Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·1·1.50
उद् उ त्यं जातवेदसं देवं वहन्ति केतवः । दृशे विश्वाय सूर्यम् ॥
ud u tyaṃ jātavedasaṃ devaṃ vahanti ketavaḥ | dṛśe viśvāya sūryam ||
His bright rays bear him up aloft, the God who knoweth all that lives, Surya, that all may look on him.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अप त्ये तायवो यथा नक्षत्रा यन्त्य् अक्तुभिः । सूराय विश्वचक्षसे ॥
apa tye tāyavo yathā nakṣatrā yanty aktubhiḥ | sūrāya viśvacakṣase ||
The constellations pass away, like thieves, together with their beams, Before the all-beholding Sun.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अदृश्रम् अस्य केतवो वि रश्मयो जनां अनु । भ्राजन्तो अग्नयो यथा ॥
adṛśram asya ketavo vi raśmayo janāṃ anu | bhrājanto agnayo yathā ||
His herald rays are seen afar refulgent o'er the world of men, Like flames of fire that burn and blaze.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तरणिर् विश्वदर्शतो ज्योतिष्कृद् असि सूर्य । विश्वम् आ भासि रोचनम् ॥
taraṇir viśvadarśato jyotiṣkṛd asi sūrya | viśvam ā bhāsi rocanam ||
Swift and all beautiful art thou, O Surya, maker of the light, Illuming all the radiant realm.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्रत्यङ् देवानां विशः प्रत्यङ्ङ् उद् एषि मानुषान् । प्रत्यङ् विश्वं स्वर् दृशे ॥
pratyaṅ devānāṃ viśaḥ pratyaṅṅ ud eṣi mānuṣān | pratyaṅ viśvaṃ svar dṛśe ||
Thou goest to the hosts of Gods, thou comest hither to mankind, Hither all light to be beheld.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
येना पावक चक्षसा भुरण्यन्तं जनां अनु । त्वं वरुण पश्यसि ॥
yenā pāvaka cakṣasā bhuraṇyantaṃ janāṃ anu | tvaṃ varuṇa paśyasi ||
With that same eye of thine wherewith thou lookest brilliant Varuna, Upon the busy race of men,
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वि द्याम् एषि रजस् पृथ्व् अहा मिमानो अक्तुभिः । पश्यञ् जन्मानि सूर्य ॥
vi dyām eṣi rajas pṛthv ahā mimāno aktubhiḥ | paśyañ janmāni sūrya ||
Traversing sky and wide mid-air, thou metest with thy beams our days, Sun, seeing all things that have birth.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सप्त त्वा हरितो रथे वहन्ति देव सूर्य । शोचिष्केशं विचक्षण ॥
sapta tvā harito rathe vahanti deva sūrya | śociṣkeśaṃ vicakṣaṇa ||
Seven Bay Steeds harnessed to thy car bear thee, O thou farseeing One, God, Surya, with the radiant hair.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अयुक्त सप्त शुन्ध्युवः सूरो रथस्य नप्त्यः । ताभिर् याति स्वयुक्तिभिः ॥
ayukta sapta śundhyuvaḥ sūro rathasya naptyaḥ | tābhir yāti svayuktibhiḥ ||
Surya hath yoked the pure bright Seven, the daughters of the car; with these, His own dear team, he goeth forth.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उद् वयं तमसस् परि ज्योतिष् पश्यन्त उत्तरम् । देवं देवत्रा सूर्यम् अगन्म ज्योतिर् उत्तमम् ॥
ud vayaṃ tamasas pari jyotiṣ paśyanta uttaram | devaṃ devatrā sūryam aganma jyotir uttamam ||
Looking upon the loftier light above the darkness we have come To Surya, God among the Gods, the light that is most excellent.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उद्यन्न् अद्य मित्रमह आरोहन्न् उत्तरां दिवम् । हृद्रोगम् मम सूर्य हरिमाणं च नाशय ॥
udyann adya mitramaha ārohann uttarāṃ divam | hṛdrogam mama sūrya harimāṇaṃ ca nāśaya ||
Rising this day, O rich in friends, ascending to the loftier heaven, Surya remove my heart's disease, take from me this my yellow hue.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
शुकेषु मे हरिमाणं रोपणाकासु दध्मसि । अथो हारिद्रवेषु मे हरिमाणं नि दध्मसि ॥
śukeṣu me harimāṇaṃ ropaṇākāsu dadhmasi | atho hāridraveṣu me harimāṇaṃ ni dadhmasi ||
To parrots and to starlings let us give away my yellowness, Or this my yellowness let us transfer to Haritala trees.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उद् अगाद् अयम् आदित्यो विश्वेन सहसा सह । द्विषन्तम् मह्यं रन्धयन् मो अहं द्विषते रधम् ॥
ud agād ayam ādityo viśvena sahasā saha | dviṣantam mahyaṃ randhayan mo ahaṃ dviṣate radham ||
With all his conquering vigour this Aditya hath gone up on high, Giving my foe into mine hand: let me not be my foeman's prey.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)