Rig Veda · Mandala 4 · Sukta 48
Rig Veda 4.48 — Vāyu
Deity: Vāyu. Rishi family (Mandala 4): Vamadeva Gautama and his lineage. This Sukta contains 5 verses presented below in Devanagari Sanskrit, IAST romanisation, and Ralph T. H. Griffith's English translation. Click any verse to read a fuller explanation.
Verses
Rig Veda 4.48.1
विहि होत्रा अवीता विपो न रायो अर्यः | वायव आ चन्द्रेण रथेन याहि सुतस्य पीतये
vihi hotrā avītā vipo na rāyo aryaḥ | vāyav ā candreṇa rathena yāhi sutasya pītaye
Rig Veda 4.48.2
निर्युवाणो अशस्तीर नियुत्वां इन्द्रसारथिः | वायव आ चन्द्रेण रथेन याहि सुतस्य पीतये
niryuvāṇo aśastīr niyutvāṃ indrasārathiḥ | vāyav ā candreṇa rathena yāhi sutasya pītaye
Removing curses, drawn by teams, with Indra, seated by thy side, O Vāyu, on refulgent car come to the drinking of the juice.
Rig Veda 4.48.3
अनु कर्ष्णे वसुधिती येमाते विश्वपेशसा | वायव आ चन्द्रेण रथेन याहि सुतस्य पीतये
anu kṛṣṇe vasudhitī yemāte viśvapeśasā | vāyav ā candreṇa rathena yāhi sutasya pītaye
The two dark treasuries of wealth that wear all beauties wait on thee. O Vāyu, on refulgent car come to the drinking of the juice.
Rig Veda 4.48.4
वहन्तु तवा मनोयुजो युक्तासो नवतिर नव | वायव आ चन्द्रेण रथेन याहि सुतस्य पीतये
vahantu tvā manoyujo yuktāso navatir nava | vāyav ā candreṇa rathena yāhi sutasya pītaye
May nine-and-ninety harnessed steeds who yoke them at thy will bring thee. O Vāyu, on refulgent car come to the drinking of the juice.
Rig Veda 4.48.5
वायो शतं हरीणां युवस्व पोष्याणाम | उत वा ते सहस्रिणो रथ आ यातु पाजसा
vāyo śataṃ harīṇāṃ yuvasva poṣyāṇām | uta vā te sahasriṇo ratha ā yātu pājasā
Harness, O Vāyu, to thy car a hundred well-fed tawny steeds, Yea, or a thousand steeds, and let thy chariot come to us with might.
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