Rigveda 5.80
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 5.80
- Language
- Sanskrit
5.80.1
dyu̱tadyā̍mānam bṛha̱tīm ṛ̱tena̍ ṛ̱tāva̍rīm aru̱ṇapsu̍ṁ vibhā̱tīm |
de̱vīm u̱ṣasa̱ṁ sva̍r ā̱vaha̍ntī̱m prati̱ viprā̍so ma̱tibhi̍r 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.
5.80.2
e̱ṣā jana̍ṁ darśa̱tā bo̱dhaya̍ntī su̱gān pa̱thaḥ kṛ̍ṇva̱tī yā̱ty agre̍ |
bṛ̱ha̱dra̱thā bṛ̍ha̱tī vi̍śvami̱nvoṣā jyoti̍r yaccha̱ty agre̱ ahnā̍m ||
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.
5.80.3
e̱ṣā gobhi̍r aru̱ṇebhi̍r yujā̱nāsre̍dhantī ra̱yim aprā̍yu cakre |
pa̱tho rada̍ntī suvi̱tāya̍ de̱vī pu̍ruṣṭu̱tā vi̱śvavā̍rā̱ vi bhā̍ti ||
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.
5.80.4
e̱ṣā vye̍nī bhavati dvi̱barhā̍ āviṣkṛṇvā̱nā ta̱nva̍m pu̱rastā̍t |
ṛ̱tasya̱ panthā̱m anv e̍ti sā̱dhu pra̍jāna̱tīva̱ na diśo̍ 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.
5.80.5
e̱ṣā śu̱bhrā na ta̱nvo̍ vidā̱nordhveva̍ snā̱tī dṛ̱śaye̍ no asthāt |
apa̱ dveṣo̱ bādha̍mānā̱ tamā̍ṁsy u̱ṣā di̱vo du̍hi̱tā jyoti̱ṣāgā̍t ||
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.
5.80.6
e̱ṣā pra̍tī̱cī du̍hi̱tā di̱vo nṝn yoṣe̍va bha̱drā ni ri̍ṇīte̱ apsa̍ḥ |
vyū̱rṇva̱tī dā̱śuṣe̱ vāryā̍ṇi̱ puna̱r jyoti̍r yuva̱tiḥ pū̱rvathā̍kaḥ ||
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.
Translations (6)
- The Hymns of the Rigveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, English
- Der Rig-Veda aus dem Sanskrit ins Deutsche übersetzt (HOS 33–35) — Karl Friedrich Geldner 1951, German
- Ригведа — Tatyana Yakovlevna Elizarenkova 1989, Russian
- Études védiques et pāṇinéennes (traductions) — Louis Renou 1955, French
- Rig-Veda Sanhitá — Horace Hayman Wilson 1850, English
- Rig-Veda, übersetzt und mit kritischen und erläuternden Anmerkungen versehen — Hermann Grassmann 1876, German
Commentaries (10)
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Ṛgvedabhāṣya) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedapadapāṭha — Śākalya, Sanskrit
- Ṛgarthadīpikā — Veṅkaṭamādhava, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Udgītha) — Udgītha, Sanskrit
- Ṛgbhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitāvyākhyā — Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Udgīthācārya, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasūktanirukta — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Bhāṣya — Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
Linked texts (10)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Āśvalāyanasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Abel Bergaigne, French
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- A History of Indian Literature — M. Winternitz, English
- Geschichte der indischen Litteratur — M. Winternitz, German
- A Concise History of Science in India — D. M. Bose & Surendra Nath Sen, English
- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — E. Vernon Arnold, English
- Vedic Mythology — Arthur Anthony Macdonell, English