Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·2·2.38
उद् उ ष्य देवः सविता सवाय शश्वत्तमं तदपा वह्निर् अस्थात् । नूनं देवेभ्यो वि हि धाति रत्नम् अथाभजद् वीतिहोत्रं स्वस्तौ ॥
ud u ṣya devaḥ savitā savāya śaśvattamaṃ tadapā vahnir asthāt | nūnaṃ devebhyo vi hi dhāti ratnam athābhajad vītihotraṃ svastau ||
Uprisen is Savitar, this God, to quicken, Priest who neglects not this most constant duty. To the Gods, verily, he gives rich treasure, and blesses him who calls them to the banquet.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
विश्वस्य हि श्रुष्टये देव ऊर्ध्वः प्र बाहवा पृथुपाणिः सिसर्ति । आपश् चिद् अस्य व्रत आ निमृग्रा अयं चिद् वातो रमते परिज्मन् ॥
viśvasya hi śruṣṭaye deva ūrdhvaḥ pra bāhavā pṛthupāṇiḥ sisarti | āpaś cid asya vrata ā nimṛgrā ayaṃ cid vāto ramate parijman ||
Having gone up on high, the God broadhanded spreads his arms widely forth that all may mark him. Even the waters bend them to his service: even this wind rests in the circling region.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आशुभिश् चिद् यान् वि मुचाति नूनम् अरीरमद् अतमानं चिद् एतोः । अह्यर्षूणां चिन् न्य् अयां अविष्याम् अनु व्रतं सवितुर् मोक्य् आगात् ॥
āśubhiś cid yān vi mucāti nūnam arīramad atamānaṃ cid etoḥ | ahyarṣūṇāṃ cin ny ayāṃ aviṣyām anu vrataṃ savitur moky āgāt ||
Though borne by swift steeds he will yet unyoke them: e'en the fleet chariot hath he stayed from going. He hath checked e'en their haste who glide like serpents. Night closely followed Savitar's dominion.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
पुनः सम् अव्यद् विततं वयन्ती मध्या कर्तोर् न्य् अधाच् छक्म धीरः । उत् संहायास्थाद् व्य् ऋतूंर् अदर्धर् अरमतिः सविता देव आगात् ॥
punaḥ sam avyad vitataṃ vayantī madhyā kartor ny adhāc chakma dhīraḥ | ut saṃhāyāsthād vy ṛtūṃr adardhar aramatiḥ savitā deva āgāt ||
What was spread out she weaves afresh, re-weaving: the skillful leaves his labour half-completed. He hath arisen from rest, and parted seasons: Savitar hath approached, God, holy-minded.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नानौकांसि दुर्यो विश्वम् आयुर् वि तिष्ठते प्रभवः शोको अग्नेः । ज्येष्ठम् माता सूनवे भागम् आधाद् अन्व् अस्य केतम् इषितं सवित्रा ॥
nānaukāṃsi duryo viśvam āyur vi tiṣṭhate prabhavaḥ śoko agneḥ | jyeṣṭham mātā sūnave bhāgam ādhād anv asya ketam iṣitaṃ savitrā ||
Through various dwellings, through entire existence, spreads, manifest, the household light of Agni. The Mother gives her Son the goodliest portion, and Savitar hath sped to meet his summons.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
समाववर्ति विष्ठितो जिगीषुर् विश्वेषां कामश् चरताम् अमाभूत् । शश्वां अपो विकृतं हित्व्य् आगाद् अनु व्रतं सवितुर् दैव्यस्य ॥
samāvavarti viṣṭhito jigīṣur viśveṣāṃ kāmaś caratām amābhūt | śaśvāṃ apo vikṛtaṃ hitvy āgād anu vrataṃ savitur daivyasya ||
He comes again, unfolded, fain for conquest: at home was he, the love of all things moving. Each man hath come leaving his evil doings, after the Godlike Savitar's commandment.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वया हितम् अप्यम् अप्सु भागं धन्वान्व् आ मृगयसो वि तस्थुः । वनानि विभ्यो नकिर् अस्य तानि व्रता देवस्य सवितुर् मिनन्ति ॥
tvayā hitam apyam apsu bhāgaṃ dhanvānv ā mṛgayaso vi tasthuḥ | vanāni vibhyo nakir asya tāni vratā devasya savitur minanti ||
The wild beasts spread through desert places seeking their watery share which thou hast set in waters. The woods are given to the birds. These statutes of the God Savitar none disobeyeth.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
याद्राध्यं वरुणो योनिम् अप्यम् अनिशितं निमिषि जर्भुराणः । विश्वो मार्ताण्डो व्रजम् आ पशुर् गात् स्थशो जन्मानि सविता व्य् आकः ॥
yādrādhyaṃ varuṇo yonim apyam aniśitaṃ nimiṣi jarbhurāṇaḥ | viśvo mārtāṇḍo vrajam ā paśur gāt sthaśo janmāni savitā vy ākaḥ ||
With utmost speed, in restless haste at sunset Varuna seeks his watery habitation. Then seeks each bird his nest, each beast his lodging. In due place Savitar hath set each creature.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
न यस्येन्द्रो वरुणो न मित्रो व्रतम् अर्यमा न मिनन्ति रुद्रः । नारातयस् तम् इदं स्वस्ति हुवे देवं सवितारं नमोभिः ॥
na yasyendro varuṇo na mitro vratam aryamā na minanti rudraḥ | nārātayas tam idaṃ svasti huve devaṃ savitāraṃ namobhiḥ ||
Him whose high law not Varuna nor Indra, not Mitra, Aryaman, nor Rudra breaketh, Nor evil-hearted fiends, here for my welfare him I invoke, God Savitar, with worship.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
भगं धियं वाजयन्तः पुरन्धिं नराशंसो ग्नास्पतिर् नो अव्याः । आये वामस्य संगथे रयीणाम् प्रिया देवस्य सवितुः स्याम ॥
bhagaṃ dhiyaṃ vājayantaḥ purandhiṃ narāśaṃso gnāspatir no avyāḥ | āye vāmasya saṃgathe rayīṇām priyā devasya savituḥ syāma ||
May they who strengthen bliss, and thought and wisdom, and the Dames' Lord and Narasamsa aid us. That good may come to us and wealth be gathered, may we be Savitar the God's beloved.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्मभ्यं तद् दिवो अद्भ्यः पृथिव्यास् त्वया दत्तं काम्यं राध आ गात् । शं यत् स्तोतृभ्य आपये भवात्य् उरुशंसाय सवितर् जरित्रे ॥
asmabhyaṃ tad divo adbhyaḥ pṛthivyās tvayā dattaṃ kāmyaṃ rādha ā gāt | śaṃ yat stotṛbhya āpaye bhavāty uruśaṃsāya savitar jaritre ||
So come to us our hearts' desire, the bounty bestowed by thee, from heaven and earth and waters, That it be well with friends and those who praise thee, and, Savitar, with the loud-lauding singer.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)