Sukta 5.40
स्वर्भानोरध यदिन्द्र माया अवो दिवो वर्तमाना अवाहन् । गूळ्हं सूर्यं तमसापव्रतेन तुरीयेण ब्रह्मणाविन्ददत्रिः ॥
svàr-bhānor ádha yád indra māyā́ ávo divó vártamānā avā́han | gūḷháṃ sū́ryaṃ támasā́pavratena turī́yeṇa bráhmaṇāvindad átriḥ ||
Then, when the deceits of Svàrbhānu moved below the heaven, O Indra, and bore it down, Atri by the fourth power of the Word found the Sun hidden by darkness that had turned away from the right law.
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