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Your earth-encircling, smooth-rolling chariot, to be invoked at evening and at the dawns by the man who offers oblation— (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

that (chariot) of yours do we now invoke, (we) as the latest of those who constantly do so—the (chariot) good to invoke like the name of one’s father. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

Stimulate liberal giving; swell our insightful thoughts; rouse profusions—we are eager for that. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

Make us a glorious portion, o Aśvins; make it dear to our generous patrons like soma. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

You become good fortune even for the woman growing old at home, the helpers even of the one lacking speed, even of the one furthest behind. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

Even of the blind man, o Nāsatyas, even of the starving, even of the broken—they say just you are their healers. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

ou two fashioned old Cyavāna, like a chariot, into a youth again, (for him) to move about. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

You pulled the son of Tugra out from the waters. All these (deeds) of yours are to be proclaimed at the pressings. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

I shall proclaim your ancient heroic deeds before the people. And you were also healers, embodiments of joy. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

Now we shall make you new (for you) to help us, o Nāsatyas, so that this stranger will place his trust (in us?). (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

[A woman:] “It’s I who invoked you: hear me, o Aśvins. Like parents for their son, do your best for me. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

I am without friends, without kin, without blood relatives, and heedless: rescue me in the face of this shame.” (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

You two with your chariot carried down to Vimada the sleek maiden of Purumitra (to be his wife). (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

You two came to the call of Vadhrimatī. You two made an easy birth for Puraṃdhi. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

You two made youthful vigor again for the inspired poet Kali, who was approaching old age. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

You two dug Vandana out from the antelope snare. You two in an instant made Viśpalā go. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

You two raised up Rebha, set in hiding and already dead, o bullish Aśvins. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

You two made the earth-cleft and the heated (pot) comfortable for Atri, for Saptavadhri. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

You two gave to Pedu a white horse, a prizewinner with nine and ninety prizes, o Aśvins, (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

(a horse) to be celebrated, one setting its comrades to running, to be invoked by men like good fortune, and the embodiment of joy. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

O you two kings and Aditi—not from anywhere does distress or difficulty or fear reach him (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

for whom you arrange that his chariot, along with his wife, will be in front, o Aśvins good to invoke, you who follow the course of the Rudras [=Maruts]. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

Drive here with your chariot swifter than thought, which the R̥ bhus made for you, o Aśvins, (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

and at whose hitching up the Daughter of Heaven [=Dawn] is born and both bright-lit day halves of Vivasvant. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

You drove your course with your victorious (chariot) through the mountain. You made the milk-cow swell for Śayu, o Aśvins. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

With your powers you two freed the quail, which had been swallowed, even from within the mouth of the wolf. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

We have made this praise song for you, o Aśvins. We have fashioned it, like the Bhr̥ gus a chariot. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

We have clasped it to ourselves like a dashing youth a maiden, holding it close like our own son who continues our lineage. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

Your chariot that is driving where—who attends to that brilliant one for its good progress, o men— (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

the (chariot) driving early in the morning, extending to every clan, traveling at every dawn—(who attends to it) with insightful thought and labor? (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

You awaken early in the morning like a pitiable [?] old couple; at every dawn you, deserving the sacrifice, come to the house. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

For whom do you become occulted, or for whom do you descend to his soma-pressings like kings’ sons, o men? (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

Like hunters on the track of wild elephants, we call you down in the evening and at dawn with our oblation. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

You two bring refreshment to the man who pours the libation in proper order, you superior men, you lords of beauty. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

Circling around you two, o Aśvins, Ghoṣā, the daughter of a king, said, “I ask you, o men: (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

Will you be there for me for the day and be there for the night? Will you exert your abilities (for me, as if) for a steed (to win the prize) of horse and chariot? (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

You two poets circle around your chariot, o Aśvins; you arrive at the clans of the singer, as Kutsa (arrived at the poet/Kavi Uśanā). (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

The bee holds the honey of you two encircled with her mouth, o Aśvins, as a young woman (holds) a tryst (within her mouth) [=keeps quiet about it]. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

“You two came to Bhujyu, o Aśvins, you to Vaśa, you to Śiñjāra, to Uśanā. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

The hostile man will circumvent your comradeship, but I find pleasure in your benevolence along with your help. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

“You two make wide space for Kr̥ śa, you for Śayu, o Aśvins, you for the worshiper and the widow. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

You two open up the thundering enclosure with its seven mouths for the sake of gain, o Aśvins.” (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

The maiden has been born, and the little lad has taken flight. And when sprouts have sprouted according to (the Aśvins’) wondrous powers, (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

the rivers flow for him as if into a valley; (she) is there for him for the day (and for the night): this is marriage! (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

They cry over the living; they make a mutual exchange at the rite. The men [=relatives of the couple] have been devising (the marriage) for a long stretch: (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

It is a precious thing for the fathers, that they brought (the couple) together; a joy for husbands that their wives are to be embraced. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

We do not know this—proclaim it to us—how a young man dwells peacefully in the womb of a young woman. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

Might we go to the house of the seed-laden bull who has a ruddy cow as his beloved, o Aśvins. We are eager for this. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

Your benevolence has come here, you Aśvins whose goods are prize mares. Our desires have held themselves down firmly in our hearts, Aśvins. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

You have become the paired herdsmen, the two lords of beauty. Dear to Aryaman, might we reach his porticos. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

Reaching exhilaration in the dwelling of Manu, provide wealth along with heroes to the eloquent one. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))

Make a ford that offers good drink, o lords of beauty. Smash away the post standing in our path, the malevolence. (Jamison and Brereton (2014))