Rig Veda · 1.115.4

Rig Veda 1.115.4 — Sūrya

Verse 4 of 6 from Sukta 1.115 (Sūrya) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.115.4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तत सूर्यस्य देवत्वं तन महित्वं मध्या कर्तोर्विततं सं जभार | यदेदयुक्त हरितः सधस्थादाद रात्री वासस्तनुते सिमस्मै

IAST Romanisation

tat sūryasya devatvaṃ tan mahitvaṃ madhyā kartorvitataṃ saṃ jabhāra | yadedayukta haritaḥ sadhasthādād rātrī vāsastanute simasmai

English Translation (Griffith)

This is the Godhead, this might of Sūrya: he hath withdrawn what spread o’er work unfinished. When he hath loosed his Horses from their station, straight over all Night spreadeth out her garment.

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