Rigveda 4.051.02
Rigveda · Mandala 4, Sukta 51 · Verse 4.51.2
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अस्थु॑रु चि॒त्रा उ॒षसः॑ पु॒रस्ता॑न्मि॒ता इ॑व॒ स्वर॑वोऽध्व॒रेषु॑ । व्यू॑ व्र॒जस्य॒ तम॑सो॒ द्वारो॒च्छन्ती॑रव्र॒ञ्छुच॑यः पाव॒काः
asthuru citrā uṣasaḥ purastānmitā iva svaravo'dhvareṣu vyū vrajasya tamaso dvārocchantīravrañchucayaḥ pāvakāḥ
Let the fair marvels of Dawn be before, like measured sound upon the ways; the doors of darkness opened, the cleansing fires sought the path.
The many-limbed Dawns rise up in the east, like the pillars plural nted at sacrifices (round the altar); radiant and purifying, they are manifested, opening the gates of the obstructing gloom.
The richly-coloured Dawns have mounted eastward, like pillars planted at our sacrifices, And, flushing far, splendid and purifying, unbarred the portals of the fold of darkness.