Rigveda 3.061.03
Rigveda · Mandala 3, Sukta 61 · Verse 3.61.3
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
उषः॑ प्रती॒ची भुव॑नानि॒ विश्वो॒र्ध्वा ति॑ष्ठस्य॒मृत॑स्य के॒तुः । स॒मा॒नमर्थं॑ चरणी॒यमा॑ना च॒क्रमि॑व नव्य॒स्या व॑वृत्स्व
uṣaḥ pratīcī bhuvanāni viśvordhvā tiṣṭhasyamṛtasya ketuḥ samānamarthaṃ caraṇīyamānā cakramiva navyasyā vavṛtsva
Dawn rose in the east, the worlds stood above; a banner for immortality. She unfolded as one equally measured; move onward like a newly made wheel.
Uṣas, who spread over all the regions, you abide on high, the ensign of the immortal (sun), purposing to travel the same road, repeatedly turn back over new, (revolving) like a wheel.
Thou, Morning, turning thee to every creature, standest on high as ensign of the Immortal, To one same goal ever and ever wending now, like a wheel, O newly-born, roll hi ther.