Translations of Rig Veda Suktas 33-121 by M.P. Pandit

HYMN 49

Rishi: PRASKANVA Deity: USHAS

1. Come, O Ushas, by auspicious paths, from above the shining firmament. May the ruddy rays of the Light (of Consciousness) bring thee to the home of the Somasacrificer.

The ruddy colour denotes the dawning of Knowledge.

2. O Ushas, daughter of Heaven, increase today the sacrificer of auspicious hearing, with thy car, beautiful of form, felicitous, in which thou ridest.

For the sacrificer of divine hearing the car of Ushas is the means for speedy ascension. This fast movement heavenward is his increase.

3. Twin-stationed, four-stepped, with high-soaring energies moving fast beyond the heavenly regions, the sacrificer follows thy advents, O fair Ushas.

Advents: Many are the dawns before the rise of the Sun of Truth.

Twin-stationed: condition of obscurity and condition of light are his two stations.

Four-stepped: the four steps of earth, bhuh, mid-region, bhuvah, the mind, suvah, the vast, mahas, have been attained by him.

4. Dawning with thy lustres, O Ushas, thou illuminest all the radiant realm. Such as thou art, the Kanvas, desirous of wealth, invoke thee with hymns.