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Rigveda 7.75

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 7.75

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7.75.1

vy u1̱̍ṣā ā̍vo divi̱jā ṛ̱tenā̍viṣkṛṇvā̱nā ma̍hi̱māna̱m āgā̍t |
apa̱ druha̱s tama̍ āva̱r aju̍ṣṭa̱m aṅgi̍rastamā pa̱thyā̍ 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.

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

7.75.2

ma̱he no̍ a̱dya su̍vi̱tāya̍ bo̱dhy uṣo̍ ma̱he saubha̍gāya̱ pra ya̍ndhi |
ci̱traṁ ra̱yiṁ ya̱śasa̍ṁ dhehy a̱sme devi̱ marte̍ṣu mānuṣi śrava̱syum ||

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!

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

7.75.3

e̱te tye bhā̱navo̍ darśa̱tāyā̍ś ci̱trā u̱ṣaso̍ a̱mṛtā̍sa̱ āgu̍ḥ |
ja̱naya̍nto̱ daivyā̍ni vra̱tāny ā̍pṛ̱ṇanto̍ a̱ntari̍kṣā̱ vy a̍sthuḥ ||

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.

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

7.75.4

e̱ṣā syā yu̍jā̱nā pa̍rā̱kāt pañca̍ kṣi̱tīḥ pari̍ sa̱dyo ji̍gāti |
a̱bhi̱paśya̍ntī va̱yunā̱ janā̍nāṁ di̱vo du̍hi̱tā bhuva̍nasya̱ patnī̍ ||

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.

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

7.75.5

vā̱jinī̍vatī̱ sūrya̍sya̱ yoṣā̍ ci̱trāma̍ghā rā̱ya ī̍śe̱ vasū̍nām |
ṛṣi̍ṣṭutā ja̱raya̍ntī ma̱ghony u̱ṣā u̍cchati̱ vahni̍bhir gṛṇā̱nā ||

She who is rich in spoil, the Spouse of Sûrya, wondrously opulent, rules all wealth and treasures. Consumer of our youth, the seers extol her: lauded by priests rich Dawn shines out refulgent.

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

7.75.6

prati̍ dyutā̱nām a̍ru̱ṣāso̱ aśvā̍ś ci̱trā a̍dṛśrann u̱ṣasa̱ṁ vaha̍ntaḥ |
yāti̍ śu̱bhrā vi̍śva̱piśā̱ rathe̍na̱ dadhā̍ti̱ ratna̍ṁ vidha̱te janā̍ya ||

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.

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

7.75.7

sa̱tyā sa̱tyebhi̍r maha̱tī ma̱hadbhi̍r de̱vī de̱vebhi̍r yaja̱tā yaja̍traiḥ |
ru̱jad dṛ̱ḻhāni̱ dada̍d u̱sriyā̍ṇā̱m prati̱ gāva̍ u̱ṣasa̍ṁ 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.

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

7.75.8

nū no̱ goma̍d vī̱rava̍d dhehi̱ ratna̱m uṣo̱ aśvā̍vat puru̱bhojo̍ a̱sme |
mā no̍ ba̱rhiḥ pu̍ru̱ṣatā̍ ni̱de ka̍r yū̱yam pā̍ta sva̱stibhi̱ḥ sadā̍ 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.

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

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