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Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.8

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  1. Ṛgveda 8.8.1, English WITH all the succours that are yours, O Asvins, hither come to us: Wonderful, borne on paths of gold, drink ye the meath with Soma juice. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  2. Ṛgveda 8.8.2, English Come now, ye Asvins, on your car decked with a sun-bright canopy, Bountiful, with your golden forms, Sages with depth of intellect. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  3. Ṛgveda 8.8.3, English Come hither from the Nahusas, come, drawn by pure hymns, from mid-air. O Asvins, drink the savoury juice shed in the Kanvas' sacrifice. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  4. Ṛgveda 8.8.4, English Come to us hither from the heavens, come from mid-air, well-loved by us: Here Kanva's son hath pressed for you the pleasant meath of Soma juice. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  5. Ṛgveda 8.8.5, English Come, Asvins, to give car to us, to drink the Soma, Asvins, come. Hail, Strengtheners of the praise-song speed onward, ye Heroes, with your thoughts. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  6. Ṛgveda 8.8.6, English As, Heroes, in the olden time the Rsis called you to their aid, So now, O Asvins, come to us, come near to this mine eulogy. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  7. Ṛgveda 8.8.7, English Even from the luminous sphere of heaven come to us, ye who find the light, Carers for Vatsa, through our prayers and lauds, O ye who hear our call. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  8. Ṛgveda 8.8.8, English Do others more than we adore the Asvins with their hymns of praise? The Rsi Vatsa, Kanva's son, hath magnified you with his songs. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  9. Ṛgveda 8.8.9, English The holy singer with his hymns hath called you, Asvins, hither-ward; Best Vrtra-slayers, free from stain, as such bring us felicity. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  10. Ṛgveda 8.8.10, English What time, ye Lords of ample wealth, the Lady mounted on your car, Then, O ye Asvins, ye attained all wishes that your hearts desired. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  11. Ṛgveda 8.8.11, English Come thence, O Asvins, on your car that hath a thousand ornaments: Vatsa the sage, the sage's son, hath sung a song of sweets to you. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  12. Ṛgveda 8.8.12, English Cheerers of many, rich in goods, discoverers of opulence, The Asvins, Riders through the sky, have welcomed this my song of praise. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  13. Ṛgveda 8.8.13, English O Asvins, grant us all rich gifts wherewith no man may interfere. Make us observe the stated times: give us not over to reproach. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  14. Ṛgveda 8.8.14, English Whether, Nasatyas, ye be nigh, or whether ye be far away, Come thence, O Asvins, on your car that hath a thousand ornaments. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  15. Ṛgveda 8.8.15, English Vatsa the Rsi with his songs, Nasatyas, hath exalted you: Grant him rich food distilling oil, graced with a thousand ornaments. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  16. Ṛgveda 8.8.16, English Bestow on him, O Asvins, food that strengthens, and that drops with oil, On him who praises you for bliss, and, Lords of bounty, prays for wealth. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  17. Ṛgveda 8.8.17, English Come to us, ye who slay the foe, Lords of rich treasure, to this hymn. O Heroes, give us high renown and these good things of earth for help. