Rigveda Mandala 2 Sukta 39

🙏 ऋषि (द्रष्टा): Gritsamada🔥 देवता: Ashvins🎵 छन्द: Trishtubh📜 2 मन्त्र

मन्त्र 1

कः स्विदावांश्चिकेत कः पथामिः पन्थामगाद्दर्शतेभिः प्रतीकैः । कयोः श्येनो न पतत्यन्तरिक्षं कयोर्जिह्मं न पतति प्रचेतः ॥

kaḥ svidāvāṃściketa kaḥ pathāmiḥ panthāmagāddarśatebhiḥ pratīkaiḥ । kayoḥ śyeno na patatyantarikṣaṃ kayorjihmaṃ na patati pracetaḥ ॥

अनुवाद: Who indeed among men knows you two, O Ashvins? Who has traversed the paths with your beautiful forms? Of which of you two does the falcon fly across the firmament? Of which of you does the crooked path not stray, O wise ones?

The Rishi wonders about the mysterious and swift nature of the Ashvins, who traverse the cosmic realms with unmatched speed and grace.

मन्त्र 2

युवां रथो दिवो अन्तम्प्रयन्त्यर्वाञ्चमेति सुवृतेव वृष्टिः । युवां रथो मधुमत्पप्रथेत यमस्य गावो न यवसं विजानन् ॥

yuvāṃ ratho divo antamprayantyarvāñcameti suvṛteva vṛṣṭiḥ । yuvāṃ ratho madhumatpapratheta yamasya gāvo na yavasam vijānan ॥

अनुवाद: Your chariot goes to the end of heaven and comes hitherward like well-turning rain. Your chariot spreads forth honeyed sweetness, like the cows of Yama knowing their pasture.

This mantra praises the movement of the divine chariot of the Ashvins, bringing divine sweetness and blessings like rain to parched earth.