Rigveda 5.059.06
Rigveda · Mandala 5, Sukta 59 · Verse 5.59.6
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
ते अ॑ज्ये॒ष्ठा अक॑निष्ठास उ॒द्भिदोऽम॑ध्यमासो॒ मह॑सा॒ वि वा॑वृधुः । सु॒जा॒तासो॑ ज॒नुषा॒ पृश्नि॑मातरो दि॒वो मर्या॒ आ नो॒ अच्छा॑ जिगातन
te ajyeṣṭhā akaniṣṭhāsa udbhido'madhyamāso mahasā vi vāvṛdhuḥ sujātāso januṣā pṛśnimātaro divo maryā ā no acchā jigātana
They were eldest, then younger, sprouted, middle and great they increased. Well-born, people, the strong ones like Pṛśni’s sons came forth; may the maruts grant us protection.
None of them are older, none younger (than the others); the destroyers of (foes), none hold a middle (rank), but all excel in glory; honourable by birth having Pṛṣṇi for your mother, do you, Maruts, favourable to man, come from heaven to our presence.
Having no eldest and no youngest in their band, no middlomost, preeminent they have waxed in might, These Sons of Prsni, sprung of noble ancestry: come hitberward to us, ye bridegrooms of the sky.