Rigveda 3.053.19
Rigveda · Mandala 3, Sukta 53 · Verse 3.53.19
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अ॒भि व्य॑यस्व खदि॒रस्य॒ सार॒मोजो॑ धेहि स्पन्द॒ने शिं॒शपा॑याम् । अक्ष॑ वीळो वीळित वी॒ळय॑स्व॒ मा यामा॑द॒स्मादव॑ जीहिपो नः
abhi vyayasva khadirasya sāramojo dhehi spandane śiṃśapāyām akṣa vīḷo vīḷita vīḷayasva mā yāmādasmādava jīhipo naḥ
Spend, O giver, vitality like the core of the khadira tree; give vigor in throbbing, O Shinsapa. O unblemished one, extend the shafted strength; do not let our vocal organs be weak from this day.
Fix firmly the substance of the khayar (axle), give solidity to the śiśu (floor) of the car; strong axle, strongly fixed by us, be strong; cast us not from out of our conveyance.
Enclose thee in the heart of Khayar timber, in the car wrought of Sinsapa put firmness. Show thyself strong, O Axle, fixed and strengthened: throw us not from the car whereon we travel.