Rigveda 1.035.08
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 35 · Verse 1.35.8
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अ॒ष्टौ व्य॑ख्यत्क॒कुभः॑ पृथि॒व्यास्त्री धन्व॒ योज॑ना स॒प्त सिन्धू॑न् । हि॒र॒ण्या॒क्षः स॑वि॒ता दे॒व आगा॒द्दध॒द्रत्ना॑ दा॒शुषे॒ वार्या॑णि
aṣṭau vyakhyatkakubhaḥ pṛthivyāstrī dhanva yojanā sapta sindhūn hiraṇyākṣaḥ savitā deva āgāddadhadratnā dāśuṣe vāryāṇi
Eight are the spreading ribs of earth, three are the bows, the chariot-rope is seven oceans. Hiranyaksah Savita the god came, placing treasures and tens of waters.
He has lighted up the eight points of the horizon, the three regions of living beings, the seven rivers; may the golden-eyes Savitā come hither, bestowing upon the offerer of the oblation desirable riches.
The earth's eight points his brightness hath illumined, three desert regions and the Seven Rivers. God Savitar the gold-eyed hath come hither, giving choice treasures unto him who worships.