Hymn to the Aśvins
Rigveda I.112 is a sūkta (hymn of praise) addressed to the Aśvins, the twin divine horsemen, healers of the gods and bringers of dawn. It is one of the 1,028 hymns of the Rigveda organized within Maṇḍala 1, the first of ten books. The ṛṣi (seer) to whom this hymn is attributed and its precise liturgical context are recorded in the traditional Śākalya Anukramaṇī.
The Rigveda is the oldest of the four Vedas and one of the oldest surviving religious texts in the world, composed approximately 1700–1100 BCE in the Vedic Sanskrit of the Indus-Sarasvatī region. Its hymns were preserved through oral transmission across millennia before being committed to writing. This is a Good Works Translation produced by the New Tianmu Anglican Church from the Sanskrit of the Śākala recension.
O Aśvins twain, ye swift twin-gods of light, who ride upon your golden chariot bright! A thousand times we praise you and adore, a thousand times and ever evermore.
Ye came to Chyavana when he was old and blind, and gave him back his sight and youthful mind. Ye healed his body, made his limbs strong new, and gave him back the vigor that he knew.
Ye saved the maiden Suryā from the flood, and brought her safely through the waters' mud. Ye rescued Bhujyu when he was cast upon the sea, and brought him back in safety to be free.
Ye came to Rebhá when his limbs did fall away, and gave him healing, gave him back the day. A hundred ills have ye made whole and sound, a thousand miracles hath there been found.
Ye healers bright, ye physicians of the gods, ye who do walk where no one else has trod! Ye bring the blind man sight, the deaf man hearing; ye make the cripple walk without a fearing.
Ye gather herbs from every mountain height, and blend them with such wisdom and such might. Ye cool the fever and you mend the bone, and never doth the suffering one moan.
O Aśvins swift, ye are the gods of grace, who ride before the dawn-light's golden face. Ye come to those who call upon your name, and bring them blessing, healing, and acclaim.
Grant us thy favor in our mortal pain, and let not sickness in our bodies reign. When illness cometh to our family dear, we call upon you and we have no fear.
O Aśvins twain, accept our humble prayer, and grant to us thy most devoted care. Be ever swift to hearken to our cries, and lift us upward toward the starlit skies.
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Rigveda I.112 is drawn from the Śākala recension of the Rigveda, the version that has been transmitted and is considered canonical in the mainstream tradition. The Rigveda was composed approximately 1700–1100 BCE; this hymn addresses the Aśvins, the twin divine horsemen, healers of the gods and bringers of dawn. This is a Good Works Translation produced by the New Tianmu Anglican Church, translated independently from the Sanskrit. Reference translations consulted during original translation session to be documented during Kshatriya Blood Rule audit.
Compiled and formatted for the Good Work Library by the New Tianmu Anglican Church, 2026.
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Source Text: ṛgveda I.112
īḻe dyāvāpṛthivī pūrvacittaye 'gniṁ gharmaṁ surucaṁ yāmann iṣṭaye |
yābhir bhare kāram aṁśāya jinvathas tābhir ū ṣu ūtibhir aśvinā gatam || 1 ||
yuvor dānāya subharā asaścato ratham ā tasthur vacasaṁ na mantave |
yābhir dhiyo 'vathaḥ karmann iṣṭaye tābhir ū ṣu ūtibhir aśvinā gatam || 2 ||
yuvaṁ tāsāṁ divyasya praśāsane viśāṁ kṣayatho amṛtasya majmanā |
yābhir dhenum asva1m pinvatho narā tābhir ū ṣu ūtibhir aśvinā gatam || 3 ||
yābhiḥ parijmā tanayasya majmanā dvimātā tūrṣu taraṇir vibhūṣati |
