Trailing white offspring the radiant [Dawn] advances to claim the dwelling by dark [Night] relinquished. Morning and Night, the immortal sisters, follow hard on each other’s heels with alternate colors.
Rig Veda I, 113, 2
They follow the same pathway, never ending. Instructed by the Gods they ply their course. Fair, yet contrasting, following one spirit, Morning and Night neither collide nor linger.
Rig Veda I, 113, 3
Dawn, the glorious bringer of graces, shines forth and flings wide open for us her shining doors. Stirring the whole world, she displays her riches, raising to consciousness all living creatures.
Rig Veda I, 113, 4
She wakes to action all who repose in slumber. Some rise to labor for wealth, others to worship. Those who saw little before now see more clearly. Dawn raises to consciousness all living creatures.
Rig Veda I, 113, 5
This is that eternal Asvattha Tree with its root above and branches below. That root, indeed, is called the Bright; That is Brahman and That alone is the Immortal. In That all worlds are contained and none can pass beyond. This, verily, is That.
Yajur Veda, Katha Upanishad, Part Two, Chapter III, 1