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  18. Ṛgveda 8.8.18, English The Priyamedhas have invoked you with all succours that are yours, You, Asvins, Lords of solemn rites, with calls entreating you to come. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  19. Ṛgveda 8.8.19, English Come to us, Asvins, ye Who bring felicity, auspicious Ones, To Vatsa who with prayer and hymn, lovers of song, hath honoured you. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  20. Ṛgveda 8.8.20, English Aid us, O Heroes, for those hymns for which ye helped Go Sarya erst, Gave Vasa, Dasavraja aid, and Kanva and Medhatithi: Ralph T.H. Griffith
  21. Ṛgveda 8.8.21, English And favoured Trasadasyu, ye Heroes, in spoil-deciding fray: For these, O Asvins, graciously assist us in acquiring strength. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  22. Ṛgveda 8.8.22, English O Asvins, may pure hymns of ours, and songs and praises, honour you: Best slayers everywhere of foes, as such we fondly yearn for you. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  23. Ṛgveda 8.8.23, English Three places of the Asvins, erst concealed, are made apparent now. Both Sages, with the flight of Law come hither unto those who live. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  1. 8.8.1आ नो॒ विश्वा॑भिरू॒तिभि॒रश्वि॑ना॒ गच्छ॑तं यु॒वम् । दस्रा॒ हिर॑ण्यवर्तनी॒ पिब॑तं सो॒म्यं मधु॑ ॥
  2. 8.8.2आ नू॒नं या॑तमश्विना॒ रथे॑न॒ सूर्य॑त्वचा । भुजी॒ हिर॑ण्यपेशसा॒ कवी॒ गम्भी॑रचेतसा ॥
  3. 8.8.3आ या॑तं॒ नहु॑ष॒स्पर्यान्तरि॑क्षात्सुवृ॒क्तिभि॑ः । पिबा॑थो अश्विना॒ मधु॒ कण्वा॑नां॒ सव॑ने सु॒तम् ॥
  4. 8.8.4आ नो॑ यातं दि॒वस्पर्यान्तरि॑क्षादधप्रिया । पु॒त्रः कण्व॑स्य वामि॒ह सु॒षाव॑ सो॒म्यं मधु॑ ॥
  5. 8.8.5आ नो॑ यात॒मुप॑श्रु॒त्यश्वि॑ना॒ सोम॑पीतये । स्वाहा॒ स्तोम॑स्य वर्धना॒ प्र क॑वी धी॒तिभि॑र्नरा ॥
  6. 8.8.6यच्चि॒द्धि वां॑ पु॒र ऋष॑यो जुहू॒रेऽव॑से नरा । आ या॑तमश्वि॒ना ग॑त॒मुपे॒मां सु॑ष्टु॒तिं मम॑ ॥
  7. 8.8.7दि॒वश्चि॑द्रोच॒नादध्या नो॑ गन्तं स्वर्विदा । धी॒भिर्व॑त्सप्रचेतसा॒ स्तोमे॑भिर्हवनश्रुता ॥
  8. 8.8.8किम॒न्ये पर्या॑सते॒ऽस्मत्स्तोमे॑भिर॒श्विना॑ । पु॒त्रः कण्व॑स्य वा॒मृषि॑र्गी॒र्भिर्व॒त्सो अ॑वीवृधत् ॥
  9. 8.8.9आ वां॒ विप्र॑ इ॒हाव॒सेऽह्व॒त्स्तोमे॑भिरश्विना । अरि॑प्रा॒ वृत्र॑हन्तमा॒ ता नो॑ भूतं मयो॒भुवा॑ ॥
  10. 8.8.10आ यद्वां॒ योष॑णा॒ रथ॒मति॑ष्ठद्वाजिनीवसू । विश्वा॑न्यश्विना यु॒वं प्र धी॒तान्य॑गच्छतम् ॥
  11. 8.8.11अत॑ः स॒हस्र॑निर्णिजा॒ रथे॒ना या॑तमश्विना । व॒त्सो वां॒ मधु॑म॒द्वचोऽशं॑सीत्का॒व्यः क॒विः ॥
  12. 8.8.12पु॒रु॒म॒न्द्रा पु॑रू॒वसू॑ मनो॒तरा॑ रयी॒णाम् । स्तोमं॑ मे अ॒श्विना॑वि॒मम॒भि वह्नी॑ अनूषाताम् ॥
  13. 8.8.13आ नो॒ विश्वा॑न्यश्विना ध॒त्तं राधां॒स्यह्र॑या । कृ॒तं न॑ ऋ॒त्विया॑वतो॒ मा नो॑ रीरधतं नि॒दे ॥
  14. 8.8.14यन्ना॑सत्या परा॒वति॒ यद्वा॒ स्थो अध्यम्ब॑रे । अत॑ः स॒हस्र॑निर्णिजा॒ रथे॒ना या॑तमश्विना ॥
  15. 8.8.15यो वां॑ नासत्या॒वृषि॑र्गी॒र्भिर्व॒त्सो अवी॑वृधत् । तस्मै॑ स॒हस्र॑निर्णिज॒मिषं॑ धत्तं घृत॒श्चुत॑म् ॥
  16. 8.8.16प्रास्मा॒ ऊर्जं॑ घृत॒श्चुत॒मश्वि॑ना॒ यच्छ॑तं यु॒वम् । यो वां॑ सु॒म्नाय॑ तु॒ष्टव॑द्वसू॒याद्दा॑नुनस्पती ॥
  17. 8.8.17आ नो॑ गन्तं रिशादसे॒मं स्तोमं॑ पुरुभुजा । कृ॒तं न॑ः सु॒श्रियो॑ नरे॒मा दा॑तम॒भिष्ट॑ये ॥
  18. 8.8.18आ वां॒ विश्वा॑भिरू॒तिभि॑ः प्रि॒यमे॑धा अहूषत । राज॑न्तावध्व॒राणा॒मश्वि॑ना॒ याम॑हूतिषु ॥
  19. 8.8.19आ नो॑ गन्तं मयो॒भुवाश्वि॑ना श॒म्भुवा॑ यु॒वम् । यो वां॑ विपन्यू धी॒तिभि॑र्गी॒र्भिर्व॒त्सो अवी॑वृधत् ॥
  20. 8.8.20याभि॒ः कण्वं॒ मेधा॑तिथिं॒ याभि॒र्वशं॒ दश॑व्रजम् । याभि॒र्गोश॑र्य॒माव॑तं॒ ताभि॑र्नोऽवतं नरा ॥
  21. 8.8.21याभि॑र्नरा त्र॒सद॑स्यु॒माव॑तं॒ कृत्व्ये॒ धने॑ । ताभि॒ः ष्व१॒॑स्माँ अ॑श्विना॒ प्राव॑तं॒ वाज॑सातये ॥
  22. 8.8.22प्र वां॒ स्तोमा॑ः सुवृ॒क्तयो॒ गिरो॑ वर्धन्त्वश्विना । पुरु॑त्रा॒ वृत्र॑हन्तमा॒ ता नो॑ भूतं पुरु॒स्पृहा॑ ॥
  23. 8.8.23त्रीणि॑ प॒दान्य॒श्विनो॑रा॒विः सान्ति॒ गुहा॑ प॒रः । क॒वी ऋ॒तस्य॒ पत्म॑भिर॒र्वाग्जी॒वेभ्य॒स्परि॑ ॥