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1. BORN in the
heavens the Dawn hath flushed, and showing her majesty is come as Law
ordaineth.
She hath uncovered fiends and
hateful darkness; best of Angirases, hath waked the pathways.
2 Rouse us
this day to high and happy fortune: to great felicity, O Dawn, promote us.
Vouchsafe us manifold and
splendid riches, famed among mortals, man-befriending Goddess!
3 See, lovely
Morning's everlasting splendours, bright with their varied colours, have
approached us.
Filling the region of mid-air, producing
the rites of holy worship, they have mounted.
4 She yokes
her chariot far away, and swiftly visits the lands where the Five Tribes are
settled,
Looking upon the works and ways
of mortals, Daughter of Heaven, the world's Imperial Lady.
5 She who is
rich in spoil, the Spouse of Surya, wondrously opulent, rules all wealth and
treasures.
Consumer of our youth, the
seers extol her: lauded by priests rich Dawn shines out refulgent.
6 Apparent are
the steeds of varied colour, the red steeds carrying resplendent Morning.
On her all-lovely car she
comes, the Fair One, and brings rich treasure for her faithful servant.
7 True with
the True and Mighty with the Mighty, with Gods a Goddess, Holy with the Holy,
She brake strong fences down
and gave the cattle: the kine were lowing as they greeted Morning.
8 O Dawn, now
give us wealth in kine and heroes, and horses, fraught with manifold enjoyment.
Protect our sacred grass from
man's reproaches. Preserve us evermore, ye Gods, with blessings.
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