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Rishi: RV source attribution (solar hymn tradition; preserved in AV 20).
Devata: Sūrya; also implicitly Rātrī as personified counterpart.
Chandas: Triṣṭubh.
Is mantra mein Surya ki taarif ki gayi hai. Wo poore brahmand ko ek nit mein baandhte hain. Din aur raat unki wajah se sahi time par aate hain. Surya ki rath jab taiyaar hoti hai, tab raat apna kapda failati hai. Isse darr aur andhera door ho jata hai. Waqt ka yeh niyam hi humein surakshit rakhta hai.
Mantra 1
तत् सूर्य॑स्य देव॒त्वं तन्म॑हि॒त्वं म॒ध्या कर्तो॒र्वित॑तं॒ सं ज॑भार । य॒देदयु॑क्त ह॒रितः॑ स॒धस्था॒दाद् रात्री॒ वास॑स्तनुते सि॒मस्मै॑
Yeh Suraj ki devta wali baat hai, yeh uski mahatva ki baat hai. Banane wale ne beech mein phaili hui cheez ko ikatha kar diya. Jab usne peele ghode jode, tabhi raat ne uske liye apna kapda phaila diya.
Mantra 2
तन्मि॒त्रस्य॒ वरु॑णस्याभि॒चक्षे॒ सूर्यो॑ रू॒पं कृ॑णुते॒ द्योरु॒पस्थे॑ । अ॒न॒न्तम॒न्यद् रुश॑दस्य॒ पाजः॑ कृ॒ष्णम॒न्यद्ध॒रितः॒ सं भ॑रन्ति
Mitra aur Varun ke nazar ke neeche Suraj aasmaan mein apna roop banata hai. Uski chamak ka ek hissa bada hai aur chamakdaar, doosra hissa andhera hai. Peele ghode dono ko saath le chalte hain.
It teaches that the Sun’s regular motion is itself divine protection: night arrives only in proper sequence, and the alternation of light and darkness is governed by ṛta (cosmic law).
They represent oversight of truth, covenant, and right measure; the hymn says the Sun manifests “under their gaze,” linking solar regularity with moral and cosmic order.
It is suited for sunrise or dusk recitation to calm fear of night, mark a protected boundary (e.g., home threshold), and align one’s mind and timing with the steady rhythm of day and night.
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