Sukta 76

उदु ज्योतिरमृतं विश्वजन्यं विश्वानरः सविता देवो अश्रेत्। क्रत्वा देवानामजनिष्ट चक्षुराविरकर्भुवनं विश्वमुषाः॥

udu jyotiramṛtaṁ viśvajanyaṁ viśvānaraḥ savitā devo aśret | kratvā devānāmajaniṣṭa cakṣurāvirakarbhuvanaṁ viśvamuṣāḥ ||

SAVITAR God of all men hath sent upward his light, designed for all mankind, immortal. Through the Gods' power that Eye was first created. Dawn hath made all the universe apparent.

प्र मे पन्था देवयाना अदृश्रन्नमर्धन्तो वसुभिरिष्कृतासः। अभूदु केतुरुषसः पुरस्तात्प्रतीच्यागादधि हर्म्येभ्यः॥

pra me panthā devayānā adṛśrannamardhanto vasubhiriṣkṛtāsaḥ | abhūdu keturuṣasaḥ purastātpratīcyāgādadhi harmyebhyaḥ ||

I see the paths which Gods are wont to travel, innocuous paths made ready by the Vasus. Eastward the flag of Dawn hath been uplifted; she hath come hither o'er the tops of houses.

तानीदहानि बहुलान्यासन्या प्राचीनमुदिता सूर्यस्य। यतः परि जार इवाचरन्त्युषो ददृक्षे न पुनर्यतीव॥

tānīdahāni bahulānyāsanyā prācīnamuditā sūryasya | yataḥ pari jāra ivācarantyuṣo dadṛkṣe na punaryatīva ||

Great is, in truth, the number of the Mornings which were aforetime at the Sun's uprising. Since thou, O Dawn, hast been beheld repairing as to thy love, as one no more to leave him.

त इद्देवानां सधमाद आसन्नृतावानः कवयः पूर्व्यासः। गूळ्हं ज्योतिः पितरो अन्वविन्दन्सत्यमन्त्रा अजनयन्नुषासम्॥

ta iddevānāṁ sadhamāda āsannṛtāvānaḥ kavayaḥ pūrvyāsaḥ | gūḻhaṁ jyotiḥ pitaro anvavindansatyamantrā ajanayannuṣāsam ||

They were the Gods' companions at the banquet, the ancient sages true to Law Eternal. The Fathers found the light that lay in darkness, and with effectual words begat the Morning.

समान ऊर्वे अधि संगतासः सं जानते न यतन्ते मिथस्ते। ते देवानां न मिनन्ति व्रतान्यमर्धन्तो वसुभिर्यादमानाः॥

samāna ūrve adhi saṁgatāsaḥ saṁ jānate na yatante mithaste | te devānāṁ na minanti vratānyamardhanto vasubhiryādamānāḥ ||

Meeting together in the same enclosure, they strive not, ofone mind, one with another. They never break the Gods' eternal statutes, and injure none, in rivalry with Vasus.

प्रति त्वा स्तोमैरीळते वसिष्ठा उषर्बुधः सुभगे तुष्टुवांसः। गवां नेत्री वाजपत्नी न उच्छोषः सुजाते प्रथमा जरस्व॥

prati tvā stomairīḻate vasiṣṭhā uṣarbudhaḥ subhage tuṣṭuvāṁsaḥ | gavāṁ netrī vājapatnī na ucchoṣaḥ sujāte prathamā jarasva ||

Extolling thee, Blest Goddess, the Vasisthas, awake at early mom, with lauds implore thee. Leader of kine and Queen of all that strengthens, shine, come as first to us, O high-born Morning.

एषा नेत्री राधसः सूनृतानामुषा उच्छन्ती रिभ्यते वसिष्ठैः। दीर्घश्रुतं रयिमस्मे दधाना यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः॥

eṣā netrī rādhasaḥ sūnṛtānāmuṣā ucchantī ribhyate vasiṣṭhaiḥ | dīrghaśrutaṁ rayimasme dadhānā yūyaṁ pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ ||

She bringeth bounty and sweet charm of voices. The flushing Dawn is sung by the Vasisthas, Giving us riches famed to distant places. Preserve us evermore, ye Gods, with blessings.