Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 4 — Chapter 51

RV 4 51.1

इदम् उ त्यत् पुरुतमम् पुरस्ताज् ज्योतिस् तमसो वयुनावद् अस्थात् । नूनꣳ दिवो दुहितरो विभातीर् गातुꣳ कृणवन्न् उषसो जनाय

idam u tyat purutamam purastāj jyotis tamaso vayunāvad asthāt | nūnaṁ divo duhitaro vibhātīr gātuṁ kṛṇavann uṣaso janāya

This very light here, foremost of many, has risen in the east out of the darkness, bringing clear marks. Now let the daughters of heaven, the Dawns shining forth, make a path for men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 4 51.2

अस्थुर् उ चित्रा उषसः पुरस्तान् मिता इव स्वरवो ऽध्वरेषु । व्य् ऊ व्रजस्य तमसो द्वारोच्छन्तीर् अव्रञ् छुचयः पावकाः

asthur u citrā uṣasaḥ purastān mitā iva svaravo 'dhvareṣu | vy ū vrajasya tamaso dvārocchantīr avrañ chucayaḥ pāvakāḥ

The bright dawns have stood up in the east, like posts set fast at the rites. Shining forth, radiant and purifying, they have thrown open the two doors of the pen of darkness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 4 51.3

उच्छन्तीर् अद्य चितयन्त भोजान् राधोदेयायोषसो मघोनीः । अचित्रे अन्तः पणयः ससन्त्व् अबुध्यमानास् तमसो विमध्ये

ucchantīr adya citayanta bhojān rādhodeyāyoṣaso maghonīḥ | acitre antaḥ paṇayaḥ sasantv abudhyamānās tamaso vimadhye

Shining forth today, let the bounteous dawns make the generous men noticed, for the giving of largesse. Within the lightless place let the Paṇis sleep, unwaking, in the midst of darkness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 4 51.4

कुवित् स देवीः सनयो नवो वा यामो बभूयाद् उषसो वो अद्य । येना नवग्वे अङ्गिरे दशग्वे सप्तास्ये रेवती रेवद् ऊष

kuvit sa devīḥ sanayo navo vā yāmo babhūyād uṣaso vo adya | yenā navagve aṅgire daśagve saptāsye revatī revad ūṣa

Is it perhaps an old course, O goddesses, or a new one, that will be yours today, O dawns — that by which, O rich ones, you shone richly upon Navagva, upon Aṅgira, upon Daśagva, the seven-mouthed?

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RV 4 51.5

यूयꣳ हि देवीर् ऋतयुग्भिर् अश्वैः परिप्रयाथ भुवनानि सद्यः । प्रबोधयन्तीर् उषसः ससन्तꣳ द्विपाच् चतुष्पाच् चरथाय जीवम्

yūyaṁ hi devīr ṛtayugbhir aśvaiḥ pariprayātha bhuvanāni sadyaḥ | prabodhayantīr uṣasaḥ sasantaṁ dvipāc catuṣpāc carathāya jīvam

For you, O goddesses, with horses yoked by ṛta, travel around the worlds in a single day, awakening, O dawns, the sleeper — the two-footed, the four-footed, the living, to move.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 4 51.6

क्व स्विद् आसाꣳ कतमा पुराणी यया विधाना विदधुर् ऋभूणाम् । शुभꣳ यच् छुभ्रा उषसश् चरन्ति न वि ज्ञायन्ते सदृशीर् अजुर्याः

kva svid āsāṁ katamā purāṇī yayā vidhānā vidadhur ṛbhūṇām | śubhaṁ yac chubhrā uṣasaś caranti na vi jñāyante sadṛśīr ajuryāḥ

Where, then, and which among these is the ancient one, by which they ordained the ordinances of the Ṛbhus? When the gleaming dawns go forth in their splendour, they are not told apart, being alike and unaging.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 4 51.7

ता घा ता भद्रा उषसः पुरासुर् अभिष्टिद्युम्ना ऋतजातसत्याः । यास्व् ईजानः शशमान उक्थैः स्तुवञ् छꣳसन् द्रविणꣳ सद्य आप

tā ghā tā bhadrā uṣasaḥ purāsur abhiṣṭidyumnā ṛtajātasatyāḥ | yāsv ījānaḥ śaśamāna ukthaiḥ stuvañ chaṁsan draviṇaṁ sadya āpa

Those, yes those, were the auspicious dawns of old, brilliant in their aid, true and born of ṛta, at which the sacrificer, toiling with recitations, praising and proclaiming, at once obtained wealth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 4 51.8

ता आ चरन्ति समना पुरस्तात् समानतः समना पप्रथानाः । ऋतस्य देवीः सदसो बुधाना गवाꣳ न सर्गा उषसो जरन्ते

tā ā caranti samanā purastāt samānataḥ samanā paprathānāḥ | ṛtasya devīḥ sadaso budhānā gavāṁ na sargā uṣaso jarante

They come on together from the east, spreading out alike from one same place; the goddesses, waking from the seat of ṛta, the dawns, are sung of like herds of cattle let loose.

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

RV 4 51.9

ता इन् न्व् ए३व समना समानीर् अमीतवर्णा उषसश् चरन्ति । गूहन्तीर् अभ्वम् असितꣳ रुशद्भिः शुक्रास् तनूभिः शुचयो रुचानाः

tā in nv e3va samanā samānīr amītavarṇā uṣasaś caranti | gūhantīr abhvam asitaṁ ruśadbhiḥ śukrās tanūbhiḥ śucayo rucānāḥ

Those very ones, alike and equal, of unfading colour, the dawns come on, hiding the black monstrous thing with their gleaming bodies, bright, radiant, shining.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 4 51.10

रयिꣳ दिवो दुहितरो विभातीः प्रजावन्तꣳ यच्छतास्मासु देवीः । स्योनाद् आ वः प्रतिबुध्यमानाः सुवीर्यस्य पतयः स्याम

rayiṁ divo duhitaro vibhātīḥ prajāvantaṁ yacchatāsmāsu devīḥ | syonād ā vaḥ pratibudhyamānāḥ suvīryasya patayaḥ syāma

Grant us wealth rich in offspring, O daughters of heaven, shining forth, O goddesses; waking up from our soft bed at your coming, may we be masters of good heroic strength.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 4 51.11

तद् वो दिवो दुहितरो विभातीर् उप ब्रुव उषसो यज्ञकेतुः । वयꣳ स्याम यशसो जनेषु तद् द्यौश् च धत्ताम् पृथिवी च देवी

tad vo divo duhitaro vibhātīr upa bruva uṣaso yajñaketuḥ | vayaṁ syāma yaśaso janeṣu tad dyauś ca dhattām pṛthivī ca devī

This I say to you, O daughters of heaven, O shining dawns, I whose banner is the sacrifice: may we be renowned among the peoples; let Heaven and the goddess Earth grant that.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition