O Shukra, O deity from whose mouth the Vedas have sprung, in the form of the sun you suck up the waters of the earth and every liquid juice that earth yields. You then again in proper time and in proper season give them back in the form of rains; and you thus cause every thing to grow.
सूर्यो भूत्वा रश्मिभिर्जातवेदो भूमेरम्भो भूमिजातान् रसांश्चा। विश्वानादाय पुनरुत्सृज्य काले दृष्ट्वा वृष्ट्या भावयसीह शुक्र॥