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1. ASVINS, your ancient priest invites you
hither to gladden you with draughts of meath of Soma.
Our gift is on the grass, our song apportioned: with food
and strength come hither, O Nasatyas.
2 That car of yours, swifter than thought,
O Asvins, which drawn by brave steeds cometh to the people,
Whereon ye seek the dwelling of the pious,-come ye thereon
to our abode, O Heroes.
3 Ye freed sage Atri, whom the Five Tribes
honoured, from the strait pit, ye Heroes with his people,
Baffling the guiles of the malignant Dasyu, repelling them,
ye Mighty in succession.
4 Rebha the sage, ye mighty Heroes, Asvins!
whom, like a horse, vile men had sunk in water, -
Him, wounded, with your wondrous power ye rescued: your
exploits of old time endure for ever.
5 Ye brought forth Vandana, ye
Wonder-Workers, for triumph, like fair gold that hath been buried,
Like one who slumbered in destruction's bosom, or like the
Sun when dwelling in the darkness.
6 Kaksivan, Pajra's son, must laud that
exploit of yours, Nasatyas, Heroes, ye who wander!
When from the hoof of your strong horse ye showered a
hundred jars of honey for the people.
7 To Krsna's son, to Visvaka who praised
you, O Heroes, ye restored his son Visnapu.
To Ghosa, living in her father's dwelling, stricken in
years, ye gave a husband, Asvins.
8 Rusati, of the mighty people, Asvins, ye
gave to Syava of the line of Kanva.
This deed of yours, ye Strong Ones should be published, that
ye gave glory to the son of Nrsad.
9 O Asvins, wearing many forms at pleasure,
on Pedu ye bestowed a fleet-foot courser,
Strong, winner of a thousand spoils, resistless the serpent
slayer, glorious, triumphant.
10 These glorious things are yours, ye
Bounteous Givers; prayer, praise in both worlds are your habitation.
O Asvins, when the sons of Paira call you, send strength
with nourishment to him who knoweth.
11 Hymned with the reverence of a son, O
Asvins ye Swift Ones giving booty to the singer,
Glorified by Agastya with devotion, established Vispala
again, Nasatyas.
12 Ye Sons of Heaven, ye Mighty, whither
went ye, sought ye, for his fair praise the home of Kdvya.
When, like a pitcher full of gold, O Asvins, on the tenth
day ye lifted up the buried?
13 Ye with the aid of your great powers, O
Asvins, restored to youth the ancient man Cyavana.
The Daughter of the Sun with all her glory, O ye Nasatyas,
chose your car to bear her.
14 Ye, ever-youthful Ones, again remembered
Tugra, according to your ancient manner:
With horses brown of hue that flew with swift wings ye
brought back Bhujyu from the sea of billows.
15 The son of Tugra had invoked you,
Asvins; borne on he went uninjured through the ocean.
Ye with your chariot swift as thought, well-harnessed,
carried him off, O Mighty Ones, to safety.
16 The quail had invocated you, O Asvins,
when from the wolf's devouring jaws ye freed her.
With conquering car ye cleft the mountain's ridges: the offspring
of Visvac ye killed with poison.
17 He whom for furnishing a hundred wethers
to the she-wolf, his wicked father blinded,
To him, Rjrasva, gave ye eyes, O Asvins; light to the blind
ye sent for perfect vision.
18 To bring the blind man joy thus cried
the she-wolf: O Asvins, O ye Mighty Ones, O Heroes,
For me Rjrasva, like a youthful lover, hath. cut piecemeal
one and a hundred wethers.
19 Great and weal-giving is your aid, O
Asvins, ye, objects of all thought, made whole the cripple.
Purandhi also for this cause invoked you, and ye, O mighty,
came to her with succours.
20 Ye, Wonder-Workers, filled with milk for
Sayu the milkless cow, emaciated, barren;
And by your powers the child of Purumitra ye brought to
Vimada to be his consort.
21 Ploughing and sowing barley, O ye
Asvins, milking out food for men, ye Wonder-Workers,
Blasting away the Dasyu with your trumpet, ye gave
far-spreading light unto the Arya.
22 Ye brought the horse's head, Asvins, and
gave it unto Dadhyac the offspring of Atharvan.
True, he revealed to you, O WonderWorkers, sweet Soma,
Tvastar's secret, as your girdle.
23 O Sages, evermore I crave your favour:
be gracious unto all my prayers, O Asvins.
Grant me, Nasatyas, riches in abundance, wealth famous and
accompanied with children.
24 With liberal bounty to the weakling's
consorts ye, Heroes, gave a son Hiranyahasta;
And Syava, cut into three several pieces, ye brougnt to life
again, O bounteous Asvins.
25 These your heroic exploits, O ye Asvins,
done in the days. of old, have men related.
May we, addressing prayer to you, ye Mighty, speak with
brave sons about us to. the synod.
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