Rigveda 10.061.07
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 61 · Verse 10.61.7
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
पि॒ता यत्स्वां दु॑हि॒तर॑मधि॒ष्कन्क्ष्म॒या रेतः॑ संजग्मा॒नो नि षि॑ञ्चत् । स्वा॒ध्यो॑ऽजनय॒न्ब्रह्म॑ दे॒वा वास्तो॒ष्पतिं॑ व्रत॒पां निर॑तक्षन्
pitā yatsvāṃ duhitaramadhiṣkankṣmayā retaḥ saṃjagmāno ni ṣiñcat svādhyo'janayanbrahma devā vāstoṣpatiṃ vratapāṃ niratakṣan
The father, having mingled his seed above his daughter with gentle restraint, sprinkled it; the gods brought forth sacred speech, the priests invoked the lord of rites, celebrating the vow.
When the father united with the daughter, then associating with the earth, he sprinkled it with theeffusion; then the thoughtful gods begot Brahma; they fabricated the lord of the hearth (of sacrifice); the defenderof sacred rites.