Rigveda 1.164.38
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 164 · Verse 1.164.38
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अपा॒ङ्प्राङे॑ति स्व॒धया॑ गृभी॒तोऽम॑र्त्यो॒ मर्त्ये॑ना॒ सयो॑निः । ता शश्व॑न्ता विषू॒चीना॑ वि॒यन्ता॒ न्य१॒॑न्यं चि॒क्युर्न नि चि॑क्युर॒न्यम्
apāṅprāṅeti svadhayā gṛbhīto'martyo martyenā sayoniḥ tā śaśvantā viṣūcīnā viyantā nya1nyaṃ cikyurna ni cikyuranyam
From the east the life moves with the libation, held by the offering—mortal for mortal. They endure, pierced and dispersed; some cure not another.
The immortal cognate with the mortal, affected by (desire of) enjoyment, goes to the lower or the upper (sphere); but (men beholding them) associated, going everywhere (in this world together); going everywhere (in other worlds together); have comprehended the one, but have not comprehended the other.
Back, forward goes he, grasped by strength inherent, the Immortal born the brother of the mortal Ceaseless they movelnopposite directions: men mark the one, and fail to mark the other.