Containing 7 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
उदु॒ ज्योति॑र॒मृतं॑ वि॒श्वज॑न्यं वि॒श्वान॑रः सवि॒ता दे॒वो अ॑श्रेत् क्रत्वा॑ दे॒वाना॑मजनिष्ट॒ चक्षु॑रा॒विर॑क॒र्भुव॑नं॒ विश्व॑मु॒षाः
"SAVITAR God of all men hath sent upward his light, designed for all mankind, immortal. Through the Gods' power that Eye was first created. Dawn hath made all the universe apparent."
प्र मे॒ पन्था॑ देव॒याना॑ अदृश्र॒न्नम॑र्धन्तो॒ वसु॑भि॒रिष्कृ॑तासः अभू॑दु के॒तुरु॒षसः॑ पु॒रस्ता॑त्प्रती॒च्यागा॒दधि॑ ह॒र्म्येभ्यः॑
"I see the paths which Gods are wont to travel, innocuous paths made ready by the Vasus. Eastward the flag of Dawn hath been uplifted; she hath come hither o'er the tops of houses."
तानीदहा॑नि बहु॒लान्या॑स॒न्या प्रा॒चीन॒मुदि॑ता॒ सूर्य॑स्य यतः॒ परि॑ जा॒र इ॑वा॒चर॒न्त्युषो॑ ददृ॒क्षे न पुन॑र्य॒तीव॑
"Great is, in truth, the number of the Mornings which were aforetime at the Sun's uprising. Since thou, O Dawn, hast been beheld repairing as to thy love, as one no more to leave him."
त इद्दे॒वानां॑ सध॒माद॑ आसन्नृ॒तावा॑नः क॒वयः॑ पू॒र्व्यासः॑ गू॒ळ्हं ज्योतिः॑ पि॒तरो॒ अन्व॑विन्दन्त्स॒त्यम॑न्त्रा अजनयन्नु॒षास॑म्
"They were the Gods' companions at the banquet, the ancient sages true to Law Eternal. The Fathers found the light that lay in darkness, and with effectual words begat the Morning."
स॒मा॒न ऊ॒र्वे अधि॒ संग॑तासः॒ सं जा॑नते॒ न य॑तन्ते मि॒थस्ते ते दे॒वानां॒ न मि॑नन्ति व्र॒तान्यम॑र्धन्तो॒ वसु॑भि॒र्याद॑मानाः
"Meeting together in the same enclosure, they strive not, ofone mind, one with another. They never break the Gods' eternal statutes, and injure none, in rivalry with Vasus."
प्रति॑ त्वा॒ स्तोमै॑रीळते॒ वसि॑ष्ठा उष॒र्बुधः॑ सुभगे तुष्टु॒वांसः॑ गवां॑ ने॒त्री वाज॑पत्नी न उ॒च्छोषः॑ सुजाते प्रथ॒मा ज॑रस्व
"Extolling thee, Blest Goddess, the Vasishṭhas, awake at early mom, with lauds implore thee. Leader of kine and Queen of all that strengthens, shine, come as first to us, O high-born Morning."
ए॒षा ने॒त्री राध॑सः सू॒नृता॑नामु॒षा उ॒च्छन्ती॑ रिभ्यते॒ वसि॑ष्ठैः दी॒र्घ॒श्रुतं॑ र॒यिम॒स्मे दधा॑ना यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः
"She bringeth bounty and sweet charm of voices. The flushing Dawn is sung by the Vasishṭhas, Giving us riches famed to distant places. Preserve us evermore, ye Gods, with blessings."