Rigveda 6.039.03
Rigveda · Mandala 6, Sukta 39 · Verse 6.39.3
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अ॒यं द्यो॑तयद॒द्युतो॒ व्य१॒॑क्तून्दो॒षा वस्तोः॑ श॒रद॒ इन्दु॑रिन्द्र । इ॒मं के॒तुम॑दधु॒र्नू चि॒दह्नां॒ शुचि॑जन्मन उ॒षस॑श्चकार
ayaṃ dyotayadadyuto vya1ktūndoṣā vastoḥ śarada indurindra imaṃ ketumadadhurnū cidahnāṃ śucijanmana uṣasaścakāra
This shining radiant one exposed the faults of wealth; the bright Sharad Indra offered this banner. The pure‑minded Dawn fashioned it for the living born.
This Soma, Indra, (quaffed by you), has lighted up the unlustrous nights, and days and nights, and years; (the gods) of old have established it as the ensign of days, and it he made the dawns genitive rated in light.
This Indu lighted darksome nights, O Indra, throughout the years, at morning and at evening. Him have they stablished as the days' bright ensign. He made the Mornings to be born in splendour.