Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·13·13.2
उद् अस्य केतवो दिवि शुक्रा भ्राजन्त ईरते । आदित्यस्य नृचक्षसो महिव्रतस्य मीढुषः ॥१॥
ud asya ketavo divi śukrā bhrājanta īrate | ādityasya nṛcakṣaso mahivratasya mīḍhuṣaḥ ||1||
The bright (çukrá) shining lights (ketú) of him go up in the sky—of the men-watching Aditya, him of great courses (-vratá), liberal (mīḍhvā́ṅs).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
दिशां प्रज्ञानां स्वरयन्तम् अर्चिषा सुपक्षम् आशुं पतयन्तम् अर्णवे । स्तवाम सूर्यं भुवनस्य गोपां यो रश्मिभिर् दिश आभाति सर्वाः ॥२॥
diśāṃ prajñānāṃ svarayantam arciṣā supakṣam āśuṃ patayantam arṇave | stavāma sūryaṃ bhuvanasya gopāṃ yo raśmibhir diśa ābhāti sarvāḥ ||2||
[Him,] shining (svar) with the brightness (arcís) of the foreknowing quarters, well-winged, flying swift in the ocean (arṇavá)—we would praise the sun, the shepherd of existence, who with his rays shines unto all the quarters.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यत् प्राङ् प्रत्यङ् स्वधया यासि शीभं नानारूपे अहनी कर्षि मायया । तद् आदित्य महि तत् ते महि श्रवो यद् एको विश्वं परि भूम जायसे ॥३॥
yat prāṅ pratyaṅ svadhayā yāsi śībhaṃ nānārūpe ahanī karṣi māyayā | tad āditya mahi tat te mahi śravo yad eko viśvaṃ pari bhūma jāyase ||3||
In that thou goest swiftly eastward, westward, at will (svadháyā), makest by magic (māyā́) the two days of diverse form—that, O Āditya, [is] great, that thy great fame (çrā́vas), that thou alone art born about the whole world (bhū́man).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
विपश्चितं तरणिं भ्राजमानं वहन्ति यं हरितः सप्त बह्वीः । स्रुताद् यम् अत्त्रिर् दिवम् उन्निनाय तं त्वा पश्यन्ति परियान्तम् आजिम् ॥४॥
vipaścitaṃ taraṇiṃ bhrājamānaṃ vahanti yaṃ haritaḥ sapta bahvīḥ | srutād yam attrir divam unnināya taṃ tvā paśyanti pariyāntam ājim ||4||
The inspired, hasting (taráṇi), shining one, whom seven numerous (bahú) yellow steeds (harít) draw, whom out of the liquid (? srutá) Atri conducted up the sky—thee here they see going around upon thy race.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
मा त्वा दभन् परियान्तम् आजिं स्वस्ति दुर्गां अति याहि शीभम् । दिवं च सूर्य पृथिवीं च देवीम् अहोरात्रे विमिमानो यद् एषि ॥५॥
mā tvā dabhan pariyāntam ājiṃ svasti durgāṃ ati yāhi śībham | divaṃ ca sūrya pṛthivīṃ ca devīm ahorātre vimimāno yad eṣi ||5||
Let them not damage thee going around upon thy race; happily do thou cross the difficulties quickly; when, O sun, thou goest to both sky and divine earth, measuring out day-and-night.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
स्वस्ति ते सूर्य चरसे रथाय येनोभाव् अन्तौ परियासि सद्यः । यं ते वहन्ति हरितो वहिष्ठाः शतम् अश्वा यदि वा सप्त बह्वीः ॥६॥
svasti te sūrya carase rathāya yenobhāv antau pariyāsi sadyaḥ | yaṃ te vahanti harito vahiṣṭhāḥ śatam aśvā yadi vā sapta bahvīḥ ||6||
