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Rigveda 3.61

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 3.61

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3.61.1

uṣo̱ vāje̍na vājini̱ prace̍tā̱ḥ stoma̍ṁ juṣasva gṛṇa̱to ma̍ghoni |
pu̱rā̱ṇī de̍vi yuva̱tiḥ pura̍ṁdhi̱r anu̍ vra̱taṁ ca̍rasi viśvavāre ||

O Ushas, strong with strength, endowed witli knowledge, accept the singer's praise, O wealthy Lady. Thou, Goddess, ancient, young, and full of wisdom, movest, all-bounteous! as the Law ordaineth.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

3.61.2

uṣo̍ de̱vy ama̍rtyā̱ vi bhā̍hi ca̱ndrara̍thā sū̱nṛtā̍ ī̱raya̍ntī |
ā tvā̍ vahantu su̱yamā̍so̱ aśvā̱ hira̍ṇyavarṇām pṛthu̱pāja̍so̱ ye ||

Shine forth, O Morning, thou auspicious Goddess, on thy bright car awaking pleasant voices. Let docile horses of far-reaching splendour convey thee hitherward, the goldencoloured.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

3.61.3

uṣa̍ḥ pratī̱cī bhuva̍nāni̱ viśvo̱rdhvā ti̍ṣṭhasy a̱mṛta̍sya ke̱tuḥ |
sa̱mā̱nam artha̍ṁ caraṇī̱yamā̍nā ca̱kram i̍va navya̱sy ā va̍vṛtsva ||

Thou, Morning, turning thee to every creature, standest on high as ensign of the Immortal, To one same goal ever and ever wending now, like a wheel, O newly-born, roll hi ther.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

3.61.4

ava̱ syūme̍va cinva̱tī ma̱ghony u̱ṣā yā̍ti̱ svasa̍rasya̱ patnī̍ |
sva1̱̍r jana̍ntī su̱bhagā̍ su̱daṁsā̱ āntā̍d di̱vaḥ pa̍pratha̱ ā pṛ̍thi̱vyāḥ ||

Letting her reins drop downward, Morning cometh, the wealthy Dame, the Lady of the dwelling; Bringing forth light, the Wonderful, the Blessed hath spread her from the bounds of earth and heaven.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

3.61.5

acchā̍ vo de̱vīm u̱ṣasa̍ṁ vibhā̱tīm pra vo̍ bharadhva̱ṁ nama̍sā suvṛ̱ktim |
ū̱rdhvam ma̍dhu̱dhā di̱vi pājo̍ aśre̱t pra ro̍ca̱nā ru̍ruce ra̱ṇvasa̍ṁdṛk ||

Hither invoke the radiant Goddess Morning, and bring with reverence your hymn to praise her. She, dropping sweets, hath set in heaven her brightness, and, fair to look on, hath beamed forth her splendour.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

3.61.6

ṛ̱tāva̍rī di̱vo a̱rkair a̍bo̱dhy ā re̱vatī̱ roda̍sī ci̱tram a̍sthāt |
ā̱ya̱tīm a̍gna u̱ṣasa̍ṁ vibhā̱tīṁ vā̱mam e̍ṣi̱ dravi̍ṇa̱m bhikṣa̍māṇaḥ ||

From heaven, with hymns, the Holy One was wakened: brightly to both worlds came the wealthy Lady. To Morning, Agni, when she comes refulgent, thou goest forth soliciting fair riches.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

3.61.7

ṛ̱tasya̍ bu̱dhna u̱ṣasā̍m iṣa̱ṇyan vṛṣā̍ ma̱hī roda̍sī̱ ā vi̍veśa |
ma̱hī mi̱trasya̱ varu̍ṇasya mā̱yā ca̱ndreva̍ bhā̱nuṁ vi da̍dhe puru̱trā ||

On Law's firm base the speeder of the Mornings, the Bull, hath entered mighty earth and heaven. Great is the power of Varuṇa and Mitra, which, bright, hath spread in every place its splendour.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

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