Rigveda 1.161.13
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 161 · Verse 1.161.13
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
सु॒षु॒प्वांस॑ ऋभव॒स्तद॑पृच्छ॒तागो॑ह्य॒ क इ॒दं नो॑ अबूबुधत् । श्वानं॑ ब॒स्तो बो॑धयि॒तार॑मब्रवीत्संवत्स॒र इ॒दम॒द्या व्य॑ख्यत
suṣupvāṃsa ṛbhavastadapṛcchatāgohya ka idaṃ no abūbudhat śvānaṃ basto bodhayitāramabravītsaṃvatsara idamadyā vyakhyata
The Rbhus asked the sleepers: 'What did this cow give us?' The herdsman declared the year, and explained today’s measure.
Ṛbhus, reposing in the solar orb, you inquire: who awakens us, unapprehensive (Sun), to this office (of sending rain). The Sun replies: the awakener is the wind; and the year (being ended), you again today light up this (world).
When ye had slept your fill, ye Rbhus, thus ye asked, O thou whom naught may hide, who now hath wakened us? The goat declared the hound to be your wakener. That day, in a full year, ye first unclosed our eyes.