Rigveda 1.092.10
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 92 · Verse 1.92.10
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
पुनः॑पुन॒र्जाय॑माना पुरा॒णी स॑मा॒नं वर्ण॑म॒भि शुम्भ॑माना । श्व॒घ्नीव॑ कृ॒त्नुर्विज॑ आमिना॒ना मर्त॑स्य दे॒वी ज॒रय॒न्त्यायुः॑
punaḥpunarjāyamānā purāṇī samānaṃ varṇamabhi śumbhamānā śvaghnīva kṛtnurvija āminānā martasya devī jarayantyāyuḥ
Born again and again, ancient, she equaled color like a great storm. Like flame she kindles, with heroic thought she renews the mortal’s life; the goddess lengthens his days.
The divine and ancient Uṣas, born again and again and bright with unchanging hues, wastes away the life of a mortal, like the wife of a hunter cutting up and dividing the birds.
Ancient of days, again again born newly, decking her beauty with the self-same raiment. The Goddess wastes away the life of mortals, like a skilled hunter cutting birds in pieces.