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Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka) 20.123

तत् सूर्यस्य देवत्वं तन् महित्वं मध्या कर्तोर् विततं सं जभार । यदेद् अयुक्त हरितः सधस्थाद् आद् रात्री वासस् तनुते सिमस्मै ॥१॥

tat sūryasya devatvaṃ tan mahitvaṃ madhyā kartor vitataṃ saṃ jabhāra | yaded ayukta haritaḥ sadhasthād ād rātrī vāsas tanute simasmai ||1||

This is the Godhead, this might of Surya: he hath withdrawn what spread o'er work unfinished. When he hath loosed his Horses from their station, straight over all Night spreadeth out her garment.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 1.115.4; the wording of this text may differ in places.

AVŚ 20.123.2

तन् मित्रस्य वरुणस्याभिचक्षे सूर्यो रूपं कृणुते द्योर् उपस्थे । अनन्तम् अन्यद् रुशद् अस्य प्राजः कृष्णम् अन्यद् धरितः सं भरन्ति ॥२॥

tan mitrasya varuṇasyābhicakṣe sūryo rūpaṃ kṛṇute dyor upasthe | anantam anyad ruśad asya prājaḥ kṛṣṇam anyad dharitaḥ saṃ bharanti ||2||

In the sky's lap the Sun this form assumeth that Varuna and Mitra may behold it. His Bay Steeds well maintain his power eternal, at one time bright and darksome at another.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 1.115.5; the wording of this text may differ in places.