The Mother reads Book 2 Canto 12

The Mother's reading of Savitri Book Two, Canto XII

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उदीवं जीवो असुन आगादप प्रागात् तम आ ज्योतिरेति ।
आरैक् पन्थां यातवे सूर्यायागन्म यत्र प्रतिरन्त आयुः ॥१६॥
स्यूमना वाच उदियर्ति वह्निः स्तवानो रेभ उषसो विभातीः ।
अद्या तदुच्छ गृणते मघोन्यस्मे आयुर्नि दिदीहि प्रजावत् ॥१७॥

udīrdhvaṁ jīvo asurna āgādapa prāgāt tama ā jyotireti,
āraik panthāṁ yātave sūryāyāganma yatra pratiranta āyuḥ. 16
syūmanā vāca udiyarti vahniḥ stavāno rebha uṣaso vibhātīḥ,
adyā taduccha gṛṇate maghonyasme āyurni didīhi prajāvat. 17

Rig Veda 1.113.16, 17

Climb high, O soul; strength is come to us,
Darkness has fled; behold, the Light approaches.
She has opened the path for the passage of the Sun:
We go there where life is carried ever forward. (16)

The flame-bearers, the adorers sing to the rising Dawn,
They utter the right-minded word.
Appear this day, O Goddess of Plenty, to him who expresses
Thee, in me illumine a life rich with its fruitfulness. (17)

(Translation by Nolini Kanta Gupta)