What happens in this chapter All the devas speed our chariot Gritsamada, in jagati with one trishtubh verse, calls the Vishvedevas to help the singers' chariot, pictured racing to win a prize while the horses beat the dust of earth's ridge. Mitra and Varuna come with the Adityas, Rudras and Vasus; Indra with the Marut host; Tvashtri with the goddesses; Ila, Bhaga, heaven and earth, Pushan, Puramdhi and the Ashvins. Night and Dawn, twin in look, are praised as they stir all that moves. Ahi Budhnya, Aja Ekapad, Trita, Ribhukshan, Savitri and Apam Napat are named too. The rishi offers these new songs, shaped by men, and hopes to win as a chariot horse wins.
31.1 अ॒स्माकं॑ मित्रावरुणावतं॒ रथ॑मादि॒त्यै रु॒द्रैर्वसु॑भिः सचा॒भुवा॑ । प्र यद्वयो॒ न पप्त॒न्वस्म॑न॒स्परि॑ श्रव॒स्यवो॒ हृषी॑वन्तो वन॒र्षद॑ः
asmākaṃ mitrāvaruṇāvataṃ rathamādityai rudrairvasubhiḥ sacābhuvā | pra yadvayo na paptanvasmanaspari śravasyavo hṛṣīvanto vanarṣadaḥ
31.2 अध॑ स्मा न॒ उद॑वता सजोषसो॒ रथं॑ देवासो अ॒भि वि॒क्षु वा॑ज॒युम् । यदा॒शव॒ः पद्या॑भि॒स्तित्र॑तो॒ रज॑ः पृथि॒व्याः सानौ॒ जङ्घ॑नन्त पा॒णिभि॑ः
adha smā na udavatā sajoṣaso rathaṃ devāso abhi vikṣu vājayum | yadāśavaḥ padyābhistitrato rajaḥ pṛthivyāḥ sānau jaṅghananta pāṇibhiḥ
31.3 उ॒त स्य न॒ इन्द्रो॑ वि॒श्वच॑र्षणिर्दि॒वः शर्धे॑न॒ मारु॑तेन सु॒क्रतु॑ः । अनु॒ नु स्था॑त्यवृ॒काभि॑रू॒तिभी॒ रथं॑ म॒हे स॒नये॒ वाज॑सातये
uta sya na indro viśvacarṣaṇirdivaḥ śardhena mārutena sukratuḥ | anu nu sthātyavṛkābhirūtibhī rathaṃ mahe sanaye vājasātaye
31.4 उ॒त स्य दे॒वो भुव॑नस्य स॒क्षणि॒स्त्वष्टा॒ ग्नाभि॑ः स॒जोषा॑ जूजुव॒द्रथ॑म् । इळा॒ भगो॑ बृहद्दि॒वोत रोद॑सी पू॒षा पुरं॑धिर॒श्विना॒वधा॒ पती॑
uta sya devo bhuvanasya sakṣaṇistvaṣṭā gnābhiḥ sajoṣā jūjuvadratham | iḻā bhago bṛhaddivota rodasī pūṣā puraṃdhiraśvināvadhā patī
31.5 उ॒त त्ये दे॒वी सु॒भगे॑ मिथू॒दृशो॒षासा॒नक्ता॒ जग॑तामपी॒जुवा॑ । स्तु॒षे यद्वां॑ पृथिवि॒ नव्य॑सा॒ वच॑ः स्था॒तुश्च॒ वय॒स्त्रिव॑या उप॒स्तिरे॑
uta tye devī subhage mithūdṛśoṣāsānaktā jagatāmapījuvā | stuṣe yadvāṃ pṛthivi navyasā vacaḥ sthātuśca vayastrivayā upastire
31.6 उ॒त व॒ः शंस॑मु॒शिजा॑मिव श्म॒स्यहि॑र्बु॒ध्न्यो॒३॒॑ऽज एक॑पादु॒त । त्रि॒त ऋ॑भु॒क्षाः स॑वि॒ता चनो॑ दधे॒ऽपां नपा॑दाशु॒हेमा॑ धि॒या शमि॑
uta vaḥ śaṃsamuśijāmiva śmasyahirbudhnyo'ja ekapāduta | trita ṛbhukṣāḥ savitā cano dadhe'pāṃ napādāśuhemā dhiyā śami
31.7 ए॒ता वो॑ व॒श्म्युद्य॑ता यजत्रा॒ अत॑क्षन्ना॒यवो॒ नव्य॑से॒ सम् । श्र॒व॒स्यवो॒ वाजं॑ चका॒नाः सप्ति॒र्न रथ्यो॒ अह॑ धी॒तिम॑श्याः
etā vo vaśmyudyatā yajatrā atakṣannāyavo navyase sam | śravasyavo vājaṃ cakānāḥ saptirna rathyo aha dhītimaśyāḥ
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