Ṛgveda · Sūkta 1.163
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1.163.1
यदक्र॑न्दः प्रथ॒मं जाय॑मान उ॒द्यन्त्स॑मु॒द्रादु॒त वा॒ पुरी॑षात् ।
श्ये॒नस्य॑ प॒क्षा ह॑रि॒णस्य॑ बा॒हू उ॑प॒स्तुत्यं॒ महि॑ जा॒तं ते॑ अर्वन् ॥
O Horse, when you were first born and rose up from the ocean or from the cloud, you cried out; your great birth is worthy of praise. Your wings are those of the falcon, and your arms those of the deer.
1.163.2
य॒मेन॑ द॒त्तं त्रि॒त ए॑नमायुन॒गिन्द्र॑ एणं प्रथ॒मो अध्य॑तिष्ठत् ।
ग॒न्ध॒र्वो अ॑स्य रश॒नाम॑गृभ्णा॒त्सूरा॒दश्वं॑ वसवो॒ निर॑तष्ट ॥
Given by Yama, Tritа yoked him; first Indra mounted him. The Gandharva seized his rein; O Vasus, you fashioned the horse out of the sun.
1.163.3
असि॑ य॒मो अस्या॑दि॒त्यो अ॑र्व॒न्नसि॑ त्रि॒तो गुह्ये॑न व्र॒तेन॑ ।
असि॒ सोमे॑न स॒मया॒ विपृ॑क्त आ॒हुस्ते॒ त्रीणि॑ दि॒वि बन्ध॑नानि ॥
You are Yama, you are Āditya, O horse; you are Tritа, joined by the secret rule. Joined with Soma and released, they say your three bonds are in heaven.
1.163.4
त्रीणि॑ त आहुर्दि॒वि बन्ध॑नानि॒ त्रीण्य॒प्सु त्रीण्य॒न्तः स॑मु॒द्रे ।
उ॒तेव॑ मे॒ वरु॑णश्च्छन्त्स्यर्व॒न्यत्रा॑ त आ॒हुः प॑र॒मं ज॒नित्र॑म् ॥
Your three bonds are said to be in heaven, three in the waters, three within the ocean. And as Varuṇa hears my (praise), O Horse, where your highest birthplace is said to be.
1.163.5
इ॒मा ते॑ वाजिन्नव॒मार्ज॑नानी॒मा श॒फानां॑ सनि॒तुर्नि॒धाना॑ ।
अत्रा॑ ते भ॒द्रा र॑श॒ना अ॑पश्यमृ॒तस्य॒ या अ॑भि॒रक्ष॑न्ति गो॒पाः ॥
O strong horse, these are your cleansing rites; these are the vessels of the giver's hooves. Here I saw your fine reins, which the herdsmen who guard the cosmic order keep.
1.163.6
आ॒त्मानं॑ ते॒ मन॑सा॒राद॑जानाम॒वो दि॒वा प॒तय॑न्तं पतं॒गम् ।
शिरो॑ अपश्यं प॒थिभिः॑ सु॒गेभि॑ररे॒णुभि॒र्जेह॑मानं पत॒त्रि ॥
Your self I knew from afar with the mind, like a bird flying by day from below. Your head I saw, by easy paths, leaping over dust-free ways like a winged creature.
1.163.7
अत्रा॑ ते रू॒पमु॑त्त॒मम॑पश्यं॒ जिगी॑षमाणमि॒ष आ प॒दे गोः ।
य॒दा ते॒ मर्तो॒ अनु॒ भोग॒मान॒ळादिद्ग्रसि॑ष्ठ॒ ओष॑धीरजीगः ॥
Here I saw your highest form, when you ran desiring to conquer the pasture-ground. When a mortal has consumed your portion, then indeed you, most devouring, swallow up the herbs.
1.163.8
अनु॑ त्वा॒ रथो॒ अनु॒ मर्यो॑ अर्व॒न्ननु॒ गावोऽनु॒ भगः॑ क॒नीना॑म् ।
अनु॒ व्राता॑स॒स्तव॑ स॒ख्यमी॑यु॒रनु॑ दे॒वा म॑मिरे वी॒र्यं॑ ते ॥
Behind you went the chariot, behind you the steed, O horse; behind you went the cows, and the fortune of maidens came after you. Companies came toward your friendship, and the gods extolled your valor.
1.163.9
हिर॑ण्यशृ॒ङ्गोऽयो॑ अस्य॒ पादा॒ मनो॑जवा॒ अव॑र॒ इन्द्र॑ आसीत् ।
दे॒वा इद॑स्य हवि॒रद्य॑माय॒न्यो अर्व॑न्तं प्रथ॒मो अ॒ध्यति॑ष्ठत् ॥
Golden-horned, iron-footed, swift as thought was this one; behind him was Indra. The gods came indeed to the oblation-feast of this one, who first mounted the steed.
1.163.10
ई॒र्मान्ता॑सः॒ सिलि॑कमध्यमासः॒ सं शूर॑णासो दि॒व्यासो॒ अत्याः॑ ।
हं॒सा इ॑व श्रेणि॒शो य॑तन्ते॒ यदाक्षि॑षुर्दि॒व्यमज्म॒मश्वाः॑ ॥
Shaking-maned, silver-middled, heroic, celestial, swift racers go together; like geese striving in rows, so when the racing horses have driven along the celestial course.
1.163.11
तव॒ शरी॑रं पतयि॒ष्ण्व॑र्व॒न्तव॑ चि॒त्तं वात॑ इव॒ ध्रजी॑मान् ।
तव॒ शृङ्गा॑णि॒ विष्ठि॑ता पुरु॒त्रार॑ण्येषु॒ जर्भु॑राणा चरन्ति ॥
Your body is made for flight, O horse; your mind quivers swift as the wind. Your horns stand in many places; they move in the wilderness, crying out and rushing.
1.163.12
उप॒ प्रागा॒च्छस॑नं वा॒ज्यर्वा॑ देव॒द्रीचा॒ मन॑सा॒ दीध्या॑नः ।
अ॒जः पु॒रो नी॑यते॒ नाभि॑र॒स्यानु॑ प॒श्चात्क॒वयो॑ यन्ति रे॒भाः ॥
The strong horse came forward with his command, shining with mind toward the gods. The unborn one is led forward; behind the center of him the singing poets go.
1.163.13
उप॒ प्रागा॑त्पर॒मं यत्स॒धस्थ॒मर्वाँ॒ अच्छा॑ पि॒तरं॑ मा॒तरं॑ च ।
अ॒द्या दे॒वाञ्जुष्ट॑तमो॒ हि ग॒म्या अथा शा॑स्ते दा॒शुषे॒ वार्या॑णि ॥
When the horse reached his highest seat, toward father and mother, then today, most beloved, may you go to the gods; and then he bestows desirable treasures on the generous worshipper.