Savitri, or The Sun - Anonymous

1.
Savitri! effulgent, bright!
Who fosters every pious rite,
Savitri! whose ruddy rays
Invite our holy hymns and lays,
With humble hearts we contemplate his rays,
And faintly see our God in his bright face!

2.
Savitri will bring us food,
And Bhaga, bounteous and good.
Savitri will hear our lays,
And Bhaga listens to our praise.
The radiant gods will bring us food and wealth,
And shield us from all harm, and grant us health.

3.
Let our pious men of lore
In our rites libations pour.
Let them in their wisdom raise
Holy hymns and songs of praise
For Savitri! Our god, our friend thou art!
And we will greet thee with a pious heart!

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Rig Veda III.62
Translated by Romesh Chunder Dutt

Source: Lays Of Ancient India by Romesh Chunder Dutt, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1894

• "The Rig Veda consist of 1028 hymns, comprising over ten thousand verses. The hymns are generally simple, and betray a child-like and simple faith in the gods, to whom sacrifices are offered and libations of the Soma juice are poured, and who are asked for increase of progeny, cattle, and wealth, and implored to help the Aryans in their still doubtful struggle against the black aborigines of the Punjab." Civilisation in Ancient India (London, 1893), vol. L p. 32
• The Rig Veda was composed in the north-western region of the Indian subcontinent, roughly between 1700–1100 BC (the early Vedic period).
• See also Rig Veda V.28 on this site.