Rig Veda
ud īrāthām ṛtāyate yuñjāthām aśvinā ratham anti ṣad bhūtu vām avaḥ
Rouse ye for him who keeps the Law, yoke your steeds, Asvins, to your car Let your protecting help be near.
nimiṣaś cij javīyasā rathenā yātam aśvinā anti ṣad bhūtu vām avaḥ
Come, Asvins, with your car more swift than is the twinkling of an eye Let your protecting help be near.
upa stṛṇītam atraye himena gharmam aśvinā anti ṣad bhūtu vām avaḥ
Asvins, ye overlaid with cold the fiery pit for Atri's sake: Let your protecting help be near.
kuha sthaḥ kuha jagmathuḥ kuha śyeneva petathuḥ anti ṣad bhūtu vām avaḥ
Where are ye? whither are ye gone? whither, like falcons, have ye flown? Let your protecting help be near.
yad adya karhi karhicicchuśrūyātam imaṃ havam anti ṣad bhūtu vām avaḥ
If ye at any time this day are listening to this my call, Let your protecting help be near.
aśvinā yāmahūtamā nediṣṭhaṃ yāmy āpyam anti ṣad bhūtu vām avaḥ
The Asvins, fust to hear our prayer, for closest kinship I approach: Let your protecting help be near.
avantam atraye gṛhaṃ kṛṇutaṃ yuvam aśvinā anti ṣad bhūtu vām avaḥ
For Atri ye, O Asvins, made a dwelling place to shield him well, Let your protecting help be near.
varethe agnim ātapo vadate valgv atraye anti ṣad bhūtu vām avaḥ
Ye warded off the fervent heat for Atri when he sweetly spake: Let your protecting help be near.
pra saptavadhrir āśasā dhārām agner aśāyata anti ṣad bhūtu vām avaḥ
Erst Saptavadbri by his prayer obtained the trenchant edge of fire: Let your protecting help be near.
ihā gataṃ vṛṣaṇvasū śṛṇutam ma imaṃ havam anti ṣad bhūtu vām avaḥ
Come hither, O ye Lords of wealth, and listen to this call of mine: Let your protecting help be near.
kim idaṃ vām purāṇavaj jarator iva śasyate anti ṣad bhūtu vām avaḥ
What is this praise told forth of you as Elders in the ancient way? Let your protecting help be near.
samānaṃ vāṃ sajātyaṃ samāno bandhur aśvinā anti ṣad bhūtu vām avaḥ
One common brotherhood is yours, Asvins your kindred is the same: Let your protecting help be near.
yo vāṃ rajāṃsy aśvinā ratho viyāti rodasī anti ṣad bhūtu vām avaḥ
This is your chariot, Asvins, which speeds through the regions, earth and heaven Let your protecting aid be near.
ā no gavyebhir aśvyaiḥ sahasrair upa gacchatam anti ṣad bhūtu vām avaḥ
Approach ye hitherward to us with thousands both of steeds and kine: Let your protecting help be near.
mā no gavyebhir aśvyaiḥ sahasrebhir ati khyatam anti ṣad bhūtu vām avaḥ
Pass us not by, remember us with thousands both of kine aud steeds: Let your protecting help be near.
aruṇapsur uṣā abhūd akar jyotir ṛtāvarī anti ṣad bhūtu vām avaḥ
The purple-tinted Dawn hath risen, and true to Law hath made the light Let your protecting help be near.
aśvinā su vicākaśad vṛkṣam paraśumāṁ iva anti ṣad bhūtu vām avaḥ
He looked upon the Asvins, as an axe armed man upon a tree: Let your protecting help be near.
puraṃ na dhṛṣṇav ā ruja kṛṣṇayā bādhito viśā anti ṣad bhūtu vām avaḥ
By the black band encompassed round, break it down, bold one, like a fort. Let your protecting help be near.