Rig Veda · 4.54.2

Rig Veda 4.54.2 — Savitar

Verse 2 of 6 from Sukta 4.54 (Savitar) in Mandala 4 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 4.54.2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

देवेभ्यो हि परथमं यज्ञियेभ्यो ऽमर्तत्वं सुवसि भागम उत्तमम | आद इद दामानं सवितर वय ्र्णुषे ऽनूचीना जीविता मानुषेभ्यः

IAST Romanisation

devebhyo hi prathamaṃ yajñiyebhyo 'mṛtatvaṃ suvasi bhāgham uttamam | ād id dāmānaṃ savitar vy rṇuṣe 'nūcīnā jīvitā mānuṣebhyaḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

For thou at first producest for the holy Gods the noblest of all portions, immortality: Thereafter as a gift to men, O Savitar, thou openest existence, life succeeding life.

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