Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·4·4.13
प्रत्य् अग्निर् उषसाम् अग्रम् अख्यद् विभातीनां सुमना रत्नधेयम् । यातम् अश्विना सुकृतो दुरोणम् उत् सूर्यो ज्योतिषा देव एति ॥
praty agnir uṣasām agram akhyad vibhātīnāṃ sumanā ratnadheyam | yātam aśvinā sukṛto duroṇam ut sūryo jyotiṣā deva eti ||
Agni hath looked, benevolently-minded, on the wealth-giving spring of radiant Mornings. Come, Asvins, to the dwelling of the pious: Surya the God is rising with his splendour.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ऊर्ध्वम् भानुं सविता देवो अश्रेद् द्रप्सं दविध्वद् गविषो न सत्वा । अनु व्रतं वरुणो यन्ति मित्रो यत् सूर्यं दिव्य् आरोहयन्ति ॥
ūrdhvam bhānuṃ savitā devo aśred drapsaṃ davidhvad gaviṣo na satvā | anu vrataṃ varuṇo yanti mitro yat sūryaṃ divy ārohayanti ||
Savitar, God, hath spread on high his lustre, waving his flag like a spoil-seeking hero. Their stablished way go Varuna and Mitra, what time they make the Sun ascend the heaven.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यं सीम् अकृण्वन् तमसे विपृचे ध्रुवक्षेमा अनवस्यन्तो अर्थम् । तं सूर्यं हरितः सप्त यह्वी स्पशं विश्वस्य जगतो वहन्ति ॥
yaṃ sīm akṛṇvan tamase vipṛce dhruvakṣemā anavasyanto artham | taṃ sūryaṃ haritaḥ sapta yahvī spaśaṃ viśvasya jagato vahanti ||
Him whom they made to drive away the darkness, Lords of sure mansions, constant to their object, Him who beholds the universe, the Sun-God, seven strong and youthful Coursers carry onward.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वहिष्ठेभिर् विहरन् यासि तन्तुम् अवव्ययन्न् असितं देव वस्म । दविध्वतो रश्मयः सूर्यस्य चर्मेवावाधुस् तमो अप्स्व् अन्तः ॥
vahiṣṭhebhir viharan yāsi tantum avavyayann asitaṃ deva vasma | davidhvato raśmayaḥ sūryasya carmevāvādhus tamo apsv antaḥ ||
Spreading thy web with mightiest Steeds thou comest, rending apart, thou God, the black-hued mantle. The rays of Surya tremulously shining sink, like a hide, the darkness in the waters.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अनायतो अनिबद्धः कथायं न्यङ्ङ् उत्तानो ऽव पद्यते न । कया याति स्वधया को ददर्श दिव स्कम्भः समृतः पाति नाकम् ॥
anāyato anibaddhaḥ kathāyaṃ nyaṅṅ uttāno 'va padyate na | kayā yāti svadhayā ko dadarśa diva skambhaḥ samṛtaḥ pāti nākam ||
How is it that, unbound and not supported, he falleth not although directed downward? By what self power moves he? Who hath seen it? He guards the vault of heaven, a close-set pillar.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)