Well-being, O sun, [be] to thy chariot for its moving, wherewith thou goest at once about both borders (ánta)—which thy yellow steeds, of excellent draught, draw: a hundred horses, or else seven, numerous.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
सुखं सूर्य रथम् अंशुमन्तं स्योनं सुवह्निम् अधि तिष्ठ वाजिनम् । यं ते वहन्ति हरितो वहिष्ठाः शतम् अश्वा यदि वा सप्त बह्वीः ॥७॥
sukhaṃ sūrya ratham aṃśumantaṃ syonaṃ suvahnim adhi tiṣṭha vājinam | yaṃ te vahanti harito vahiṣṭhāḥ śatam aśvā yadi vā sapta bahvīḥ ||7||
Mount (adhi-sthā), O sun, thine easy-running chariot, rich in rays, pleasant, well-horsed, powerful (? vājín), which thy yellow steeds, of excellent draught, draw: a hundred horses, or else seven, numerous.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
सप्त सूर्यो हरितो यातवे रथे हिरण्यत्वचसो बृहतीर् अयुक्त । अमोचि शुक्रो रजसः परस्ताद् विधूय देवस् तमो दिवम् आरुहत् ॥८॥
sapta sūryo harito yātave rathe hiraṇyatvacaso bṛhatīr ayukta | amoci śukro rajasaḥ parastād vidhūya devas tamo divam āruhat ||8||
The sun hath yoked in his chariot, in order to go, his seven great yellow steeds, golden-skinned; the bright one hath been freed from the dimness (? rájas) in the distance; shaking away the darkness, the god hath mounted the sky.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
उत् केतुना बृहता देव आगन्न् अपावृक् तमो ऽभि ज्योतिर् अश्रैत् । दिव्यः सुपर्णः स वीरो व्य् अख्यद् अदितेः पुत्रो भुवनानि विश्वा ॥९॥
ut ketunā bṛhatā deva āgann apāvṛk tamo 'bhi jyotir aśrait | divyaḥ suparṇaḥ sa vīro vy akhyad aditeḥ putro bhuvanāni viśvā ||9||
The god hath come up with great show (ketú); he hath wasted away the darkness, hath set up (abhi-çri) the light; that hero, heavenly eagle, son of Aditi, hath looked abroad unto all beings.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
उद्यन् रश्मीन् आ तनुषे विश्वा रुपाणि पुष्यसि । उभा समुद्रौ क्रतुना वि भासि सर्वांल् लोकान् परिभूर् भ्राजमानः ॥१०॥ ७
udyan raśmīn ā tanuṣe viśvā rupāṇi puṣyasi | ubhā samudrau kratunā vi bhāsi sarvāṃl lokān paribhūr bhrājamānaḥ ||10|| 7
Rising, thou extendest thy rays; thou adornest thyself with all forms; thou illuminest (vi-bhā) with might (? krátu) both oceans, encompassing all worlds, shining.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
पूर्वापरं चरतो माययैतौ शिशू क्रीडन्तौ परि यातो ऽर्णवम् । विश्वान्यो भुवना विचष्टे हैरण्यैर् अन्यं हरितो वहन्ति ॥११॥
pūrvāparaṃ carato māyayaitau śiśū krīḍantau pari yāto 'rṇavam | viśvānyo bhuvanā vicaṣṭe hairaṇyair anyaṃ harito vahanti ||11||
They two move on one after the other by magic; two playing young ones go about the ocean; the one looks abroad upon all beings; yellow steeds draw the other with golden [trappings?].
