Rigveda 10.055.05
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 55 · Verse 10.55.5
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
वि॒धुं द॑द्रा॒णं सम॑ने बहू॒नां युवा॑नं॒ सन्तं॑ पलि॒तो ज॑गार । दे॒वस्य॑ पश्य॒ काव्यं॑ महि॒त्वाद्या म॒मार॒ स ह्यः समा॑न
vidhuṃ dadrāṇaṃ samane bahūnāṃ yuvānaṃ santaṃ palito jagāra devasya paśya kāvyaṃ mahitvādyā mamāra sa hyaḥ samāna
I placed the shaken, many-seated shelter near the lordly one; the youthful protector awoke. See the hymn of the god for greatness—I was his equal today.
The grey-haired has swallowed the warlike (man) the scatterer of many foes, in battle being young;behold the power of the deity (endowed) with might; he dies today, he is alive tomorrow.
The old hath waked the young Moon from his slumber who runs his circling course with many round him. Behold the Gods' high wisdom in its greatness: he who died yesterday to-day is living.