Rig Veda · 1.123.9
Rig Veda 1.123.9 — Dawn
Verse 9 of 13 from Sukta 1.123 (Dawn) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 1.123.9
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
जानत्यह्नः परथमस्य नाम शुक्रा कर्ष्णादजनिष्ट शवितीची | रतस्य योषा न मिनाति धामाहर अहर्निष्क्र्तमाचरन्ती
IAST Romanisation
jānatyahnaḥ prathamasya nāma śukrā kṛṣṇādajaniṣṭa śvitīcī | ṛtasya yoṣā na mināti dhāmāhar aharniṣkṛtamācarantī
English Translation (Griffith)
She who hath knowledge Of the first day's nature is born refulgent white from out the darkness. The Maiden breaketh not the law of Order, day by day coming to the place appointed.
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