Containing 25 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
यु॒वोरु॒ षू रथं॑ हुवे स॒धस्तु॑त्याय सू॒रिषु॑ अतू॑र्तदक्षा वृषणा वृषण्वसू
"I CALL your chariot to receive united praise mid princely men, Strong Gods who pour down wealth, of never vanquished might!"
यु॒वं व॑रो सु॒षाम्णे॑ म॒हे तने॑ नासत्या अवो॑भिर्याथो वृषणा वृषण्वसू
"Ye to Varosushâman come, Nâsatyas, for this glorious rite. With your protecting aid. Strong Gods, who pour down wealth."
ता वा॑म॒द्य ह॑वामहे ह॒व्येभि॑र्वाजिनीवसू पू॒र्वीरि॒ष इ॒षय॑न्ता॒वति॑ क्ष॒पः
"So with oblations we invoke you, rich in ample wealth, to-day, When night hath passed, O ye who send us plenteous food. O Aṣvins, Heroes, let your car, famed, best to travel, come to us, And, for his glory, mark your zealous servant's lauds."
आ वां॒ वाहि॑ष्ठो अश्विना॒ रथो॑ यातु श्रु॒तो न॑रा उप॒ स्तोमा॑न्तु॒रस्य॑ दर्शथः श्रि॒ये
"O Aṣvins, Heroes, let your car, famed, best to travel, come to us, And, for his glory, mark your zealous servant's lauds."
जु॒हु॒रा॒णा चि॑दश्वि॒ना म॑न्येथां वृषण्वसू यु॒वं हि रु॑द्रा॒ पर्ष॑थो॒ अति॒ द्विषः॑
"Aṣvins, who send us precious gifts, even when offended, think of him: For ye, O Rudras, lead us safe beyond our foes."
द॒स्रा हि विश्व॑मानु॒षङ्म॒क्षूभिः॑ परि॒दीय॑थः धि॒यं॒जि॒न्वा मधु॑वर्णा शु॒भस्पती॑
"For, Wonder-Workers, with fleet steeds ye fly completely round this All, Stirring our thoughts, ye Lords of splendour, honey-hued."
उप॑ नो यातमश्विना रा॒या वि॑श्व॒पुषा॑ स॒ह म॒घवा॑ना सु॒वीरा॒वन॑पच्युता
"With all-sustaining opulence, Aṣvins, come hitherward to us, Ye rich and noble Heroes, ne'er to be o'erthrown."
आ मे॑ अ॒स्य प्र॑ती॒व्य१॒॑मिन्द्र॑नासत्या गतम् दे॒वा दे॒वेभि॑र॒द्य स॒चन॑स्तमा
"To welcome this mine offering, O ye Indra-like Nâsatyas, come As Gods of best accord this day with other Gods."
व॒यं हि वां॒ हवा॑मह उक्ष॒ण्यन्तो॑ व्यश्व॒वत् सु॒म॒तिभि॒रुप॑ विप्रावि॒हा ग॑तम्
"For we, like Vyaṣva, lifting up our voice like oxen, call on you: With all your loving kindness, Sages, come to us."
अ॒श्विना॒ स्वृ॑षे स्तुहि कु॒वित्ते॒ श्रव॑तो॒ हव॑म् नेदी॑यसः कूळयातः प॒णीँरु॒त
"O R̥ishi, laud the Aṣvins well. Will they not listen to thy call? Will they not bum the Paṇis who are nearer them?"
वै॒य॒श्वस्य॑ श्रुतं नरो॒तो मे॑ अ॒स्य वे॑दथः स॒जोष॑सा॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा
"O Heroes, listen to the son of Vyaṣva, and regard me here, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman, of one accord."
यु॒वाद॑त्तस्य धिष्ण्या यु॒वानी॑तस्य सू॒रिभिः॑ अह॑रहर्वृषण॒ मह्यं॑ शिक्षतम्
"Gods whom we yearn for, of your gifts, of what ye bring to us, bestow By princes' hands on me, ye Mighty, day by day."
