Rigveda 4.013.04
Rigveda · Mandala 4, Sukta 13 · Verse 4.13.4
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
वहि॑ष्ठेभिर्वि॒हर॑न्यासि॒ तन्तु॑मव॒व्यय॒न्नसि॑तं देव॒ वस्म॑ । दवि॑ध्वतो र॒श्मयः॒ सूर्य॑स्य॒ चर्मे॒वावा॑धु॒स्तमो॑ अ॒प्स्व१॒॑न्तः
vahiṣṭhebhirviharanyāsi tantumavavyayannasitaṃ deva vasma davidhvato raśmayaḥ sūryasya carmevāvādhustamo apsva1ntaḥ
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.
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.
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.