Mandala 7

Sukta 79: Ushas wakes the five peoples

Rishi: मैत्रावरुणिर्वसिष्ठः · Devata: उषसः · Metre: त्रिष्टुप्

5 verses · 79 of 104

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Ushas wakes the five peoples

Ushas has shone forth and lit the paths of men, says Maharshi Vasishtha, waking the five peoples. With her fair bulls she has spread her light, and the sun has opened heaven and earth with his eye. The Dawns strive like people yoked to work; their rays roll back the darkness and hold out light as Savitar stretches his arms. She, most like the Angirasas, gives goods to the doer of good. He asks her for as much bounty as she gave earlier singers, she who was born at the bellow of the bull when the doors of the rock were thrown open.

79.1

व्यु१॒॑षा आ॑वः प॒थ्या॒३॒॑ जना॑नां॒ पञ्च॑ क्षि॒तीर्मानु॑षीर्बो॒धय॑न्ती ।
सु॒सं॒दृग्भि॑रु॒क्षभि॑र्भा॒नुम॑श्रे॒द्वि सूर्यो॒ रोद॑सी॒ चक्ष॑सावः

vyuṣā āvaḥ pathyā janānāṃ pañca kṣitīrmānuṣīrbodhayantī |
susaṃdṛgbhirukṣabhirbhānumaśredvi sūryo rodasī cakṣasāvaḥ

79.2

व्य॑ञ्जते दि॒वो अन्ते॑ष्व॒क्तून्विशो॒ न यु॒क्ता उ॒षसो॑ यतन्ते ।
सं ते॒ गाव॒स्तम॒ आ व॑र्तयन्ति॒ ज्योति॑र्यच्छन्ति सवि॒तेव॑ बा॒हू

vyañjate divo anteṣvaktūnviśo na yuktā uṣaso yatante |
saṃ te gāvastama ā vartayanti jyotiryacchanti saviteva bāhū

79.3

अभू॑दु॒षा इन्द्र॑तमा म॒घोन्यजी॑जनत्सुवि॒ताय॒ श्रवां॑सि ।
वि दि॒वो दे॒वी दु॑हि॒ता द॑धा॒त्यङ्गि॑रस्तमा सु॒कृते॒ वसू॑नि

abhūduṣā indratamā maghonyajījanatsuvitāya śravāṃsi |
vi divo devī duhitā dadhātyaṅgirastamā sukṛte vasūni

79.4

ताव॑दुषो॒ राधो॑ अ॒स्मभ्यं॑ रास्व॒ याव॑त्स्तो॒तृभ्यो॒ अर॑दो गृणा॒ना ।
यां त्वा॑ ज॒ज्ञुर्वृ॑ष॒भस्या॒ रवे॑ण॒ वि दृ॒ळ्हस्य॒ दुरो॒ अद्रे॑रौर्णोः

tāvaduṣo rādho asmabhyaṃ rāsva yāvatstotṛbhyo arado gṛṇānā |
yāṃ tvā jajñurvṛṣabhasyā raveṇa vi dṛḻhasya duro adreraurṇoḥ

79.5

दे॒वंदे॑वं॒ राध॑से चो॒दय॑न्त्यस्म॒द्र्य॑क्सू॒नृता॑ ई॒रय॑न्ती ।
व्यु॒च्छन्ती॑ नः स॒नये॒ धियो॑ धा यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभि॒ः सदा॑ नः

devaṃdevaṃ rādhase codayantyasmadryaksūnṛtā īrayantī |
vyucchantī naḥ sanaye dhiyo dhā yūyaṃ pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ

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