Containing 25 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
ईळे॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी पू॒र्वचि॑त्तये॒ऽग्निं घ॒र्मं सु॒रुचं॒ याम॑न्नि॒ष्टये॑ याभि॒र्भरे॑ का॒रमंशा॑य॒ जिन्व॑थ॒स्ताभि॑रू॒ षु ऊ॒तिभि॑रश्वि॒ना ग॑तम्
"To give first thought to them, I worship Heaven and Earth, and Agni, fair bright glow, to hasten their approach. Come hither unto us, O Aṣvins, with those aids wherewith in fight ye speed the war-cry to the spoil."
यु॒वोर्दा॒नाय॑ सु॒भरा॑ अस॒श्चतो॒ रथ॒मा त॑स्थुर्वच॒सं न मन्त॑वे याभि॒र्धियोऽव॑थः॒ कर्म॑न्नि॒ष्टये॒ ताभि॑रू॒ षु ऊ॒तिभि॑रश्वि॒ना ग॑तम्
"Ample, unfailing, they have mounted as it were an eloquent car that ye may think of us and give. Come hither unto us, O Aṣvins, with those aids wherewith ye help our thoughts to further holy acts."
यु॒वं तासां॑ दि॒व्यस्य॑ प्र॒शास॑ने वि॒शां क्ष॑यथो अ॒मृत॑स्य म॒ज्मना॑ याभि॑र्धे॒नुम॒स्वं१॒॑ पिन्व॑थो नरा॒ ताभि॑रू॒ षु ऊ॒तिभि॑रश्वि॒ना ग॑तम्
"Ye by the might which heavenly nectar giveth you are in supreme dominion Lords of all these folk. Come hither unto us, O Aṣvins, with those aids wherewith ye, Heroes, made the barren cow give milk."
याभिः॒ परि॑ज्मा॒ तन॑यस्य म॒ज्मना॑ द्विमा॒ता तू॒र्षु त॒रणि॑र्वि॒भूष॑ति याभि॑स्त्रि॒मन्तु॒रभ॑वद्विचक्ष॒णस्ताभि॑रू॒ षु ऊ॒तिभि॑रश्वि॒ना ग॑तम्
"The aids wherewith the Wanderer through his offspring's might, or the Two-Mothered Son shows swiftest mid the swift; Wherewith the sapient one acquired his triple lore,– Come hither unto us, O Aṣvins, with those aids."
याभी॑ रे॒भं निवृ॑तं सि॒तम॒द्भ्य उद्वन्द॑न॒मैर॑यतं॒ स्व॑र्दृ॒शे याभिः॒ कण्वं॒ प्र सिषा॑सन्त॒माव॑तं॒ ताभि॑रू॒ षु ऊ॒तिभि॑रश्वि॒ना ग॑तम्
"Wherewith ye raised from waters, prisoned and fast bound, Rebha, and Vandana to look upon the light; Wherewith ye succoured Kaṇva as he strove to win,– Come hither unto us, O Aṣvins, with those aids."
याभि॒रन्त॑कं॒ जस॑मान॒मार॑णे भु॒ज्युं याभि॑रव्य॒थिभि॑र्जिजि॒न्वथुः॑ याभिः॑ क॒र्कन्धुं॑ व॒य्यं॑ च॒ जिन्व॑थ॒स्ताभि॑रू॒ षु ऊ॒तिभि॑रश्वि॒ना ग॑तम्
"Wherewith ye rescued Antaka when languishing deep in the pit, and Bhujyu with unfailing help. And comforted Karkandhu, Vayya, in their woe,– Come hither unto us, O Aṣvins, with those aids."
याभिः॑ शुच॒न्तिं ध॑न॒सां सु॑षं॒सदं॑ त॒प्तं घ॒र्ममो॒म्याव॑न्त॒मत्र॑ये याभिः॒ पृश्नि॑गुं पुरु॒कुत्स॒माव॑तं॒ ताभि॑रू॒ षु ऊ॒तिभि॑रश्वि॒ना ग॑तम्
"Wherewith ye gave Ṣuchanti wealth and happy home, and made the fiery pit friendly for Atri's sake; Wherewith ye guarded Purukutsa, Pr̥iṣnigu, -Come hither unto us, O Agvin;, with those aids."
याभिः॒ शची॑भिर्वृषणा परा॒वृजं॒ प्रान्धं श्रो॒णं चक्ष॑स॒ एत॑वे कृ॒थः याभि॒र्वर्ति॑कां ग्रसि॒ताममु॑ञ्चतं॒ ताभि॑रू॒ षु ऊ॒तिभि॑रश्वि॒ना ग॑तम्
"Mighty Ones, with what powers ye gave Paravrj aid what time ye made the blind and lame to see and walk; Wherewith ye set at liberty the swallowed quail,– Come hither unto us, O Aṣvins, with those aids."
