Rigveda 1.115.04
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 115 · Verse 1.115.4
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
तत्सूर्य॑स्य देव॒त्वं तन्म॑हि॒त्वं म॒ध्या कर्तो॒र्वित॑तं॒ सं ज॑भार । य॒देदयु॑क्त ह॒रितः॑ स॒धस्था॒दाद्रात्री॒ वास॑स्तनुते सि॒मस्मै॑
tatsūryasya devatvaṃ tanmahitvaṃ madhyā kartorvitataṃ saṃ jabhāra yadedayukta haritaḥ sadhasthādādrātrī vāsastanute simasmai
That divinity of the Sun, that greatness, placed the middle firmness in order and made the boundaries. When the tawny one with united strength remained established, he bound the host to the chariot for the dawn.
Such is the divinity, such is the majesty of the sun, that when he has set, he has withdrawn (into himself) the diffused (light which had been shed) upon the unfinished task; when he has unyoked his coursers from his car, then night extends the veiling darkness over all.
This is the Godhead, this might of Surya: he hath withdrawn what spread o'er work unfinished. When he hath loosed his Horses from their station, straight over all Night spreadeth out her garment.