ऋग्वेद 4.40 (श्लोक 1) - Project अर्थ (Artha)

दधिक्राव्ण इदु नु चर्किराम विश्वा इन्मामुषसः सूदयन्तु । अपामग्नेरुषसः सूर्यस्य बृहस्पतेराङ्गिरसस्य जिष्णोः ॥

dadhikrāvṇa idu nu carkirāma viśvā inmāmuṣasaḥ sūdayantu | apāmagneruṣasaḥ sūryasya bṛhaspaterāṅgirasasya jiṣṇoḥ ||

May we repeatedly recite (the praise) of Dadhikrāvaṇ; may all rising dawns excite me (to the adoration) of the waters, of Agni, of Uṣas, of Sūrya, of Bṛhaspati, and of Jiṣṇu, the son of Aṅgiras.

सत्वा भरिषो गविषो दुवन्यसच्छ्रवस्यादिष उषसस्तुरण्यसत् । सत्यो द्रवो द्रवरः पतंगरो दधिक्रावेषमूर्जं स्वर्जनत् ॥

satvā bhariṣo gaviṣo duvanyasacchravasyādiṣa uṣasasturaṇyasat | satyo dravo dravaraḥ pataṃgaro dadhikrāveṣamūrjaṃ svarjanat ||

May Dadhikrāvaṇ, the active, the cherisher, the giver of cattle, who abides with the devout, the swift-going, be willing to accept (the sacrificial) food at the time of the desirable dawn; may he who is true, moving, rapid, and leaping like a grasshopper, produce (for us) food, strength and heaven.

उत स्मास्य द्रवतस्तुरण्यतः पर्णं न वेरनु वाति प्रगर्धिनः । श्येनस्येव ध्रजतो अङ्कसं परि दधिक्राव्णः सहोर्जा तरित्रतः ॥

uta smāsya dravatasturaṇyataḥ parṇaṃ na veranu vāti pragardhinaḥ | śyenasyeva dhrajato aṅkasaṃ pari dadhikrāvṇaḥ sahorjā taritrataḥ ||

And after him who is quick-going, hastening, eager (to arrive at his goald, men) follow (as other birds pursue) the flight of a swift (bird) striving together to keep up by the side of Dadhikrāvan. the transporter (of others) as swift as a hawk.

उत स्य वाजी क्षिपणिं तुरण्यति ग्रीवायां बद्धो अपिकक्ष आसनि । क्रतुं दधिक्रा अनु संतवीत्वत्पथामङ्कांस्यन्वापनीफणत् ॥

uta sya vājī kṣipaṇiṃ turaṇyati grīvāyāṃ baddho apikakṣa āsani | kratuṃ dadhikrā anu saṃtavītvatpathāmaṅkāṃsyanvāpanīphaṇat ||

And that horse bound by his neck, his flanks, his mouth, accelerates his paces; Dadhikrā increasing in vigour after the (sacred rite), following the windings of the roads, goes still more rapidly.

हंसः शुचिषद्वसुरन्तरिक्षसद्धोता वेदिषदतिथिर्दुरोणसत् । नृषद्वरसदृतसद्व्योमसदब्जा गोजा ऋतजा अद्रिजा ऋतम् ॥

haṃsaḥ śuciṣadvasurantarikṣasaddhotā vediṣadatithirduroṇasat | nṛṣadvarasadṛtasadvyomasadabjā gojā ṛtajā adrijā ṛtam ||

He is the Haṃsa, (the sun), dwelling; Vasu (the wind), dwelling in the firmament; the invoker of the gods (Agni), dwelling on the altar; the guest (of the worshipper), dweling in the house (as the culinary fire); the dweller among men, (as consciousness), the dweller in the most excellent (orbl, the sun), the dweller in truth, the dweller in the sky (the air), born in the waters, in the rays of light, in the verity (of manifestation) in the (eastern) mountain, the truth (itself).