Rigveda 3.055.05
Rigveda · Mandala 3, Sukta 55 · Verse 3.55.5
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
आ॒क्षित्पूर्वा॒स्वप॑रा अनू॒रुत्स॒द्यो जा॒तासु॒ तरु॑णीष्व॒न्तः । अ॒न्तर्व॑तीः सुवते॒ अप्र॑वीता म॒हद्दे॒वाना॑मसुर॒त्वमेक॑म्
ākṣitpūrvāsvaparā anūrutsadyo jātāsu taruṇīṣvantaḥ antarvatīḥ suvate apravītā mahaddevānāmasuratvamekam
Foreknowledge saw the earlier and later born amid the youthful trees. They were inward to the good clan and did not forsake—thus one sovereignty of the gods and Asuras alike.
Existing in ancient plural nts, abiding afterwards in new, he enters into the young (herbs) as soon as they are produced; unimpregnated they become pregnant and bear fruit; great and unequalled is the might of the gods.
Lodged in old plants, he grows again in younger, swiftly within the newly-born and tender. Though they are unimpregned, he makes them fruitful. Great is the Gods' supreme and sole dominion.