Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 113

RV 1 113.1

इदꣳ श्रेष्ठꣳ ज्योतिषाꣳ ज्योतिर् आगाच् चित्रः प्रकेतो अजनिष्ट विभ्वा । यथा प्रसूता सवितुः सवायꣳ एवा रात्र्य् उषसे योनिम् आरैक्

idaṁ śreṣṭhaṁ jyotiṣāṁ jyotir āgāc citraḥ praketo ajaniṣṭa vibhvā | yathā prasūtā savituḥ savāyam̐ evā rātry uṣase yonim āraik

This best light of lights has come; the bright, far-extending beacon has been born. Just as she is sent forth at Savitṛ's impelling, so has Night yielded her place to Dawn.

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RV 1 113.2

रुशद्वत्सा रुशती श्वेत्यागाद् आरैग् उ कृष्णा सदनान्य् अस्याः । समानबन्धू अमृते अनूची द्यावा वर्णꣳ चरत आमिनाने

ruśadvatsā ruśatī śvetyāgād āraig u kṛṣṇā sadanāny asyāḥ | samānabandhū amṛte anūcī dyāvā varṇaṁ carata āmināne

The shining one with her shining calf has come, the white one; the black one has given up her seats. Sharing a common kinship, immortal, following one after the other, the two Heavens move on, exchanging their colour.

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RV 1 113.3

समानो अध्वा स्वस्रोर् अनन्तस् तम् अन्यान्या चरतो देवशिष्टे । न मेथेते न तस्थतुः सुमेके नक्तोषासा समनसा विरूपे

samāno adhvā svasror anantas tam anyānyā carato devaśiṣṭe | na methete na tasthatuḥ sumeke naktoṣāsā samanasā virūpe

The path of the two sisters is the same, endless; they travel it one after the other, instructed by the gods. They do not clash, they do not stand still — well-established, Night and Dawn, of one mind, of unlike form.

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RV 1 113.4

भास्वती नेत्री सूनृतानाम् अचेति चित्रा वि दुरो न आवः । प्रार्प्या जगद् व्य् उ नो रायो अख्यद् उषा अजीगर् भुवनानि विश्वा

bhāsvatī netrī sūnṛtānām aceti citrā vi duro na āvaḥ | prārpyā jagad vy u no rāyo akhyad uṣā ajīgar bhuvanāni viśvā

The shining leader of bounties has been perceived; bright, she has opened the doors for us. Having set the moving world astir, she has looked out riches for us; Dawn has awakened all beings.

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RV 1 113.5

जिह्मश्ये३ चरितवे मघोन्य् आभोगय इष्टये राय उ त्वम् । दभ्रम् पश्यद्भ्य उर्विया विचक्ष उषा अजीगर् भुवनानि विश्वा

jihmaśye3 caritave maghony ābhogaya iṣṭaye rāya u tvam | dabhram paśyadbhya urviyā vicakṣa uṣā ajīgar bhuvanāni viśvā

(You rouse) the one lying crosswise to walk about, O bountiful one, another for enjoyment, another to seek, and you (rouse) another for wealth; (you rouse) those who see but little to gaze out widely — Dawn has awakened all beings.

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RV 1 113.6

क्षत्राय त्वꣳ श्रवसे त्वम् महीया इष्टये त्वम् अर्थम् इव त्वम् इत्यै । विसदृशा जीविताभिप्रचक्ष उषा अजीगर् भुवनानि विश्वा

kṣatrāya tvaṁ śravase tvam mahīyā iṣṭaye tvam artham iva tvam ityai | visadṛśā jīvitābhipracakṣa uṣā ajīgar bhuvanāni viśvā

You (rouse) one for lordship, you another for fame, you another for great seeking, you another to go as toward a goal — to survey the unlike ways of living, Dawn has awakened all beings.

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RV 1 113.7

एषा दिवो दुहिता प्रत्य् अदर्शि व्युच्छन्ती युवतिः शुक्रवासाः । विश्वस्येशाना पार्थिवस्य वस्व उषो अद्येह सुभगे व्य् उच्छ

eṣā divo duhitā praty adarśi vyucchantī yuvatiḥ śukravāsāḥ | viśvasyeśānā pārthivasya vasva uṣo adyeha subhage vy uccha

She, the daughter of heaven, has appeared before (us), a young woman shining out, clothed in brightness. Ruling over every earthly good, shine out here today, O fortunate Uṣas.

