Containing 16 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
स॒ह वा॒मेन॑ न उषो॒ व्यु॑च्छा दुहितर्दिवः स॒ह द्यु॒म्नेन॑ बृह॒ता वि॑भावरि रा॒या दे॑वि॒ दास्व॑ती
"DAWN on us with prosperity, O Ushas, Daughter of the Sky, Dawn with great glory, Goddess, Lady of the Light, dawn thou with riches, Bounteous One."
अश्वा॑वती॒र्गोम॑तीर्विश्वसु॒विदो॒ भूरि॑ च्यवन्त॒ वस्त॑वे उदी॑रय॒ प्रति॑ मा सू॒नृता॑ उष॒श्चोद॒ राधो॑ म॒घोना॑म्
"They, bringing steeds and kine, boon-givers of all wealth, have oft sped forth to lighten us. O Ushas, waken up for me the sounds of joy: send us the riches of the great."
उ॒वासो॒षा उ॒च्छाच्च॒ नु दे॒वी जी॒रा रथा॑नाम् ये अ॑स्या आ॒चर॑णेषु दध्रि॒रे स॑मु॒द्रे न श्र॑व॒स्यवः॑
"Ushas hath dawned, and now shall dawn, the Goddess, driver forth of cars Which, as she cometh nigh, have fixed their thought on her, like glory-seekers on the flood."
उषो॒ ये ते॒ प्र यामे॑षु यु॒ञ्जते॒ मनो॑ दा॒नाय॑ सू॒रयः॑ अत्राह॒ तत्कण्व॑ एषां॒ कण्व॑तमो॒ नाम॑ गृणाति नृ॒णाम्
"Here Kaṇva, chief of Kaṇva's race, sings forth aloud the glories of the heroes' names,– The. princes who, O Ushas, as thou comest near, direct their thoughts to liberal gifts."
आ घा॒ योषे॑व सू॒नर्यु॒षा या॑ति प्रभुञ्ज॒ती ज॒रय॑न्ती॒ वृज॑नं प॒द्वदी॑यत॒ उत्पा॑तयति प॒क्षिणः॑
"Like a good matron Ushas comes carefully tending everything: Rousing all life she stirs all creatures that have feet, and makes the birds of air fly up."
वि या सृ॒जति॒ सम॑नं॒ व्य१॒॑र्थिनः॑ प॒दं न वे॒त्योद॑ती वयो॒ नकि॑ष्टे पप्ति॒वांस॑ आसते॒ व्यु॑ष्टौ वाजिनीवति
"She sends the busy forth, each man to his pursuit: delay she knows not as she springs. O rich in opulence, after thy dawning birds that have flown forth no longer rest."
ए॒षायु॑क्त परा॒वतः॒ सूर्य॑स्यो॒दय॑ना॒दधि॑ श॒तं रथे॑भिः सु॒भगो॒षा इ॒यं वि या॑त्य॒भि मानु॑षान्
"This Dawn hath yoked her steeds afar, beyond the rising of the Sun: Borne on a hundred chariots she, auspicious Dawn, advances on her way to Men."
विश्व॑मस्या नानाम॒ चक्ष॑से॒ जग॒ज्ज्योति॑ष्कृणोति सू॒नरी॑ अप॒ द्वेषो॑ म॒घोनी॑ दुहि॒ता दि॒व उ॒षा उ॑च्छ॒दप॒ स्रिधः॑
"To meet her glance all living creatures bend them down: Excellent One, she makes the light. Ushas, the Daughter of the Sky, the opulent, shines foes and enmities away."
उष॒ आ भा॑हि भा॒नुना॑ च॒न्द्रेण॑ दुहितर्दिवः आ॒वह॑न्ती॒ भूर्य॒स्मभ्यं॒ सौभ॑गं व्यु॒च्छन्ती॒ दिवि॑ष्टिषु
"Shine on us with thy radiant light, O Ushas, Daughter of the Sky, Bringing to us great store of high felicity, and bearning on our solemn rites."
विश्व॑स्य॒ हि प्राण॑नं॒ जीव॑नं॒ त्वे वि यदु॒च्छसि॑ सूनरि सा नो॒ रथे॑न बृह॒ता वि॑भावरि श्रु॒धि चि॑त्रामघे॒ हव॑म्
"For in thee is each living creature's breath and life, when, Excellent! thou dawnest forth. Borne on thy lofty car, O Lady of the Light, hear, thou of wondrous wealth, our call."
उषो॒ वाजं॒ हि वंस्व॒ यश्चि॒त्रो मानु॑षे॒ जने॑ तेना व॑ह सु॒कृतो॑ अध्व॒राँ उप॒ ये त्वा॑ गृ॒णन्ति॒ वह्न॑यः
"O Ushas, win thyself the strength which among men is wonderful. Bring thou thereby the pious unto holy rites, those who as priests sing praise to thee."
विश्वा॑न्दे॒वाँ आ व॑ह॒ सोम॑पीतये॒ऽन्तरि॑क्षादुष॒स्त्वम् सास्मासु॑ धा॒ गोम॒दश्वा॑वदु॒क्थ्य१॒॑मुषो॒ वाजं॑ सु॒वीर्य॑म्
"Bring from the firmament, O Ushas, all the Gods, that they may drink our Soma juice, And, being what thou art, vouchsafe us kine and steeds, strength meet for praist and hero might."
यस्या॒ रुश॑न्तो अ॒र्चयः॒ प्रति॑ भ॒द्रा अदृ॑क्षत सा नो॑ र॒यिं वि॒श्ववा॑रं सु॒पेश॑समु॒षा द॑दातु॒ सुग्म्य॑म्
"May Ushas whose auspicious rays are seen resplendent round about, Grant us great riches, fair in form, of all good things, wealth which light labour may attain."
ये चि॒द्धि त्वामृष॑यः॒ पूर्व॑ ऊ॒तये॑ जुहू॒रेऽव॑से महि सा नः॒ स्तोमाँ॑ अ॒भि गृ॑णीहि॒ राध॒सोषः॑ शु॒क्रेण॑ शो॒चिषा॑
"Mighty One, whom the R̥ishis of old time invoked for their protection and their help, O Ushas, graciously answer our songs of praise with bounty and with brilliant light."
उषो॒ यद॒द्य भा॒नुना॒ वि द्वारा॑वृ॒णवो॑ दि॒वः प्र नो॑ यच्छतादवृ॒कं पृ॒थु च्छ॒र्दिः प्र दे॑वि॒ गोम॑ती॒रिषः॑
"Ushas, as thou with light to day hast opened the twin doors of heaven, So grant thou us a dwelling wide and free from foes. O Goddess, give us food with kine."
सं नो॑ रा॒या बृ॑ह॒ता वि॒श्वपे॑शसा मिमि॒क्ष्वा समिळा॑भि॒रा सं द्यु॒म्नेन॑ विश्व॒तुरो॑षो महि॒ सं वाजै॑र्वाजिनीवति
"Bring us to wealth abundant, sent in every shape, to plentiful refreshing food, To all-subduing splendour, Ushas, Mighty One, to strength, thou rich in spoil and wealth."