eṣā́ śubhrā́ ná tanúvo vidānā́ ūrdhvéva snātī́ dr̥śáye no asthāt |
ápa dvéṣo bā́dhamānā támāṃsi uṣā́ divó duhitā́ jyótiṣā́gāt ||
5 As conscious that her limbs are bright with bathing, she stands, as ’twere, erect that we may see her. Driving away malignity and darkness, Dawn, Child of Heaven, hath come to us with lustre.