Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 123

RV 1 123.1

पृथू रथो दक्षिणाया अयोज्य् ऐनꣳ देवासो अमृतासो अस्थुः । कृष्णाद् उद् अस्थाद् अर्या३ विहायाश् चिकित्सन्ती मानुषाय क्षयाय

pṛthū ratho dakṣiṇāyā ayojy ainaṁ devāso amṛtāso asthuḥ | kṛṣṇād ud asthād aryā3 vihāyāś cikitsantī mānuṣāya kṣayāya

The broad chariot of Dakṣiṇā has been yoked; the immortal gods have mounted it. Out of the black (night) the noble one has risen, vast, caring for the human dwelling.

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RV 1 123.2

पूर्वा विश्वस्माद् भुवनाद् अबोधि जयन्ती वाजम् बृहती सनुत्री । उच्चा व्य् अख्यद् युवतिः पुनर्भूर् ओषा अगन् प्रथमा पूर्वहूतौ

pūrvā viśvasmād bhuvanād abodhi jayantī vājam bṛhatī sanutrī | uccā vy akhyad yuvatiḥ punarbhūr oṣā agan prathamā pūrvahūtau

Earlier than all the world she has awakened, the lofty one, winning the prize, the gainer. High up the young woman, born anew, has looked out; Uṣas has come as the first at the early invocation.

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RV 1 123.3

यद् अद्य भागꣳ विभजासि नृभ्य उषो देवि मर्त्यत्रा सुजाते । देवो नो अत्र सविता दमूना अनागसो वोचति सूर्याय

yad adya bhāgaṁ vibhajāsi nṛbhya uṣo devi martyatrā sujāte | devo no atra savitā damūnā anāgaso vocati sūryāya

When today you apportion the share among men, O Uṣas, goddess, among mortals, well-born one, then may the god Savitṛ, lord of the house, declare us sinless before Sūrya.

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RV 1 123.4

गृहꣳ-गृहम् अहना यात्य् अच्छा दिवे-दिवे अधि नामा दधाना । सिषासन्ती द्योतना शश्वद् आगाद् अग्रम्-अग्रम् इद् भजते वसूनाम्

gṛhaṁ-gṛham ahanā yāty acchā dive-dive adhi nāmā dadhānā | siṣāsantī dyotanā śaśvad āgād agram-agram id bhajate vasūnām

House by house she goes toward (them) with the day, day after day taking on a name; seeking to win, shining, she has come again and again; she takes for herself the very best of the goods.

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RV 1 123.5

भगस्य स्वसा वरुणस्य जामिर् उषः सूनृते प्रथमा जरस्व । पश्चा स दघ्या यो अघस्य धाता जयेम तꣳ दक्षिणया रथेन

bhagasya svasā varuṇasya jāmir uṣaḥ sūnṛte prathamā jarasva | paścā sa daghyā yo aghasya dhātā jayema taṁ dakṣiṇayā rathena

Sister of Bhaga, kinswoman of Varuṇa, O Uṣas, bounteous one, sing forth as the first. Let him fall behind, who is the ordainer of evil; may we win him over with the chariot as our reward.

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RV 1 123.6

उद् ईरताꣳ सूनृता उत् पुरꣳधीर् उद् अग्नयः शुशुचानासो अस्थुः । स्पार्हा वसूनि तमसापगूऴ्हाविष् कृण्वन्त्य् उषसो विभातीः

ud īratāṁ sūnṛtā ut puraṁdhīr ud agnayaḥ śuśucānāso asthuḥ | spārhā vasūni tamasāpagūḻhāviṣ kṛṇvanty uṣaso vibhātīḥ

Let the bounties rise up, let the fullness of thought rise up; up have the fires stood, blazing. The desirable goods hidden by darkness the dawns, shining forth, make manifest.

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RV 1 123.7

अपान्यद् एत्य् अभ्य् अ१न्यद् एति विषुरूपे अहनी सꣳ चरेते । परिक्षितोस् तमो अन्या गुहाकर् अद्यौद् उषाः शोशुचता रथेन

apānyad ety abhy a1nyad eti viṣurūpe ahanī saṁ carete | parikṣitos tamo anyā guhākar adyaud uṣāḥ śośucatā rathena

The one goes away, the other comes on; the two days of unlike form move together. Of the two that lie about (us), the one has put the darkness in hiding; Uṣas has dawned with her blazing chariot.