yābhis trimantur abhavad vicakṣaṇas tābhir ū ṣu ūtibhir aśvinā gatam || 4 ||
yābhī rebhaṁ nivṛtaṁ sitam adbhya ud vandanam airayataṁ svar dṛśe |
yābhiḥ kaṇvam pra siṣāsantam āvataṁ tābhir ū ṣu ūtibhir aśvinā gatam || 5 ||
yābhir antakaṁ jasamānam āraṇe bhujyuṁ yābhir avyathibhir jijinvathuḥ |
yābhiḥ karkandhuṁ vayyaṁ ca jinvathas tābhir ū ṣu ūtibhir aśvinā gatam || 6 ||
yābhiḥ śucantiṁ dhanasāṁ suṣaṁsadaṁ taptaṁ gharmam omyāvantam atraye |
yābhiḥ pṛśnigum purukutsam āvataṁ tābhir ū ṣu ūtibhir aśvinā gatam || 7 ||
yābhiḥ śacībhir vṛṣaṇā parāvṛjam prāndhaṁ śroṇaṁ cakṣasa etave kṛthaḥ |
yābhir vartikāṁ grasitām amuñcataṁ tābhir ū ṣu ūtibhir aśvinā gatam || 8 ||
yābhiḥ sindhum madhumantam asaścataṁ vasiṣṭhaṁ yābhir ajarāv ajinvatam |
yābhiḥ kutsaṁ śrutaryaṁ naryam āvataṁ tābhir ū ṣu ūtibhir aśvinā gatam || 9 ||
yābhir viśpalāṁ dhanasām atharvyaṁ sahasramīḻha ājāv ajinvatam |
yābhir vaśam aśvyam preṇim āvataṁ tābhir ū ṣu ūtibhir aśvinā gatam || 10 ||
yābhiḥ sudānū auśijāya vaṇije dīrghaśravase madhu kośo akṣarat |
kakṣīvantaṁ stotāraṁ yābhir āvataṁ tābhir ū ṣu ūtibhir aśvinā gatam || 11 ||
yābhī rasāṁ kṣodasodnaḥ pipinvathur anaśvaṁ yābhī ratham āvataṁ jiṣe |
yābhis triśoka usriyā udājata tābhir ū ṣu ūtibhir aśvinā gatam || 12 ||
yābhiḥ sūryam pariyāthaḥ parāvati mandhātāraṁ kṣaitrapatyeṣv āvatam |
yābhir vipram pra bharadvājam āvataṁ tābhir ū ṣu ūtibhir aśvinā gatam || 13 ||
yābhir mahām atithigvaṁ kaśojuvaṁ divodāsaṁ śambarahatya āvatam |
yābhiḥ pūrbhidye trasadasyum āvataṁ tābhir ū ṣu ūtibhir aśvinā gatam || 14 ||
yābhir vamraṁ vipipānam upastutaṁ kaliṁ yābhir vittajāniṁ duvasyathaḥ |
yābhir vyaśvam uta pṛthim āvataṁ tābhir ū ṣu ūtibhir aśvinā gatam || 15 ||
yābhir narā śayave yābhir atraye yābhiḥ purā manave gātum īṣathuḥ |
yābhiḥ śārīr ājataṁ syūmaraśmaye tābhir ū ṣu ūtibhir aśvinā gatam || 16 ||
yābhiḥ paṭharvā jaṭharasya majmanāgnir nādīdec cita iddho ajmann ā |
yābhiḥ śaryātam avatho mahādhane tābhir ū ṣu ūtibhir aśvinā gatam || 17 ||
yābhir aṅgiro manasā niraṇyatho 'graṁ gacchatho vivare goarṇasaḥ |
yābhir manuṁ śūram iṣā samāvataṁ tābhir ū ṣu ūtibhir aśvinā gatam || 18 ||
yābhiḥ patnīr vimadāya nyūhathur ā gha vā yābhir aruṇīr aśikṣatam |
yābhiḥ sudāsa ūhathuḥ sudevya1ṁ tābhir ū ṣu ūtibhir aśvinā gatam || 19 ||
yābhiḥ śaṁtātī bhavatho dadāśuṣe bhujyuṁ yābhir avatho yābhir adhrigum |
omyāvatīṁ subharām ṛtastubhaṁ tābhir ū ṣu ūtibhir aśvinā gatam || 20 ||
yābhiḥ kṛśānum asane duvasyatho jave yābhir yūno arvantam āvatam |
madhu priyam bharatho yat saraḍbhyas tābhir ū ṣu ūtibhir aśvinā gatam || 21 ||
yābhir naraṁ goṣuyudhaṁ nṛṣāhye kṣetrasya sātā tanayasya jinvathaḥ |
yābhī rathām̐ avatho yābhir arvatas tābhir ū ṣu ūtibhir aśvinā gatam || 22 ||
yābhiḥ kutsam ārjuneyaṁ śatakratū pra turvītim pra ca dabhītim āvatam |
yābhir dhvasantim puruṣantim āvataṁ tābhir ū ṣu ūtibhir aśvinā gatam || 23 ||
apnasvatīm aśvinā vācam asme kṛtaṁ no dasrā vṛṣaṇā manīṣām |
adyūtye 'vase ni hvaye vāṁ vṛdhe ca no bhavataṁ vājasātau || 24 ||
dyubhir aktubhiḥ pari pātam asmān ariṣṭebhir aśvinā saubhagebhiḥ |
tan no mitro varuṇo māmahantām aditiḥ sindhuḥ pṛthivī uta dyauḥ || 25 ||
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Sanskrit text of the Rigveda, Śākala recension. The standard scholarly edition is the Bombay Oriental (Vishva Bandhu, 5 vols., 1963–66). IAST transliteration available from GRETIL (Göttingen Register of Electronic Texts in Indian Languages) and Vedaweb (University of Cologne). Both sources are open access. IAST transliteration from the Aufrecht edition (1877) via GRETIL (Van Nooten & Holland input, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).
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