Containing 39 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
दू॒रादि॒हेव॒ यत्स॒त्य॑रु॒णप्सु॒रशि॑श्वितत् वि भा॒नुं वि॒श्वधा॑तनत्
"WHEN, even as she were present here, red Dawn hath shone from far away, She spreadeth light on every side."
नृ॒वद्द॑स्रा मनो॒युजा॒ रथे॑न पृथु॒पाज॑सा सचे॑थे अश्विनो॒षस॑म्
"Like Heroes on your will-yoked car farshining, Wonder-Workers! ye Attend, O Aṣvins, on the Dawn."
यु॒वाभ्यां॑ वाजिनीवसू॒ प्रति॒ स्तोमा॑ अदृक्षत वाचं॑ दू॒तो यथो॑हिषे
"By you, O Lords of ample wealth our songs of praise have been observed: As envoy have I brought the prayer."
पु॒रु॒प्रि॒या ण॑ ऊ॒तये॑ पुरुम॒न्द्रा पु॑रू॒वसू॑ स्तु॒षे कण्वा॑सो अ॒श्विना॑
"Kaṇvas must praise the Aṣvins dear to many, making many glad, Most rich, that they may succour us."
मंहि॑ष्ठा वाज॒सात॑मे॒षय॑न्ता शु॒भस्पती॑ गन्ता॑रा दा॒शुषो॑ गृ॒हम्
"Most liberal, best at winning strength, inciters, Lords of splendour who Visit the worshipper's abode."
ता सु॑दे॒वाय॑ दा॒शुषे॑ सुमे॒धामवि॑तारिणीम् घृ॒तैर्गव्यू॑तिमुक्षतम्
"So for devout Sudeva dew with fatness his unfailing mead, And make it rich for sacrifice."
आ नः॒ स्तोम॒मुप॑ द्र॒वत्तूयं॑ श्ये॒नेभि॑रा॒शुभिः॑ या॒तमश्वे॑भिरश्विना
"Hitherward running speedily with horses, as with rapid hawks, Come, Aṣvins, to our song of praise"
येभि॑स्ति॒स्रः प॑रा॒वतो॑ दि॒वो विश्वा॑नि रोच॒ना त्रीँर॒क्तून्प॑रि॒दीय॑थः
"Wherewith the three wide distances, and all the lights that are in heaven. Ye traverse, and three times of night."
उ॒त नो॒ गोम॑ती॒रिष॑ उ॒त सा॒तीर॑हर्विदा वि प॒थः सा॒तये॑ सितम्
"O Finders of the Day, that we may win us food of kine and wealth, Open the paths for us to tread."
आ नो॒ गोम॑न्तमश्विना सु॒वीरं॑ सु॒रथं॑ र॒यिम् वो॒ळ्हमश्वा॑वती॒रिषः॑
"O Aṣvins, bring us wealth in kine, in noble heroes, and in cars: Bring us the strength that horses give."
वा॒वृ॒धा॒ना शु॑भस्पती दस्रा॒ हिर॑ण्यवर्तनी पिब॑तं सो॒म्यं मधु॑
"Ye Lords of splendour, glorified, ye Wonder-Workers borne on paths Of gold, drink sweets with Somajuice."
अ॒स्मभ्यं॑ वाजिनीवसू म॒घव॑द्भ्यश्च स॒प्रथः॑ छ॒र्दिर्य॑न्त॒मदा॑भ्यम्
"To us, ye Lords of ample wealth, and to our wealth chiefs extend Wide shelter, ne'er to be assailed."
नि षु ब्रह्म॒ जना॑नां॒ यावि॑ष्टं॒ तूय॒मा ग॑तम् मो ष्व१॒॑न्याँ उपा॑रतम्
"Come quickly downward to the prayer of people whom ye favour most: Approach not unto other folk."
अ॒स्य पि॑बतमश्विना यु॒वं मद॑स्य॒ चारु॑णः मध्वो॑ रा॒तस्य॑ धिष्ण्या
"Ye Aṣvins whom our minds perceive, drink of this lovely gladdening draught, The mcath which we present to you."
अ॒स्मे आ व॑हतं र॒यिं श॒तव॑न्तं सह॒स्रिण॑म् पु॒रु॒क्षुं वि॒श्वधा॑यसम्
"Bring riches hither unto us in hundreds and in thousands, source Of plenteous food, sustaining all."
