सूक्त ४४

दधिक्रां वः प्रथममश्विनोषसमग्निं समिद्धं भगमूतये हुवे। इन्द्रं विष्णुं पूषणं ब्रह्मणस्पतिमादित्यान्द्यावापृथिवी अपः स्वः॥

dadhikrāṁ vaḥ prathamamaśvinoṣasamagniṁ samiddhaṁ bhagamūtaye huve | indraṁ viṣṇuṁ pūṣaṇaṁ brahmaṇaspatimādityāndyāvāpṛthivī apaḥ svaḥ ||

I CALL on Dadhikras, the first, to give you aid, the Asvins, Bhaga, Dawn, and Agni kindled well, Indra, and Visnu, Pusan, Brahmanaspati, Adityas, Heaven and Earth, the Waters, and the Light.

दधिक्रामु नमसा बोधयन्त उदीराणा यज्ञमुपप्रयन्तः। इळां देवीं बर्हिषि सादयन्तोऽश्विना विप्रा सुहवा हुवेम॥

dadhikrāmu namasā bodhayanta udīrāṇā yajñamupaprayantaḥ | iḻāṁ devīṁ barhiṣi sādayanto'śvinā viprā suhavā huvema ||

When, rising, to the sacrifice we hasten, awaking Dadhikras with adorations. Seating on sacred grass the Goddess Ila. let us invoke the sage swift-hearing Asvins.

दधिक्रावाणं बुबुधानो अग्निमुप ब्रुव उषसं सूर्यं गाम्। ब्रध्नं माँश्चतोर्वरुणस्य बभ्रुं ते विश्वास्मद्दुरिता यावयन्तु॥

dadhikrāvāṇaṁ bubudhāno agnimupa bruva uṣasaṁ sūryaṁ gām | bradhnaṁ māścatorvaruṇasya babhruṁ te viśvāsmadduritā yāvayantu ||

While I am thus arousing Dadhikravan I speak to Agni, Earth, and Dawn, and Surya, The red, the brown of Varuna ever mindful: may they ward off from us all grief and trouble.

दधिक्रावा प्रथमो वाज्यर्वाग्रे रथानां भवति प्रजानन्। संविदान उषसा सूर्येणादित्येभिर्वसुभिरङ्गिरोभिः॥

dadhikrāvā prathamo vājyarvāgre rathānāṁ bhavati prajānan | saṁvidāna uṣasā sūryeṇādityebhirvasubhiraṅgirobhiḥ ||

Foremost is Dadhikravan, vigorous courser; in forefront of the cars, his way he knoweth, Closely allied with Surya and with Morning, Adityas, and Angirases, and Vasus.

आ नो दधिक्राः पथ्यामनक्त्वृतस्य पन्थामन्वेतवा उ। शृणोतु नो दैव्यं शर्धो अग्निः शृण्वन्तु विश्वे महिषा अमूराः॥

ā no dadhikrāḥ pathyāmanaktvṛtasya panthāmanvetavā u | śṛṇotu no daivyaṁ śardho agniḥ śṛṇvantu viśve mahiṣā amūrāḥ ||

May Dadhikras prepare the way we travel that we may pass along the path of Order. May Agni bear us, and the Heavenly Army: hear us all Mighty Ones whom none deceiveth.