Rigveda 1.164.47
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 164 · Verse 1.164.47
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
कृ॒ष्णं नि॒यानं॒ हर॑यः सुप॒र्णा अ॒पो वसा॑ना॒ दिव॒मुत्प॑तन्ति । त आव॑वृत्र॒न्सद॑नादृ॒तस्यादिद्घृ॒तेन॑ पृथि॒वी व्यु॑द्यते
kṛṣṇaṃ niyānaṃ harayaḥ suparṇā apo vasānā divamutpatanti ta āvavṛtransadanādṛtasyādidghṛtena pṛthivī vyudyate
The dark-blue, swift-winged Waters, bearing Krishna and Hari, rise to the heavens with their vitality; when that one who had held back was overcome by the first pressing, the earth was stirred forth.
The smooth-gliding wafters (of the rain, the solar rays), clothing the waters with a dark cloud, ascend to heaven; they come down again from the dwelling of the rain, and immediately the earth is moistened with water.
Dark the descent: the birds are golden-coloured; up to the heaven they fly robed in the waters. Again descend they from the seat of Order, and all the earth is moistened with their fatness.