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Rigveda 4.013.04

Rigveda · Mandala 4, Sukta 13 · Verse 4.13.4

rigvedamandala-4sukta-13वामदेवो गौतमःअग्निः(लिङ्गोक्तदेवता इति एके)त्रिष्टुप्Deity HymnAgni SuktaInvocationSacrificedeity-hymnagni-sukta

Vedic Classification

Rishi (Seer)
Devatā (Deity)
Chandas (Meter)
Category
Theme

Sanskrit Original

वहि॑ष्ठेभिर्वि॒हर॑न्यासि॒ तन्तु॑मव॒व्यय॒न्नसि॑तं देव॒ वस्म॑ । दवि॑ध्वतो र॒श्मयः॒ सूर्य॑स्य॒ चर्मे॒वावा॑धु॒स्तमो॑ अ॒प्स्व१॒॑न्तः

vahiṣṭhebhirviharanyāsi tantumavavyayannasitaṃ deva vasma davidhvato raśmayaḥ sūryasya carmevāvādhustamo apsva1ntaḥ

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By your excellent deeds you wander; you became the imperishable thread, O god, for us. The sun’s rays, cleaving the twofold darkness, struck like skins — they entered the waters.

📖 Book ReferenceWisdomLibRig Veda English TranslationSource ↗

Divine (sun), you proceed with most powerful (horses), spreading your web (or rays), and cutting down the black abode (of night); the tremulous rays of the sun throw off the darknes which is spread like a skin over the firmament.

📖 Book ReferenceRalph T.H. GriffithThe Rig Veda, 1896Source ↗

Spreading thy web with mightiest Steeds thou comest, rending apart, thou God, the black-hued mantle. The rays of Surya tremulously shining sink, like a hide, the darkness in the waters.