Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 124

RV 1 124.1

उषा उच्छन्ती समिधाने अग्ना उद्यन् सूर्य उर्विया ज्योतिर् अश्रेत् । देवो नो अत्र सविता न्व् अर्थम् प्रासावीद् द्विपत् प्र चतुष्पद् इत्यै

uṣā ucchantī samidhāne agnā udyan sūrya urviyā jyotir aśret | devo no atra savitā nv artham prāsāvīd dvipat pra catuṣpad ityai

Uṣas shining forth while Agni is being kindled, and the sun rising, have set the light wide. The god Savitar here has indeed impelled us to our task, has impelled the two-footed and the four-footed to move.

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RV 1 124.2

अमिनती दैव्यानि व्रतानि प्रमिनती मनुष्या युगानि । ईयुषीणाम् उपमा शश्वतीनाम् आयतीनाम् प्रथमोषा व्य् अद्यौत्

aminatī daivyāni vratāni praminatī manuṣyā yugāni | īyuṣīṇām upamā śaśvatīnām āyatīnām prathamoṣā vy adyaut

Not violating the divine ordinances, yet wearing away the generations of men, Uṣas has shone forth, the nearest of those many that have gone, the first of those that are coming.

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RV 1 124.3

एषा दिवो दुहिता प्रत्य् अदर्शि ज्योतिर् वसाना समना पुरस्तात् । ऋतस्य पन्थाम् अन्व् एति साधु प्रजानतीव न दिशो मिनाति

eṣā divo duhitā praty adarśi jyotir vasānā samanā purastāt | ṛtasya panthām anv eti sādhu prajānatīva na diśo mināti

She, the daughter of heaven, has appeared before (us), clothing herself in light, as ever in the east. She follows straight along the path of ṛta; like one who knows the way, she does not mistake the directions.

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RV 1 124.4

उपो अदर्शि शुन्ध्युवो न वक्षो नोधा इवाविर् अकृत प्रियाणि । अद्मसन् न ससतो बोधयन्ती शश्वत्तमागात् पुनर् एयुषीणाम्

upo adarśi śundhyuvo na vakṣo nodhā ivāvir akṛta priyāṇi | admasan na sasato bodhayantī śaśvattamāgāt punar eyuṣīṇām

She has appeared close by, like the breast of a bright bird; like Nodhas she has made her dear things manifest. Waking the sleepers as if to a meal, she has come, most constant of those that return again.

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RV 1 124.5

पूर्वे अर्धे रजसो अप्त्यस्य गवाꣳ जनित्र्य् अकृत प्र केतुम् । व्य् उ प्रथते वितरꣳ वरीय ओभा पृणन्ती पित्रोर् उपस्था

pūrve ardhe rajaso aptyasya gavāṁ janitry akṛta pra ketum | vy u prathate vitaraṁ varīya obhā pṛṇantī pitror upasthā

In the eastern half of the watery space the mother of the cows has raised her signal high. She spreads out farther and wider, filling both the laps of her two parents.

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RV 1 124.6

एवेद् एषा पुरुतमा दृशे कꣳ नाजामिꣳ न परि वृणक्ति जामिम् । अरेपसा तन्वा३ शाशदाना नार्भाद् ईषते न महो विभाती

eved eṣā purutamā dṛśe kaṁ nājāmiṁ na pari vṛṇakti jāmim | arepasā tanvā3 śāśadānā nārbhād īṣate na maho vibhātī

Just so does she, most manifold, (come) to be seen; she excludes neither the stranger nor the kinsman. Proud in her spotless body, she shrinks neither from the small nor from the great, as she shines forth.

