Sukta 2
उ॒च्चा पत॑न्तमरु॒णं सु॑प॒र्णं मध्ये॑ दि॒वस्त॒रणिं॒ भ्राज॑मानम्। पश्या॑म त्वा सवि॒तारं॒ यमा॒हुरज॑स्रं॒ ज्योति॒र्यदवि॑न्द॒दत्त्रिः॑
uccā́ pátantam aruṇáṃ supárṇaṃ mádhye divás taraṇíṃ bhrā́jamānam | páśyām tvā savitā́raṃ yám āhúr ájasraṃ jyótir yád avíndad dáttriḥ
Aloft, flying, ruddy, fair-winged, in mid-heaven the shining Crosser—may I behold thee, Savitar, whom men call the unceasing Light, which Dattri found.
高く飛ぶ、赤き、善き翼の鳥――天のただ中にて輝く「渡り越える者」。願わくは汝を見ん、サヴィタールよ。人々は汝を絶えざる光と呼ぶ。その光を、ダットリは見いだし得た。
Rishi: Dattri/Dadhyanc tradition is invoked; formal r̥ṣi attribution should be checked in the AV anukramaṇī for 13.2.
Devata: Savitar (solar impeller).
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (verify).
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: shanta
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