Rig Veda · 6.64.3

Rig Veda 6.64.3 — Dawn

Verse 3 of 6 from Sukta 6.64 (Dawn) in Mandala 6 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 6.64.3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वहन्ति सीमरुणासो रुशन्तो गावः सुभगामुर्विया परथानाम | अपेजते शूरो अस्तेव शत्रून बाधते तमो अजिरो नवोळ्हा

IAST Romanisation

vahanti sīmaruṇāso ruśanto ghāvaḥ subhaghāmurviyā prathānām | apejate śūro asteva śatrūn bādhate tamo ajiro navoḷhā

English Translation (Griffith)

Red are the kine and luminous that bear her the Blessed One who spreadeth through the distance. The foes she chaseth like a valiant archer, like a swift warrior she repelleth darkness.

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