Rigveda 5.041.03
Rigveda · Mandala 5, Sukta 41 · Verse 5.41.3
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
आ वां॒ येष्ठा॑श्विना हु॒वध्यै॒ वात॑स्य॒ पत्म॒न्रथ्य॑स्य पु॒ष्टौ । उ॒त वा॑ दि॒वो असु॑राय॒ मन्म॒ प्रान्धां॑सीव॒ यज्य॑वे भरध्वम्
ā vāṃ yeṣṭhāśvinā huvadhyai vātasya patmanrathyasya puṣṭau uta vā divo asurāya manma prāndhāṃsīva yajyave bharadhvam
May the foremost of you, O Ashvins, be invoked for the breath of Vāta, for the protector of chariot‑wheels and for prosperity. Or may the divine force of heaven, like a rampant flood, support us—press onward, sustainers.
I invoke you, Aśvins, the restrainers (of desire), for the acceleration ofyour chariot with the swiftness of the wind; (priests) offer praise and oblations to the celestial destroyer of life, to the accmplisher of the sacrifice.
You will I call to feed the car-horse, Asvins, with the wind's flight swiftest of those who travel: Or also to the Asura of heaven, Worshipful, bring a hymn as 'twere libation.