Mantra 2

Sukta 141

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदिन्द्रेण सरथं याथो अश्विना यद्वा वायुना भवथः समोकसा । यदादित्येभिरृभुभिः सजोषसा यद्वा विष्णोर्विक्रमणेषु तिष्ठथः

IAST Transliteration

yád índreṇa saráthaṃ yāthó aśvinā yád vā́ vāyúnā bhávathaḥ samókasā | yádā́dityébhir ṛbhúbhiḥ sajóṣasā yád vā́ víṣṇor vikrámaṇeṣu tíṣṭhathaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

When, O Aśvins, ye ride with Indra on one car; or when with Vāyu ye abide as of one house; when with the Ādityas and the Rbhus ye are in concord; or when ye stand within the stride-places of Viṣṇu—

Translation

حينَ تركبانِ، يا أشفين (Aśvins)، مع إندرا على عربةٍ واحدة؛ أو حينَ تقيمانِ مع فايُو (Vāyu) كأنكما أهلُ بيتٍ واحد؛ وحينَ تكونانِ مع الآديتيّات (Ādityas) والرِّبهوات (Ṛbhus) على وفاقٍ واحد؛ أو حينَ تقفانِ في مواضعِ خُطى فيشنو (Viṣṇu)—

Word by Word

यत्when/that which

इन्द्रेणwith Indra

स-रथम्together in one chariot / with a chariot

याथःyou two go

अश्विनाO Aśvins

यत्when/that which

वाor

वायुनाwith Vāyu

भवथःyou two are / become

सम्-ओकसौsharing the same dwelling/home

यदाwhen

आदित्येभिःwith the Ādityas

ऋभुभिःwith the Ṛbhus

स-जोषसाin concord / with shared delight

यत्when/that which

वाor

विष्णोःof Viṣṇu

वि-क्रमणेषुin the strides/steps

तिष्ठथःyou two stand / abide

Attribution

Rishi: Kāṇva/Ṛgvedic provenance (Aśvin hymn material reused in AV 20)

Devata: Aśvinau (Nā́satyā-Dasrá), with associative mention of Indra, Vāyu, Ādityas, Rbhus, Viṣṇu

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (ṛgvedic-style)

Mantra Rasa

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