Rigveda 2.039.03
Rigveda · Mandala 2, Sukta 39 · Verse 2.39.3
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
शृङ्गे॑व नः प्रथ॒मा ग॑न्तम॒र्वाक्छ॒फावि॑व॒ जर्भु॑राणा॒ तरो॑भिः । च॒क्र॒वा॒केव॒ प्रति॒ वस्तो॑रुस्रा॒र्वाञ्चा॑ यातं र॒थ्ये॑व शक्रा
śaṛṅgeva naḥ prathamā gantamarvākchaphāviva jarbhurāṇā tarobhiḥ cakravākeva prati vastorusrārvāñcā yātaṃ rathyeva śakrā
Like horns the first of ours went forth; like sprouting shoots of the tall trees they rose. Like birds returning the chariot of Indra passed; Shakra moved forward as if in a chariot.
COme to us, the first (before other gods), like a pair of horns, or like two hoofs, travelling with rapid (steps); like a pair of cakravākas, awaiting day; overthrower of foes, like warriors in cars, able (to perform all things), come to our presence.
Like to a pair of horns come first to usward, like to a pair of hoofs with rapid motion; Come like two Cakavas in the grey of morning, come like two chariot wheels at dawn, ye Mighty.