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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 6 — Chapter 64

RV 6 64.1

उद् उ श्रिय उषसो रोचमाना अस्थुर् अपाꣳ नोर्मयो रुशन्तः । कृणोति विश्वा सुपथा सुगान्य् अभूद् उ वस्वी दक्षिणा मघोनी

ud u śriya uṣaso rocamānā asthur apāṁ normayo ruśantaḥ | kṛṇoti viśvā supathā sugāny abhūd u vasvī dakṣiṇā maghonī

Upward, for splendour, the dawns have risen, shining, like the gleaming waves of the waters. She makes all paths good and easy to travel; the bounteous Dakṣiṇā has proved good.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

THE radiant Dawns have risen up for glory, in their white splendour like the waves of waters. She maketh paths all easy, fair to travel, and, rich, hath shown herself benign and friendly.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 64.2

भद्रा ददृक्ष उर्विया वि भास्य् उत् ते शोचिर् भानवो द्याम् अपप्तन् । आविर् वक्षः कृणुषे शुम्भमानोषो देवि रोचमाना महोभिः

bhadrā dadṛkṣa urviyā vi bhāsy ut te śocir bhānavo dyām apaptan | āvir vakṣaḥ kṛṇuṣe śumbhamānoṣo devi rocamānā mahobhiḥ

Auspicious you have come into sight, widely you shine forth; your flame, your beams have flown up to heaven. You make your breast manifest, adorning yourself, O goddess Uṣas, shining with your greatnesses.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

We see that thou art good: far shines thy lustre; thy beams, thy splendours have flown up to heaven. Decking thyself, thou makest bare thy bosom, shining in majesty, thou Goddess Morning.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 64.3

वहन्ति सीम् अरुणासो रुशन्तो गावः सुभगाम् उर्विया प्रथानाम् । अपेजते शूरो अस्तेव शत्रून् बाधते तमो अजिरो न वोऴ्हा

vahanti sīm aruṇāso ruśanto gāvaḥ subhagām urviyā prathānām | apejate śūro asteva śatrūn bādhate tamo ajiro na voḻhā

The ruddy, gleaming cows draw her, the fortunate one spreading widely. She drives (the darkness) away as a hero, like an archer, drives off foes; she thrusts back the darkness like a tireless draught-animal.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Red are the kine and luminous that bear her the Blessed One who spreadeth through the distance. The foes she chaseth like a valiant archer, like a swift warrior she repelleth darkness.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 64.4

सुगोत ते सुपथा पर्वतेष्व् अवाते अपस् तरसि स्वभानो । सा न आ वह पृथुयामन्न् ऋष्वे रयिꣳ दिवो दुहितर् इषयध्यै

sugota te supathā parvateṣv avāte apas tarasi svabhāno | sā na ā vaha pṛthuyāmann ṛṣve rayiṁ divo duhitar iṣayadhyai

Good is your going, good your paths among the mountains; in the windless (space) you cross the waters, O self-shining one. Then carry wealth here to us, O lofty one of wide course, O daughter of heaven, that we may thrive.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Thy ways are easy on the hills: thou passest Invincible! Self-luminous! through waters. So lofty Goddess with thine ample pathway, Daughter of Heaven, bring wealth to give us comfort.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 64.5

सा वह योक्षभिर् अवातोषो वरꣳ वहसि जोषम् अनु । त्वꣳ दिवो दुहितर् या ह देवी पूर्वहूतौ मꣳहना दर्शता भूः

sā vaha yokṣabhir avātoṣo varaṁ vahasi joṣam anu | tvaṁ divo duhitar yā ha devī pūrvahūtau maṁhanā darśatā bhūḥ

So carry (it) hither with your yoke-oxen, unresisted, O Uṣas; you convey what is choice according to (our) liking. You, daughter of heaven, who as a goddess at the early invocation have become visible with bounty.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Dawn, bring me wealth: untroubled, with thine oxen thou bearest riches at thy will and pleasure; Thou who, a Goddess, Child of Heaven, hast shown thee lovely through bounty when we called thee early.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 64.6

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 nest at your shining forth, and the men who share in food. To the one who stays at home you bring much good, O goddess Uṣas, to the mortal who gives offering.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

As the birds fly forth from their restingplaces, so men with store of food rise at thy dawning. Yea, to the liberal mortal who rernaineth at home, O Goddess Dawn, much good thou bringest.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)