Rigveda 1.105.04
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 105 · Verse 1.105.4
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
य॒ज्ञं पृ॑च्छाम्यव॒मं स तद्दू॒तो वि वो॑चति । क्व॑ ऋ॒तं पू॒र्व्यं ग॒तं कस्तद्बि॑भर्ति॒ नूत॑नो वि॒त्तं मे॑ अ॒स्य रो॑दसी
yajñaṃ pṛcchāmyavamaṃ sa taddūto vi vocati kva ṛtaṃ pūrvyaṃ gataṃ kastadbibharti nūtano vittaṃ me asya rodasī
I ask about the sacrifice; the envoy thus spoke: Where went the former order? Who now holds it? When will lightning be his wealth, O radiant one of the dew?
I implore the first (of the gods), the object of sacrifice, that he will become my messenger, and narrate (my condition to the other deities). Where, Agni, is your former benevolence, what new being now possesses it? Heaven and earth, be conscious of this (my affliction).
I ask the last of sacrifice. As envoy he shall tell it forth. Where is the ancient law divine? Who is its new diffuser now? Mark this my woe, ye Earth and Heaven.