Rigveda 10.177.03
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 177 · Verse 10.177.3
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अप॑श्यं गो॒पामनि॑पद्यमान॒मा च॒ परा॑ च प॒थिभि॒श्चर॑न्तम् । स स॒ध्रीचीः॒ स विषू॑ची॒र्वसा॑न॒ आ व॑रीवर्ति॒ भुव॑नेष्व॒न्तः
apaśyaṃ gopāmanipadyamānamā ca parā ca pathibhiścarantam sa sadhrīcīḥ sa viṣūcīrvasāna ā varīvarti bhuvaneṣvantaḥ
I saw a herdsman falling, moving through paths both low and high. He, with long shafts and pointed staffs, flowing with waters, returned within the realms of the world.
I beheld the protector (the Sun), never descending, going by his paths to the east and to the west;clothing (with light) the (four) quarters of heaven and the intermediate spaces, he constantly revolves in the midstof the worlds.
I saw the Herdsman, him who never resteth, approaching and departing on his pathways. He, clothed in gathered and diffusive splendour, within the worlds continually travels.