Rigveda 2.004.05
Rigveda · Mandala 2, Sukta 4 · Verse 2.4.5
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
आ यन्मे॒ अभ्वं॑ व॒नदः॒ पन॑न्तो॒शिग्भ्यो॒ नामि॑मीत॒ वर्ण॑म् । स चि॒त्रेण॑ चिकिते॒ रंसु॑ भा॒सा जु॑जु॒र्वाँ यो मुहु॒रा युवा॒ भूत्
ā yanme abhvaṃ vanadaḥ panantośigbhyo nāmimīta varṇam sa citreṇa cikite raṃsu bhāsā jujurvām̐ yo muhurā yuvā bhūt
From what sunlit forests the givers of wealth, the breathers, have brought this colour to me. With variegated remedy they have set it on the spoils; the shining man who repeatedly became young.
Whose greatness my colleagues loudly extol; who has manifested his real form to the priests; who is recognized at oblations by his variegated radiance, and who, though frequently growing old, again and again becomes young.
Since they who honour me have praised my greatness,-he gave, as 'twere, his hue to those who love him. Known is he by his bright delightful splendour, and waxing old renews his youth for ever.