Rigveda 1.183.01
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 183 · Verse 1.183.1
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
तं यु॑ञ्जाथां॒ मन॑सो॒ यो जवी॑यान्त्रिवन्धु॒रो वृ॑षणा॒ यस्त्रि॑च॒क्रः । येनो॑पया॒थः सु॒कृतो॑ दुरो॒णं त्रि॒धातु॑ना पतथो॒ विर्न प॒र्णैः
taṃ yuñjāthāṃ manaso yo javīyāntrivandhuro vṛṣaṇā yastricakraḥ yenopayāthaḥ sukṛto duroṇaṃ tridhātunā patatho virna parṇaiḥ
May he be united by mind who moves in three bands of comrades—the bull-like steed who ploughs, whose three-wheeled axle drives him on. By such device the well-ordered horse, difficult to yoke, was borne without leaves.
Showerers of benefits, harness the car which has three benches, three wheels, and is as quick as thought; with which, embellished with three metals, you come to the dwelling of the pious (worshipper), and in which you travel like a bird with wings.
MAKE ready that which passes thought in swiftness, that hath three wheels and triple seat, ye Mighty, Whereon ye seek the dwelling of the pious, whereon, threefold, ye fly like birds with pinions.