Sukta 80

द्युतद्यामानं बृहतीमृतेन ऋतावरीमरुणप्सुं विभातीम्। देवीमुषसं स्वरावहन्तीं प्रति विप्रासो मतिभिर्जरन्ते॥

dyutadyāmānaṁ bṛhatīmṛtena ṛtāvarīmaruṇapsuṁ vibhātīm | devīmuṣasaṁ svarāvahantīṁ prati viprāso matibhirjarante ||

THE singers welcome with their hymns and praises the Goddess Dawn who bringeth in the sunlight, Sublime, by Law true to eternal Order, bright on her path, red-tinted, far-refulgent.

एषा जनं दर्शता बोधयन्ती सुगान्पथः कृण्वती यात्यग्रे। बृहद्रथा बृहती विश्वमिन्वोषा ज्योतिर्यच्छत्यग्रे अह्नाम्॥

eṣā janaṁ darśatā bodhayantī sugānpathaḥ kṛṇvatī yātyagre | bṛhadrathā bṛhatī viśvaminvoṣā jyotiryacchatyagre ahnām ||

She comes in front, fair, rousing up the people, making the pathways easy to be travelled. High, on her lofty chariot, all-impelling, Dawn gives her splendour at the days' beginning.

एषा गोभिररुणेभिर्युजानास्रेधन्ती रयिमप्रायु चक्रे। पथो रदन्ती सुविताय देवी पुरुष्टुता विश्ववारा वि भाति॥

eṣā gobhiraruṇebhiryujānāsredhantī rayimaprāyu cakre | patho radantī suvitāya devī puruṣṭutā viśvavārā vi bhāti ||

She, harnessing her car with purple oxen. injuring none, hath brought perpetual riches. Opening paths to happiness, the Goddess shines, praised by all, giver of every blessing.

एषा व्येनी भवति द्विबर्हा आविष्कृण्वाना तन्वं पुरस्तात्। ऋतस्य पन्थामन्वेति साधु प्रजानतीव न दिशो मिनाति॥

eṣā vyenī bhavati dvibarhā āviṣkṛṇvānā tanvaṁ purastāt | ṛtasya panthāmanveti sādhu prajānatīva na diśo mināti ||

With changing tints she gleams in double splendour while from the eastward she displays her body. She travels perfectly the path of Order, nor fails to reach, as one who knows, the quarters.

एषा शुभ्रा न तन्वो विदानोर्ध्वेव स्नाती दृशये नो अस्थात्। अप द्वेषो बाधमाना तमांस्युषा दिवो दुहिता ज्योतिषागात्॥

eṣā śubhrā na tanvo vidānordhveva snātī dṛśaye no asthāt | apa dveṣo bādhamānā tamāṁsyuṣā divo duhitā jyotiṣāgāt ||

As conscious that her limbs are bright with bathing, she stands, as 'twere, erect that we may see her. Driving away malignity and darkness, Dawn, Child of Heaven, hath come to us with lustre.

एषा प्रतीची दुहिता दिवो नॄन्योषेव भद्रा नि रिणीते अप्सः। व्यूर्ण्वती दाशुषे वार्याणि पुनर्ज्योतिर्युवतिः पूर्वथाकः॥

eṣā pratīcī duhitā divo nṝnyoṣeva bhadrā ni riṇīte apsaḥ | vyūrṇvatī dāśuṣe vāryāṇi punarjyotiryuvatiḥ pūrvathākaḥ ||

The Daughter of the Sky, like some chaste woman, bends, opposite to men, her forehead downward. The Maid, disclosing boons to him who worships, hath brought again the daylight as aforetime.