Rig Veda · 5.40.6
Rig Veda 5.40.6 — Indra. Sūrya. Atri
Verse 6 of 9 from Sukta 5.40 (Indra. Sūrya. Atri) in Mandala 5 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 5.40.6
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
सवर्भानोर अध यद इन्द्र माया अवो दिवो वर्तमाना अवाहन | गूळ्हं सूर्यं तमसापव्रतेन तुरीयेण बरह्मणाविन्दद अत्रिः
IAST Romanisation
svarbhānor adha yad indra māyā avo divo vartamānā avāhan | ghūḷhaṃ sūryaṃ tamasāpavratena turīyeṇa brahmaṇāvindad atriḥ
English Translation (Griffith)
What time thou smotest down Svarbhanu's magic that spread itself beneath the sky, O Indra, By his fourth sacred prayer Atri disoovered Sūrya concealed in gloom that stayed his function.
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