Rig Veda
uṣo vājena vājini pracetā stomaṃ juṣasva gṛṇato maghoni purāṇī devi yuvatiḥ purandhir anu vrataṃ carasi viśvavāre
O Ushas, strong with strength, endowed with knowledge, accept the singer's praise, O wealthy Lady. Thou, Goddess, ancient, young, and full of wisdom, movest, all-bounteous! as the Law ordaineth.
uṣo devy amartyā vi bhāhi candrarathā sūnṛtā īrayantī ā tvā vahantu suyamāso aśvā hiraṇyavarṇām pṛthupājaso ye
Shine forth, O Morning, thou auspicious Goddess, on thy bright car awaking pleasant voices. Let docile horses of far-reaching splendour convey thee hitherward, the golden coloured.
uṣaḥ pratīcī bhuvanāni viśvordhvā tiṣṭhasy amṛtasya ketuḥ samānam arthaṃ caraṇīyamānā cakram iva navyasy ā vavṛtsva
Thou, Morning, turning thee to every creature, standest on high as ensign of the Immortal, To one same goal ever and ever wending now, like a wheel, O newly-born, roll hither.
ava syūmeva cinvatī maghony uṣā yāti svasarasya patnī svar janantī subhagā sudaṃsā āntād divaḥ papratha ā pṛthivyāḥ
Letting her reins drop downward, Morning cometh, the wealthy Dame, the Lady of the dwelling; Bringing forth light, the Wonderful, the Blessed hath spread her from the bounds of earth and heaven.
acchā vo devīm uṣasaṃ vibhātīm pra vo bharadhvaṃ namasā suvṛktim ūrdhvam madhudhā divi pājo aśret pra rocanā ruruce raṇvasaṃdṛk
Hither invoke the radiant Goddess Morning, and bring with reverence your hymn to praise her. She, dropping sweets, hath set in heaven her brightness, and, fair to look on, hath beamed forth her splendour.
ṛtāvarī divo arkair abodhy ā revatī rodasī citram asthāt āyatīm agna uṣasaṃ vibhātīṃ vāmam eṣi draviṇam bhikṣamāṇaḥ
From heaven, with hymns, the Holy One was wakened: brightly to both worlds came the wealthy Lady. To Morning, Agni, when she comes refulgent, thou goest forth soliciting fair riches.
ṛtasya budhna uṣasām iṣaṇyan vṛṣā mahī rodasī ā viveśa mahī mitrasya varuṇasya māyā candreva bhānuṃ vi dadhe purutrā
On Law's firm base the speeder of the Mornings, the Bull, hath entered mighty earth and heaven. Great is the power of Varuna and Mitra, which, bright, hath spread in every place its splendour.