Rigveda 1.095.01
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 95 · Verse 1.95.1
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
द्वे विरू॑पे चरतः॒ स्वर्थे॑ अ॒न्यान्या॑ व॒त्समुप॑ धापयेते । हरि॑र॒न्यस्यां॒ भव॑ति स्व॒धावा॑ञ्छु॒क्रो अ॒न्यस्यां॑ ददृशे सु॒वर्चाः॑
dve virūpe carataḥ svarthe anyānyā vatsamupa dhāpayete hariranyasyāṃ bhavati svadhāvāñchukro anyasyāṃ dadṛśe suvarcāḥ
Two in form roam for themselves and hunt another’s calves. In the pasture of Hari-ranya there is desire; in another place the bright (one) was seen.
Two periods, of different complexions, revolve for their own purposes, and each in succession severally nourishes a son; in one, Hari is the receiver of oblations, in the other, the brilliant Agni is beheld.
To fair goals travel Two unlike in semblance: each in succession nourishes an infant. One bears a Godlike Babe of golden colour; bright and fair-shining, is he with the other.