Sukta 71

Mantra 1

उदु ष्य देवः सविता हिरण्यया बाहू अयंस्त सवनाय सुक्रतुः । घृतेन पाणी अभि प्रुष्णुते मखो युवा सुदक्षो रजसो विधर्मणि ॥

Up rises that god Savitar; with golden arms he has stretched them out for the pressing, the one of luminous will. With ghṛta he moistens his hands; youthful in power, perfectly skilled, he establishes the law in the wide spaces of the worlds.

Mantra 2

देवस्य वयं सवितुः सवीमनि श्रेष्ठे स्याम वसुनश्च दावने । यो विश्वस्य द्विपदो यश्चतुष्पदो निवेशने प्रसवे चासि भूमनः ॥

May we be in the best impulsion of the god Savitar, in the giving of his riches. For you are the vast one who presides over the settling and the sending-forth of all that is two-footed and four-footed.

Mantra 3

अदब्धेभिः सवितः पायुभिष्ट्वं शिवेभिरद्य परि पाहि नो गयम् । हिरण्यजिह्वः सुविताय नव्यसे रक्षा माकिर्नो अघशंस ईशत ॥

O Savitar, with your unfailing guardians, with your benevolent protections, today encompass and guard our life-force. O golden-tongued one, for a new and luminous well-being, protect us—let no ill-wisher gain mastery over us.

Mantra 4

उदु ष्य देवः सविता दमूना हिरण्यपाणिः प्रतिदोषमस्थात् । अयोहनुर्यजतो मन्द्रजिह्व आ दाशुषे सुवति भूरि वामम् ॥

Up rises that god Savitar, the dweller in the home; with golden hands he stands at every dusk. With iron jaw, adorable, with a rapturous tongue, he impels toward the giver abundant felicities.

Mantra 5

उदू अयाँ उपवक्तेव बाहू हिरण्यया सविता सुप्रतीका । दिवो रोहांस्यरुहत्पृथिव्या अरीरमत्पतयत्कच्चिदभ्वम् ॥

Upward he has extended his arms, like one who urges and directs the work; Savitṛ, golden in his forming power and fair in manifestation. He climbs the ascents of heaven from the wideness of earth; he sets all in right motion, flying even through the vast unknown.

Mantra 6

वाममद्य सवितर्वाममु श्वो दिवेदिवे वाममस्मभ्यं सावीः । वामस्य हि क्षयस्य देव भूरेरया धिया वामभाजः स्याम ॥

The desirable good today, O Savitṛ; the desirable good tomorrow; day by day do thou impel for us the desirable. For of that abundant dwelling of delight, O god, may we become sharers by this going of thought and will.