follows: Vedic: 1. úd u śriyá uṣáso rócamānā ásthur apā́ṃ nórmáyo rúśantaḥ kr̥ṇóti víśvā supáthā sugā́ny ábhūd u vásvī dákṣiṇā maghónī 2. bhadrā́ dadr̥kṣa urviyā́ ví bhāsy út te śocír bhānávo dyā́m apaptan āvír vákṣaḥ kr̥ṇuṣe śumbʰámānóṣo devi rócamānā máhobhiḥ English translation: 1. The shining Dawns have arisen for splendor, glistening like the waves of the waters. She makes all pathways, all passages easy to travel. She has appeared— the good priestly gift, the bounteous one. 2. Auspicious, you have become visible; you radiate widely. Your flare, your radiant beams have flown up to heaven. You reveal your breast as you go in beauty, goddess Dawn, shining with all your might. In the "family books" of the Rig Veda (e.g. RV 6.64.5), Ushas is the divine daughter—a —of Dyaus Pita ("Sky Father"). 5. Convey (it)—you who as the unsurpassable one with your oxen convey the boon at your pleasure, Dawn, you who are a goddess, o Daughter of Heaven. Become worthy to be seen with your munificence at the early invocation! Contemporary reverence The revered Gayatri mantra, states George Williams, remains a daily reminder of Ushas in contemporary Hinduism. According to Sri Aurobindo, Ushas is "the medium of the awakening, the activity and the growth of the other gods; she is the first condition of the Vedic realisation. By her increasing illumination the whole nature of man is clarified; through her [mankind] arrives at the Truth, through her he enjoys [Truth's] beatitude." Ushas is regionally worshipped during the festival of Chhath Puja, in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh (India), and in Nepal. See also Aušra, Lithuanian goddess of dawn Chhaya Ēostre Ratri Surya Saranyu Shani Disani Ame-no-Uzume References Bibliography Hindu goddesses Rigvedic deities Solar goddesses Hausōs Hinduism and cattle Dawn goddesses Cattle deities Horse deities