Sukta 139

Mantra 1

सूर्यरश्मिर्हरिकेशः पुरस्तात्सविता ज्योतिरुदयाँ अजस्रम् । तस्य पूषा प्रसवे याति विद्वान्त्सम्पश्यन्विश्वा भुवनानि गोपाः ॥

Savitṛ, with sun-rays for his hair, rises in front as a ceaseless light. In his impulsion Pūṣan moves, the knower, beholding all worlds, the guardian who keeps the herds of energies safe.

Mantra 2

नृचक्षा एष दिवो मध्य आस्त आपप्रिवान्रोदसी अन्तरिक्षम् । स विश्वाचीरभि चष्टे घृताचीरन्तरा पूर्वमपरं च केतुम् ॥

This seer of men sits in the mid-heaven, filling the two worlds and the mid-region. He looks upon the all-moving, the ghee-bright currents, discerning between the former and the latter sign—between what was and what is to come.

Mantra 3

रायो बुध्नः संगमनो वसूनां विश्वा रूपाभि चष्टे शचीभिः । देव इव सविता सत्यधर्मेन्द्रो न तस्थौ समरे धनानाम् ॥

Root of plenitude, meeting-place of treasures, he beholds all forms by his effective powers. Like a god, Savitṛ stands in the true law; like Indra, he takes his stance in the battle for the riches of being.

Mantra 4

विश्वावसुं सोम गन्धर्वमापो ददृशुषीस्तदृतेना व्यायन् । तदन्ववैदिन्द्रो रारहाण आसां परि सूर्यस्य परिधीँरपश्यत् ॥

The Waters beheld Viśvāvasu, the Gandharva of Soma; by the law of Ṛta they moved and spread out their workings. After that Indra, exulting in their current, came to know it; and he saw the encircling bounds, the luminous horizons around the Sun.

Mantra 5

विश्वावसुरभि तन्नो गृणातु दिव्यो गन्धर्वो रजसो विमानः । यद्वा घा सत्यमुत यन्न विद्म धियो हिन्वानो धिय इन्नो अव्याः ॥

May Viśvāvasu, the heavenly Gandharva who measures out the mid-world, utter to us concerning That. Whether it be the Truth, or what we do not yet know—stirring our thoughts, may he protect our thoughts indeed.

Mantra 6

सस्निमविन्दच्चरणे नदीनामपावृणोद्दुरो अश्मव्रजानाम् । प्रासां गन्धर्वो अमृतानि वोचदिन्द्रो दक्षं परि जानादहीनाम् ॥

He found the ‘Sasni’ at the footing of the rivers; he opened the doors of the stone-enclosures. The Gandharva proclaimed forth the immortal things of those streams; and Indra came to know, all around, the skill and power of the Serpents.