पु॒रु॒त्रा चि॒द्धि वां॑ नरा वि॒ह्वय॑न्ते मनी॒षिणः॑ वा॒घद्भि॑रश्वि॒ना ग॑तम्
"Verily sages call on you, ye Heroes, in full many a place. Moved by the priests, O Aṣvins, conic."
जना॑सो वृ॒क्तब॑र्हिषो ह॒विष्म॑न्तो अरं॒कृतः॑ यु॒वां ह॑वन्ते अश्विना
"Men who have trimmed the sacred grass, bringing oblations and prepared, O Aṣvins, are invoking you."
अ॒स्माक॑म॒द्य वा॑म॒यं स्तोमो॒ वाहि॑ष्ठो॒ अन्त॑मः यु॒वाभ्यां॑ भूत्वश्विना
"May this our hymn of praise to-day, most powerful to bring you, be, O Aṣvins, nearest to your hearts."
यो ह॑ वां॒ मधु॑नो॒ दृति॒राहि॑तो रथ॒चर्ष॑णे ततः॑ पिबतमश्विना
"The skin filled full of savoury meath, laid in the pathway of your car- O Aṣvins, drink ye both therefrom."
तेन॑ नो वाजिनीवसू॒ पश्वे॑ तो॒काय॒ शं गवे॑ वह॑तं॒ पीव॑री॒रिषः॑
"For this, ye Lords of ample wealth, bring blessing for our herd, our kine, Our progeny, and plenteous food."
उ॒त नो॑ दि॒व्या इष॑ उ॒त सिन्धूँ॑रहर्विदा अप॒ द्वारे॑व वर्षथः
"Ye too unclose to us like doors the strengthening waters of the sky, And rivers, ye who find the day."
क॒दा वां॑ तौ॒ग्र्यो वि॑धत्समु॒द्रे ज॑हि॒तो न॑रा यद्वां॒ रथो॒ विभि॒ष्पता॑त्
"When did the son of' Tugra serve you, Men? Abandoned in the sea, That with winged steeds your car might fly."
यु॒वं कण्वा॑य नासत्या॒ ऋपि॑रिप्ताय ह॒र्म्ये शश्व॑दू॒तीर्द॑शस्यथः
"Ye, O Nâsatyas, ministered to Kaṇva with repeated aid, When cast into the heated pit."
ताभि॒रा या॑तमू॒तिभि॒र्नव्य॑सीभिः सुश॒स्तिभिः॑ यद्वां॑ वृषण्वसू हु॒वे
"Come near with those most recent aids of yours which merit eulogy, When I invoke you, Wealthy Gods."
यथा॑ चि॒त्कण्व॒माव॑तं प्रि॒यमे॑धमुपस्तु॒तम् अत्रिं॑ शि॒ञ्जार॑मश्विना
"As ye protected Kaṇva erst, Priyamedha and Upastuta, Atri, Sinjara, Aṣvins Twain"
यथो॒त कृत्व्ये॒ धनें॒ऽशुं गोष्व॒गस्त्य॑म् यथा॒ वाजे॑षु॒ सोभ॑रिम्
"And Anṣu in decisive fight, Agastya in the fray for kine. And, in his battles, Sobhari."
ए॒ताव॑द्वां वृषण्वसू॒ अतो॑ वा॒ भूयो॑ अश्विना गृ॒णन्तः॑ सु॒म्नमी॑महे
"For so much bliss, or even more, O Aṣvins, Wealthy Gods, than this, We pray white singing hymns to you."
रथं॒ हिर॑ण्यवन्धुरं॒ हिर॑ण्याभीशुमश्विना आ हि स्थाथो॑ दिवि॒स्पृश॑म्
"Ascend your car with golden seat, O Aṣvins, and with reins of gold, That reaches even to the sky."
हि॒र॒ण्ययी॑ वां॒ रभि॑री॒षा अक्षो॑ हिर॒ण्ययः॑ उ॒भा च॒क्रा हि॑र॒ण्यया॑
"Golden is its supporting shaft, the axle also is of gold, And both the wheels are made of gold."
तेन॑ नो वाजिनीवसू परा॒वत॑श्चि॒दा ग॑तम् उपे॒मां सु॑ष्टु॒तिं मम॑
"Thereon, ye Lords of ample wealth, come to us even from afar, Come ye to this mine eulogy."