Aghamarshana Suktam — Complete Lyrics
अघमर्षण सूक्तम्
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
Verse 1
ऋतं च सत्यं चाभीद्धात्तपसोऽध्यजायत ।
ततो रात्र्यजायत ततः समुद्रो अर्णवः ॥१॥
Ṛtaṃ ca satyaṃ cābhīddhāttapaso'dhyajāyata |
tato rātryajāyata tataḥ samudro arṇavaḥ ||1||
Cosmic order (Rita) and Truth (Satya) were born of kindled tapas (the glowing cosmic heat of creative austerity); from that arose the Night, and from that the surging, billowy ocean.
Verse 2
समुद्रादर्णवादधि संवत्सरो अजायत ।
अहोरात्राणि विदधद्विश्वस्य मिषतो वशी ॥२॥
Samudrādarṇavādadhi saṃvatsaro ajāyata |
ahorātrāṇi vidadhadviśvasya miṣato vaśī ||2||
From that billowy ocean was born the Year, the Lord who ordains the days and nights, the controller of all that blinks (every living being).
Verse 3
सूर्याचन्द्रमसौ धाता यथापूर्वमकल्पयत् ।
दिवं च पृथिवीं चान्तरिक्षमथो स्वः ॥३॥
Sūryācandramasau dhātā yathāpūrvamakalpayat |
divaṃ ca pṛthivīṃ cāntarikṣamatho svaḥ ||3||
The Creator (Dhata) fashioned the sun and the moon as in former cycles, and the heaven and the earth, the mid-air and the realm of light beyond.
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