आ या॑हि॒ वन॑सा स॒ह गाव॑ः सचन्त वर्त॒निं यदूध॑भिः
ā yāhi vanasā saha gāvaḥ sacanta vartaniṃ yadūdhabhiḥ
Mandala 10
Sukta 172: Usha comes and turns back night
Rishi: संवर्त आङ्गिरसः · Devata: उषाः · Metre: द्विपदा विराट्
4 verses · 172 of 191
What happens in this chapter
Usha comes and turns back night
Samvarta Angirasa calls Usha, the dawn, in four two-footed virat lines. Come with your loveliness; the cows follow the track with full udders. Come with a thought rich in good things, most bountiful, with generous ones, waking the worshipper. Like those who bring food, we the generous lay down the thread and worship. Usha drives back the darkness of her sister, the night, and by her noble birth turns the course. The brevity is the hymn's form: each line is a single picture of morning, ending with dawn pushing night away along the same path.
आ या॑हि॒ वस्व्या॑ धि॒या मंहि॑ष्ठो जार॒यन्म॑खः सु॒दानु॑भिः
ā yāhi vasvyā dhiyā maṃhiṣṭho jārayanmakhaḥ sudānubhiḥ
पि॒तु॒भृतो॒ न तन्तु॒मित्सु॒दान॑व॒ः प्रति॑ दध्मो॒ यजा॑मसि
pitubhṛto na tantumitsudānavaḥ prati dadhmo yajāmasi
उ॒षा अप॒ स्वसु॒स्तम॒ः सं व॑र्तयति वर्त॒निं सु॑जा॒तता॑
uṣā apa svasustamaḥ saṃ vartayati vartaniṃ sujātatā
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