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यदक्रन्दः प्रथमं जायमान उद्यन्समुद्रादुत वा पुरीषात्। श्येनस्य पक्षा हरिणस्य बाहू उपस्तुत्यं महि जातं ते अर्वन्॥

yadakrandaḥ prathamaṁ jāyamāna udyansamudrāduta vā purīṣāt | śyenasya pakṣā hariṇasya bāhū upastutyaṁ mahi jātaṁ te arvan ||

WHAT time, first springing into life, thou neighedst, proceeding from the sea or upper waters, Limbs of the deer hadst thou, and eagle pinions. O Steed, thy birth is nigh and must be lauded.

यमेन दत्तं त्रित एनमायुनगिन्द्र एणं प्रथमो अध्यतिष्ठत्। गन्धर्वो अस्य रशनामगृभ्णात्सूरादश्वं वसवो निरतष्ट॥

yamena dattaṁ trita enamāyunagindra eṇaṁ prathamo adhyatiṣṭhat | gandharvo asya raśanāmagṛbhṇātsūrādaśvaṁ vasavo nirataṣṭa ||

This Steed which Yama gave hath Trita harnessed, and him, the first of all, hath Indra mounted. His bridle the Gandharva grasped. O Vasus, from out the Sun ye fashioned forth the Courser.

असि यमो अस्यादित्यो अर्वन्नसि त्रितो गुह्येन व्रतेन। असि सोमेन समया विपृक्त आहुस्ते त्रीणि दिवि बन्धनानि॥

asi yamo asyādityo arvannasi trito guhyena vratena | asi somena samayā vipṛkta āhuste trīṇi divi bandhanāni ||

Yama art thou, O Horse; thou art Aditya; Trita art thou by secret operation. Thou art divided thoroughly from Soma. They say thou hast three bonds in heaven that hold thee.

त्रीणि त आहुर्दिवि बन्धनानि त्रीण्यप्सु त्रीण्यन्तः समुद्रे। उतेव मे वरुणश्छन्त्स्यर्वन्यत्रा त आहुः परमं जनित्रम्॥

trīṇi ta āhurdivi bandhanāni trīṇyapsu trīṇyantaḥ samudre | uteva me varuṇaśchantsyarvanyatrā ta āhuḥ paramaṁ janitram ||

Three bonds, they say, thou hast in heaven that bind thee, three in the waters, three within the ocean. To me thou seernest Varuna , O Courser, there where they say is thy sublimest birth-place.

इमा ते वाजिन्नवमार्जनानीमा शफानां सनितुर्निधाना। अत्रा ते भद्रा रशना अपश्यमृतस्य या अभिरक्षन्ति गोपाः॥

imā te vājinnavamārjanānīmā śaphānāṁ saniturnidhānā | atrā te bhadrā raśanā apaśyamṛtasya yā abhirakṣanti gopāḥ ||

Here-, Courser, are the places where they groomed thee, here are the traces of thy hoofs as winner. Here have I seen the auspicious reins that guide thee, which those who guard the holy Law keep safely.

आत्मानं ते मनसारादजानामवो दिवा पतयन्तं पतंगम्। शिरो अपश्यं पथिभिः सुगेभिररेणुभिर्जेहमानं पतत्रि॥

ātmānaṁ te manasārādajānāmavo divā patayantaṁ pataṁgam | śiro apaśyaṁ pathibhiḥ sugebhirareṇubhirjehamānaṁ patatri ||

Thyself from far I recognized in spirit,-a Bird that from below flew through the heaven. I saw thy head still soaring, striving upward by paths unsoiled by dust, pleasant to travel.

