Rigveda 1.164.48
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 164 · Verse 1.164.48
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
द्वाद॑श प्र॒धय॑श्च॒क्रमेकं॒ त्रीणि॒ नभ्या॑नि॒ क उ॒ तच्चि॑केत । तस्मि॑न्सा॒कं त्रि॑श॒ता न श॒ङ्कवो॑ऽर्पि॒ताः ष॒ष्टिर्न च॑लाच॒लासः॑
dvādaśa pradhayaścakramekaṃ trīṇi nabhyāni ka u tacciketa tasminsākaṃ triśatā na śaṅkavo'rpitāḥ ṣaṣṭirna calācalāsaḥ
Twelve chiefs turned as one wheel; three were there in the skies—who can declare that? In that place three hundred were not the doubtful offerings laid; sixty were steadfast and unshaken.
The fellies are twelve; the wheel is one; three are the axles; but who knows it? within it are collected 360 (spokes), which are, as it were, moveable and immoveable.
Twelve are the fellies, and the wheel is single; three are the naves. What man hath understood it? Therein are set together spokes three hundred and sixty, which in nowise can be loosened.