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उषो वाजेन वाजिनि प्रचेताः स्तोमं जुषस्व गृणतो मघोनि। पुराणी देवि युवतिः पुरंधिरनु व्रतं चरसि विश्ववारे॥

uṣo vājena vājini pracetāḥ stomaṁ juṣasva gṛṇato maghoni | purāṇī devi yuvatiḥ puraṁdhiranu vrataṁ carasi viśvavāre ||

O Usas, strong with strength, endowed witli knowledge, accept the singer's praise, O wealthy Lady. Thou, Goddess, ancient, young, and full of wisdom, movest, all-bounteous! as the Law ordaineth.

उषो देव्यमर्त्या वि भाहि चन्द्ररथा सूनृता ईरयन्ती। आ त्वा वहन्तु सुयमासो अश्वा हिरण्यवर्णां पृथुपाजसो ये॥

uṣo devyamartyā vi bhāhi candrarathā sūnṛtā īrayantī | ā tvā vahantu suyamāso aśvā hiraṇyavarṇāṁ pṛthupājaso ye ||

Shine forth, O Morning, thou auspicious Goddess, on thy bright car awaking pleasant voices. Let docile horses of far-reaching splendour convey thee hitherward, the goldencoloured.

उषः प्रतीची भुवनानि विश्वोर्ध्वा तिष्ठस्यमृतस्य केतुः। समानमर्थं चरणीयमाना चक्रमिव नव्यस्या ववृत्स्व॥

uṣaḥ pratīcī bhuvanāni viśvordhvā tiṣṭhasyamṛtasya ketuḥ | samānamarthaṁ caraṇīyamānā cakramiva navyasyā vavṛtsva ||

Thou, Morning, turning thee to every creature, standest on high as ensign of the Immortal, To one same goal ever and ever wending now, like a wheel, O newly-born, roll hi ther.

अव स्यूमेव चिन्वती मघोन्युषा याति स्वसरस्य पत्नी। स्वर्जनन्ती सुभगा सुदंसा आन्ताद्दिवः पप्रथ आ पृथिव्याः॥

ava syūmeva cinvatī maghonyuṣā yāti svasarasya patnī | svarjanantī subhagā sudaṁsā āntāddivaḥ papratha ā pṛthivyāḥ ||

Letting her reins drop downward, Morning cometh, the wealthy Dame, the Lady of the dwelling; Bringing forth light, the Wonderful, the Blessed hath spread her from the bounds of earth and heaven.

अच्छा वो देवीमुषसं विभातीं प्र वो भरध्वं नमसा सुवृक्तिम्। ऊर्ध्वं मधुधा दिवि पाजो अश्रेत्प्र रोचना रुरुचे रण्वसंदृक्॥

acchā vo devīmuṣasaṁ vibhātīṁ pra vo bharadhvaṁ namasā suvṛktim | ūrdhvaṁ madhudhā divi pājo aśretpra rocanā ruruce raṇvasaṁdṛk ||

Hither invoke the radiant Goddess Morning, and bring with reverence your hymn to praise her. She, dropping sweets, hath set in heaven her brightness, and, fair to look on, hath beamed forth her splendour.

ऋतावरी दिवो अर्कैरबोध्या रेवती रोदसी चित्रमस्थात्। आयतीमग्न उषसं विभातीं वाममेषि द्रविणं भिक्षमाणः॥

ṛtāvarī divo arkairabodhyā revatī rodasī citramasthāt | āyatīmagna uṣasaṁ vibhātīṁ vāmameṣi draviṇaṁ bhikṣamāṇaḥ ||

From heaven, with hymns, the Holy One was wakened: brightly to both worlds came the wealthy Lady. To Morning, Agni, when she comes refulgent, thou goest forth soliciting fair riches.

ऋतस्य बुध्न उषसामिषण्यन्वृषा मही रोदसी आ विवेश। मही मित्रस्य वरुणस्य माया चन्द्रेव भानुं वि दधे पुरुत्रा॥

ṛtasya budhna uṣasāmiṣaṇyanvṛṣā mahī rodasī ā viveśa | mahī mitrasya varuṇasya māyā candreva bhānuṁ vi dadhe purutrā ||

On Law's firm base the speeder of the Mornings, the Bull, hath entered mighty earth and heaven. Great is the power of Varuna and Mitra, which, bright, hath spread in every place its splendour.