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
दिवि त्वात्त्रिर् अधारयत् सूर्या मासाय कर्तवे । स एषि सुधृतस् तपन् विश्वा भूतावचाकशत् ॥१२॥
divi tvāttrir adhārayat sūryā māsāya kartave | sa eṣi sudhṛtas tapan viśvā bhūtāvacākaśat ||12||
Atri maintained thee in the sky, O sun, to make the month; thou goest well-maintained, heating, looking down upon all things that exist.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
उभाव् अन्तौ सम् अर्षसि वत्सः संमातराव् इव । नन्व् एतद् इतः पुरा ब्रह्म देवा अमी विदुः ॥१३॥
ubhāv antau sam arṣasi vatsaḥ saṃmātarāv iva | nanv etad itaḥ purā brahma devā amī viduḥ ||13||
Thou rushest alike (? sam-ṛṣ) to both borders, as a calf to two joint mothers; surely (nanú), that bráhman yon gods have long known.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यत् समुद्रम् अनु श्रितं तत् सिषासति सूर्यः । अध्वास्य विततो महान् पूर्वश् चापरश् च यः ॥१४॥
yat samudram anu śritaṃ tat siṣāsati sūryaḥ | adhvāsya vitato mahān pūrvaś cāparaś ca yaḥ ||14||
What is set (çritá) along the ocean, that the sun desires to gain (san); great is stretched out his road, which is both eastern and western.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
तं सम् आप्नोति जूतिभिस् ततो नाप चिकित्सति । तेनामृतस्य भक्षं देवानां नाव रुन्धते ॥१५॥
taṃ sam āpnoti jūtibhis tato nāpa cikitsati | tenāmṛtasya bhakṣaṃ devānāṃ nāva rundhate ||15||
That one he attains completely (sam-āp) with his swiftnesses; that he desires not to neglect (? apa-cikits); by that [men] do not appropriate the gods' draught of immortality (amṛ́ta).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
उद् उ त्यं जातवेदसं देवं वहन्ति केतवः । दृशे विश्वाय सूर्यम् ॥१६॥
ud u tyaṃ jātavedasaṃ devaṃ vahanti ketavaḥ | dṛśe viśvāya sūryam ||16||
This heavenly Jātavedas the lights (ketú) draw (vah) up, for every one to see the sun.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अप त्ये तायवो यथा नक्षत्रा यन्त्य् अक्तुभिः । सूराय विश्वचक्षसे ॥१७॥
apa tye tāyavo yathā nakṣatrā yanty aktubhiḥ | sūrāya viśvacakṣase ||17||
Away go, like thieves, these asterisms with their rays (aktú), for the all-beholding sun.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अदृश्रन्न् अस्य केतवो वि रश्मयो जनां अनु । भ्राजन्तो अग्नयो यथा ॥१८॥
adṛśrann asya ketavo vi raśmayo janāṃ anu | bhrājanto agnayo yathā ||18||
The lights (ketú), the rays of him have been seen abroad among the peoples, like shining fires.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
तरणिर् विश्वदर्शतो ज्योतिष्कृद् असि सूर्य । विश्वम् आ भासि रोचन ॥१९॥
taraṇir viśvadarśato jyotiṣkṛd asi sūrya | viśvam ā bhāsi rocana ||19||
Speedy, conspicuous to all, light-making art thou, O sun; thou shinest unto everything, O bright space (rocaná).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
प्रत्यङ् देवानां विशः प्रत्यङ्ङ् उद् एषि मानुषीः । प्रत्यङ् विश्वं स्वर् दृशे ॥२०॥ ८
pratyaṅ devānāṃ viśaḥ pratyaṅṅ ud eṣi mānuṣīḥ | pratyaṅ viśvaṃ svar dṛśe ||20|| 8
In front of the clans of the gods, in front of those of men thou risest; in front of every one, for seeing the sky (svàr).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
येना पावक चक्षसा भुरण्यन्तं जनां अनु । त्वं वरुण पश्यसि ॥२१॥
yenā pāvaka cakṣasā bhuraṇyantaṃ janāṃ anu | tvaṃ varuṇa paśyasi ||21||
