताव॑न्तो वा॒युं द्यु॒म्ना जना॑सः ||

From heaven, auspicious Vāyu, come drive hither with thy noble steeds: Come on thy mighty car with wide-extending seat.

8.26.23

वायो॑ या॒हि शि॒वा दि॒वो वह॑स्वा॒ सु स्वश्व्य॑म् | वह॑स्व म॒हः पृ॑थु॒पक्ष॑सा॒ रथे॑ ||

We call thee to the homes of men, thee wealthiest in noble food, And liberal as a press-stone with a horse's back.

8.26.24

त्वां हि सु॒प्सर॑स्तमं नृ॒षद॑नेषु हू॒महे॑ | ग्रावा॑णं॒ नाश्व॑पृष्ठं मं॒हना॑ ||

So, glad and joyful in thine heart, do thou, God, Vāyu, first of all Vouchsafe us water, strength, and thought.

8.26.25

स त्वं नो॑ देव॒ मन॑सा॒ वायो॑ मन्दा॒नो अ॑ग्रि॒यः | कृ॒धि वाजाँ॑ अ॒पो धिय॑: ||

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