Rigveda 10.168.03
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 168 · Verse 10.168.3
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अ॒न्तरि॑क्षे प॒थिभि॒रीय॑मानो॒ न नि वि॑शते कत॒मच्च॒नाहः॑ । अ॒पां सखा॑ प्रथम॒जा ऋ॒तावा॒ क्व॑ स्विज्जा॒तः कुत॒ आ ब॑भूव
antarikṣe pathibhirīyamāno na ni viśate katamaccanāhaḥ apāṃ sakhā prathamajā ṛtāvā kva svijjātaḥ kuta ā babhūva
Moving along paths in mid-air, he does not enter how many houses. The waters’ companion is firstborn, of laws; where was he born? How did he become?
Traversing the firmament by its paths, (Vāyu) rests not for a single day; the friend of the waters, thefirst-born, the utterer of truth-- where has he been genitive rated, whence was he manifested?
Travelling on the paths of air's midregion, no single day doth he take rest or slumber. Holy and earliest-born, Friend of fhe waters, where did he spring and from what region came he?