Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·4·4.54
अभूद् देवः सविता वन्द्यो नु न इदानीम् अह्न उपवाच्यो नृभिः । वि यो रत्ना भजति मानवेभ्यः श्रेष्ठं नो अत्र द्रविणं यथा दधत् ॥
abhūd devaḥ savitā vandyo nu na idānīm ahna upavācyo nṛbhiḥ | vi yo ratnā bhajati mānavebhyaḥ śreṣṭhaṃ no atra draviṇaṃ yathā dadhat ||
Now must we praise and honour Savitar the God: at this time of the day the men must call to him, Him who distributes wealth to Manu's progeny, that he may grant us here riches most excellent.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
देवेभ्यो हि प्रथमं यज्ञियेभ्यो ऽमृतत्वं सुवसि भागम् उत्तमम् । आद् इद् दामानं सवितर् व्य् ऊर्णुषे ऽनूचीना जीविता मानुषेभ्यः ॥
devebhyo hi prathamaṃ yajñiyebhyo 'mṛtatvaṃ suvasi bhāgam uttamam | ād id dāmānaṃ savitar vy ūrṇuṣe 'nūcīnā jīvitā mānuṣebhyaḥ ||
For thou at first producest for the holy Gods the noblest of all portions, immortality: Thereafter as a gift to men, O Savitar, thou openest existence, life succeeding life.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अचित्ती यच् चकृमा दैव्ये जने दीनैर् दक्षैः प्रभूती पूरुषत्वता । देवेषु च सवितर् मानुषेषु च त्वं नो अत्र सुवताद् अनागसः ॥
acittī yac cakṛmā daivye jane dīnair dakṣaiḥ prabhūtī pūruṣatvatā | deveṣu ca savitar mānuṣeṣu ca tvaṃ no atra suvatād anāgasaḥ ||
If we, men as we are, have sinned against the Gods through want of thought, in weakness, or through insolence, Absolve us from the guilt and make us free from sin, O Savitar, alike among both Gods and men.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
न प्रमिये सवितुर् दैव्यस्य तद् यथा विश्वम् भुवनं धारयिष्यति । यत् पृथिव्या वरिमन्न् आ स्वङ्गुरिर् वर्ष्मन् दिवः सुवति सत्यम् अस्य तत् ॥
na pramiye savitur daivyasya tad yathā viśvam bhuvanaṃ dhārayiṣyati | yat pṛthivyā varimann ā svaṅgurir varṣman divaḥ suvati satyam asya tat ||
None may impede that power of Savitar the God whereby he will maintain the universal world. What the fair-fingered God brings forth on earth's expanse or in the height of heaven, that work of his stands sure.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इन्द्रज्येष्ठान् बृहद्भ्यः पर्वतेभ्यः क्षयां एभ्यः सुवसि पस्त्यावतः । यथा-यथा पतयन्तो वियेमिर एवैव तस्थुः सवितः सवाय ते ॥
indrajyeṣṭhān bṛhadbhyaḥ parvatebhyaḥ kṣayāṃ ebhyaḥ suvasi pastyāvataḥ | yathā-yathā patayanto viyemira evaiva tasthuḥ savitaḥ savāya te ||
To lofty hills thou sendest those whom Indra leads, and givest fixed abodes with houses unto these. However they may fly and draw themselves apart, still, Savitar, they stand obeying thy behest.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ये ते त्रिर् अहन् सवितः सवासो दिवे-दिवे सौभगम् आसुवन्ति । इन्द्रो द्यावापृथिवी सिन्धुर् अद्भिर् आदित्यैर् नो अदितिः शर्म यंसत् ॥
ye te trir ahan savitaḥ savāso dive-dive saubhagam āsuvanti | indro dyāvāpṛthivī sindhur adbhir ādityair no aditiḥ śarma yaṃsat ||
May the libations poured to thee thrice daily, day after day, O Savitar, bring us blessing. May Indra, Heaven, Earth, Sindhu with the Waters, Aditi with Adityas, give us shelter.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)