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RV 1 113.8

परायतीनाम् अन्व् एति पाथ आयतीनाम् प्रथमा शश्वतीनाम् । व्युच्छन्ती जीवम् उदीरयन्त्य् उषा मृतꣳ कꣳ चन बोधयन्ती

parāyatīnām anv eti pātha āyatīnām prathamā śaśvatīnām | vyucchantī jīvam udīrayanty uṣā mṛtaṁ kaṁ cana bodhayantī

She follows the track of those that have gone away, the first of those that come, of the unceasing ones; shining out, rousing up the living, Dawn does not wake any dead man.

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RV 1 113.9

उषो यद् अग्निꣳ समिधे चकर्थ वि यद् आवश् चक्षसा सूर्यस्य । यन् मानुषान् यक्ष्यमाणाꣳ अजीगस् तद् देवेषु चकृषे भद्रम् अप्नः

uṣo yad agniṁ samidhe cakartha vi yad āvaś cakṣasā sūryasya | yan mānuṣān yakṣyamāṇām̐ ajīgas tad deveṣu cakṛṣe bhadram apnaḥ

Uṣas, in that you have brought it about that Agni is kindled, in that you have unclosed (the dark) with the eye of Sūrya, in that you have awakened men who are about to sacrifice — this good work you have done among the gods.

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RV 1 113.10

कियात्य् आ यत् समया भवाति या व्यूषुर् याश् च नूनꣳ व्युच्छान् । अनु पूर्वाः कृपते वावशाना प्रदीध्याना जोषम् अन्याभिर् एति

kiyāty ā yat samayā bhavāti yā vyūṣur yāś ca nūnaṁ vyucchān | anu pūrvāḥ kṛpate vāvaśānā pradīdhyānā joṣam anyābhir eti

How long a time will it be until she is midway between those that have dawned and those that will now dawn out? Yearning, she longs after the former ones; shining forward, she goes gladly with the others.

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RV 1 113.11

ईयुष् टे ये पूर्वतराम् अपश्यन् व्युच्छन्तीम् उषसम् मर्त्यासः । अस्माभिर् ऊ नु प्रतिचक्ष्याभूद् ओ ते यन्ति ये अपरीषु पश्यान्

īyuṣ ṭe ye pūrvatarām apaśyan vyucchantīm uṣasam martyāsaḥ | asmābhir ū nu praticakṣyābhūd o te yanti ye aparīṣu paśyān

They have gone, those mortals who saw an earlier Dawn shining out; now she has become visible to us, and those are coming who shall see her in later (dawns).

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RV 1 113.12

यावयद्द्वेषा ऋतपा ऋतेजाः सुम्नावरी सूनृता ईरयन्ती । सुमङ्गलीर् बिभ्रती देववीतिम् इहाद्योषः श्रेष्ठतमा व्य् उच्छ

yāvayaddveṣā ṛtapā ṛtejāḥ sumnāvarī sūnṛtā īrayantī | sumaṅgalīr bibhratī devavītim ihādyoṣaḥ śreṣṭhatamā vy uccha

Driving off hostilities, guarding ṛta, born of ṛta, gracious, rousing bounteous gifts, bringing good fortune, carrying the gods' feast — here today, Uṣas, most excellent, shine out.

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RV 1 113.13

शश्वत् पुरोषा व्य् उवास देव्य् अथो अद्येदꣳ व्य् आवो मघोनी । अथो व्य् उच्छाद् उत्तराꣳ अनु द्यून् अजरामृता चरति स्वधाभिः

śaśvat puroṣā vy uvāsa devy atho adyedaṁ vy āvo maghonī | atho vy ucchād uttarām̐ anu dyūn ajarāmṛtā carati svadhābhiḥ

Formerly the goddess Dawn shone out again and again, and today too the bountiful one has shone out here; and she will shine out on the days to come — unaging, undying, she moves by her own powers.

