Rigveda 10.027.21
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 27 · Verse 10.27.21
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अ॒यं यो वज्रः॑ पुरु॒धा विवृ॑त्तो॒ऽवः सूर्य॑स्य बृह॒तः पुरी॑षात् । श्रव॒ इदे॒ना प॒रो अ॒न्यद॑स्ति॒ तद॑व्य॒थी ज॑रि॒माण॑स्तरन्ति
ayaṃ yo vajraḥ purudhā vivṛtto'vaḥ sūryasya bṛhataḥ purīṣāt śrava idenā paro anyadasti tadavyathī jarimāṇastaranti
This thunderbolt that pierced the city’s belly came from the great Sun’s manhood. Hear: there is another beyond this; the distressed, aging pass away.
This is the thunderbolt which repeatedly falls (on those who are) below the orb of the vast sun; theworshippers easily cause this water (in the sun's orb) above which is differnet form that (in the clouds) to passthrough (the firmament).
This is the thunderbolt which often whirleth down from the lofty misty realm of Surya. Beyond this realm there is another glory so through old age they pass and feel no sorrow.