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Rig Veda Book 4 Hymn 13 परत्य अग्निर उषसाम अग्रम अख्यद विभातीनां सुमना रत्नधेयम | यातम अश्विना सुक्र्तो दुरोणम उत सूर्यो जयोतिषा देव एति || ऊर्ध्वम भानुं सविता देवो अश्रेद दरप्सं दविध्वद गविषो न सत्वा | अनु वरतं वरुणो यन्ति मित्रो यत सूर्यं दिव्य आरोहयन्ति || यं सीम अक्र्ण्वन तमसे विप्र्चे धरुवक्षेमा अनवस्यन्तो अर्थम| तं सूर्यं हरितः सप्त यह्वी सपशं विश्वस्य जगतो वहन्ति || वहिष्ठेभिर विहरन यासि तन्तुम अवव्ययन्न असितं देव वस्म | दविध्वतो रश्मयः सूर्यस्य चर्मेवावाधुस तमो अप्स्व अन्तः || अनायतो अनिबद्धः कथायं नयङङ उत्तानो ऽव पद्यते न |

praty aghnir uṣasām aghram akhyad vibhātīnāṃ sumanā ratnadheyam | yātam aśvinā sukṛto duroṇam ut sūryo jyotiṣā deva eti || ūrdhvam bhānuṃ savitā devo aśred drapsaṃ davidhvad ghaviṣo na satvā | anu vrataṃ varuṇo yanti mitro yat sūryaṃ divy ārohayanti || yaṃ sīm akṛṇvan tamase vipṛce dhruvakṣemā anavasyanto artham| taṃ sūryaṃ haritaḥ sapta yahvī spaśaṃ viśvasya jaghato vahanti || vahiṣṭhebhir viharan yāsi tantum avavyayann asitaṃ deva vasma | davidhvato raśmayaḥ sūryasya carmevāvādhus tamo apsv antaḥ || anāyato anibaddhaḥ kathāyaṃ nyaṅṅ uttāno ‘va padyate na |

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Rig Veda

  1. AGNI hath looked, benevolently-minded, on the wealth-giving spring of radiant Mornings. Come, Aśvins, to the dwelling of the pious: Sūrya the God is rising with his splendour. 2 Savitar, God, hath spread on high his lustre, waving his flag like a spoil-seeking hero. Their stablished way go Varuṇa and Mitra, what time they make the Sun ascend the heaven. 3 Him whom they made to drive away the darkness, Lords of sure mansions, constant to their object, Him who beholds the universe, the Sun-God, seven strong and youthful Coursers carry onward. 4 Spreading thy web with mightiest Steeds thou comest, rending apart, thou God, the black-hued mantle. The rays of Sūrya tremulously shining sink, like a hide, the darkness in the waters. 5 How is it that, unbound and not supported, he falleth not although directed downward? By what self power moves he? Who hath seen it? He guards the vault of heaven, a close-set pillar.