Rigveda 3.001.09
Rigveda · Mandala 3, Sukta 1 · Verse 3.1.9
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
पि॒तुश्चि॒दूध॑र्ज॒नुषा॑ विवेद॒ व्य॑स्य॒ धारा॑ असृज॒द्वि धेनाः॑ । गुहा॒ चर॑न्तं॒ सखि॑भिः शि॒वेभि॑र्दि॒वो य॒ह्वीभि॒र्न गुहा॑ बभूव
pituścidūdharjanuṣā viveda vyasya dhārā asṛjadvi dhenāḥ guhā carantaṃ sakhibhiḥ śivebhirdivo yahvībhirna guhā babhūva
The fathers split the milky treasure and gave forth the streams, creating the herds. Caves moved with companions; the lofty singers and the singers of heaven made the cave manifest.
At his birth he knew the udder of his parent and let forth its torrents, and its speech (of thunder); there was no one to detect him, lurking in the deep, with his auspicious associates, (the winds), and the many (waters) of the firmament.
From birth he knew even his Father's bosom, he set his voices and his streams in motion; Knew him who moved with blessed Friends in secret, with the young Dames of heaven. He stayed not hidden.