Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 48

RV 1 48.1

सह वामेन न उषो व्य् उच्छा दुहितर् दिवः । सह द्युम्नेन बृहता विभावरि राया देवि दास्वती

saha vāmena na uṣo vy ucchā duhitar divaḥ | saha dyumnena bṛhatā vibhāvari rāyā devi dāsvatī

Shine forth for us together with lovely wealth, O Uṣas, daughter of heaven, together with lofty splendour, O you of wide radiance, with riches, O goddess, you who are bountiful.

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RV 1 48.2

अश्वावतीर् गोमतीर् विश्वसुविदो भूरि च्यवन्त वस्तवे । उद् ईरय प्रति मा सूनृता उषश् चोद राधो मघोनाम्

aśvāvatīr gomatīr viśvasuvido bhūri cyavanta vastave | ud īraya prati mā sūnṛtā uṣaś coda rādho maghonām

Rich in horses, rich in cattle, finding all good things — often do they stir themselves to shine forth. Send up toward me the bounteous gifts, O Uṣas; impel the generosity of the liberal patrons.

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

RV 1 48.3

उवासोषा उच्छाच् च नु देवी जीरा रथानाम् । ये अस्या आचरणेषु दध्रिरे समुद्रे न श्रवस्यवः

uvāsoṣā ucchāc ca nu devī jīrā rathānām | ye asyā ācaraṇeṣu dadhrire samudre na śravasyavaḥ

Uṣas has shone; and now the goddess, the quickener of chariots, will shine forth — (she) upon whose approachings they have set themselves, like men seeking fame on the sea.

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

RV 1 48.4

उषो ये ते प्र यामेषु युञ्जते मनो दानाय सूरयः । अत्राह तत् कण्व एषाꣳ कण्वतमो नाम गृणाति नृणाम्

uṣo ye te pra yāmeṣu yuñjate mano dānāya sūrayaḥ | atrāha tat kaṇva eṣāṁ kaṇvatamo nāma gṛṇāti nṛṇām

Uṣas, those patrons who at your comings yoke their mind to giving — here indeed Kaṇva, most Kaṇva-like, proclaims that name of theirs, of these men.

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RV 1 48.5

आ घा योषेव सूनर्य् उषा याति प्रभुञ्जती । जरयन्ती वृजनम् पद्वद् ईयत उत् पातयति पक्षिणः

ā ghā yoṣeva sūnary uṣā yāti prabhuñjatī | jarayantī vṛjanam padvad īyata ut pātayati pakṣiṇaḥ

Like a woman, a noble bringer of good, Uṣas comes, bestowing enjoyment. Making the enclosure grow old, she comes; whatever goes on feet stirs, she makes the winged ones fly up.

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RV 1 48.6

वि या सृजति समनꣳ व्य् अ१र्थिनः पदꣳ न वेत्य् ओदती । वयो नकिष् टे पप्तिवाꣳस आसते व्युष्टौ वाजिनीवति

vi yā sṛjati samanaṁ vy a1rthinaḥ padaṁ na vety odatī | vayo nakiṣ ṭe paptivāṁsa āsate vyuṣṭau vājinīvati

She who releases the assembly (of men), releases those with an aim; moistening, she pursues (her path) as if a footstep. The birds that have flown do not sit still at your dawning, O rich in prizes.

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RV 1 48.7

एषायुक्त परावतः सूर्यस्योदयनाद् अधि । शतꣳ रथेभिः सुभगोषा इयꣳ वि यात्य् अभि मानुषान्

eṣāyukta parāvataḥ sūryasyodayanād adhi | śataṁ rathebhiḥ subhagoṣā iyaṁ vi yāty abhi mānuṣān

She has yoked (her team) from afar, from the rising of the sun; with a hundred chariots this blessed Uṣas drives forth toward men.

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RV 1 48.8

विश्वम् अस्या नानाम चक्षसे जगज् ज्योतिष् कृणोति सूनरी । अप द्वेषो मघोनी दुहिता दिव उषा उच्छद् अप स्रिधः

viśvam asyā nānāma cakṣase jagaj jyotiṣ kṛṇoti sūnarī | apa dveṣo maghonī duhitā diva uṣā ucchad apa sridhaḥ

The whole moving world has bowed before her, for her to look upon; the noble one makes light. May Uṣas, the bounteous daughter of Heaven, dawn away hatreds, away failures.

