संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
प्र पूर्वगौ पूर्वजौ चित्रभानूpra pūrvagau pūrvajau citrabhānūO foremost ones, first-born, brightly shining
गिरा शंसामि तपनौ अनन्तौgirā śaṃsāmi tapanau anantauwith words I praise the two warming, boundless ones
दिव्यौ सुपर्णौ विरजौ विमानौdivyau suparṇau virajau vimānauheavenly, fair-winged, stainless, wandering [in their chariot]
हिरण्मयौ शकुनी सांपरायौhiraṇmayau śakunī sāṃparāyaugolden, two birds, leading beyond (to the other world)
नासत्य-दस्रौ सुनसौ वैजयन्तौnāsatya-dasrau sunasau vaijayantauNasatya and Dasra, fair-faced, victorious
ग्रस्तां सुपर्णस्य बलेन वर्तिकाम् अमुञ्चताम् अश्विनौgrastāṃ suparṇasya balena vartikām amuñcatām aśvinauthe Ashvins freed the quail seized by the eagle's strength
षष्टिः च गावः त्रि-शताः एकं वत्सं सुवतेṣaṣṭiḥ ca gāvaḥ tri-śatāḥ ekaṃ vatsaṃ suvatethree hundred and sixty cows give birth to one calf (the days bearing the year)
एकां नाभिं सप्त-शताः अराः श्रिताःekāṃ nābhiṃ sapta-śatāḥ arāḥ śritāḥin one hub are fixed seven hundred spokes (the stars)
अनेमि चक्रं परिवर्तते अजरम्anemi cakraṃ parivartate ajaramwithout a rim turns the ageless wheel (time)
एकं चक्रं द्वादशारं षण्-नाभिekaṃ cakraṃ dvādaśāraṃ ṣaṇ-nābhia single wheel with twelve spokes and six hubs (the year)
अमृतस्य धारणम्amṛtasya dhāraṇamthe vessel of immortality
युवां दिशः जनयथः दश अग्रेyuvāṃ diśaḥ janayathaḥ daśa agreyou engender the ten directions
वर्णान् विकुरुथः विश्वरूपान्varṇān vikuruthaḥ viśvarūpānyou fashion manifold forms and colors
तौ नासत्यौ अश्विनौ आमहे वाम्tau nāsatyau aśvinau āmahe vāmI call upon you, the Nasatya-Ashvins
मुखेन गर्भं लभतां युवानौmukhena garbhaṃ labhatāṃ yuvānauthrough the mouth they obtain conception, [O ever-]young ones
मुञ्चथः जीवसे गाःmuñcathaḥ jīvase gāḥyou release the rays (cows) to life
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This Vedic hymn of Upamanyu is an ancient stotra, filled with deep allegories of time, the year, the heavenly bodies, and the cycle of existence turned by the Ashvins — servants of the Lord who govern the cosmic order. The blind pupil, deprived of outer sight, perceives with the inner eye the mysteries of creation and sings of them. Herein lies a lesson: when material vision is taken away, spiritual vision may open. The image of the ‘rimless wheel,’ the ‘single wheel of twelve spokes,’ is the wheel of time (kala-chakra), ruled by the Lord through His representatives. It shows that the whole cosmic order is but a manifestation of the will of the Supreme, and gods such as the Ashvins carry out His will. A prayer born of distress and devotion gains the power of insight and draws down divine grace — for sincere glorification opens the doors of grace.