सूक्त १८३

तं युञ्जाथां मनसो यो जवीयान्त्रिवन्धुरो वृषणा यस्त्रिचक्रः। येनोपयाथः सुकृतो दुरोणं त्रिधातुना पतथो विर्न पर्णैः॥

taṁ yuñjāthāṁ manaso yo javīyāntrivandhuro vṛṣaṇā yastricakraḥ | yenopayāthaḥ sukṛto duroṇaṁ tridhātunā patatho virna parṇaiḥ ||

MAKE ready that which passes thought in swiftness, that hath three wheels and triple seat, ye Mighty, Whereon ye seek the dwelling of the pious, whereon, threefold, ye fly like birds with pinions.

सुवृद्रथो वर्तते यन्नभि क्षां यत्तिष्ठथः क्रतुमन्तानु पृक्षे। वपुर्वपुष्या सचतामियं गीर्दिवो दुहित्रोषसा सचेथे॥

suvṛdratho vartate yannabhi kṣāṁ yattiṣṭhathaḥ kratumantānu pṛkṣe | vapurvapuṣyā sacatāmiyaṁ gīrdivo duhitroṣasā sacethe ||

Light rolls your easy chariot faring earthward, what time, for food, ye, full of wisdom, mount it. May this song, wondrous fair, attend your glory: ye, as ye travel, wait on Dawn Heaven's Daughter.

आ तिष्ठतं सुवृतं यो रथो वामनु व्रतानि वर्तते हविष्मान्। येन नरा नासत्येषयध्यै वर्तिर्याथस्तनयाय त्मने च॥

ā tiṣṭhataṁ suvṛtaṁ yo ratho vāmanu vratāni vartate haviṣmān | yena narā nāsatyeṣayadhyai vartiryāthastanayāya tmane ca ||

Ascend your lightly rolling car, approaching the worshipper who turns him to his duties,- Whereon ye come unto the house to quicken man and his offspring, O Nasatyas, Heroes.

मा वां वृको मा वृकीरा दधर्षीन्मा परि वर्क्तमुत माति धक्तम्। अयं वां भागो निहित इयं गीर्दस्राविमे वां निधयो मधूनाम्॥

mā vāṁ vṛko mā vṛkīrā dadharṣīnmā pari varktamuta māti dhaktam | ayaṁ vāṁ bhāgo nihita iyaṁ gīrdasrāvime vāṁ nidhayo madhūnām ||

Let not the wolf, let not the she-wolf harm you. Forsake me not, nor pass me by or others. Here stands your share, here is your hymn, ye Mighty: yours are these vessels, full of pleasant juices.

युवां गोतमः पुरुमीळ्हो अत्रिर्दस्रा हवतेऽवसे हविष्मान्। दिशं न दिष्टामृजूयेव यन्ता मे हवं नासत्योप यातम्॥

yuvāṁ gotamaḥ purumīḻho atrirdasrā havate'vase haviṣmān | diśaṁ na diṣṭāmṛjūyeva yantā me havaṁ nāsatyopa yātam ||

Gotama, Purumilha, Atri bringing oblations all invoke you for protection. Like one who goes strai ht to the point directed, ye Nasatyas, to mine invocation.

अतारिष्म तमसस्पारमस्य प्रति वां स्तोमो अश्विनावधायि। एह यातं पथिभिर्देवयानैर्विद्यामेषं वृजनं जीरदानुम्॥

atāriṣma tamasaspāramasya prati vāṁ stomo aśvināvadhāyi | eha yātaṁ pathibhirdevayānairvidyāmeṣaṁ vṛjanaṁ jīradānum ||

We have passed o'er the limit of this darkness: our praise hath been bestowed on you, O Asvins. Come hitherward by paths which Gods have travelled. May we find strengthening food in full abundance.