{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rigveda/rv01112.htm","path":"hin/rigveda/rv01112.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv01112.htm","text":"Rig Veda, tr. by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1896]\n1 To give first thought to them, I worship Heaven and Earth, and Agni, fair bright glow, to hasten their approach.\n Come hither unto us, O A\u015bvins, with those aids wherewith in fight ye speed the war-cry to the spoil.\n 2 Ample, unfailing, they have mounted as it were an eloquent car that ye may think of us and give.\n Come hither unto us, O A\u015bvins, with those aids wherewith ye help our thoughts to further holy acts.\n 3 Ye by the might which heavenly nectar giveth you are in supreme dominion Lords of all these folk.\n Come hither unto us, O A\u015bvins, with those aids wherewith ye, Heroes, made the barren cow give milk.\n 4 The aids wherewith the Wanderer through his offspring's might, or the Two-Mothered Son shows swiftest mid the swift;\n Wherewith the sapient one acquired his triple lore,\u2014Come hither unto us, O A\u015bvins, with those aids.\n 5 Wherewith ye raised from waters, prisoned and fast bound, Rebha, and Vandana to look upon the light;\n Wherewith ye succoured Ka\u1e47va as he strove to win,\u2014Come hither unto us, O A\u015bvins, with those aids.\n 6 Wherewith ye rescued Antaka when languishing deep in the pit, and Bhujyu with unfailing help.\n And comforted Karkandhu, Vayya, in their woe,\u2014Come hither unto us, O A\u015bvins, with those aids.\n 7 Wherewith ye gave \u015aucanti wealth and happy home, and made the fiery pit friendly for Atri's sake;\n Wherewith ye guarded Purukutsa, P\u1e5b\u015bnigu,\u2014Come hither unto us, O A\u015bvin;, with those aids.\n 8 Mighty Ones, with what powers ye gave Par\u0101v\u1e5bj aid what time ye made the blind and lame to see and walk;\n Wherewith ye set at liberty the swallowed quail,\u2014Come hither unto us, O A\u015bvins, with those aids.\n 9 Wherewith ye quickened the most sweet exhaustless flood, and comforted Vasi\u1e63\u1e6dha, ye who ne\u2019er decay;\n And to \u015arutarya, Kutsa, Narya gave your help,\u2014Come hither unto us, O A\u015bvins, with those aids.\n 10 Wherewith ye helped, in battle of a thousand spoils, Vi\u015bpal\u0101 seeking booty, powerless to move.\n Wherewith ye guarded friendly Va\u015ba, A\u015bva's son,\u2014Come hither unto us, O A\u015bvins, with those aids.\n 11 Whereby the cloud, ye Bounteous Givers, shed sweet rain for D\u012brgha\u015bravas, for the merchant Au\u015bija,\n Wherewith ye helped Kak\u1e63\u012bv\u0101n, singer of your praise,\u2014Come hither unto us, O A\u015bvins, with those aids.\n 12 Wherewith ye made Ras\u0101 swell full with water-floods, and urged to victory the car without a horse;\n Wherewith Tri\u015boka drove forth his recovered cows,\u2014Come hither unto us, O A\u015bvins, with those aids.\n 13 Wherewith ye, compass round the Sun when far away, strengthened Mandh\u0101tar in his tasks as lord of lands,\n And to sage Bharadv\u0101ja gave protecting help,\u2014Come hither unto us, O A\u015bvins, with those aids.\n 14 Wherewith, when \u015aambara was slain, ye guarded well great Atithigva, Divod\u0101sa, Ka\u015boju,\n And Trasadasyu when the forts were shattered down,\u2014Come hither unto us, O A\u015bvins, with those aids.\n 15 Wherewith ye honoured the great drinker Vamra, and Upastuta and Kali when he gained his wife,\n And lent to Vya\u015bva and to P\u1e5bthi favouring help,\u2014Come hither unto us, O A\u015bvins, with those aids.\n 16 Wherewith, O Heroes, ye vouchsafed deliverance to \u015aayu, Atri, and to Manu long ago;\n Wherewith ye shot your shafts in Sy\u016bmara\u015bmi's cause.\u2014Come hither unto us, O A\u015bvins, with those aids.\n 17 Wherewith Pa\u1e6dharv\u0101, in his majesty of form, shone in his course like to a gathered kindled fire;\n Wherewith ye helped \u015a\u0101ry\u0101ta in the mighty fray,\u2014Come hither unto us, O A\u015bvins, with those aids.\n 18 Wherewith, A\u1e45girases! ye triumphed in your heart, and onward went to liberate the flood of milk;\n Wherewith ye helped the hero Manu with new strength,\u2014Come hither unto us, O A\u015bvins, with those aids.\n 19 Wherewith ye brought a wife for Vimada to wed, wherewith ye freely gave the ruddy cows away;\n Wherewith ye brought the host of kind Gods to Sud\u0101s\u2014Come hither unto us, O A\u015bvins, with those aids.\n 20 Wherewith ye bring great bliss to him who offers gifts, wherewith ye have protected Bhujyu, Adhrigu,\n And good and gracious Subhar\u0101 and \u1e5atastup,\u2014Come hither unto us, O A\u015bvins, with those aids.\n 21 Wherewith ye served K\u1e5b\u015b\u0101nu where the shafts were shot, and helped the young man's horse to swiftness in the race;\n Wherewith ye bring delicious honey to the bees,\u2014Come hither unto us, O A\u015bvins, with those aids.\n 22 Wherewith ye speed the hero as he fights for kine in hero battle, in the strife for land and sons,\n Wherewith ye safely guard his horses and his car,\u2014Come hither unto us, O A\u015bvins with those aids.\n 23 Wherewith ye, Lords of Hundred Powers, helped Kutsa, son of \u0100rjuni, gave Turv\u012bti and Dabh\u012bti strength,\n Favoured Dhvasanti and lent Puru\u1e63anti help,\u2014Come hither unto us, O A\u015bvins, with those aids.\n 24 Make ye our speech effectual, O ye A\u015bvins, and this our hymn, ye mighty Wonder-Workers.\n In luckless game I call on you for succour: strengthen us also on the field of battle.\n 25 With, undiminished blessings, O ye A\u015bvins, for evermore both night and day protect us.\n This prayer of ours may Varu\u1e47a grant, and Mitra, and Aditi and Sindhu, Earth and Heaven.","title":"Rig Veda: Rig-Veda Book 1: HYMN CXII. A\u015bvins.","type":"page"}