Vedic Mythology c5.s1.t7.3

c5.s1.t7.3

Uṣas is borne on a car which is shining (7, 78¹), brilliant (1, 23⁷), bright (3, 61²), well-adorned (1, 49²), all-adorning (7, 75⁶), massive (1, 48¹⁰ &c.), and spontaneously-yoked (7, 78⁴). She is also said to arrive on a hundred chariots (1, 48⁷). She is drawn by steeds which are ruddy (7, 75⁶ &c.), easily guided (3, 61²), regularly-yoked (4, 51⁵), or is said to be resplendent with steeds (5, 79¹⁻¹⁰). She is also described as being drawn by ruddy kine or bulls (*gō*: 1, 92². 124¹¹; 5, 80³). Both the horses and the cows probably represent the ruddy rays of morning light³; but the cows are generally explained as the red morning clouds. The distance the dawns traverse in a day is 30 *yojanas* (1, 123⁸).