Rigveda 2.027.09
Rigveda · Mandala 2, Sukta 27 · Verse 2.27.9
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
त्री रो॑च॒ना दि॒व्या धा॑रयन्त हिर॒ण्ययाः॒ शुच॑यो॒ धार॑पूताः । अस्व॑प्नजो अनिमि॒षा अद॑ब्धा उरु॒शंसा॑ ऋ॒जवे॒ मर्त्या॑य
trī rocanā divyā dhārayanta hiraṇyayāḥ śucayo dhārapūtāḥ asvapnajo animiṣā adabdhā uruśaṃsā ṛjave martyāya
Three radiant, divine, golden, pure Adityas bear the streams, washed, spotless. They are born without sleep, unblinking, unfathomed, widely praised for the righteous mortal.
The Ādityas, decorated with golden ornaments, brilliant, purified by showers, who never slumber, nor close their eyelids, who are unassailable, and praised by many, uphold the three bright heavenly regions for the sake of the upright man.
Golden and splendid, pure like streams of water, they hold aloft the three bright heavenly regions. Ne'er do they slumber, never close their eyelids, faithful, far-ruling for the righteous mortal.