याभिः॒ सिन्धुं॒ मधु॑मन्त॒मस॑श्चतं॒ वसि॑ष्ठं॒ याभि॑रजरा॒वजि॑न्वतम् याभिः॒ कुत्सं॑ श्रु॒तर्यं॒ नर्य॒माव॑तं॒ ताभि॑रू॒ षु ऊ॒तिभि॑रश्वि॒ना ग॑तम्
"Wherewith ye quickened the most sweet exhaustless flood, and comforted Vasishṭha, ye who ne'er decay; And to Ṣrutarya, Kutsa, Narya gave your help,– Come hither unto us, O Aṣvins, with those aids."
याभि॑र्वि॒श्पलां॑ धन॒साम॑थ॒र्व्यं॑ स॒हस्र॑मीळ्ह आ॒जावजि॑न्वतम् याभि॒र्वश॑म॒श्व्यं प्रे॒णिमाव॑तं॒ ताभि॑रू॒ षु ऊ॒तिभि॑रश्वि॒ना ग॑तम्
"Wherewith ye helped, in battle of a thousand spoils, Vispala seeking booty, powerless to move. Wherewith ye guarded friendly Vaga, Aṣva's son,– Come hither unto us, O Aṣvins, with those aids."
याभिः॑ सुदानू औशि॒जाय॑ व॒णिजे॑ दी॒र्घश्र॑वसे॒ मधु॒ कोशो॒ अक्ष॑रत् क॒क्षीव॑न्तं स्तो॒तारं॒ याभि॒राव॑तं॒ ताभि॑रू॒ षु ऊ॒तिभि॑रश्वि॒ना ग॑तम्
"Whereby the cloud, ye Bounteous Givers, shed sweet rain for Dîrghaṣravas, for the merchant Auṣija, Wherewith ye helped Kakshîvân, singer of your praise,– Come hither unto us, O Aṣvins, with those aids."
याभी॑ र॒सां क्षोद॑सो॒द्नः पि॑पि॒न्वथु॑रन॒श्वं याभी॒ रथ॒माव॑तं जि॒षे याभि॑स्त्रि॒शोक॑ उ॒स्रिया॑ उ॒दाज॑त॒ ताभि॑रू॒ षु ऊ॒तिभि॑रश्वि॒ना ग॑तम्
"Wherewith ye made Rasâ swell full with water-floods, and urged to victory the car without a horse; Wherewith Triṣoka drove forth his recovered cows,– Come hither unto us, O Aṣvins, with those aids."
याभिः॒ सूर्यं॑ परिया॒थः प॑रा॒वति॑ मन्धा॒तारं॒ क्षैत्र॑पत्ये॒ष्वाव॑तम् याभि॒र्विप्रं॒ प्र भ॒रद्वा॑ज॒माव॑तं॒ ताभि॑रू॒ षु ऊ॒तिभि॑रश्वि॒ना ग॑तम्
"Wherewith ye, compass round the Sun when far away, strengthened Mandhâtar in his tasks as lord of lands, And to sage Bharadvâja gave protecting help,– Come hither unto us, O Aṣvins, with those aids."
याभि॑र्म॒हाम॑तिथि॒ग्वं क॑शो॒जुवं॒ दिवो॑दासं शम्बर॒हत्य॒ आव॑तम् याभिः॑ पू॒र्भिद्ये॑ त्र॒सद॑स्यु॒माव॑तं॒ ताभि॑रू॒ षु ऊ॒तिभि॑रश्वि॒ना ग॑तम्
"Wherewith, when Ṣambara was slain, ye guarded well great Âtithigva, Divodisa, Kaṣoju, And Trasadasyu when the forts were shattered down,– Come hither unto us, O Aṣvins, with those aids."
याभि॑र्व॒म्रं वि॑पिपा॒नमु॑पस्तु॒तं क॒लिं याभि॑र्वि॒त्तजा॑निं दुव॒स्यथः॑ याभि॒र्व्य॑श्वमु॒त पृथि॒माव॑तं॒ ताभि॑रू॒ षु ऊ॒तिभि॑रश्वि॒ना ग॑तम्
"Wherewith ye honoured the great drinker Vamra, and Upastuta and Kali when he gained his wife, And lent to Vyaṣva and to Pr̥ithi favouring help,– Come hither unto us, O Aṣvins, with those aids."
याभि॑र्नरा श॒यवे॒ याभि॒रत्र॑ये॒ याभिः॑ पु॒रा मन॑वे गा॒तुमी॒षथुः॑ याभिः॒ शारी॒राज॑तं॒ स्यूम॑रश्मये॒ ताभि॑रू॒ षु ऊ॒तिभि॑रश्वि॒ना ग॑तम्
"Wherewith, O Heroes, ye vouchsafed deliverance to Ṣayu, Atri, and to Manu long ago; Wherewith ye shot your shafts in Syûmaraṣmi's cause.-Come hither unto us, O Aṣvins, with those aids."
