Rig Veda
ud budhyadhvaṃ samanasaḥ sakhāyaḥ sam agnim indhvam bahavaḥ sanīḍāḥ dadhikrām agnim uṣasaṃ ca devīm indrāvato 'vase ni hvaye vaḥ
Wake with one mind, my friends, and kindle Agni, ye who are many and who dwell together. Agni and Dadhikras and Dawn the Goddess, you, Gods with Indra, I call down to help us.
mandrā kṛṇudhvaṃ dhiya ā tanudhvaṃ nāvam aritraparaṇīṃ kṛṇudhvam iṣkṛṇudhvam āyudhāraṃ kṛṇudhvam prāñcaṃ yajñam pra ṇayatā sakhāyaḥ
Make pleasant hymns, spin out your songs and praises: build ye a ship equipped with oars for transport. Prepare the implements, make all things ready, and let the sacrifice, my friends, go forward.
yunakta sīrā vi yugā tanudhvaṃ kṛte yonau vapateha bījam girā ca śruṣṭiḥ sabharā asan no nedīya it sṛṇyaḥ pakvam eyāt
Lay on the yokes, and fasten well the traces: formed is the furrow, sow the seed within it. Through song may we find bearing fraught with plenty: near to the ripened grain approach the sickle.
sīrā yuñjanti kavayo yugā vi tanvate pṛthak dhīrā deveṣu sumnayā
Wise, through desire of bliss from Gods, the skillful bind the traces fast, And lay the yokes on either side.
nir āhāvān kṛṇotana saṃ varatrā dadhātana siñcāmahā avatam udriṇaṃ vayaṃ suṣekam anupakṣitam
Arrange the buckets in their place securely fasten on the straps. We will pour forth the well that hath a copious stream, fair-flowing well that never fails.
iṣkṛtāhāvam avataṃ suvaratraṃ suṣecanam udriṇaṃ siñce akṣitam
I pour the water from the well with pails prepared and goodly straps, Unfailing, full, with plenteous stream.
prīṇītāśvān hitaṃ jayātha svastivāhaṃ ratham it kṛṇudhvam droṇāhāvam avatam aśmacakram aṃsatrakośaṃ siñcatā nṛpāṇam
Refresh the horses, win the prize before you: equip a chariot fraught with happy fortune. Pour forth the well with stone wheel, wooden buckets, the drink of heroes, with the trough for armour.
vrajaṃ kṛṇudhvaṃ sa hi vo nṛpāṇo varma sīvyadhvam bahulā pṛthūni puraḥ kṛṇudhvam āyasīr adhṛṣṭā mā vaḥ susroc camaso dṛṃhatā tam
Prepare the cow-stall, for there drink your heroes: stitch ye the coats of armour, wide and many. Make iron forts, secure from all assailants let not your pitcher leak: stay it securely.
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Hither, for help, I turn the holy heavenly mind of you the Holy Gods, that longs for sacrifice. May it pour milk for us, even as a stately cow who, having sought the pasture, yields a thousand streams.
ā tū ṣiñca harim īṃ dror upasthe vāśībhis takṣatāśmanmayībhiḥ pari ṣvajadhvaṃ daśa kakṣyābhir ubhe dhurau prati vahniṃ yunakta
Pour golden juice within the wooden vessel: with stone-made axes fashion ye and form it. Embrace and compass it with tenfold girdle, and to both chariot-poles attach the car-horse.
ubhe dhurau vahnir āpibdamāno 'ntar yoneva carati dvijāniḥ vanaspatiṃ vana āsthāpayadhvaṃ ni ṣū dadhidhvam akhananta utsam
Between both poles the car-horse goes pressed closely, as in his dwelling moves the doubly-wedded. Lay in the wood the Soviran of the Forest, and sink the well although ye do not dig it.
kapṛn naraḥ kapṛtham ud dadhātana codayata khudata vājasātaye niṣṭigryaḥ putram ā cyāvayotaya indraṃ sabādha iha somapītaye
Indra is he, O men, who gives us happiness: sport, urge the giver of delight to win us strength Bring quickly down, O priests, hither to give us aid, to drink the Soma, Indra Son of Nishtigri.