Rigveda 5.040.05
Rigveda · Mandala 5, Sukta 40 · Verse 5.40.5
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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.
When, Sūrya, the son of the Asura Svarbhānu, overspread you with darkness, the worlds were beheld like one bewildered knowing not his plural ce.
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.