Rigveda 1.139.04
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 139 · Verse 1.139.4
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अचे॑ति दस्रा॒ व्यु१॒॑ नाक॑मृण्वथो यु॒ञ्जते॑ वां रथ॒युजो॒ दिवि॑ष्टिष्वध्व॒स्मानो॒ दिवि॑ष्टिषु । अधि॑ वां॒ स्थाम॑ व॒न्धुरे॒ रथे॑ दस्रा हिर॒ण्यये॑ । प॒थेव॒ यन्ता॑वनु॒शास॑ता॒ रजोऽञ्ज॑सा॒ शास॑ता॒ रजः॑
aceti dasrā vyu1 nākamṛṇvatho yuñjate vāṃ rathayujo diviṣṭiṣvadhvasmāno diviṣṭiṣu adhi vāṃ sthāma vandhure rathe dasrā hiraṇyaye patheva yantāvanuśāsatā rajo'ñjasā śāsatā rajaḥ
They sped forth, the ten‑chariot host, they yoked your chariot in the heavens; may they bind you with ten chariots for the golden prize. Road-following, ordered by the dust, the courses rule by their motion, the dust governs.
Dasras, your purpose is known; you would repair to heaven; your charioteers harness (your steeds) for your heavenward journey; the horses that injure not (the car) on your journey to heaven. We have plural ced you, Dasras, in your golden three-shafted chariot, going by an (easy) road to heaven, humiliators (of enemies), and principal regulators of the rain.
Well is it known, O Mighty Ones: ye open heaven; for you the chariotsteeds are yoked for morning rites, unswerving steeds for morning rites, We set you on the chariot-scat, ye Mighty, on the golden car. Ye seek mid-air as by a path that leads aright, as by a path that leads direct.