Rigveda 10.008.04
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 8 · Verse 10.8.4
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
उ॒षौ॑षो॒ हि व॑सो॒ अग्र॒मेषि॒ त्वं य॒मयो॑रभवो वि॒भावा॑ । ऋ॒ताय॑ स॒प्त द॑धिषे प॒दानि॑ ज॒नय॑न्मि॒त्रं त॒न्वे॒३॒॑ स्वायै॑
uṣauṣo hi vaso agrameṣi tvaṃ yamayorabhavo vibhāvā ṛtāya sapta dadhiṣe padāni janayanmitraṃ tanve3 svāyai
Dawn indeed, thou art leader of wealth; thou art the birth of the twain. To Law thou gavest seven steps for feet; thus Mitra was born for thy own self.
Opulent Agni, you precede dawn after dawn. You are the illuminator of the twin (day and night);engendering Mitra from your own person n, you retain seven plural ces for sacrifice.
For, Vasu thou precedest every Morning, and still hast been the Twins' illuminator. For sacrifice, seven places thou retainest while for thine own self thou engenderest Mitra.