With whom [as] eye thou, O purifying Varuṇa, seest him that busies himself among the people (jánān).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
वि द्याम् एषि रजस् पृथ्व् अहर् मिमानो अक्तुभिः । पश्यन् जन्मानि सूर्य ॥२२॥
vi dyām eṣi rajas pṛthv ahar mimāno aktubhiḥ | paśyan janmāni sūrya ||22||
Thou goest through the sky, the broad welkin (rájas), fashioning (mā) the day with [thy] rays, seeing the generations (jánman), O sun.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
सप्त त्वा हरितो रथे वहन्ति देव सूर्य । शोचिष्केशं विचक्षणम् ॥२३॥
sapta tvā harito rathe vahanti deva sūrya | śociṣkeśaṃ vicakṣaṇam ||23||
Seven yellow steeds, O heavenly sun, draw in the chariot thee the flame-haired, the out-looking.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अयुक्त सप्त शुन्ध्युवः सूरो रथस्य नप्त्यः । ताभिर् याति स्वयुक्तिभिः ॥२४॥
ayukta sapta śundhyuvaḥ sūro rathasya naptyaḥ | tābhir yāti svayuktibhiḥ ||24||
The sun hath yoked the seven neat (çundhyú) daughters of the chariot; with them, [who are] self-yoked, he goeth.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
रोहितो दिवम् आरुहत् तपसा तपस्वी । स योनिम् ऐति स उ जायते पुनः स देवानाम् अधिपतिर् बभूव ॥२५॥
rohito divam āruhat tapasā tapasvī | sa yonim aiti sa u jāyate punaḥ sa devānām adhipatir babhūva ||25||
The ruddy one hath mounted the sky with penance, [he] rich in penance; he comes to the womb (yóni), he is born again; he hath become over-lord of the gods.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यो विश्वचर्षणिर् उत विश्वतोमुखो यो विश्वतस्पाणिर् उत विश्वतस्पृथः । सं बाहुभ्यां भरति सं पतत्रैर् द्यावापृथिवी जनयन् देव एकः ॥२६॥
yo viśvacarṣaṇir uta viśvatomukho yo viśvataspāṇir uta viśvataspṛthaḥ | saṃ bāhubhyāṃ bharati saṃ patatrair dyāvāpṛthivī janayan deva ekaḥ ||26||
He who belongs to all men (-carṣaṇí) and has faces on all sides, who has hands on all sides and palms on all sides—he brings together with his (two) arms, together with his wings (pl.), generating heaven-and-earth, sole god.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
एकपाद् द्विपदो भूयो वि चक्रमे द्विपात् त्रिपादम् अभ्य् एति पश्चात् । द्विपाद् ध षट्पदो भूयो वि चक्रमे त एकपदस् तन्वं सम् आसते ॥२७॥
ekapād dvipado bhūyo vi cakrame dvipāt tripādam abhy eti paścāt | dvipād dha ṣaṭpado bhūyo vi cakrame ta ekapadas tanvaṃ sam āsate ||27||
The one-footed strode out more than the two-footed; the two-footed falls upon (abhi-i) the three-footed from behind; the two-footed strode out more than the six-footed; they sit together [about] the body of the one-footed.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अतन्द्रो यास्यन् हरितो यद् आस्थाद् द्वे रूपे कृणुते रोचमानः । केतुमान् उद्यन्त् सहमानो रजांसि विश्वा आदित्य प्रवतो वि भासि ॥२८॥
atandro yāsyan harito yad āsthād dve rūpe kṛṇute rocamānaḥ | ketumān udyant sahamāno rajāṃsi viśvā āditya pravato vi bhāsi ||28||
When, about to go unwearied, he hath approached (ā-sthā) his yellow steeds, he, shining (ruc), makes for himself two forms; rising rich in lights (ketú-), overpowering the dim spaces (rájas), thou illuminest (vi-bhā), O Āditya, all the advances.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
बण् महां असि सूर्य बड् आदित्य महां असि । महांस् ते महतो महिमा त्वम् आदित्य महां असि ॥२९॥
baṇ mahāṃ asi sūrya baḍ āditya mahāṃ asi | mahāṃs te mahato mahimā tvam āditya mahāṃ asi ||29||
