Rig Veda · Mandala 7 · Sukta 72
Rig Veda 7.72 — Aśvins
Deity: Aśvins. Rishi family (Mandala 7): Vasishtha 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 7.72.1
आ गोमता नासत्या रथेनाश्वावता पुरुश्चन्द्रेण यातम | अभि वां विश्वा नियुतः सचन्ते सपार्हया शरिया तन्वा शुभाना
ā ghomatā nāsatyā rathenāśvāvatā puruścandreṇa yātam | abhi vāṃ viśvā niyutaḥ sacante spārhayā śriyā tanvā śubhānā
Rig Veda 7.72.2
आ नो देवेभिरुप यातमर्वाक सजोषसा नासत्या रथेन | युवोर्हि नः सख्या पित्र्याणि समानो बन्धुरुत तस्य वित्तम
ā no devebhirupa yātamarvāk sajoṣasā nāsatyā rathena | yuvorhi naḥ sakhyā pitryāṇi samāno bandhuruta tasya vittam
Come with the Gods associate, come ye hither to us, Nāsatyas, with your car accordant. 'Twixt you and us there is ancestral friendship and common kin: remember and regard it.
Rig Veda 7.72.3
उदु सतोमासो अश्विनोरबुध्रञ जामि बरह्माण्युषसश्च देवीः | आविवासन रोदसी धिष्ण्येमे अछा विप्रो नासत्या विवक्ति
udu stomāso aśvinorabudhrañ jāmi brahmāṇyuṣasaśca devīḥ | āvivāsan rodasī dhiṣṇyeme achā vipro nāsatyā vivakti
Awakened are the songs that praise the Aśvins, the kindred prayers and the Celestial Mornings. Inviting those we long for, Earth and Heaven, the singer calleth these Nāsatyas hither.
Rig Veda 7.72.4
वि चेदुछन्त्यश्विना उषासः पर वां बरह्माणि कारवो भरन्ते | ऊर्ध्वं भानुं सविता देवो अश्रेद बर्हदग्नयः समिधा जरन्ते
vi ceduchantyaśvinā uṣāsaḥ pra vāṃ brahmāṇi kāravo bharante | ūrdhvaṃ bhānuṃ savitā devo aśred bṛhadaghnayaḥ samidhā jarante
What time the Dawns break forth in light, O Aśvins, to you the poets offer their devotions. God Savitar hath sent aloft his splendour, and fires sing praises with the kindled fuel.
Rig Veda 7.72.5
आ पश्चातान नासत्या पुरस्तादाश्विना यातमधरादुदक्तात | आ विश्वतः पाञ्चजन्येन राया यूयं पात ...
ā paścātān nāsatyā purastādāśvinā yātamadharādudaktāt | ā viśvataḥ pāñcajanyena rāyā yūyaṃ pāta ...
Come from the west, come from the cast, Nāsatyas, come, Aśvins, from below and from above us. Bring wealth from all sides for the Fivefold People. Preserve us evermore, ye Gods, with blessings.
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