अत्रा ते रूपमुत्तममपश्यं जिगीषमाणमिष आ पदे गोः। यदा ते मर्तो अनु भोगमानळादिद्ग्रसिष्ठ ओषधीरजीगः॥

atrā te rūpamuttamamapaśyaṁ jigīṣamāṇamiṣa ā pade goḥ | yadā te marto anu bhogamānaḻādidgrasiṣṭha oṣadhīrajīgaḥ ||

Here I beheld thy form, matchless in glory, eager to win thee food at the Cow's station. Whene'er a man brings thee to thine enjoyment, thou swallowest the plants most greedy eater.

अनु त्वा रथो अनु मर्यो अर्वन्ननु गावोऽनु भगः कनीनाम्। अनु व्रातासस्तव सख्यमीयुरनु देवा ममिरे वीर्यं ते॥

anu tvā ratho anu maryo arvannanu gāvo'nu bhagaḥ kanīnām | anu vrātāsastava sakhyamīyuranu devā mamire vīryaṁ te ||

After thee, Courser, come the car, the bridegroom, the kine come after, and the charm of maidens. Full companies have followed for thy friendship: the pattern of thy vigour Gods have copied.

हिरण्यशृङ्गोऽयो अस्य पादा मनोजवा अवर इन्द्र आसीत्। देवा इदस्य हविरद्यमायन्यो अर्वन्तं प्रथमो अध्यतिष्ठत्॥

hiraṇyaśṛṅgo'yo asya pādā manojavā avara indra āsīt | devā idasya haviradyamāyanyo arvantaṁ prathamo adhyatiṣṭhat ||

Horns made of gold hath he: his feet are iron: less fleet than he, though swift as thought, is Indra. The Gods have come that they may taste the oblation of him who mounted, first of all, the Courser.

ईर्मान्तासः सिलिकमध्यमासः सं शूरणासो दिव्यासो अत्याः। हंसा इव श्रेणिशो यतन्ते यदाक्षिषुर्दिव्यमज्ममश्वाः॥

īrmāntāsaḥ silikamadhyamāsaḥ saṁ śūraṇāso divyāso atyāḥ | haṁsā iva śreṇiśo yatante yadākṣiṣurdivyamajmamaśvāḥ ||

Symmetrical in flank, with rounded haunches, mettled like heroes, the Celestial Coursers Put forth their strength, like swans in lengthened order, when they, the Steeds, have reached the heavenly causeway.

तव शरीरं पतयिष्ण्वर्वन्तव चित्तं वात इव ध्रजीमान्। तव शृङ्गाणि विष्ठिता पुरुत्रारण्येषु जर्भुराणा चरन्ति॥

tava śarīraṁ patayiṣṇvarvantava cittaṁ vāta iva dhrajīmān | tava śṛṅgāṇi viṣṭhitā purutrāraṇyeṣu jarbhurāṇā caranti ||

A body formed for flight hast thou, O Charger; swift as the wind in motion is thy spirit. Thy horns are spread abroad in all directions: they move with restless beat in wildernesses.

उप प्रागाच्छसनं वाज्यर्वा देवद्रीचा मनसा दीध्यानः। अजः पुरो नीयते नाभिरस्यानु पश्चात्कवयो यन्ति रेभाः॥

upa prāgācchasanaṁ vājyarvā devadrīcā manasā dīdhyānaḥ | ajaḥ puro nīyate nābhirasyānu paścātkavayo yanti rebhāḥ ||

The strong Steed hath come forward to the slaughter, pondering with a mind directed God-ward. The goat who is his kin is led before him the sages and the singers follow after.

उप प्रागात्परमं यत्सधस्थमर्वाँ अच्छा पितरं मातरं च। अद्या देवाञ्जुष्टतमो हि गम्या अथा शास्ते दाशुषे वार्याणि॥

upa prāgātparamaṁ yatsadhasthamarvā acchā pitaraṁ mātaraṁ ca | adyā devāñjuṣṭatamo hi gamyā athā śāste dāśuṣe vāryāṇi ||

The Steed is come unto the noblest mansion, is come unto his Father and his Mother. This day shall he approach the Gods, most welcome: then he declares good gifts to him who offers.