Rigveda 3.055.11
Rigveda · Mandala 3, Sukta 55 · Verse 3.55.11
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
नाना॑ चक्राते य॒म्या॒३॒॑ वपूं॑षि॒ तयो॑र॒न्यद्रोच॑ते कृ॒ष्णम॒न्यत् । श्यावी॑ च॒ यदरु॑षी च॒ स्वसा॑रौ म॒हद्दे॒वाना॑मसुर॒त्वमेक॑म्
nānā cakrāte yamyā3 vapūṃṣi tayoranyadrocate kṛṣṇamanyat śyāvī ca yadaruṣī ca svasārau mahaddevānāmasuratvamekam
They set divers circles; in the bodies of men one struck another black. One was tawny, one dark — sisters in kinship — greatness of gods and men alone.
The twin pair (day and night) adopt various forms; one of them shines brightly, the other is black; twin sisters are they, one black and the other white; great and unequalled is the might of the gods.
Ye, variant Pair, have made yourselves twin beauties: one of the Twain is dark, bright shines the other; And yet these two, the dark, the red, are Sisters. Great is the Gods' supreme and sole dominion.