Sukta 39

यो वां परिज्मा सुवृदश्विना रथो दोषामुषासो हव्यो हविष्मता। शश्वत्तमासस्तमु वामिदं वयं पितुर्न नाम सुहवं हवामहे॥

yo vāṁ parijmā suvṛdaśvinā ratho doṣāmuṣāso havyo haviṣmatā | śaśvattamāsastamu vāmidaṁ vayaṁ piturna nāma suhavaṁ havāmahe ||

As 'twere the name of father, easy to invoke, we all assembled here invoke this Car of yours, Asvins, your swiftly-rolling circumambient Car which he who worships must invoke at eve and dawn.

चोदयतं सूनृताः पिन्वतं धिय उत्पुरंधीरीरयतं तदुश्मसि। यशसं भागं कृणुतं नो अश्विना सोमं न चारुं मघवत्सु नस्कृतम्॥

codayataṁ sūnṛtāḥ pinvataṁ dhiya utpuraṁdhīrīrayataṁ taduśmasi | yaśasaṁ bhāgaṁ kṛṇutaṁ no aśvinā somaṁ na cāruṁ maghavatsu naskṛtam ||

Awake all pleasant strains and let the hymns flow forth: raise up abundant fulness: this is our desire. Asvins, bestow on us a glorious heritage, and give our princes treasure fair as Soma is.

अमाजुरश्चिद्भवथो युवं भगोऽनाशोश्चिदवितारापमस्य चित्। अन्धस्य चिन्नासत्या कृशस्य चिद्युवामिदाहुर्भिषजा रुतस्य चित्॥

amājuraścidbhavatho yuvaṁ bhago'nāśościdavitārāpamasya cit | andhasya cinnāsatyā kṛśasya cidyuvāmidāhurbhiṣajā rutasya cit ||

Ye are the bliss of her who groweth old at home, and helpers of the slow although he linger last. Men call you too, Nasatyas, healers of the blind, the thin and feeble, and the man with broken bones.

युवं च्यवानं सनयं यथा रथं पुनर्युवानं चरथाय तक्षथुः। निष्टौग्र्यमूहथुरद्भ्यस्परि विश्वेत्ता वां सवनेषु प्रवाच्या॥

yuvaṁ cyavānaṁ sanayaṁ yathā rathaṁ punaryuvānaṁ carathāya takṣathuḥ | niṣṭaugryamūhathuradbhyaspari viśvettā vāṁ savaneṣu pravācyā ||

Ye made Cyavana, weak and worn with length of days, young again, like a car, that he had power to move. Ye lifted up the son of Tugra from the floods. At our libations must all these your acts be praised.

पुराणा वां वीर्या प्र ब्रवा जनेऽथो हासथुर्भिषजा मयोभुवा। ता वां नु नव्याववसे करामहेऽयं नासत्या श्रदरिर्यथा दधत्॥

purāṇā vāṁ vīryā pra bravā jane'tho hāsathurbhiṣajā mayobhuvā | tā vāṁ nu navyāvavase karāmahe'yaṁ nāsatyā śradariryathā dadhat ||

We will declare among the folk your ancient deeds heroic; yea, ye were Physicians bringing health. You, you who must be lauded, will we bring for aid, so that this foe of ours, O Asvins, may believe.

इयं वामह्वे शृणुतं मे अश्विना पुत्रायेव पितरा मह्यं शिक्षतम्। अनापिरज्ञा असजात्यामतिः पुरा तस्या अभिशस्तेरव स्पृतम्॥

iyaṁ vāmahve śṛṇutaṁ me aśvinā putrāyeva pitarā mahyaṁ śikṣatam | anāpirajñā asajātyāmatiḥ purā tasyā abhiśasterava spṛtam ||

Listen to me, O Asvins; I have cried to you. Give me-your aid as sire and mother aid their son. Poor, without kin or friend or ties of blood am I. Save me before it be too late, from this my curse.

युवं रथेन विमदाय शुन्ध्युवं न्यूहथुः पुरुमित्रस्य योषणाम्। युवं हवं वध्रिमत्या अगच्छतं युवं सुषुतिं चक्रथुः पुरंधये॥

yuvaṁ rathena vimadāya śundhyuvaṁ nyūhathuḥ purumitrasya yoṣaṇām | yuvaṁ havaṁ vadhrimatyā agacchataṁ yuvaṁ suṣutiṁ cakrathuḥ puraṁdhaye ||

Ye, mounted on your chariot brought to Vimada the comely maid of Purumitra as a bride. Ye, came unto the calling of the weakling's dame, and granted noble offspring to the happy wife.

