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1
AGNI I first invoke for our prosperity; I call on Mitra, Varuna, to aid us
here.
I call on
Night who gives rest to all moving life; I call on Savitar the God to lend us
help.
2
Throughout the dusky firmament advancing, laying to rest the immortal and the
mortal,
Borne in
his golden chariot he cometh, Savitar, God who looks on every creature.
3
The God moves by the upward path, the downward; with two bright Bays, adorable,
he journeys.
Savitar
comes, the God from the far distance, and chases from us all distress and
sorrow.
4
His chariot decked with pearl, of various colours, lofty, with golden pole, the
God hath mounted,
The
many-rayed One, Savitar the holy, bound, bearing power and might, for darksome
regions.
5
Drawing the gold-yoked car his Bays, white-footed, have manifested light to all
the peoples.
Held in the
lap of Savitar, divine One, all men, all beings have their place for ever.
6
Three heavens there are; two Savitar's, adjacent: in Yama's world is one, the
home of heroes,
As on a
linch-pin, firm, rest things immortal: he who hath known it let him here
declare it.
7
He, strong of wing, hath lightened up the regions, deep-quivering Asura, the
gentle Leader.
Where now
is Surya, where is one to tell us to what celestial sphere his ray hath
wandered?
8
The earth's eight points his brightness hath illumined, three desert regions
and the Seven Rivers.
God Savitar
the gold-eyed hath come hither, giving choice treasures unto him who worships.
9
The golden-handed Savitar, far-seeing, goes on his way between the earth and
heaven,
Drives away
sickness, bids the Sun approach us, and spreads the bright sky through the
darksome region.
10
May he, gold-handed Asura, kind Leader, come hither to us with his help and
favour.
Driving off
Raksasas and Yatudhanas, the God is present, praised in hymns at evening.
11
O Savitar, thine ancient dustless pathways are well established in the air's
midregion:
O God, come
by those paths so fair to travel, preserve thou us from harm this day, and
bless us.
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