Rigveda 3.054.09
Rigveda · Mandala 3, Sukta 54 · Verse 3.54.9
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
सना॑ पुरा॒णमध्ये॑म्या॒रान्म॒हः पि॒तुर्ज॑नि॒तुर्जा॒मि तन्नः॑ । दे॒वासो॒ यत्र॑ पनि॒तार॒ एवै॑रु॒रौ प॒थि व्यु॑ते त॒स्थुर॒न्तः
sanā purāṇamadhyemyārānmahaḥ piturjaniturjāmi tannaḥ devāso yatra panitāra evairurau pathi vyute tasthurantaḥ
Long ago in ancient times the great Father begot offspring in the midst of the ancient ones. Where the gods, those venerable fathers, withdrew, they stood apart upon the well-worn path.
I consider at present the eternal and ancient sisterhood to us of you, our great protectress and progenitrix, within whose vast and separated path your eulogists, the gods, travel in their chariots.
Afar the Ancient from of old I ponder, our kinship with our mighty Sire and Father,- Singing the praise whereof the Gods by custom stand on the spacious far-extended pathway.