A poetic description of Goddess Dawn

Dawn (1881)

William-Adolphe Bouguereau

“Glorious to behold, she wakes the world of men,

Riding ahead, opening the way

In her lofty car, majestic, delighting all,

Spreading light at the break of day.

As though proud of the loveliness of her body,

Freshly bathed, the young Dawn stands upright,

To be seen. Darkness, the Enemy, is expelled

When Heaven's Child appears, spreading light.

Heaven's Daughter, like a fair bride, lets fall the veil

From her breast: reveals brilliant delight

To him who adores her. As of old she came, so

The young Dawn stands again, spreading light."

-Rig Veda V. 80. 2, 5, 6.

The Goddess in her form as Tridevi; Parvarti, Lakshmi and Saraswati.

“Brahma and others know not Her essence; so is she called the Unknowable. She has no end; so is she called the Endless. She is not grasped and so is she called the Incomprehensible. Her birth is not known and so is she called the Unborn. She alone is present everywhere, and so is she called the One. She alone wears all forms, and so is she called the Many. For these reasons is she called the Unknowable, the Endless, the Incomprehensible, the Unknown, the One and the Many."

-Devi Upanishad