09/12/2024
Rig Veda, Book 1, Hymn 50, shlokas 1 - 7.
HYMN L. Sūrya. 🌤️
1. His bright rays bear him up aloft, the God who knoweth all that lives,
Sūrya, that all may look on him.
2. The constellations pass away, like thieves, together with their beams,
Before the all-beholding Sun.
3. His herald rays are seen afar refulgent o’er the world of men,
Like flames of fire that burn and blaze.
4. Swift and all beautiful art thou, O Sūrya, maker of the light,
Illuming all the radiant realm.
5. Thou goest to the hosts of Gods, thou comest hither to mankind,
Hither all light to be beheld.
6. With that same eye of thine wherewith thou lookest brilliant Varuṇa,
Upon the busy race of men,
7. Traversing sky and wide mid-air, thou metest with thy beams our days,
Sun, seeing all things that have birth.
