Rigveda 1.162.08
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 162 · Verse 1.162.8
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
यद्वा॒जिनो॒ दाम॑ सं॒दान॒मर्व॑तो॒ या शी॑र्ष॒ण्या॑ रश॒ना रज्जु॑रस्य । यद्वा॑ घास्य॒ प्रभृ॑तमा॒स्ये॒३॒॑ तृणं॒ सर्वा॒ ता ते॒ अपि॑ दे॒वेष्व॑स्तु
yadvājino dāma saṃdānamarvato yā śīrṣaṇyā raśanā rajjurasya yadvā ghāsya prabhṛtamāsye3 tṛṇaṃ sarvā tā te api deveṣvastu
Whether the wealthy put in the price of a cow, or the cord from the foremost yoke‑beam, or the finest hay of that year — all these things may they also be among the gods for you.
May the halter and the heel-ropes of the fleet courser, and the head-ropes, the girths, and any other (part of the harness); and the grass that has been put into his mouth; may all these be with you, (horse), amongst the gods.
May the fleet Courser's halter and his heel-ropes, the head-stall and the girths and cords about him. And the grass put within his mouth to bait him,-among the Gods, too, let all these be with thee.