Rigveda 1.123.07
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 123 · Verse 1.123.7
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अपा॒न्यदेत्य॒भ्य१॒॑न्यदे॑ति॒ विषु॑रूपे॒ अह॑नी॒ सं च॑रेते । प॒रि॒क्षितो॒स्तमो॑ अ॒न्या गुहा॑क॒रद्यौ॑दु॒षाः शोशु॑चता॒ रथे॑न
apānyadetyabhya1nyadeti viṣurūpe ahanī saṃ carete parikṣitostamo anyā guhākaradyauduṣāḥ śośucatā rathena
Some say 'this water,' others 'that'; in diverse forms the days move. One, explored, pierces darkness; other denizens make caves with unclean rites, defiled by the chariot.
The twofold day proceeds unseparated; one (part going) forward, one backward; one of these two alternating (periods) effects the concealment (of things); the dawn illumines them with her radiant chariot.
The one departeth and the other cometh: unlike in hue day's, halves march on successive. One hides the gloom of the surrounding Parents. Dawn on her shining chariot is resplendent.