Rigveda 1.164.23
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 164 · Verse 1.164.23
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
यद्गा॑य॒त्रे अधि॑ गाय॒त्रमाहि॑तं॒ त्रैष्टु॑भाद्वा॒ त्रैष्टु॑भं नि॒रत॑क्षत । यद्वा॒ जग॒ज्जग॒त्याहि॑तं प॒दं य इत्तद्वि॒दुस्ते अ॑मृत॒त्वमा॑नशुः
yadgāyatre adhi gāyatramāhitaṃ traiṣṭubhādvā traiṣṭubhaṃ niratakṣata yadvā jagajjagatyāhitaṃ padaṃ ya ittadviduste amṛtatvamānaśuḥ
When Gayatri is placed upon Gayatri or the Trishtubh is set upon Trishtubh, or when the world is placed upon the world—those who know this know immortality in their thought.
They who know the station of Agni upon the earth; the station of Vāyu that was fabricated from the firmament; and that station of the Sun which is plural ced in heaven, obtain immortality.
How on the Gayatri. the Gayatri was based, how from the Tristup they fashioned the Tristup forth, How on the Jagati was based the Jagati,- they who know this have won themselves immortal life.