Rigveda 10.031.07
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 31 · Verse 10.31.7
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
किं स्वि॒द्वनं॒ क उ॒ स वृ॒क्ष आ॑स॒ यतो॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी नि॑ष्टत॒क्षुः । सं॒त॒स्था॒ने अ॒जरे॑ इ॒तऊ॑ती॒ अहा॑नि पू॒र्वीरु॒षसो॑ जरन्त
kiṃ svidvanaṃ ka u sa vṛkṣa āsa yato dyāvāpṛthivī niṣṭatakṣuḥ saṃtasthāne ajare itaūtī ahāni pūrvīruṣaso jaranta
What indeed is the forest? What is that tree whereon heaven and earth were fixed? In that abiding place the days age and pass; the ancient rising days grow old.
What is the forest, which is the tree, out of which (the gods) have fabricated heaven and earth,ever-stationary and undecaying, giving protection to the deities; through numerous days and dawns (men)praises (the gods for this).
What was the tree, what wood, in sooth, produced it, from which they fashioned forth the Earth and Heaven? These Twain stand fast and wax not old for ever: these have sung praise to many a day and morning.