Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·5·5.80
द्युतद्यामानम् बृहतीम् ऋतेन ऋतावरीम् अरुणप्सुं विभातीम् । देवीम् उषसं स्वर् आवहन्तीम् प्रति विप्रासो मतिभिर् जरन्ते ॥
dyutadyāmānam bṛhatīm ṛtena ṛtāvarīm aruṇapsuṃ vibhātīm | devīm uṣasaṃ svar āvahantīm prati viprāso matibhir jarante ||
The singers welcome with their hymns and praises the Goddess Dawn who bringeth in the sunlight, Sublime, by Law true to eternal Order, bright on her path, red-tinted, far-refulgent.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एषा जनं दर्शता बोधयन्ती सुगान् पथः कृण्वती यात्य् अग्रे । बृहद्रथा बृहती विश्वमिन्वोषा ज्योतिर् यच्छत्य् अग्रे अह्नाम् ॥
eṣā janaṃ darśatā bodhayantī sugān pathaḥ kṛṇvatī yāty agre | bṛhadrathā bṛhatī viśvaminvoṣā jyotir yacchaty agre ahnām ||
She comes in front, fair, rousing up the people, making the pathways easy to be travelled. High, on her lofty chariot, all-impelling, Dawn gives her splendour at the days' beginning.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एषा गोभिर् अरुणेभिर् युजानास्रेधन्ती रयिम् अप्रायु चक्रे । पथो रदन्ती सुविताय देवी पुरुष्टुता विश्ववारा वि भाति ॥
eṣā gobhir aruṇebhir yujānāsredhantī rayim aprāyu cakre | patho radantī suvitāya devī puruṣṭutā viśvavārā vi bhāti ||
She, harnessing her car with purple oxen. injuring none, hath brought perpetual riches. Opening paths to happiness, the Goddess shines, praised by all, giver of every blessing.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एषा व्येनी भवति द्विबर्हा आविष्कृण्वाना तन्वम् पुरस्तात् । ऋतस्य पन्थाम् अन्व् एति साधु प्रजानतीव न दिशो मिनाति ॥
eṣā vyenī bhavati dvibarhā āviṣkṛṇvānā tanvam purastāt | ṛtasya panthām anv eti sādhu prajānatīva na diśo mināti ||
With changing tints she gleams in double splendour while from the eastward she displays her body. She travels perfectly the path of Order, nor fails to reach, as one who knows, the quarters.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एषा शुभ्रा न तन्वो विदानोर्ध्वेव स्नाती दृशये नो अस्थात् । अप द्वेषो बाधमाना तमांस्य् उषा दिवो दुहिता ज्योतिषागात् ॥
eṣā śubhrā na tanvo vidānordhveva snātī dṛśaye no asthāt | apa dveṣo bādhamānā tamāṃsy uṣā divo duhitā jyotiṣāgāt ||
As conscious that her limbs are bright with bathing, she stands, as 'twere, erect that we may see her. Driving away malignity and darkness, Dawn, Child of Heaven, hath come to us with lustre.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एषा प्रतीची दुहिता दिवो नॄन् योषेव भद्रा नि रिणीते अप्सः । व्यूर्ण्वती दाशुषे वार्याणि पुनर् ज्योतिर् युवतिः पूर्वथाकः ॥
eṣā pratīcī duhitā divo nṝn yoṣeva bhadrā ni riṇīte apsaḥ | vyūrṇvatī dāśuṣe vāryāṇi punar jyotir yuvatiḥ pūrvathākaḥ ||
The Daughter of the Sky, like some chaste woman, bends, opposite to men, her forehead downward. The Maid, disclosing boons to him who worships, hath brought again the daylight as aforetime.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)