Rig Veda · 6.39.3

Rig Veda 6.39.3

Verse 3 of 5 from Sukta 6.39 (HYMN XXXIX Indra) in Mandala 6 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 6.39.3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अयं दयोतयदद्युतो वयक्तून दोषा वस्तोः शरद इन्दुरिन्द्र | इमं केतुमदधुर्नू चिदह्नां शुचिजन्मन उषसश्चकार

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ayaṃ dyotayadadyuto vyaktūn doṣā vastoḥ śarada indurindra | imaṃ ketumadadhurnū cidahnāṃ śucijanmana uṣasaścakāra

English Translation (Griffith)

This Indu lighted darksome nights, O Indra, throughout the years, at morning and at evening. Him have they stablished as the days' bright ensign. He made the Mornings to be born in splendour.

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