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प्रत्यग्निरुषसामग्रमख्यद्विभातीनां सुमना रत्नधेयम्। यातमश्विना सुकृतो दुरोणमुत्सूर्यो ज्योतिषा देव एति॥

pratyagniruṣasāmagramakhyadvibhātīnāṁ sumanā ratnadheyam | yātamaśvinā sukṛto duroṇamutsūryo jyotiṣā deva eti ||

AGNI hath looked, benevolently-minded, on the wealth-giving spring of radiant Mornings. Come, Asvins, to the dwelling of the pious: Surya the God is rising with his splendour.

ऊर्ध्वं भानुं सविता देवो अश्रेद्द्रप्सं दविध्वद्गविषो न सत्वा। अनु व्रतं वरुणो यन्ति मित्रो यत्सूर्यं दिव्यारोहयन्ति॥

ūrdhvaṁ bhānuṁ savitā devo aśreddrapsaṁ davidhvadgaviṣo na satvā | anu vrataṁ varuṇo yanti mitro yatsūryaṁ divyārohayanti ||

Savitar, God, hath spread on high his lustre, waving his flag like a spoil-seeking hero. Their stablished way go Varuna and Mitra, what time they make the Sun ascend the heaven.

यं सीमकृण्वन्तमसे विपृचे ध्रुवक्षेमा अनवस्यन्तो अर्थम्। तं सूर्यं हरितः सप्त यह्वीः स्पशं विश्वस्य जगतो वहन्ति॥

yaṁ sīmakṛṇvantamase vipṛce dhruvakṣemā anavasyanto artham | taṁ sūryaṁ haritaḥ sapta yahvīḥ spaśaṁ viśvasya jagato vahanti ||

Him whom they made to drive away the darkness, Lords of sure mansions, constant to their object, Him who beholds the universe, the Sun-God, seven strong and youthful Coursers carry onward.

वहिष्ठेभिर्विहरन्यासि तन्तुमवव्ययन्नसितं देव वस्म। दविध्वतो रश्मयः सूर्यस्य चर्मेवावाधुस्तमो अप्स्वन्तः॥

vahiṣṭhebhirviharanyāsi tantumavavyayannasitaṁ deva vasma | davidhvato raśmayaḥ sūryasya carmevāvādhustamo apsvantaḥ ||

Spreading thy web with mightiest Steeds thou comest, rending apart, thou God, the black-hued mantle. The rays of Surya tremulously shining sink, like a hide, the darkness in the waters.

अनायतो अनिबद्धः कथायं न्यङ्ङुत्तानोऽव पद्यते न। कया याति स्वधया को ददर्श दिवः स्कम्भः समृतः पाति नाकम्॥

anāyato anibaddhaḥ kathāyaṁ nyaṅṅuttāno'va padyate na | kayā yāti svadhayā ko dadarśa divaḥ skambhaḥ samṛtaḥ pāti nākam ||

How is it that, unbound and not supported, he falleth not although directed downward? By what self power moves he? Who liath seen it? He guards the vault of heaven, a close-set pillar.