Verily (báṭ), great art thou, O sun; verily, O Āditya, great art thou; great is the greatness of thee the great one; thou, O Āditya, art great.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
रोचसे दिवि रोचसे अन्तरिक्षे पतङ्ग पृथिव्यां रोचसे रोचसे अप्स्व् अन्तः । उभा समुद्रौ रुच्या व्य् आपिथ देवो देवासि महिषः स्वर्जित् ॥३०॥ ९
rocase divi rocase antarikṣe pataṅga pṛthivyāṃ rocase rocase apsv antaḥ | ubhā samudrau rucyā vy āpitha devo devāsi mahiṣaḥ svarjit ||30|| 9
Thou shinest (ruc) in the sky, thou shinest in the atmosphere, O flying one; on the earth thou shinest, thou shinest within the waters; both oceans thou hast penetrated (vi-āp) with thy sheen (rúci); a god, O god, art thou, a heaven-conquering bull (mahiṣá).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अर्वाङ् परस्तात् प्रयतो व्यध्व आशुर् विपश्चित् पतयन् पतङ्गः । विष्णुर् विचित्तः शवसाधितिष्ठन् प्र केतुना सहते विश्वम् एजत् ॥३१॥
arvāṅ parastāt prayato vyadhva āśur vipaścit patayan pataṅgaḥ | viṣṇur vicittaḥ śavasādhitiṣṭhan pra ketunā sahate viśvam ejat ||31||
Hitherward from afar, extended (pra-yam) in mid-route, swift, inspired, flying, he the flying one, perceived (? vícitta) [as] Vishṇu, surpassing (adhi-sthā) with strength—he overpowers with his show (ketú) all that stirs.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
चित्राश् चिकित्वान् महिषः सुपर्ण आरोचयन् रोदसी अन्तरिक्षम् । अहोरात्रे परि सूर्यं वसाने प्रास्य विश्वा तिरतो वीर्याणि ॥३२॥
citrāś cikitvān mahiṣaḥ suparṇa ārocayan rodasī antarikṣam | ahorātre pari sūryaṃ vasāne prāsya viśvā tirato vīryāṇi ||32||
Wondrous, understanding (cikitvāṅs), a bull (mahiṣá), an eagle, making to shine the two firmaments (ródasī), the atmosphere—day-and-night, clothing themselves about with the sun, lengthen out all his heroisms.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
तिग्मो विभ्राजन् तन्वं शिशानो ऽरंगमासः प्रवतो रराणः । ज्योतिष्मान् पक्षी महिषो वयोधा विश्वा आस्थात् प्रदिशः कल्पमानः ॥३३॥
tigmo vibhrājan tanvaṃ śiśāno 'raṃgamāsaḥ pravato rarāṇaḥ | jyotiṣmān pakṣī mahiṣo vayodhā viśvā āsthāt pradiśaḥ kalpamānaḥ ||33||
Keen (tigmá), shining out (vi-bhrāj), sharpening himself, granting the helpful (? araṁgamá) advances, a winged one full of light, a vigor-bestowing bull (mahiṣá), he hath approached (ā-sthā) all the directions, arranging (kḷp).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
चित्रं देवानाम् केतुर् अनीकं ज्योतिष्मान् प्रदिशः सूर्य उद्यन् । दिवाकरो ऽति द्युम्नैस् तमांसि विश्वातारीद् दुरितानि शुक्रः ॥३४॥
citraṃ devānām ketur anīkaṃ jyotiṣmān pradiśaḥ sūrya udyan | divākaro 'ti dyumnais tamāṃsi viśvātārīd duritāni śukraḥ ||34||
Wondrous front [and] show (ketú) of the gods, the sun, full of light, going up the directions (pradíç), the day-maker, bright (çukrá), hath overpassed with brightnesses (dyumná) the glooms (támas) [and] all difficulties.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
चित्रं देवानाम् उद् अगाद् अनीकं चक्षुर् मित्रस्य वरुणस्याग्नेः । आप्राद् द्यावापृथिवी अन्तरिक्षं सूर्य आत्मा जगतस् तस्थुषश् च ॥३५॥
citraṃ devānām ud agād anīkaṃ cakṣur mitrasya varuṇasyāgneḥ | āprād dyāvāpṛthivī antarikṣaṃ sūrya ātmā jagatas tasthuṣaś ca ||35||
The wondrous front of the gods hath arisen, the eye of Mitra, of Varuṇa, of Agni; he hath filled heaven-and-earth, the atmosphere; the sun is the soul of the moving creation (jágat) and of the stationary (tasthivā́ṅs).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
