Sukta 50

Mantra 1

उदु त्यं जातवेदसं देवं वहन्ति केतवः । दृशे विश्वाय सूर्यम् ॥

Upward they bear that divine Knower-born-in-all-things, the Sun; the luminous powers (his rays) carry him forth for the vision of all—so that the whole being may see.

Mantra 2

अप त्ये तायवो यथा नक्षत्रा यन्त्यक्तुभिः । सूराय विश्वचक्षसे ॥

Away flee the dark robbers, as the stars depart with the nights, before the Sun who is the all-seeing eye; so ignorance withdraws when the truth-light arrives.

Mantra 3

अदृश्रमस्य केतवो वि रश्मयो जनाँ अनु । भ्राजन्तो अग्नयो यथा ॥

His lights have become visible; his rays spread out following the peoples, blazing like fires—so the solar truth-force enters all movements of human life.

Mantra 4

तरणिर्विश्वदर्शतो ज्योतिष्कृदसि सूर्य । विश्वमा भासि रोचनम् ॥

O Sun, you are the traverser seen by all; you are the maker of light. You illumine the whole shining world—so may the truth-light shape our entire field of consciousness.

Mantra 5

प्रत्यङ्देवानां विशः प्रत्यङ्ङुदेषि मानुषान् । प्रत्यङ्विश्वं स्वर्दृशे ॥

Turning toward the assemblies of the gods, and turning toward men, thou risest; turning toward all that is, thou makest the supreme Light visible to the inner sight.

Mantra 6

येना पावक चक्षसा भुरण्यन्तं जनाँ अनु । त्वं वरुण पश्यसि ॥

By that pure, clarifying eye with which thou followest the moving multitudes, thou, O Varuṇa, beholdest—seeing through all concealment.

Mantra 7

वि द्यामेषि रजस्पृथ्वहा मिमानो अक्तुभिः । पश्यञ्जन्मानि सूर्य ॥

Thou goest wide through heaven and the mid-regions, measuring out the days with the nights; beholding the births, O Sūrya—thou awakenest the becoming to knowledge.

Mantra 8

सप्त त्वा हरितो रथे वहन्ति देव सूर्य । शोचिष्केशं विचक्षण ॥

Seven bright powers bear thee on the chariot, O divine Sūrya—flame-maned, all-discerning; they carry the illuminer into our seeing.

Mantra 9

अयुक्त सप्त शुन्ध्युवः सूरो रथस्य नप्त्यः । ताभिर्याति स्वयुक्तिभिः ॥

Sūrya has yoked the seven purifying forces, the chariot’s subtle offspring; by them he journeys—self-yoked energies carrying the soul toward its own light.

Mantra 10

उद्वयं तमसस्परि ज्योतिष्पश्यन्त उत्तरम् । देवं देवत्रा सूर्यमगन्म ज्योतिरुत्तमम् ॥

Up we have risen beyond the darkness, seeing the higher Light; to the God, to the realm of the gods, to Sūrya we have come—toward the supreme Illumination.

Mantra 11

उद्यन्नद्य मित्रमह आरोहन्नुत्तरां दिवम् । हृद्रोगं मम सूर्य हरिमाणं च नाशय ॥

Rising today, O mighty friend, climbing to the higher heaven—O Sūrya, destroy my heart’s affliction and the yellowing shadow that clings to the life.

Mantra 12

शुकेषु मे हरिमाणं रोपणाकासु दध्मसि । अथो हारिद्रवेषु मे हरिमाणं नि दध्मसि ॥

Into the bright ones thou settest my yellowing stain, into the healing plants thou placest it; and again into the yellow-hued beings thou layest my yellowing—so the blemish is transferred away from the soul’s instrument.

Mantra 13

उदगादयमादित्यो विश्वेन सहसा सह । द्विषन्तं मह्यं रन्धयन्मो अहं द्विषते रधम् ॥

Up has risen this Āditya with all his force together; may he subdue for me the hostile power—may I not be given over to the hater’s will.