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Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.78

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  1. Ṛgveda 5.78.1, English YE Asvins, hither come to us: Nasatyas, be not disinclined. Fly hither like two swans unto the juice we shed. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  2. Ṛgveda 5.78.2, English O Asvins, like a pair of deer, like two wild cattle to the mead: Fly hither like two swans unto the juice we shed. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  3. Ṛgveda 5.78.3, English O Asvins rich in gifts, accept our sacrifice to prosper it: Fly hither like two swans unto the juice we shed. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  4. Ṛgveda 5.78.4, English As Atri when descending to the cave called on you loudly like a wailing woman. Ye came to him, O Asvins, with the freshest and most auspicious fleetness of a falcon. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  5. Ṛgveda 5.78.5, English Tree, part asunder like the side of her who bringeth forth a child. Ye Asvins, listen to my call: loose Saptavadhri from his bonds. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  6. Ṛgveda 5.78.6, English For Saptavadhri, for the seer affrighted when he wept and waffled, Ye, Asvins, with your magic powers rent up the tree and shattered it. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  7. Ṛgveda 5.78.7, English Like as the wind on every side ruffles a pool of lotuses, So stir in thee the babe unborn, so may the ten-month babe descend. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  8. Ṛgveda 5.78.8, English Like as the wind, like as the wood, like as the sea is set astir, So also, ten-month babe, descend together with the after-birth. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  9. Ṛgveda 5.78.9, English The child who hath for ten months' time been lying in his mother's side,- May he come forth alive, unharmed, yea, living from the living dame. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  1. 5.78.1अश्वि॑ना॒वेह ग॑च्छतं॒ नास॑त्या॒ मा वि वे॑नतम् । हं॒सावि॑व पतत॒मा सु॒ताँ उप॑ ॥
  2. 5.78.2अश्वि॑ना हरि॒णावि॑व गौ॒रावि॒वानु॒ यव॑सम् । हं॒सावि॑व पतत॒मा सु॒ताँ उप॑ ॥
  3. 5.78.3अश्वि॑ना वाजिनीवसू जु॒षेथां॑ य॒ज्ञमि॒ष्टये॑ । हं॒सावि॑व पतत॒मा सु॒ताँ उप॑ ॥
  4. 5.78.4अत्रि॒र्यद्वा॑मव॒रोह॑न्नृ॒बीस॒मजो॑हवी॒न्नाध॑मानेव॒ योषा॑ । श्ये॒नस्य॑ चि॒ज्जव॑सा॒ नूत॑ने॒नाग॑च्छतमश्विना॒ शंत॑मेन ॥
  5. 5.78.5वि जि॑हीष्व वनस्पते॒ योनि॒ः सूष्य॑न्त्या इव । श्रु॒तं मे॑ अश्विना॒ हवं॑ स॒प्तव॑ध्रिं च मुञ्चतम् ॥
  6. 5.78.6भी॒ताय॒ नाध॑मानाय॒ ऋष॑ये स॒प्तव॑ध्रये । मा॒याभि॑रश्विना यु॒वं वृ॒क्षं सं च॒ वि चा॑चथः ॥
  7. 5.78.7यथा॒ वात॑ः पुष्क॒रिणीं॑ समि॒ङ्गय॑ति स॒र्वत॑ः । ए॒वा ते॒ गर्भ॑ एजतु नि॒रैतु॒ दश॑मास्यः ॥
  8. 5.78.8यथा॒ वातो॒ यथा॒ वनं॒ यथा॑ समु॒द्र एज॑ति । ए॒वा त्वं द॑शमास्य स॒हावे॑हि ज॒रायु॑णा ॥
  9. 5.78.9दश॒ मासा॑ञ्छशया॒नः कु॑मा॒रो अधि॑ मा॒तरि॑ । नि॒रैतु॑ जी॒वो अक्ष॑तो जी॒वो जीव॑न्त्या॒ अधि॑ ॥