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RV 1 48.9

उष आ भाहि भानुना चन्द्रेण दुहितर् दिवः । आवहन्ती भूर्य् अस्मभ्यꣳ सौभगꣳ व्युच्छन्ती दिविष्टिषु

uṣa ā bhāhi bhānunā candreṇa duhitar divaḥ | āvahantī bhūry asmabhyaṁ saubhagaṁ vyucchantī diviṣṭiṣu

Uṣas, shine here with your gleaming radiance, daughter of Heaven, bringing much good fortune to us, dawning forth at the times of longing for heaven.

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RV 1 48.10

विश्वस्य हि प्राणनꣳ जीवनꣳ त्वे वि यद् उच्छसि सूनरि । सा नो रथेन बृहता विभावरि श्रुधि चित्रामघे हवम्

viśvasya hi prāṇanaṁ jīvanaṁ tve vi yad ucchasi sūnari | sā no rathena bṛhatā vibhāvari śrudhi citrāmaghe havam

For in you is the breathing and the life of all, when you dawn forth, O noble one. As such, O far-shining one, with your lofty chariot hear our call, O you of brilliant bounty.

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RV 1 48.11

उषो वाजꣳ हि वꣳस्व यश् चित्रो मानुषे जने । तेना वह सुकृतो अध्वराꣳ उप ये त्वा गृणन्ति वह्नयः

uṣo vājaṁ hi vaṁsva yaś citro mānuṣe jane | tenā vaha sukṛto adhvarām̐ upa ye tvā gṛṇanti vahnayaḥ

Uṣas, win the prize which is brilliant among the race of men; with it convey to the rites the doers of good who, as bearers (of the offering), sing of you.

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RV 1 48.12

विश्वान् देवाꣳ आ वह सोमपीतये ऽन्तरिक्षाद् उषस् त्वम् । सास्मासु धा गोमद् अश्वावद् उक्थ्य१म् उषो वाजꣳ सुवीर्यम्

viśvān devām̐ ā vaha somapītaye 'ntarikṣād uṣas tvam | sāsmāsu dhā gomad aśvāvad ukthya1m uṣo vājaṁ suvīryam

Bring all the gods here from the midspace for the soma-drinking, Uṣas, you; and set in us wealth in cattle, in horses, worthy of praise — Uṣas, the prize, good manly strength.

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RV 1 48.13

यस्या रुशन्तो अर्चयः प्रति भद्रा अदृक्षत । सा नो रयिꣳ विश्ववारꣳ सुपेशसम् उषा ददातु सुग्म्यम्

yasyā ruśanto arcayaḥ prati bhadrā adṛkṣata | sā no rayiṁ viśvavāraṁ supeśasam uṣā dadātu sugmyam

She whose shining beams have appeared, auspicious, before (us) — may that Uṣas give us all-desirable wealth, well-adorned, easy to travel with.

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RV 1 48.14

ये चिद् धि त्वाम् ऋषयः पूर्व ऊतये जुहूरे ऽवसे महि । सा नः स्तोमाꣳ अभि गृणीहि राधसोषः शुक्रेण शोचिषा

ye cid dhi tvām ṛṣayaḥ pūrva ūtaye juhūre 'vase mahi | sā naḥ stomām̐ abhi gṛṇīhi rādhasoṣaḥ śukreṇa śociṣā

Since the ancient ṛṣis too called on you for help, for aid, O great one — as such sing back to our praise-songs with a gift, Uṣas, with your bright flame.

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

RV 1 48.15

उषो यद् अद्य भानुना वि द्वाराव् ऋणवो दिवः । प्र नो यच्छताद् अवृकम् पृथु च्छर्दिः प्र देवि गोमतीर् इषः

uṣo yad adya bhānunā vi dvārāv ṛṇavo divaḥ | pra no yacchatād avṛkam pṛthu cchardiḥ pra devi gomatīr iṣaḥ

Uṣas, since today with your radiance you open wide the two doors of Heaven, hold out to us a broad shelter free of wolves, hold out, goddess, refreshments rich in cattle.

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RV 1 48.16

सꣳ नो राया बृहता विश्वपेशसा मिमिक्ष्वा सम् इऴाभिर् आ । सꣳ द्युम्नेन विश्वतुरोषो महि सꣳ वाजैर् वाजिनीवति

saṁ no rāyā bṛhatā viśvapeśasā mimikṣvā sam iḻābhir ā | saṁ dyumnena viśvaturoṣo mahi saṁ vājair vājinīvati

Mix us together with lofty wealth of every adornment, together with nourishments, together with brilliance, O Uṣas who surpass all, O great one, together with prizes, O rich in prizes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition