Rouse yourselves for him who upholds the Law, yoke your horses, Aśvins, to your chariot Let your protective presence be close.
Come, Aśvins, with your swift chariot, more swift than an eye blink Let your protective presence be close.
Aśvins, you covered with cold over the fiery pit for Atri’s sake: Let your protective presence be close.
Where are you? Where have you gone? Like falcons, have you flown? Let your protective presence be close.
If you are listening to this call of mine this day at any time, Let your protective presence be close.
Aśvins, you who first hear our prayer, for closest kinship I approach: Let your protective presence be close.
For Atri, O Aśvins, you made a place to shield him well: Let your protective presence be close.
You protected Atri from the intense heat when he spoke sweetly: Let your protective presence be close.
First, Saptavadhri, by his prayer, obtained the sharp edge of fire: Let your protective presence be close.
Come hither, O Lords of wealth, and listen to this call of mine: Let your protective presence be close.
What is this praise told forth of you as Elders in the ancient way? Let your protective presence be close.
Your common brotherhood is yours, Aśvins, your kinship is the same: Let your protective presence be close.
This is your chariot, Aśvins, that travels through the regions, earth and sky: Let your protective aid be close.
Approach hitherward to us with thousands both of horses and cattle: Let your protective presence be close.
Don’t pass us by, remember us with thousands both of cattle and horses: Let your protective presence be close.
The purple-tinted Dawn has risen, and true to Law has made the light: Let your protective presence be close.
He looked upon the Aśvins, as an axe-armed man upon a tree: Let your protective presence be close.
By the black band surrounded, break it down, bold one, like a fortress: Let your protective presence be close.