Sukta 35

ह्वयाम्यग्निं प्रथमं स्वस्तये ह्वयामि मित्रावरुणाविहावसे। ह्वयामि रात्रीं जगतो निवेशनीं ह्वयामि देवं सवितारमूतये॥

hvayāmyagniṁ prathamaṁ svastaye hvayāmi mitrāvaruṇāvihāvase | hvayāmi rātrīṁ jagato niveśanīṁ hvayāmi devaṁ savitāramūtaye ||

AGNI I first invoke for our prosperity; I call on Mitra, Varuna, to aid us here. I call on Night who gives rest to all moving life; I call on Savitar the God to lend us help.

आ कृष्णेन रजसा वर्तमानो निवेशयन्नमृतं मर्त्यं च। हिरण्ययेन सविता रथेना देवो याति भुवनानि पश्यन्॥

ā kṛṣṇena rajasā vartamāno niveśayannamṛtaṁ martyaṁ ca | hiraṇyayena savitā rathenā devo yāti bhuvanāni paśyan ||

Throughout the dusky firmament advancing, laying to rest the immortal and the mortal, Borne in his golden chariot he cometh, Savitar, God who looks on every creature.

याति देवः प्रवता यात्युद्वता याति शुभ्राभ्यां यजतो हरिभ्याम्। आ देवो याति सविता परावतोऽप विश्वा दुरिता बाधमानः॥

yāti devaḥ pravatā yātyudvatā yāti śubhrābhyāṁ yajato haribhyām | ā devo yāti savitā parāvato'pa viśvā duritā bādhamānaḥ ||

The God moves by the upward path, the downward; with two bright Bays, adorable, he journeys. Savitar comes, the God from the far distance, and chases from us all distress and sorrow.

अभीवृतं कृशनैर्विश्वरूपं हिरण्यशम्यं यजतो बृहन्तम्। आस्थाद्रथं सविता चित्रभानुः कृष्णा रजांसि तविषीं दधानः॥

abhīvṛtaṁ kṛśanairviśvarūpaṁ hiraṇyaśamyaṁ yajato bṛhantam | āsthādrathaṁ savitā citrabhānuḥ kṛṣṇā rajāṁsi taviṣīṁ dadhānaḥ ||

His chariot decked with pearl, of various colours, lofty, with golden pole, the God hath mounted, The many-rayed One, Savitar the holy, bound, bearing power and might, for darksome regions.

वि जनाञ्छ्यावाः शितिपादो अख्यन्रथं हिरण्यप्र‍उगं वहन्तः। शश्वद्विशः सवितुर्दैव्यस्योपस्थे विश्वा भुवनानि तस्थुः॥

vi janāñchyāvāḥ śitipādo akhyanrathaṁ hiraṇyapraugaṁ vahantaḥ | śaśvadviśaḥ saviturdaivyasyopasthe viśvā bhuvanāni tasthuḥ ||

Drawing the gold-yoked car his Bays, white-footed, have manifested light to all the peoples. Held in the lap of Savitar, divine One, all men, all beings have their place for ever.

तिस्रो द्यावः सवितुर्द्वा उपस्थाँ एका यमस्य भुवने विराषाट्। आणिं न रथ्यममृताधि तस्थुरिह ब्रवीतु य उ तच्चिकेतत्॥

tisro dyāvaḥ saviturdvā upasthā ekā yamasya bhuvane virāṣāṭ | āṇiṁ na rathyamamṛtādhi tasthuriha bravītu ya u tacciketat ||

Three heavens there are; two Savitar's, adjacent: in Yama's world is one, the home of heroes, As on a linch-pin, firm, rest things immortal: he who hath known it let him here declare it.

वि सुपर्णो अन्तरिक्षाण्यख्यद्गभीरवेपा असुरः सुनीथः। क्वेदानीं सूर्यः कश्चिकेत कतमां द्यां रश्मिरस्या ततान॥

vi suparṇo antarikṣāṇyakhyadgabhīravepā asuraḥ sunīthaḥ | kvedānīṁ sūryaḥ kaściketa katamāṁ dyāṁ raśmirasyā tatāna ||

He, strong of wing, hath lightened up the regions, deep-quivering Asura, the gentle Leader. Where now is Surya, where is one to tell us to what celestial sphere his ray hath wandered?

अष्टौ व्यख्यत्ककुभः पृथिव्यास्त्री धन्व योजना सप्त सिन्धून्। हिरण्याक्षः सविता देव आगाद्दधद्रत्ना दाशुषे वार्याणि॥

aṣṭau vyakhyatkakubhaḥ pṛthivyāstrī dhanva yojanā sapta sindhūn | hiraṇyākṣaḥ savitā deva āgāddadhadratnā dāśuṣe vāryāṇi ||

The earth's eight points his brightness hath illumined, three desert regions and the Seven Rivers. God Savitar the gold-eyed hath come hither, giving choice treasures unto him who worships.

हिरण्यपाणिः सविता विचर्षणिरुभे द्यावापृथिवी अन्तरीयते। अपामीवां बाधते वेति सूर्यमभि कृष्णेन रजसा द्यामृणोति॥

hiraṇyapāṇiḥ savitā vicarṣaṇirubhe dyāvāpṛthivī antarīyate | apāmīvāṁ bādhate veti sūryamabhi kṛṣṇena rajasā dyāmṛṇoti ||

The golden-handed Savitar, far-seeing, goes on his way between the earth and heaven, Drives away sickness, bids the Sun approach us, and spreads the bright sky through the darksome region.

हिरण्यहस्तो असुरः सुनीथः सुमृळीकः स्ववाँ यात्वर्वाङ्। अपसेधन्रक्षसो यातुधानानस्थाद्देवः प्रतिदोषं गृणानः॥

hiraṇyahasto asuraḥ sunīthaḥ sumṛḻīkaḥ svavā yātvarvāṅ | apasedhanrakṣaso yātudhānānasthāddevaḥ pratidoṣaṁ gṛṇānaḥ ||

May he, gold-handed Asura, kind Leader, come hither to us with his help and favour. Driving off Raksasas and Yatudhanas, the God is present, praised in hymns at evening.

ये ते पन्थाः सवितः पूर्व्यासोऽरेणवः सुकृता अन्तरिक्षे। तेभिर्नो अद्य पथिभिः सुगेभी रक्षा च नो अधि च ब्रूहि देव॥

ye te panthāḥ savitaḥ pūrvyāso'reṇavaḥ sukṛtā antarikṣe | tebhirno adya pathibhiḥ sugebhī rakṣā ca no adhi ca brūhi deva ||

O Savitar, thine ancient dustless pathways are well established in the air's midregion: O God, come by those paths so fair to travel, preserve thou us from harm this day, and bless us.