Samaveda — Uttararchika — Chapter 8314

SV 2 8314.1

इदं श्रेष्ठं ज्योतिषां ज्योतिरागाच्चित्रः प्रकेतो अजनिष्ट विभ्वा । यथा प्रसूता सवितुः सवायैवा रात्र्युषसे योनिमारैक्

idaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ jyotiṣāṃ jyotirāgāccitraḥ praketo ajaniṣṭa vibhvā | yathā prasūtā savituḥ savāyaivā rātryuṣase yonimāraik

This best light of lights has come, the bright far-reaching beacon has been born. Just as she is impelled forth for Savitṛ's impulsion, so Night has given over her place to Dawn.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SV 2 8314.2

रुशाद्वत्सा रुशती श्वेत्यागादारैगु कृष्णा सदनान्यस्याः । समानबन्धू अमृते अनूची द्यावा वर्णं चरत आमिनाने

ruśādvatsā ruśatī śvetyāgādāraigu kṛṣṇā sadanānyasyāḥ | samānabandhū amṛte anūcī dyāvā varṇaṃ carata āmināne

The shining white one has come with her shining calf; the black one has yielded up her seats. Kindred, immortal, following one upon the other, the two Days go on exchanging colour.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SV 2 8314.3

समानो अध्वा स्वस्रोरनन्तस्तमन्यान्या चरतो देवशिष्टे । न मेथेते न तस्थतुः सुमेके नक्तोषासा समनसा विरूपे

samāno adhvā svasroranantastamanyānyā carato devaśiṣṭe | na methete na tasthatuḥ sumeke naktoṣāsā samanasā virūpe

The road of the two sisters is the same, endless; they travel it one after the other, instructed by the gods. They do not clash, they do not stand still, well-fixed — Night and Dawn, of one mind, of unlike form.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition