Rig Veda · 1.48.8

Rig Veda 1.48.8 — Dawn

Verse 8 of 16 from Sukta 1.48 (Dawn) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.48.8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विश्वमस्या नानाम चक्षसे जगज्ज्योतिष कर्णोति सूनरी | अप दवेषो मघोनी दुहिता दिव उषा उछदप सरिधः

IAST Romanisation

viśvamasyā nānāma cakṣase jaghajjyotiṣ kṛṇoti sūnarī | apa dveṣo maghonī duhitā diva uṣā uchadapa sridhaḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

To meet her glance all living creatures bend them down: Excellent One, she makes the light. Uṣas, the Daughter of the Sky, the opulent, shines foes and enmities away.

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