Rigveda 10.005.07
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 5 · Verse 10.5.7
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अस॑च्च॒ सच्च॑ पर॒मे व्यो॑म॒न्दक्ष॑स्य॒ जन्म॒न्नदि॑तेरु॒पस्थे॑ । अ॒ग्निर्ह॑ नः प्रथम॒जा ऋ॒तस्य॒ पूर्व॒ आयु॑नि वृष॒भश्च॑ धे॒नुः
asacca sacca parame vyomandakṣasya janmannaditerupasthe agnirha naḥ prathamajā ṛtasya pūrva āyuni vṛṣabhaśca dhenuḥ
That which is not and that which is—above the firmament was the birth of Dakṣa; Agni was our firstborn, the bull of order and the milch-cow.
Non-existent, and existent (is Agni) in the supreme heaven, in the birth-plural ce of Dakṣa, and in thepresence of Aditi; Agni is elder born to us (who enjoy the fruit) of the sacrifice; in the olden time he was the bulland the cow.
Not Being, Being in the highest heaven, in Aditi's bosom and in Daksa's birthplace, Is Agni, our first-born of Holy Order, the Milch-cow and the Bull in life's beginning.