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RV 1 124.7

अभ्रातेव पुꣳस एति प्रतीची गर्तारुग् इव सनये धनानाम् । जायेव पत्य उशती सुवासा उषा हस्रेव नि रिणीते अप्सः

abhrāteva puṁsa eti pratīcī gartārug iva sanaye dhanānām | jāyeva patya uśatī suvāsā uṣā hasreva ni riṇīte apsaḥ

Like one without a brother she goes facing the men; like one mounting the seat (of judgment) for the winning of prizes; like a wife desiring her husband, well-dressed, Uṣas, like a laughing woman, uncovers her form.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 1 124.8

स्वसा स्वस्रे ज्यायस्यै योनिम् आरैग् अपैत्य् अस्याः प्रतिचक्ष्येव । व्युच्छन्ती रश्मिभिः सूर्यस्याञ्ज्य् अङ्क्ते समनगा इव व्राः

svasā svasre jyāyasyai yonim āraig apaity asyāḥ praticakṣyeva | vyucchantī raśmibhiḥ sūryasyāñjy aṅkte samanagā iva vrāḥ

The sister has made room for her elder sister; she goes away from her as if she had been looked upon. Shining forth with the rays of the sun, she anoints herself with ointment, like women going to a festival.

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RV 1 124.9

आसाम् पूर्वासाम् अहसु स्वसॄणाम् अपरा पूर्वाम् अभ्य् एति पश्चात् । ताः प्रत्नवन् नव्यसीर् नूनम् अस्मे रेवद् उच्छन्तु सुदिना उषासः

āsām pūrvāsām ahasu svasṝṇām aparā pūrvām abhy eti paścāt | tāḥ pratnavan navyasīr nūnam asme revad ucchantu sudinā uṣāsaḥ

Of these former sisters among the days, the later comes up to the former from behind. May they, new yet as of old, now shine richly upon us, the dawns of fair days.

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RV 1 124.10

प्र बोधयोषः पृणतो मघोन्य् अबुध्यमानाः पणयः ससन्तु । रेवद् उच्छ मघवद्भ्यो मघोनि रेवत् स्तोत्रे सूनृते जारयन्ती

pra bodhayoṣaḥ pṛṇato maghony abudhyamānāḥ paṇayaḥ sasantu | revad uccha maghavadbhyo maghoni revat stotre sūnṛte jārayantī

Awaken, O Uṣas, those who give freely, O bountiful one; let the Paṇis sleep unawakened. Shine richly for the generous, O bountiful one, richly for the singer, O bounteous one, as you rouse (them).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 1 124.11

अवेयम् अश्वैद् युवतिः पुरस्ताद् युङ्क्ते गवाम् अरुणानाम् अनीकम् । वि नूनम् उच्छाद् असति प्र केतुर् गृहꣳ-गृहम् उप तिष्ठाते अग्निः

aveyam aśvaid yuvatiḥ purastād yuṅkte gavām aruṇānām anīkam | vi nūnam ucchād asati pra ketur gṛhaṁ-gṛham upa tiṣṭhāte agniḥ

This young woman has flashed down here from the east; she yokes the troop of ruddy cows. Now she will shine forth, the signal will come forth, Agni will take his place in house after house.

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RV 1 124.12

उत् ते वयश् चिद् वसतेर् अपप्तन् नरश् च ये पितुभाजो व्युष्टौ । अमा सते वहसि भूरि वामम् उषो देवि दाशुषे मर्त्याय

ut te vayaś cid vasater apaptan naraś ca ye pitubhājo vyuṣṭau | amā sate vahasi bhūri vāmam uṣo devi dāśuṣe martyāya

Even the birds have flown up from their resting-place, and the men who eat their food, at (your) shining forth. To him who stays at home you bring much good, O goddess Uṣas, to the mortal who offers.

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RV 1 124.13

अस्तोढ्वꣳ स्तोम्या ब्रह्मणा मे ऽवीवृधध्वम् उशतीर् उषासः । युष्माकꣳ देवीर् अवसा सनेम सहस्रिणꣳ च शतिनꣳ च वाजम्

astoḍhvaṁ stomyā brahmaṇā me 'vīvṛdhadhvam uśatīr uṣāsaḥ | yuṣmākaṁ devīr avasā sanema sahasriṇaṁ ca śatinaṁ ca vājam

You have been praised, you who are worthy of praise, by my formula; you have been strengthened, you eager Dawns. By your aid, goddesses, may we win prize both thousandfold and hundredfold.

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