ऋग्वेद 4.13 (श्लोक 1) - Project अर्थ (Artha)

प्रत्यग्निरुषसामग्रमख्यद्विभातीनां सुमना रत्नधेयम् । यातमश्विना सुकृतो दुरोणमुत्सूर्यो ज्योतिषा देव एति ॥

pratyagniruṣasāmagramakhyadvibhātīnāṃ sumanā ratnadheyam | yātamaśvinā sukṛto duroṇamutsūryo jyotiṣā deva eti ||

Favourably-minded, Agni has manifested (his might) in regard to the wealth-bestowing procession of the resplendent dawns; proceed, Aśvins, to the dwelling of the pious (worshipper); the divine sun rises with splendour.

ऊर्ध्वं भानुं सविता देवो अश्रेद्द्रप्सं दविध्वद्गविषो न सत्वा । अनु व्रतं वरुणो यन्ति मित्रो यत्सूर्यं दिव्यारोहयन्ति ॥

ūrdhvaṃ bhānuṃ savitā devo aśreddrapsaṃ davidhvadgaviṣo na satvā | anu vrataṃ varuṇo yanti mitro yatsūryaṃ divyārohayanti ||

The divine Savitā diffuses his light on high, dispersing the dew, and like a vigorous (bull) ardent for the cow; then Varuṇa, and Mitra, and other (divinities), hasten to (fulfil) their offices when they elevate the sun in the sky.

यं सीमकृण्वन्तमसे विपृचे ध्रुवक्षेमा अनवस्यन्तो अर्थम् । तं सूर्यं हरितः सप्त यह्वीः स्पशं विश्वस्य जगतो वहन्ति ॥

yaṃ sīmakṛṇvantamase vipṛce dhruvakṣemā anavasyanto artham | taṃ sūryaṃ haritaḥ sapta yahvīḥ spaśaṃ viśvasya jagato vahanti ||

Seven great courses convey that sun, whom the (deities), occupants of enduring mansions, and not heedless (of their offices), have formed for the driving away of darkness, (and who is) the animator of the whole world.

वहिष्ठेभिर्विहरन्यासि तन्तुमवव्ययन्नसितं देव वस्म । दविध्वतो रश्मयः सूर्यस्य चर्मेवावाधुस्तमो अप्स्वन्तः ॥

vahiṣṭhebhirviharanyāsi tantumavavyayannasitaṃ deva vasma | davidhvato raśmayaḥ sūryasya carmevāvādhustamo apsvantaḥ ||

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.

अनायतो अनिबद्धः कथायं न्यङ्ङुत्तानोऽव पद्यते न । कया याति स्वधया को ददर्श दिवः स्कम्भः समृतः पाति नाकम् ॥

anāyato anibaddhaḥ kathāyaṃ nyaṅṅuttāno'va padyate na | kayā yāti svadhayā ko dadarśa divaḥ skambhaḥ samṛtaḥ pāti nākam ||

This sun, not far removed, and unobstructed, whether (looking) downwards or looking upwards, is harmed by no one; what is the power by which he travels? who has (truly) beheld him who, as the collective pillar of heaven, sustains the sky?