युवं विप्रस्य जरणामुपेयुषः पुनः कलेरकृणुतं युवद्वयः। युवं वन्दनमृश्यदादुदूपथुर्युवं सद्यो विश्पलामेतवे कृथः॥

yuvaṁ viprasya jaraṇāmupeyuṣaḥ punaḥ kalerakṛṇutaṁ yuvadvayaḥ | yuvaṁ vandanamṛśyadādudūpathuryuvaṁ sadyo viśpalāmetave kṛthaḥ ||

Ye gave a ain the vigour of his youthful life to tge sage Kali when old age was coming nigh. Ye rescued Vandana and raised him from the pit, and in a moment gave Vispala power to move.

युवं ह रेभं वृषणा गुहा हितमुदैरयतं ममृवांसमश्विना। युवमृबीसमुत तप्तमत्रय ओमन्वन्तं चक्रथुः सप्तवध्रये॥

yuvaṁ ha rebhaṁ vṛṣaṇā guhā hitamudairayataṁ mamṛvāṁsamaśvinā | yuvamṛbīsamuta taptamatraya omanvantaṁ cakrathuḥ saptavadhraye ||

Ye Asvins Twain, endowed with manly strength, brought forth Reblia when hidden in the cave and well-nigh dead, Freed Saptavadliri, and for Atri caused the pit heated with fire to be a pleasant resting-place.

युवं श्वेतं पेदवेऽश्विनाश्वं नवभिर्वाजैर्नवती च वाजिनम्। चर्कृत्यं ददथुर्द्रावयत्सखं भगं न नृभ्यो हव्यं मयोभुवम्॥

yuvaṁ śvetaṁ pedave'śvināśvaṁ navabhirvājairnavatī ca vājinam | carkṛtyaṁ dadathurdrāvayatsakhaṁ bhagaṁ na nṛbhyo havyaṁ mayobhuvam ||

On Pedu ye bestowed, Asvins, a courser white, mighty with nine-and-ninety varied gifts of strength, A horse to be renowned, who bore his friend at speed, joy-giving, Bhaga-like to be invoked of men.

न तं राजानावदिते कुतश्चन नांहो अश्नोति दुरितं नकिर्भयम्। यमश्विना सुहवा रुद्रवर्तनी पुरोरथं कृणुथः पत्न्या सह॥

na taṁ rājānāvadite kutaścana nāṁho aśnoti duritaṁ nakirbhayam | yamaśvinā suhavā rudravartanī purorathaṁ kṛṇuthaḥ patnyā saha ||

From no side, ye Two Kings whom none may check or stay, doth grief, distress, or danger come u on the man Whom, Asvins swift to hear, borne on your glowing path, ye with your Consort make the foremost in the race.

आ तेन यातं मनसो जवीयसा रथं यं वामृभवश्चक्रुरश्विना। यस्य योगे दुहिता जायते दिव उभे अहनी सुदिने विवस्वतः॥

ā tena yātaṁ manaso javīyasā rathaṁ yaṁ vāmṛbhavaścakruraśvinā | yasya yoge duhitā jāyate diva ubhe ahanī sudine vivasvataḥ ||

Come on that Chariot which the Rbhus wrought for you, the Chariot, Asvins, that is speedier than thought, At harnessing whereof Heaven's Daughter springs to birth, and from Vivasvan come auspicious Night and Day.

ता वर्तिर्यातं जयुषा वि पर्वतमपिन्वतं शयवे धेनुमश्विना। वृकस्य चिद्वर्तिकामन्तरास्याद्युवं शचीभिर्ग्रसिताममुञ्चतम्॥

tā vartiryātaṁ jayuṣā vi parvatamapinvataṁ śayave dhenumaśvinā | vṛkasya cidvartikāmantarāsyādyuvaṁ śacībhirgrasitāmamuñcatam ||

Come, Conquerors of the sundered mountain, to our home, Asvins who made the cow stream milk for Sayu's sake, Ye who delivered even from the wolf's deep throat and set again at liberty the swallowed quail.

एतं वां स्तोममश्विनावकर्मातक्षाम भृगवो न रथम्। न्यमृक्षाम योषणां न मर्ये नित्यं न सूनुं तनयं दधानाः॥

etaṁ vāṁ stomamaśvināvakarmātakṣāma bhṛgavo na ratham | nyamṛkṣāma yoṣaṇāṁ na marye nityaṁ na sūnuṁ tanayaṁ dadhānāḥ ||

We have prepared this laud for you, O Asvins, and, like the Bhrgus, as a car have framed it, Have decked it as a maid to meet the bridegroom, and brought it as a son, our stay for ever.