Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·1·1.35
ह्वयाम्य् अग्निम् प्रथमं स्वस्तये ह्वयामि मित्रावरुणाव् इहावसे । ह्वयामि रात्रीं जगतो निवेशनीं ह्वयामि देवं सवितारम् ऊतये ॥
hvayāmy agnim prathamaṃ svastaye hvayāmi mitrāvaruṇāv ihāvase | hvayāmi rātrīṃ jagato niveśanīṃ hvayāmi devaṃ savitāram ūtaye ||
Agni I first invoke for our prosperity; I call on Mitra, Varuna, to aid us here. I call on Night who gives rest to all moving life; I call on Savitar the God to lend us help.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ कृष्णेन रजसा वर्तमानो निवेशयन्न् अमृतम् मर्त्यं च । हिरण्ययेन सविता रथेना देवो याति भुवनानि पश्यन् ॥
ā kṛṣṇena rajasā vartamāno niveśayann amṛtam martyaṃ ca | hiraṇyayena savitā rathenā devo yāti bhuvanāni paśyan ||
Throughout the dusky firmament advancing, laying to rest the immortal and the mortal, Borne in his golden chariot he cometh, Savitar, God who looks on every creature.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
याति देवः प्रवता यात्य् उद्वता याति शुभ्राभ्यां यजतो हरिभ्याम् । आ देवो याति सविता परावतो ऽप विश्वा दुरिता बाधमानः ॥
yāti devaḥ pravatā yāty udvatā yāti śubhrābhyāṃ yajato haribhyām | ā devo yāti savitā parāvato 'pa viśvā duritā bādhamānaḥ ||
The God moves by the upward path, the downward; with two bright Bays, adorable, he journeys. Savitar comes, the God from the far distance, and chases from us all distress and sorrow.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अभीवृतं कृशनैर् विश्वरूपं हिरण्यशम्यं यजतो बृहन्तम् । आस्थाद् रथं सविता चित्रभानुः कृष्णा रजांसि तविषीं दधानः ॥
abhīvṛtaṃ kṛśanair viśvarūpaṃ hiraṇyaśamyaṃ yajato bṛhantam | āsthād rathaṃ savitā citrabhānuḥ kṛṣṇā rajāṃsi taviṣīṃ dadhānaḥ ||
His chariot decked with pearl, of various colours, lofty, with golden pole, the God hath mounted, The many-rayed One, Savitar the holy, bound, bearing power and might, for darksome regions.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वि जनाञ् छ्यावाः शितिपादो अख्यन् रथं हिरण्यप्रौगं वहन्तः । शश्वद् विशः सवितुर् दैव्यस्योपस्थे विश्वा भुवनानि तस्थुः ॥
vi janāñ chyāvāḥ śitipādo akhyan rathaṃ hiraṇyapraugaṃ vahantaḥ | śaśvad viśaḥ savitur daivyasyopasthe viśvā bhuvanāni tasthuḥ ||
Drawing the gold-yoked car his Bays, white-footed, have manifested light to all the peoples. Held in the lap of Savitar, divine One, all men, all beings have their place for ever.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तिस्रो द्यावः सवितुर् द्वा उपस्थां एका यमस्य भुवने विराषाट् । आणिं न रथ्यम् अमृताधि तस्थुर् इह ब्रवीतु य उ तच् चिकेतत् ॥
tisro dyāvaḥ savitur dvā upasthāṃ ekā yamasya bhuvane virāṣāṭ | āṇiṃ na rathyam amṛtādhi tasthur iha bravītu ya u tac ciketat ||
Three heavens there are; two Savitar's, adjacent: in Yama's world is one, the home of heroes, As on a linch-pin, firm, rest things immortal: he who hath known it let him here declare it.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वि सुपर्णो अन्तरिक्षाण्य् अख्यद् गभीरवेपा असुरः सुनीथः । क्वेदानीं सूर्यः कश् चिकेत कतमां द्यां रश्मिर् अस्या ततान ॥
vi suparṇo antarikṣāṇy akhyad gabhīravepā asuraḥ sunīthaḥ | kvedānīṃ sūryaḥ kaś ciketa katamāṃ dyāṃ raśmir asyā tatāna ||
He, strong of wing, hath lightened up the regions, deep-quivering Asura, the gentle Leader. Where now is Surya, where is one to tell us to what celestial sphere his ray hath wandered?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अष्टौ व्य् अख्यत् ककुभः पृथिव्यास् त्री धन्व योजना सप्त सिन्धून् । हिरण्याक्षः सविता देव आगाद् दधद् रत्ना दाशुषे वार्याणि ॥
aṣṭau vy akhyat kakubhaḥ pṛthivyās trī dhanva yojanā sapta sindhūn | hiraṇyākṣaḥ savitā deva āgād dadhad ratnā dāśuṣe vāryāṇi ||
The earth's eight points his brightness hath illumined, three desert regions and the Seven Rivers. God Savitar the gold-eyed hath come hither, giving choice treasures unto him who worships.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
हिरण्यपाणिः सविता विचर्षणिर् उभे द्यावापृथिवी अन्तर् ईयते । अपामीवाम् बाधते वेति सूर्यम् अभि कृष्णेन रजसा द्याम् ऋणोति ॥
hiraṇyapāṇiḥ savitā vicarṣaṇir ubhe dyāvāpṛthivī antar īyate | apāmīvām bādhate veti sūryam abhi kṛṣṇena rajasā dyām ṛṇoti ||
The golden-handed Savitar, far-seeing, goes on his way between the earth and heaven, Drives away sickness, bids the Sun approach us, and spreads the bright sky through the darksome region.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
हिरण्यहस्तो असुरः सुनीथः सुमृळीकः स्ववां यात्व् अर्वाङ् । अपसेधन् रक्षसो यातुधानान् अस्थाद् देवः प्रतिदोषं गृणानः ॥
hiraṇyahasto asuraḥ sunīthaḥ sumṛḷīkaḥ svavāṃ yātv arvāṅ | apasedhan rakṣaso yātudhānān asthād devaḥ pratidoṣaṃ gṛṇānaḥ ||
May he, gold-handed Asura, kind Leader, come hither to us with his help and favour. Driving off Raksasas and Yatudhanas, the God is present, praised in hymns at evening.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ये ते पन्थाः सवितः पूर्व्यासो ऽरेणवः सुकृता अन्तरिक्षे । तेभिर् नो अद्य पथिभिः सुगेभी रक्षा च नो अधि च ब्रूहि देव ॥
ye te panthāḥ savitaḥ pūrvyāso 'reṇavaḥ sukṛtā antarikṣe | tebhir no adya pathibhiḥ sugebhī rakṣā ca no adhi ca brūhi deva ||
O Savitar, thine ancient dustless pathways are well established in the air's mid-region: O God, come by those paths so fair to travel, preserve thou us from harm this day, and bless us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)