Rigveda 4.52

HYMN LII. DAWN. · ७ वामदेवो गौतमः। उषाः। गायत्री।

4.52.1

प्रति॒ ष्या सू॒नरी॒ जनी॑ व्यु॒च्छन्ती॒ परि॒ स्वसु॑: | दि॒वो अ॑दर्शि दुहि॒ता ||

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4.52.1

प्रति॒ ष्या सू॒नरी॒ जनी॑ व्यु॒च्छन्ती॒ परि॒ स्वसु॑: | दि॒वो अ॑दर्शि दुहि॒ता ||

THIS Lady, giver of delight, after her Sister shining forth, Daughter of Heaven, hath shown herself.-

4.52.2

अश्वे॑व चि॒त्रारु॑षी मा॒ता गवा॑मृ॒ताव॑री | सखा॑भूद॒श्विनो॑रु॒षाः ||

Unfailing, Mother of the Kine, in colour like a bright red mare, The Dawn became the Aśvins' Friend.

4.52.3

उ॒त सखा॑स्य॒श्विनो॑रु॒त मा॒ता गवा॑मसि | उ॒तोषो॒ वस्व॑ ईशिषे ||

Yea, and thou art the Aśvins' Friend, the Mother of the Kine art thou: O Dawn thou rulest over wealth.

4.52.4

या॒व॒यद्द्वे॑षसं त्वा चिकि॒त्वित् सू॑नृतावरि | प्रति॒ स्तोमै॑रभुत्स्महि ||

Thinking of thee, O joyous One, as her who driveth hate away, We woke to meet thee with our lauds.

4.52.5

प्रति॑ भ॒द्रा अ॑दृक्षत॒ गवां॒ सर्गा॒ न र॒श्मय॑: | ओषा अ॑प्रा उ॒रु ज्रय॑: ||

Our eyes behold thy blessed rays like troops of cattle loosed to feed. Dawn hath filled full the wide expanse.

4.52.6

आ॒प॒प्रुषी॑ विभावरि॒ व्या॑व॒र्ज्योति॑षा॒ तम॑: | उषो॒ अनु॑ स्व॒धाम॑व ||

When thou hast filled it, Fulgent One! thou layest bare the gloom with light. After thy nature aid us, Dawn.

4.52.7

आ द्यां त॑नोषि र॒श्मिभि॒रान्तरि॑क्षमु॒रु प्रि॒यम् | उष॑: शु॒क्रेण॑ शो॒चिषा॑ ||

Thou overspreadest heaven with rays, the dear wide region of mid-air. With thy bright shining lustre, Dawn.