उप मा पेपिशत्तमः कृष्णं व्यक्तमस्थित। उष ऋणेव यातय ॥ ७ ॥
upa mā pēpiśattamaḥ kṛṣṇaṁ vyaktamasthita | uṣa ṛṇēva yātaya || 7 ||
Translation
The adorning darkness, black and visible, has come near me; O Dawn, remove it as one clears a debt.
Word by word
- upa … asthita
- has come near
- mā
- me
- pēpiśat
- adorning, painting (everything)
- tamaḥ
- darkness
- kṛṣṇam
- black
- vyaktam
- visible, manifest
- uṣaḥ
- O Dawn
- ṛṇā iva
- like debts
- yātaya
- remove, settle
Meaning
The seer feels the darkness close around him, deep enough to seem a thing that can be seen. He calls on Dawn to lift it as completely as a debt is paid.