Rigveda 10.123.02
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 123 · Verse 10.123.2
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
स॒मु॒द्रादू॒र्मिमुदि॑यर्ति वे॒नो न॑भो॒जाः पृ॒ष्ठं ह॑र्य॒तस्य॑ दर्शि । ऋ॒तस्य॒ साना॒वधि॑ वि॒ष्टपि॒ भ्राट् स॑मा॒नं योनि॑म॒भ्य॑नूषत॒ व्राः
samudrādūrmimudiyarti veno nabhojāḥ pṛṣṭhaṃ haryatasya darśi ṛtasya sānāvadhi viṣṭapi bhrāṭ samānaṃ yonimabhyanūṣata vrāḥ
From the ocean a wave rises; the bolt bears heaven's back—behold that sight. The seam of cosmic order, in equable measure, the brother Vishtapi fashioned alike the wombs.
The cloud-born Vena send the water from the firmament; the back of the azure (sky) is beheld. Heshone on the summit of the water in heaven; the troops praised their common abode.
Vena draws up his wave from out the ocean. mist-born, the fair one's back is made apparent, Brightly he shone aloft on Order's summit: the hosts sang glory to their common birthplace.