Rigveda 1.035.03
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 35 · Verse 1.35.3
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
याति॑ दे॒वः प्र॒वता॒ यात्यु॒द्वता॒ याति॑ शु॒भ्राभ्यां॑ यज॒तो हरि॑भ्याम् । आ दे॒वो या॑ति सवि॒ता प॑रा॒वतोऽप॒ विश्वा॑ दुरि॒ता बाध॑मानः
yāti devaḥ pravatā yātyudvatā yāti śubhrābhyāṃ yajato haribhyām ā devo yāti savitā parāvato'pa viśvā duritā bādhamānaḥ
The god goes in front, the god goes in the middle, the god goes in the rear—moving with the bright ones, offered to the Hari-forms. When Savita moves from the supreme place, all the worlds are stricken by difficulties.
The divine Savitā travels by an upward and by a downward path; deserving adoration, he journeys with two white horses; he comes hither from a distance, removing all sins.
The God moves by the upward path, the downward; with two bright Bays, adorable, he journeys. Savitar comes, the God from the far distance, and chases from us all distress and sorrow.