Rigveda 3.055.01
Rigveda · Mandala 3, Sukta 55 · Verse 3.55.1
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
उ॒षसः॒ पूर्वा॒ अध॒ यद्व्यू॒षुर्म॒हद्वि ज॑ज्ञे अ॒क्षरं॑ प॒दे गोः । व्र॒ता दे॒वाना॒मुप॒ नु प्र॒भूष॑न्म॒हद्दे॒वाना॑मसुर॒त्वमेक॑म्
uṣasaḥ pūrvā adha yadvyūṣurmahadvi jajñe akṣaraṃ pade goḥ vratā devānāmupa nu prabhūṣanmahaddevānāmasuratvamekam
Dawn of former days, when great brightness was at the edges of the beams, established the imperishable step of the kine. She set the rites for the gods, the sovereign adornment—one sovereignty of the gods and Asuras alike.
When the preceding dawns appear, the great imperishable (light) is engendered in the (firmament, the) sphere of the waters, and then the worshipper is alert to perform the rites (due to) the gods, for great and unequalled is the might of the gods.
AT the first shining of the earliest Mornings, in the Cow's home was born the Great Eternal. Now shall the statutes of the Gods be valid. Great is the Gods' supreme and sole dominion -