Sukta 189
Sukta 10.189
Symbolic/cosmic principle (often interpreted as Sūrya’s light/cow, or Dawn/illumination moving between Earth and Heaven)
这首短小而高度象征性的赞歌描绘了一头放射光辉、色彩斑斓的“母牛”之行进——常被理解为黎明或太阳的照明——它先行于母亲（大地）之前，继而走向父亲（天界）。随后诗歌呈现那“呼出又吸入”的宇宙之力，以有节律的运动显露诸天；最终以太阳的“鸟”（pataṅga）之异象作结：言语（Vāk，圣言）安置其中，在每一次黎明与白昼里横照多重境界。
Mantras
Mantra 1
आयं गौः पृश्निरक्रमीदसदन्मातरं पुरः । पितरं च प्रयन्त्स्वः ॥
这头光耀、斑斓之光的母牛已迈步而出，安立在母亲之前；并且她向父亲前行，趋向那光明的天界。
Mantra 2
अन्तश्चरति रोचनास्य प्राणादपानती । व्यख्यन्महिषो दिवम् ॥
他在自身光明的境域中运行，呼出又吸入；那伟大的雄强者已使诸天显现于目。
Mantra 3
त्रिंशद्धाम वि राजति वाक्पतंगाय धीयते । प्रति वस्तोरह द्युभिः ॥
于三十处境界中灿然显耀；言语（Vāk）安置于翼者之飞翔中。以诸光辉，回应每一黎明与白昼。
Frequently Asked Questions
In Vedic poetry, the cow often symbolizes nourishing abundance and rays of light. Here the “variegated cow” is a vivid image for dawn or solar illumination that ‘gives’ vision and life.
It describes a cosmic rhythm (prāṇa and apāna) by which the Mighty Power moves and reveals the heavens. Many readers also take it as a hint that inner breath-discipline supports clearer perception.
Pataṅga is the winged solar being—often the Sun conceived as a bird moving across the sky. Saying Vāk is set in its flight suggests that true speech and knowledge ride on illumination and cosmic order, returning each day with dawn.
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