Sukta 40

दधिक्राव्ण इदु नु चर्किराम विश्वा इन्मामुषसः सूदयन्तु। अपामग्नेरुषसः सूर्यस्य बृहस्पतेराङ्गिरसस्य जिष्णोः॥

dadhikrāvṇa idu nu carkirāma viśvā inmāmuṣasaḥ sūdayantu | apāmagneruṣasaḥ sūryasya bṛhaspaterāṅgirasasya jiṣṇoḥ ||

LET us recite the praise of Dadhikravan: may all the Mornings move me to exertion; Praise of the Lord of Waters, Dawn, and Agni, Brhaspati Son of Angiras, and Surya.

सत्वा भरिषो गविषो दुवन्यसच्छ्रवस्यादिष उषसस्तुरण्यसत्। सत्यो द्रवो द्रवरः पतंगरो दधिक्रावेषमूर्जं स्वर्जनत्॥

satvā bhariṣo gaviṣo duvanyasacchravasyādiṣa uṣasasturaṇyasat | satyo dravo dravaraḥ pataṁgaro dadhikrāveṣamūrjaṁ svarjanat ||

Brave, seeking war and booty, dwelling with the good and with the swift, may he hasten the food of Dawn. May he the true, the fleet, the lover of the course, the bird-like Dadhikravan, bring food, strength, and light.

उत स्मास्य द्रवतस्तुरण्यतः पर्णं न वेरनु वाति प्रगर्धिनः। श्येनस्येव ध्रजतो अङ्कसं परि दधिक्राव्णः सहोर्जा तरित्रतः॥

uta smāsya dravatasturaṇyataḥ parṇaṁ na veranu vāti pragardhinaḥ | śyenasyeva dhrajato aṅkasaṁ pari dadhikrāvṇaḥ sahorjā taritrataḥ ||

His pinion, rapid runner, fans him m his way, as of a bird that hastens onward to its aim, And, as it were a falcon's gliding through the air, strikes Dadhikravan's side as he speeds on with might.

उत स्य वाजी क्षिपणिं तुरण्यति ग्रीवायां बद्धो अपिकक्ष आसनि। क्रतुं दधिक्रा अनु संतवीत्वत्पथामङ्कांस्यन्वापनीफणत्॥

uta sya vājī kṣipaṇiṁ turaṇyati grīvāyāṁ baddho apikakṣa āsani | kratuṁ dadhikrā anu saṁtavītvatpathāmaṅkāṁsyanvāpanīphaṇat ||

Bound by the neck and by the flanks and by the mouth, the vigorous Courser lends new swiftness to his speed. Drawing himself together, as his strength allows, Dadhikras springs along the windings of the paths.

हंसः शुचिषद्वसुरन्तरिक्षसद्धोता वेदिषदतिथिर्दुरोणसत्। नृषद्वरसदृतसद्व्योमसदब्जा गोजा ऋतजा अद्रिजा ऋतम्॥

haṁsaḥ śuciṣadvasurantarikṣasaddhotā vediṣadatithirduroṇasat | nṛṣadvarasadṛtasadvyomasadabjā gojā ṛtajā adrijā ṛtam ||

The Hamsa homed in light, the Vasu in mid-air, the priest beside the altar, in the house the guest, Dweller in noblest place, mid men, in truth, in sky, born of flood, kine, truth, mountain, he is holy Law.