Rigveda 3.009.01
Rigveda · Mandala 3, Sukta 9 · Verse 3.9.1
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
सखा॑यस्त्वा ववृमहे दे॒वं मर्ता॑स ऊ॒तये॑ । अ॒पां नपा॑तं सु॒भगं॑ सु॒दीदि॑तिं सु॒प्रतू॑र्तिमने॒हस॑म्
sakhāyastvā vavṛmahe devaṃ martāsa ūtaye apāṃ napātaṃ subhagaṃ sudīditiṃ supratūrtimanehasam
We have invoked you, friend, the god for mortal welfare at the dawn: the auspicious offspring of waters, the beautiful, the glorious, resplendent with ever-radiant might.
We, your mortal friends have recourse for our protection to you, the divine, the grandson of the waters, the auspicious, the resplendent, the accessible, the sinless.
WE as thy friends have chosen thee, mortals a God, to be our help, The Waters' Child, the blessed, the resplendent One, victorious and beyond compare.