यो वां॑ य॒ज्ञेभि॒रावृ॒तोऽधि॑वस्त्रा व॒धूरि॑व स॒प॒र्यन्ता॑ शु॒भे च॑क्राते अ॒श्विना॑
"Him whom your sacrifices clothe, even as a woman with her robe, The Aṣvins help to glory honouring him well."
यो वा॑मुरु॒व्यच॑स्तमं॒ चिके॑तति नृ॒पाय्य॑म् व॒र्तिर॑श्विना॒ परि॑ यातमस्म॒यू
"Whoso regards your care of men as succour widest in its reach, About his dwelling go, ye Aṣvins, loving us."
अ॒स्मभ्यं॒ सु वृ॑षण्वसू या॒तं व॒र्तिर्नृ॒पाय्य॑म् वि॒षु॒द्रुहे॑व य॒ज्ञमू॑हथुर्गि॒रा
"Come to us ye who pour down wealth, come to the home which men must guard: Like shafts, ye are made meet for sacrifice by song."
वाहि॑ष्ठो वां॒ हवा॑नां॒ स्तोमो॑ दू॒तो हु॑वन्नरा यु॒वाभ्यां॑ भूत्वश्विना
"Most fetching of all calls, the laud, as envoy, Heroes, called to you Be it your own, O Aṣvin Pair."
यद॒दो दि॒वो अ॑र्ण॒व इ॒षो वा॒ मद॑थो गृ॒हे श्रु॒तमिन्मे॑ अमर्त्या
"Be ye in yonder sea of heaven, or joying in the home of food, Listen to me, Immortal Ones."
उ॒त स्या श्वे॑त॒याव॑री॒ वाहि॑ष्ठा वां न॒दीना॑म् सिन्धु॒र्हिर॑ण्यवर्तनिः
"This river with his lucid flow attracts you, more than all the streams,– Even Sindhu with his path of gold."
स्मदे॒तया॑ सुकी॒र्त्याश्वि॑ना श्वे॒तया॑ धि॒या वहे॑थे शुभ्रयावाना
"O Aṣvins, with that glorious fame come hither, through our brilliant song, Come ye whose ways are marked with light."
यु॒क्ष्वा हि त्वं र॑था॒सहा॑ यु॒वस्व॒ पोष्या॑ वसो आन्नो॑ वायो॒ मधु॑ पिबा॒स्माकं॒ सव॒ना ग॑हि
"Harness the steeds who draw the car, O Vasu, bring the well-fed pair. O Vâyu, drink thou of our meath: come unto our drink-offerings."
तव॑ वायवृतस्पते॒ त्वष्टु॑र्जामातरद्भुत अवां॒स्या वृ॑णीमहे
"Wonderful Vâyu, Lord of Right, thou who art Tvashṭar's son-in-law, Thy saving succour we elect."
त्वष्टु॒र्जामा॑तरं व॒यमीशा॑नं रा॒य ई॑महे सु॒ताव॑न्तो वा॒युं द्यु॒म्ना जना॑सः
"To Tvashṭar's son-in-law we pray for wealth whereof he hath control: For glory we seek Vâyu, men with juice effused."
वायो॑ या॒हि शि॒वा दि॒वो वह॑स्वा॒ सु स्वश्व्य॑म् वह॑स्व म॒हः पृ॑थु॒पक्ष॑सा॒ रथे॑
"From heaven, auspicious Vâyu, come drive hither with thy noble steeds: Come on thy mighty car with wide-extending seat."
त्वां हि सु॒प्सर॑स्तमं नृ॒षद॑नेषु हू॒महे॑ ग्रावा॑णं॒ नाश्व॑पृष्ठं मं॒हना॑
"We call thee to the homes of men, thee wealthiest in noble food, And liberal as a press-stone with a horse's back."
स त्वं नो॑ देव॒ मन॑सा॒ वायो॑ मन्दा॒नो अ॑ग्रि॒यः कृ॒धि वाजाँ॑ अ॒पो धियः॑
"So, glad and joyful in thine heart, do thou, God, Vâyu, first of all Vouchsafe us water, strength, and thought."