उच्चा पतन्तम् अरुणं सुपर्णं मध्ये दिवस् तरणिं भ्राजमानम् । पश्यम त्वा सवितारं यम् आहुर् अजस्रं ज्योतिर् यद् अविन्दद् अत्त्रिः ॥३६॥
uccā patantam aruṇaṃ suparṇaṃ madhye divas taraṇiṃ bhrājamānam | paśyama tvā savitāraṃ yam āhur ajasraṃ jyotir yad avindad attriḥ ||36||
Flying on high (uccā́), the red eagle, in the midst of the sky hasting, shining—may we see thee, whom men call the impeller (savitṛ́), the unfailing light which Atri found.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
दिवस् पृष्ठे धावमानं सुपर्णम् अदित्याः पुत्रं नाथकाम उप यामि भीतः । स नः सूर्य प्र तिर दीर्घम् आयुर् मा रिषाम सुमतौ ते स्याम ॥३७॥
divas pṛṣṭhe dhāvamānaṃ suparṇam adityāḥ putraṃ nāthakāma upa yāmi bhītaḥ | sa naḥ sūrya pra tira dīrgham āyur mā riṣāma sumatau te syāma ||37||
To the eagle running on the back of the sky, to the son of Aditi, I, frightened, approach (upa-yā), desiring refuge; do thou, O sun, lengthen out for us a long life-time; may we take no harm; may we be in thy favor.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
सहस्राह्ण्यं वियताव् अस्य पक्षौ हरेर् हंसस्य पततः स्वर्गम् । स देवान्त् सर्वान् उरस्य् उपदद्य संपश्यन् याति भुवनानि विश्वा ॥३८॥
sahasrāhṇyaṃ viyatāv asya pakṣau harer haṃsasya patataḥ svargam | sa devānt sarvān urasy upadadya saṃpaśyan yāti bhuvanāni viśvā ||38||
A thousand days' journey are expanded the wings of him, of the yellow swan flying to heaven; he, putting all the gods in his breast, goes viewing together all existences.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
रोहितः कालो अभवद् रोहितो ऽग्रे प्रजापतिः । रोहितो यज्ञानां मुखं रोहितः स्वर् आभरत् ॥३९॥
rohitaḥ kālo abhavad rohito 'gre prajāpatiḥ | rohito yajñānāṃ mukhaṃ rohitaḥ svar ābharat ||39||
The ruddy one became time, the ruddy one in the beginning Prajāpati; the ruddy one [is] face (mouth?) of the sacrifices; the ruddy one brought the bright sky (svàr).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
रोहितो लोको अभवद् रोहितो ऽत्य् अतपद् दिवम् । रोहितो रश्मिभिर् भूमिं समुद्रम् अनु सं चरत् ॥४०॥ १०
rohito loko abhavad rohito 'ty atapad divam | rohito raśmibhir bhūmiṃ samudram anu saṃ carat ||40|| 10
The ruddy one became the world; the ruddy one overheated the sky; the ruddy one with his rays goes about over the earth, the ocean.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
सर्वा दिशः सम् अचरद् रोहितो ऽधिपतिर् दिवः । दिवं समुद्रम् आद् भूमिं सर्वं भूतं वि रक्षति ॥४१॥
sarvā diśaḥ sam acarad rohito 'dhipatir divaḥ | divaṃ samudram ād bhūmiṃ sarvaṃ bhūtaṃ vi rakṣati ||41||
All the quarters did the ruddy one, over-lord of the sky, go about upon; the sky, the ocean, also the earth—all that exists doth he defend.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
आरोहन् छुक्रो बृहतीर् अतन्द्रो द्वे रूपे कृणुते रोचमानः । चित्रश् चिकित्वान् महिषो वातमाया यावतो लोकान् अभि यद् विभाति ॥४२॥
ārohan chukro bṛhatīr atandro dve rūpe kṛṇute rocamānaḥ | citraś cikitvān mahiṣo vātamāyā yāvato lokān abhi yad vibhāti ||42||
He, mounting, glowing [and] unwearied, the great [spaces], makes for himself, shining (ruc), two forms; wondrous, understanding, ⌊bull,⌋ wind-going (??), when he shines out (vi-bhā) upon as many worlds [as there are].
