Sukta 63

Mantra 1

उद्वेति सुभगो विश्वचक्षाः साधारणः सूर्यो मानुषाणाम् । चक्षुर्मित्रस्य वरुणस्य देवश्चर्मेव यः समविव्यक्तमांसि ॥

Up rises the luminous and fortunate Sun, the all-seeing Power held in common by all human beings—he is the eye of Mitra and of Varuṇa; like a skin drawn wide, he spreads out and makes manifest the hidden darknesses (so they can be overcome).

Mantra 2

उद्वेति प्रसवीता जनानां महान्केतुरर्णवः सूर्यस्य । समानं चक्रं पर्याविवृत्सन्यदेतशो वहति धूर्षु युक्तः ॥

Up rises the Impeller of peoples, the great Sign—ocean-vast—of the Sun; he turns the same wheel around and around, and the steed Etaśa, yoked to the shafts, bears him onward: the constant law of the journey of light.

Mantra 3

विभ्राजमान उषसामुपस्थाद्रेभैरुदेत्यनुमद्यमानः । एष मे देवः सविता चच्छन्द यः समानं न प्रमिनाति धाम ॥

Shining forth from the lap of the Dawns, he rises with the seers’ chant, rejoicing as he advances. This god Savitṛ has consented to my aspiration—he who does not diminish the constant station of the Light (the established law of the inner home).

Mantra 4

दिवो रुक्म उरुचक्षा उदेति दूरेअर्थस्तरणिर्भ्राजमानः । नूनं जनाः सूर्येण प्रसूता अयन्नर्थानि कृणवन्नपांसि ॥

The golden splendour of heaven, wide in vision, rises—far-reaching in purpose, a radiant overcomer. Now indeed men, impelled by the Sun, go forth to their aims and accomplish their works: the light releases effective action.

Mantra 5

यत्रा चक्रुरमृता गातुमस्मै श्येनो न दीयन्नन्वेति पाथः । प्रति वां सूर उदिते विधेम नमोभिर्मित्रावरुणोत हव्यैः ॥

Where the Immortals have made for him the path to go, there he follows it like a soaring falcon in swift flight. At the Sun’s uprising we would do our service to you, O Mitra and Varuṇa, with acts of reverence and with the offering: establish in us the straight passage of the Light.

Mantra 6

नू मित्रो वरुणो अर्यमा नस्त्मने तोकाय वरिवो दधन्तु । सुगा नो विश्वा सुपथानि सन्तु यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥

Now may Mitra, Varuṇa, and Aryaman establish for us— for our own self and for our growing being—wide space and freedom. May all our paths be good to walk and well-guided; do you guard us always with your modes of well-being.