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Rigveda 7.76

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 7.76

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Sanskrit

7.76.1

ud u̱ jyoti̍r a̱mṛta̍ṁ vi̱śvaja̍nyaṁ vi̱śvāna̍raḥ savi̱tā de̱vo a̍śret |
kratvā̍ de̱vānā̍m ajaniṣṭa̱ cakṣu̍r ā̱vir a̍ka̱r bhuva̍na̱ṁ viśva̍m u̱ṣāḥ ||

SAVITAR God of all men hath sent upward his light, designed for all mankind, immortal. Through the Gods' power that Eye was first created. Dawn hath made all the universe apparent.

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

7.76.2

pra me̱ panthā̍ deva̱yānā̍ adṛśra̱nn ama̍rdhanto̱ vasu̍bhi̱r iṣkṛ̍tāsaḥ |
abhū̍d u ke̱tur u̱ṣasa̍ḥ pu̱rastā̍t pratī̱cy āgā̱d adhi̍ ha̱rmyebhya̍ḥ ||

I see the paths which Gods are wont to travel, innocuous paths made ready by the Vasus. Eastward the flag of Dawn hath been uplifted; she hath come hither o'er the tops of houses.

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

7.76.3

tānīd ahā̍ni bahu̱lāny ā̍sa̱n yā prā̱cīna̱m udi̍tā̱ sūrya̍sya |
yata̱ḥ pari̍ jā̱ra i̍vā̱cara̱nty uṣo̍ dadṛ̱kṣe na puna̍r ya̱tīva̍ ||

Great is, in truth, the number of the Mornings which were aforetime at the Sun's uprising. Since thou, O Dawn, hast been beheld repairing as to thy love, as one no more to leave him.

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

7.76.4

ta id de̱vānā̍ṁ sadha̱māda̍ āsann ṛ̱tāvā̍naḥ ka̱vaya̍ḥ pū̱rvyāsa̍ḥ |
gū̱ḻhaṁ jyoti̍ḥ pi̱taro̱ anv a̍vindan sa̱tyama̍ntrā ajanayann u̱ṣāsa̍m ||

They were the Gods' companions at the banquet, the ancient sages true to Law Eternal. The Fathers found the light that lay in darkness, and with effectual words begat the Morning.

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

7.76.5

sa̱mā̱na ū̱rve adhi̱ saṁga̍tāsa̱ḥ saṁ jā̍nate̱ na ya̍tante mi̱thas te |
te de̱vānā̱ṁ na mi̍nanti vra̱tāny ama̍rdhanto̱ vasu̍bhi̱r yāda̍mānāḥ ||

Meeting together in the same enclosure, they strive not, ofone mind, one with another. They never break the Gods' eternal statutes, and injure none, in rivalry with Vasus.

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

7.76.6

prati̍ tvā̱ stomai̍r īḻate̱ vasi̍ṣṭhā uṣa̱rbudha̍ḥ subhage tuṣṭu̱vāṁsa̍ḥ |
gavā̍ṁ ne̱trī vāja̍patnī na u̱cchoṣa̍ḥ sujāte pratha̱mā ja̍rasva ||

Extolling thee, Blest Goddess, the Vasishṭhas, awake at early mom, with lauds implore thee. Leader of kine and Queen of all that strengthens, shine, come as first to us, O high-born Morning.

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

7.76.7

e̱ṣā ne̱trī rādha̍saḥ sū̱nṛtā̍nām u̱ṣā u̱cchantī̍ ribhyate̱ vasi̍ṣṭhaiḥ |
dī̱rgha̱śruta̍ṁ ra̱yim a̱sme dadhā̍nā yū̱yam pā̍ta sva̱stibhi̱ḥ sadā̍ naḥ ||

She bringeth bounty and sweet charm of voices. The flushing Dawn is sung by the Vasishṭhas, Giving us riches famed to distant places. Preserve us evermore, ye Gods, with blessings.

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

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