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RV 1 123.8

सदृशीर् अद्य सदृशीर् इद् उ श्वो दीर्घꣳ सचन्ते वरुणस्य धाम । अनवद्यास् त्रिꣳशतꣳ योजनान्य् एकैका क्रतुम् परि यन्ति सद्यः

sadṛśīr adya sadṛśīr id u śvo dīrghaṁ sacante varuṇasya dhāma | anavadyās triṁśataṁ yojanāny ekaikā kratum pari yanti sadyaḥ

Alike today, alike indeed tomorrow, they keep to Varuṇa's long-standing ordinance. Blameless, thirty leagues each, one by one, they go about their purpose in a single day.

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RV 1 123.9

जानत्य् अह्नः प्रथमस्य नाम शुक्रा कृष्णाद् अजनिष्ट श्वितीची । ऋतस्य योषा न मिनाति धामाहर्-अहर् निष्कृतम् आचरन्ती

jānaty ahnaḥ prathamasya nāma śukrā kṛṣṇād ajaniṣṭa śvitīcī | ṛtasya yoṣā na mināti dhāmāhar-ahar niṣkṛtam ācarantī

Knowing the name of the first day, she was born bright out of the black, whitening. The maiden of ṛta does not diminish the ordinance, coming day after day to the appointed place.

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RV 1 123.10

कन्येव तन्वा३ शाशदानाꣳ एषि देवि देवम् इयक्षमाणम् । सꣳस्मयमाना युवतिः पुरस्ताद् आविर् वक्षाꣳसि कृणुषे विभाती

kanyeva tanvā3 śāśadānām̐ eṣi devi devam iyakṣamāṇam | saṁsmayamānā yuvatiḥ purastād āvir vakṣāṁsi kṛṇuṣe vibhātī

Like a maiden proud of her body, you go, goddess, to the god who seeks you. Smiling, a young woman, from the east you make your breasts manifest as you shine forth.

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RV 1 123.11

सुसꣳकाशा मातृमृष्टेव योषाविस् तन्वꣳ कृणुषे दृशे कम् । भद्रा त्वम् उषो वितरꣳ व्य् उच्छ न तत् ते अन्या उषसो नशन्त

susaṁkāśā mātṛmṛṣṭeva yoṣāvis tanvaṁ kṛṇuṣe dṛśe kam | bhadrā tvam uṣo vitaraṁ vy uccha na tat te anyā uṣaso naśanta

Lovely to look upon, like a young woman groomed by her mother, you make your body manifest for the sight (of us). Auspicious, O Uṣas, shine forth far and wide: other dawns will not reach that (measure) of yours.

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RV 1 123.12

अश्वावतीर् गोमतीर् विश्ववारा यतमाना रश्मिभिः सूर्यस्य । परा च यन्ति पुनर् आ च यन्ति भद्रा नाम वहमाना उषासः

aśvāvatīr gomatīr viśvavārā yatamānā raśmibhiḥ sūryasya | parā ca yanti punar ā ca yanti bhadrā nāma vahamānā uṣāsaḥ

Rich in horses, rich in cows, granting all things, striving along with the rays of the sun, they go away and come back again, the dawns, bearing an auspicious name.

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RV 1 123.13

ऋतस्य रश्मिम् अनुयच्छमाना भद्रम्-भद्रꣳ क्रतुम् अस्मासु धेहि । उषो नो अद्य सुहवा व्य् उच्छास्मासु रायो मघवत्सु च स्युः

ṛtasya raśmim anuyacchamānā bhadram-bhadraṁ kratum asmāsu dhehi | uṣo no adya suhavā vy ucchāsmāsu rāyo maghavatsu ca syuḥ

Following the rein of ṛta, set in us resolve that is auspicious again and again. O Uṣas, easily invoked, shine forth for us today; may riches be with us and with the patrons.

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