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1. THIS very thing ye Twain
hold as your object: ye weave your songs as skilful men weave garments.
That ye may come united have I waked you: ye
spread out food like days of lovely weather.
2 Like two plough-bulls ye
move along in traces, and seek like eager guests your bidder's banquet.
Ye are like glorious envoys mid the people:
like bulls, approach the place where ye are watered.
3 Like the two pinions of a
bird, connected, like two choice animals, ye have sought our worship.
Bright as the fire the votary hath kindled, ye
sacrifice in many a spot as roamers.
4 Ye are our kinsmen, like two
sons, two fathers, strong in your splendour and like kings for conquest;
Like rays for our enjoyment, Lords to feed us,
ye, like quick bearers, have obeyed our calling.
5 You are like two pleasantly
moving well-fed (hills) like Mitra and Varuna, the two bestowers of felicity,
veracious, possessors of infinite wealth, happy, like two horses plump with
fodder, abiding in the firmament, like two rams (are you) to be nourished with
sacrificial food, to be cherished (with oblations).
6 You are like two mad
elephants bending their forequarters and smiting the foe, like the two sons of
Nitosa destroying (foes), and cherishing (friends); you are bright as two
water-born (jewels), do you, who are victorious, (render) my decaying mortal
body free from decay.
7 Fierce (Asvins), like two
powerful (heroes), you enable this moving, perishable mortal (frame) to cross
over to the objects (of its destination) as over water; extremely strong, like
the Rbhus, your chariot, attained its destination swift as the wind, it
pervaded (everywhere), it dispensed riches.
8 With your bellies full of
the Soma, like two saucepans, preservers of wealth, destroyers of enemies. (you
are) armed with hatchets, moving like two flying (birds) with forms like the
moon, attaining success through the mind, like two laudable beings, (you are)
approaching (the sacrifice).
9 Like giants, ye will find
firm ground to stand on in depths, like feet for one who fords a shallow.
Like cars ye will attend to him who orders: ye
Two enjoy our wondrous work as sharers.
10 Like toiling bees ye bring
to us your honey, as bees into the hide that opens downward.
11 May we increase the laud
and gain us vigour: come to our song, ye whom one chariot carries.
Filled be our kine with ripened meath like
glory: Bhutamsa hath fulfilled the Asvins' longing.
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