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RV 1 113.14

व्य् अ१ञ्जिभिर् दिव आतास्व् अद्यौद् अप कृष्णाꣳ निर्णिजꣳ देव्य् आवः । प्रबोधयन्त्य् अरुणेभिर् अश्वैर् ओषा याति सुयुजा रथेन

vy a1ñjibhir diva ātāsv adyaud apa kṛṣṇāṁ nirṇijaṁ devy āvaḥ | prabodhayanty aruṇebhir aśvair oṣā yāti suyujā rathena

With her ornaments she has blazed out on the frames of heaven; the goddess has uncovered the black garment. Waking (the world) with ruddy horses, Dawn comes with her well-yoked chariot.

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RV 1 113.15

आवहन्ती पोष्या वार्याणि चित्रꣳ केतुꣳ कृणुते चेकिताना । ईयुषीणाम् उपमा शश्वतीनाꣳ विभातीनाम् प्रथमोषा व्य् अश्वैत्

āvahantī poṣyā vāryāṇi citraṁ ketuṁ kṛṇute cekitānā | īyuṣīṇām upamā śaśvatīnāṁ vibhātīnām prathamoṣā vy aśvait

Bringing nourishing good things, she makes a bright signal, herself conspicuous. Last of those (dawns) that have gone, first of the unbroken succession that are to shine, Uṣas has flashed forth.

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RV 1 113.16

उद् ईर्ध्वꣳ जीवो असुर् न आगाद् अप प्रागात् तम आ ज्योतिर् एति । आरैक् पन्थाꣳ यातवे सूर्यायागन्म यत्र प्रतिरन्त आयुः

ud īrdhvaṁ jīvo asur na āgād apa prāgāt tama ā jyotir eti | āraik panthāṁ yātave sūryāyāganma yatra pratiranta āyuḥ

Rise up! Our living breath has come; the darkness has gone away, the light approaches. She has cleared a path for the Sun to travel; we have come to where they lengthen out lifetime.

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RV 1 113.17

स्यूमना वाच उद् इयर्ति वह्निः स्तवानो रेभ उषसो विभातीः । अद्या तद् उच्छ गृणते मघोन्य् अस्मे आयुर् नि दिदीहि प्रजावत्

syūmanā vāca ud iyarti vahniḥ stavāno rebha uṣaso vibhātīḥ | adyā tad uccha gṛṇate maghony asme āyur ni didīhi prajāvat

With the rein of speech the draft-bearer drives (them) up — the singer, praising the shining dawns. So dawn forth today for the one who sings, O bounteous lady; shine down upon us lifetime rich in offspring.

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RV 1 113.18

या गोमतीर् उषसः सर्ववीरा व्युच्छन्ति दाशुषे मर्त्याय । वायोर् इव सूनृतानाम् उदर्के ता अश्वदा अश्नवत् सोमसुत्वा

yā gomatīr uṣasaḥ sarvavīrā vyucchanti dāśuṣe martyāya | vāyor iva sūnṛtānām udarke tā aśvadā aśnavat somasutvā

Those dawns which, rich in cattle, with all their heroes, shine forth for the mortal who gives — those may the soma-presser obtain, as givers of horses, at the outbreak of the bounties, as of Vāyu.

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RV 1 113.19

माता देवानाम् अदितेर् अनीकꣳ यज्ञस्य केतुर् बृहती वि भाहि । प्रशस्तिकृद् ब्रह्मणे नो व्य् उ१च्छा नो जने जनय विश्ववारे

mātā devānām aditer anīkaṁ yajñasya ketur bṛhatī vi bhāhi | praśastikṛd brahmaṇe no vy u1cchā no jane janaya viśvavāre

Mother of the gods, face of Aditi, banner of the sacrifice, lofty one: shine forth! Making (our) praise successful, dawn forth for our prayer; beget us among the people, O you rich in all good things.

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RV 1 113.20

यच् चित्रम् अप्न उषसो वहन्तीजानाय शशमानाय भद्रम् । तन् नो मित्रो वरुणो मामहन्ताम् अदितिः सिन्धुः पृथिवी उत द्यौः

yac citram apna uṣaso vahantījānāya śaśamānāya bhadram | tan no mitro varuṇo māmahantām aditiḥ sindhuḥ pṛthivī uta dyauḥ

Whatever bright gain Uṣas brings, good for the one who has sacrificed and toiled — that may Mitra and Varuṇa grant us, and Aditi, Sindhu, Earth and Heaven.

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