Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·7·7.75
व्य् उषा आवो दिविजा ऋतेनाविष्कृण्वाना महिमानम् आगात् । अप द्रुहस् तम आवर् अजुष्टम् अङ्गिरस्तमा पथ्या अजीगः ॥
vy uṣā āvo divijā ṛtenāviṣkṛṇvānā mahimānam āgāt | apa druhas tama āvar ajuṣṭam aṅgirastamā pathyā ajīgaḥ ||
Born in the heavens the Dawn hath flushed, and showing her majesty is come as Law ordaineth. She hath uncovered fiends and hateful darkness; best of Angirases, hath waked the pathways.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
महे नो अद्य सुविताय बोध्य् उषो महे सौभगाय प्र यन्धि । चित्रं रयिं यशसं धेह्य् अस्मे देवि मर्तेषु मानुषि श्रवस्युम् ॥
mahe no adya suvitāya bodhy uṣo mahe saubhagāya pra yandhi | citraṃ rayiṃ yaśasaṃ dhehy asme devi marteṣu mānuṣi śravasyum ||
Rouse us this day to high and happy fortune: to great felicity, O Dawn, promote us. Vouchsafe us manifold and splendid riches, famed among mortals, man-befriending Goddess!
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एते त्ये भानवो दर्शतायाश् चित्रा उषसो अमृतास आगुः । जनयन्तो दैव्यानि व्रतान्य् आपृणन्तो अन्तरिक्षा व्य् अस्थुः ॥
ete tye bhānavo darśatāyāś citrā uṣaso amṛtāsa āguḥ | janayanto daivyāni vratāny āpṛṇanto antarikṣā vy asthuḥ ||
See, lovely Morning's everlasting splendours, bright with their varied colours, have approached us. Filling the region of mid-air, producing the rites of holy worship, they have mounted.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एषा स्या युजाना पराकात् पञ्च क्षितीः परि सद्यो जिगाति । अभिपश्यन्ती वयुना जनानां दिवो दुहिता भुवनस्य पत्नी ॥
eṣā syā yujānā parākāt pañca kṣitīḥ pari sadyo jigāti | abhipaśyantī vayunā janānāṃ divo duhitā bhuvanasya patnī ||
She yokes her chariot far away, and swiftly visits the lands where the Five Tribes are settled, Looking upon the works and ways of mortals, Daughter of Heaven, the world's Imperial Lady.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वाजिनीवती सूर्यस्य योषा चित्रामघा राय ईशे वसूनाम् । ऋषिष्टुता जरयन्ती मघोन्य् उषा उच्छति वह्निभिर् गृणाना ॥
vājinīvatī sūryasya yoṣā citrāmaghā rāya īśe vasūnām | ṛṣiṣṭutā jarayantī maghony uṣā ucchati vahnibhir gṛṇānā ||
She who is rich in spoil, the Spouse of Surya, wondrously opulent, rules all wealth and treasures. Consumer of our youth, the seers extol her: lauded by priests rich Dawn shines out refulgent.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्रति द्युतानाम् अरुषासो अश्वाश् चित्रा अदृश्रन्न् उषसं वहन्तः । याति शुभ्रा विश्वपिशा रथेन दधाति रत्नं विधते जनाय ॥
prati dyutānām aruṣāso aśvāś citrā adṛśrann uṣasaṃ vahantaḥ | yāti śubhrā viśvapiśā rathena dadhāti ratnaṃ vidhate janāya ||
Apparent are the steeds of varied colour, the red steeds carrying resplendent Morning. On her all-lovely car she comes, the Fair One, and brings rich treasure for her faithful servant.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सत्या सत्येभिर् महती महद्भिर् देवी देवेभिर् यजता यजत्रैः । रुजद् दृळ्हानि ददद् उस्रियाणाम् प्रति गाव उषसं वावशन्त ॥
satyā satyebhir mahatī mahadbhir devī devebhir yajatā yajatraiḥ | rujad dṛḷhāni dadad usriyāṇām prati gāva uṣasaṃ vāvaśanta ||
True with the True and Mighty with the Mighty, with Gods a Goddess, Holy with the Holy, She brake strong fences down and gave the cattle: the kine were lowing as they greeted Morning.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नू नो गोमद् वीरवद् धेहि रत्नम् उषो अश्वावत् पुरुभोजो अस्मे । मा नो बर्हिः पुरुषता निदे कर् यूयम् पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥
nū no gomad vīravad dhehi ratnam uṣo aśvāvat purubhojo asme | mā no barhiḥ puruṣatā nide kar yūyam pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ ||
O Dawn, now give us wealth in kine and heroes, and horses, fraught with manifold enjoyment. Protect our sacred grass from man's reproaches. Preserve us evermore, ye Gods, with blessings.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)