DharmaPragya
Mandala 5, Hymn 77
Containing 5 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
Mandala 5, Hymn 77, Verse 1
Verse 1 of 5
SANSKRIT TEXT
प्रा॒त॒र्यावा॑णा प्रथ॒मा य॑जध्वं पु॒रा गृध्रा॒दर॑रुषः पिबातः प्रा॒तर्हि य॒ज्ञम॒श्विना॑ द॒धाते॒ प्र शं॑सन्ति क॒वयः॑ पूर्व॒भाजः॑
"FIRST worship those who come at early morning: let the Twain drink before the giftless niggard. The Aṣvins claim the sacrifice at daybreak: the sages yielding the first share extol them."
Mandala 5, Hymn 77, Verse 2
Verse 2 of 5
SANSKRIT TEXT
प्रा॒तर्य॑जध्वम॒श्विना॑ हिनोत॒ न सा॒यम॑स्ति देव॒या अजु॑ष्टम् उ॒तान्यो अ॒स्मद्य॑जते॒ वि चावः॒ पूर्वः॑पूर्वो॒ यज॑मानो॒ वनी॑यान्
"Worship at dawn and instigate the Aṣvins:nor is the worshipper at eve rejected. Besides ourselves another craves and worships: each first in worship is most highly favoured."
Mandala 5, Hymn 77, Verse 3
Verse 3 of 5
SANSKRIT TEXT
हिर॑ण्यत्व॒ङ्मधु॑वर्णो घृ॒तस्नुः॒ पृक्षो॒ वह॒न्ना रथो॑ वर्तते वाम् मनो॑जवा अश्विना॒ वात॑रंहा॒ येना॑तिया॒थो दु॑रि॒तानि॒ विश्वा॑
"Covered with gold, meath-tinted, dropping fatness, your chariot with its freight of food comes hither, Swift as thought, Aṣvins, rapid as the tempest, wherewith ye travel over all obstructions."
Mandala 5, Hymn 77, Verse 4
Verse 4 of 5
SANSKRIT TEXT
यो भूयि॑ष्ठं॒ नास॑त्याभ्यां वि॒वेष॒ चनि॑ष्ठं पि॒त्वो रर॑ते विभा॒गे स तो॒कम॑स्य पीपर॒च्छमी॑भि॒रनू॑र्ध्वभासः॒ सद॒मित्तु॑तुर्यात्
"He who hath served most often the Nâsatyas, and gives the sweetest food at distribution, Furthers with his own holy works his offspring, and ever passes those whose flames ascend not."
Mandala 5, Hymn 77, Verse 5
Verse 5 of 5
SANSKRIT TEXT
सम॒श्विनो॒रव॑सा॒ नूत॑नेन मयो॒भुवा॑ सु॒प्रणी॑ती गमेम आ नो॑ र॒यिं व॑हत॒मोत वी॒राना विश्वा॑न्यमृता॒ सौभ॑गानि
"May we obtain the Aṣvins' newest favour, and gain their health-bestowing happy ildance. Bring riches hither unto us, and heroes, and all felicity and joy, Immortals!"