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Rigveda 5.040.05

Rigveda · Mandala 5, Sukta 40 · Verse 5.40.5

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Sanskrit Original

यत्त्वा॑ सूर्य॒ स्व॑र्भानु॒स्तम॒सावि॑ध्यदासु॒रः । अक्षे॑त्रवि॒द्यथा॑ मु॒ग्धो भुव॑नान्यदीधयुः

yattvā sūrya svarbhānustamasāvidhyadāsuraḥ akṣetravidyathā mugdho bhuvanānyadīdhayuḥ

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He who drove away darkness from the radiant Svārbhānu—like one inexperienced in a field they filled the worlds with light.

📖 Book ReferenceWisdomLibRig Veda English TranslationSource ↗

When, Sūrya, the son of the Asura Svarbhānu, overspread you with darkness, the worlds were beheld like one bewildered knowing not his plural ce.

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

O Surya, when the Asura's descendant Svarbhanu, pierced thee through and through with darkness, All creatures looked like one who is bewildered, who knoweth not the place where he is standing.