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अभ्य् अन्यद् एति पर्य् अन्यद् अस्यते ऽहोरात्राभ्यां महिषः कल्पमानः । सूर्यं वयं रजसि क्षियन्तं गातुविदं हवामहे नाधमानाः ॥४३॥
abhy anyad eti pary anyad asyate 'horātrābhyāṃ mahiṣaḥ kalpamānaḥ | sūryaṃ vayaṃ rajasi kṣiyantaṃ gātuvidaṃ havāmahe nādhamānāḥ ||43||
The one he falls upon (abhi-i), the other he casts about—the bull, arranging with day-and-night; we, imploring, call upon the track-finding sun, dwelling in the welkin (rájas).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
पृथिवीप्रो महिषो नाधमानस्य गातुर् अदब्धचक्षुः परि विश्वं बभूव । विश्वं संपश्यन्त् सुविदत्रो यजत्र इदं शृणोतु यद् अहं ब्रवीमि ॥४४॥
pṛthivīpro mahiṣo nādhamānasya gātur adabdhacakṣuḥ pari viśvaṃ babhūva | viśvaṃ saṃpaśyant suvidatro yajatra idaṃ śṛṇotu yad ahaṃ bravīmi ||44||
The earth-filling bull (mahiṣá), track of the implorer, of undamaged sight, hath encompassed the all; beholding (sam-paç) the all, beneficent, reverend, let him hear this which I say.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
पर्य् अस्य महिमा पृथिवीं समुद्रं ज्योतिषा विभ्राजन् परि द्याम् अन्तरिक्षम् । सर्वं संपश्यन्त् सुविदत्रो यजत्र इदं शृणोतु यद् अहं ब्रवीमि ॥४५॥
pary asya mahimā pṛthivīṃ samudraṃ jyotiṣā vibhrājan pari dyām antarikṣam | sarvaṃ saṃpaśyant suvidatro yajatra idaṃ śṛṇotu yad ahaṃ bravīmi ||45||
The greatness of him exceeds (pári) the earth, the ocean; shining abroad with light, it exceeds (pári) the sky, the atmosphere; beholding the all, beneficent, reverend, let him hear this which I say.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अबोध्य् अग्निः समिधा जनानां प्रति धेनुम् इवायतीम् उषसम् । यह्वा इव प्र वयाम् उज्जिहानाः प्र भानवः सिस्रते नाकम् अछ ॥४६॥ ११
abodhy agniḥ samidhā janānāṃ prati dhenum ivāyatīm uṣasam | yahvā iva pra vayām ujjihānāḥ pra bhānavaḥ sisrate nākam acha ||46|| 11
Agni hath been awakened by the kindling of men to meet the dawn coming like a milch-cow; like young (yahvá) [birds?] rising forth to a branch, the lights (bhānú) go forth unto the firmament (nā́ka).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)