याभिः॒ पठ॑र्वा॒ जठ॑रस्य म॒ज्मना॒ग्निर्नादी॑देच्चि॒त इ॒द्धो अज्म॒न्ना याभिः॒ शर्या॑त॒मव॑थो महाध॒ने ताभि॑रू॒ षु ऊ॒तिभि॑रश्वि॒ना ग॑तम्
"Wherewith Paṭharvâ, in his majesty of form, shone in his course like to a gathered kindled fire; Wherewith ye helped Ṣaryâta in the mighty fray,– Come hither unto us, O Aṣvins, with those aids."
याभि॑रङ्गिरो॒ मन॑सा निर॒ण्यथोऽग्रं॒ गच्छ॑थो विव॒रे गोअ॑र्णसः याभि॒र्मनुं॒ शूर॑मि॒षा स॒माव॑तं॒ ताभि॑रू॒ षु ऊ॒तिभि॑रश्वि॒ना ग॑तम्
"Wherewith, Angirases! ye triumphed in your heart, and onward went to liberate the flood of milk; Wherewith ye helped the hero Manu with new strength,– Come hither unto us, O Aṣvins, with those aids."
याभिः॒ पत्नी॑र्विम॒दाय॑ न्यू॒हथु॒रा घ॑ वा॒ याभि॑ररु॒णीरशि॑क्षतम् याभिः॑ सु॒दास॑ ऊ॒हथुः॑ सुदे॒व्यं१॒॑ ताभि॑रू॒ षु ऊ॒तिभि॑रश्वि॒ना ग॑तम्
"Wherewith ye brought awife for Vimada to wed, wherewith ye freely gave the ruddy cows away; Wherewith ye brought the host of kind Gods to Sudâs-Come hither unto us, O Aṣvins, with those aids."
याभिः॒ शंता॑ती॒ भव॑थो ददा॒शुषे॑ भु॒ज्युं याभि॒रव॑थो॒ याभि॒रध्रि॑गुम् ओ॒म्याव॑तीं सु॒भरा॑मृत॒स्तुभं॒ ताभि॑रू॒ षु ऊ॒तिभि॑रश्वि॒ना ग॑तम्
"Wherewith ye bring great bliss to him who offers gifts, wherewith ye have protected Bhujyu, Adhrigu, And good and gracious Subhara and R̥itastup,– Come hither unto us, O Aṣvins, with those aids."
याभिः॑ कृ॒शानु॒मस॑ने दुव॒स्यथो॑ ज॒वे याभि॒र्यूनो॒ अर्व॑न्त॒माव॑तम् मधु॑ प्रि॒यं भ॑रथो॒ यत्स॒रड्भ्य॒स्ताभि॑रू॒ षु ऊ॒तिभि॑रश्वि॒ना ग॑तम्
"Wherewith ye served Kr̥iṣânu where the shafts were shot, and helped the young man's horse to swiftness in the race; Wherewith ye bring delicious honey to the bees,– Come hither unto us, O Aṣvins, with those aids."
याभि॒र्नरं॑ गोषु॒युधं॑ नृ॒षाह्ये॒ क्षेत्र॑स्य सा॒ता तन॑यस्य॒ जिन्व॑थः याभी॒ रथाँ॒ अव॑थो॒ याभि॒रर्व॑त॒स्ताभि॑रू॒ षु ऊ॒तिभि॑रश्वि॒ना ग॑तम्
"Wherewith ye speed the hero as he fights for kine in hero battle, in the strife for land and sons, Wherewith ye safely guard his horses and his car,– Come hither unto us, O Aṣvins with those aids."
याभिः॒ कुत्स॑मार्जुने॒यं श॑तक्रतू॒ प्र तु॒र्वीतिं॒ प्र च॑ द॒भीति॒माव॑तम् याभि॑र्ध्व॒सन्तिं॑ पुरु॒षन्ति॒माव॑तं॒ ताभि॑रू॒ षु ऊ॒तिभि॑रश्वि॒ना ग॑तम्
"Wherewith ye, Lords of Hundred Powers, helped Kutsa, son of Aduni, gave Turvîti and Dabhîti strength, Favoured Dhvasanti and lent Purushanti help,– Come hither unto us, O Aṣvins, with those aids."
अप्न॑स्वतीमश्विना॒ वाच॑म॒स्मे कृ॒तं नो॑ दस्रा वृषणा मनी॒षाम् अ॒द्यू॒त्येऽव॑से॒ नि ह्व॑ये वां वृ॒धे च॑ नो भवतं॒ वाज॑सातौ
"Make ye our speech effectual, O ye Aṣvins, and this our hymn, ye mighty Wonder-Workers. In luckless game I call on you for succour . strengthen us also on the field of battle."
द्युभि॑र॒क्तुभिः॒ परि॑ पातम॒स्मानरि॑ष्टेभिरश्विना॒ सौभ॑गेभिः तन्नो॑ मि॒त्रो वरु॑णो मामहन्ता॒मदि॑तिः॒ सिन्धुः॑ पृथि॒वी उ॒त द्यौः
"With, undiminished blessings, O ye Aṣvins, for evermore both night and day protect us. This prayer of ours may Varuṇa grant, and Mitra, and Aditi and Sindhu, Earth and Heaven."