Sukta 123
Rishi: RV source attribution (solar hymn tradition; preserved in AV 20).
Devata: Sūrya; also implicitly Rātrī as personified counterpart.
Chandas: Triṣṭubh.
这首简短的特里什图布（Triṣṭubh）赞歌颂扬苏利耶（Sūrya）的神圣威严：他以神力将“铺展”的宇宙收摄入有序的节律，使昼与夜无间断地交替。诗中描绘夜（Rātrī）唯在太阳战车已被套轭之后才展开她的衣裳，由此将“规律”本身神圣化为护佑——凭借时间之正序（ṛta）的可靠运行，驱散恐惧、不祥的黑暗与混乱。
Mantras
Mantra 1
तत् सूर्य॑स्य देव॒त्वं तन्म॑हि॒त्वं म॒ध्या कर्तो॒र्वित॑तं॒ सं ज॑भार । य॒देदयु॑क्त ह॒रितः॑ स॒धस्था॒दाद् रात्री॒ वास॑स्तनुते सि॒मस्मै॑
这就是太阳的神性，这就是他的威严：造作者在中央收摄那已铺展的广大。及至他从共同的驻处轭上黄褐色的骏马，此后夜便立刻为他展开她的衣裳。
Mantra 2
तन्मि॒त्रस्य॒ वरु॑णस्याभि॒चक्षे॒ सूर्यो॑ रू॒पं कृ॑णुते॒ द्योरु॒पस्थे॑ । अ॒न॒न्तम॒न्यद् रुश॑दस्य॒ पाजः॑ कृ॒ष्णम॒न्यद्ध॒रितः॒ सं भ॑रन्ति
在密多罗与伐楼那的监察之眼下，太阳在天之怀中显现其形。其光辉一面无边而灿然；另一面幽黑：黄褐色的骏马把二者一并载运向前。
Frequently Asked Questions
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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