Rigveda 9.068.05
Rigveda · Mandala 9, Sukta 68 · Verse 9.68.5
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
सं दक्षे॑ण॒ मन॑सा जायते क॒विरृ॒तस्य॒ गर्भो॒ निहि॑तो य॒मा प॒रः । यूना॑ ह॒ सन्ता॑ प्रथ॒मं वि ज॑ज्ञतु॒र्गुहा॑ हि॒तं जनि॑म॒ नेम॒मुद्य॑तम्
saṃ dakṣeṇa manasā jāyate kavirṛtasya garbho nihito yamā paraḥ yūnā ha santā prathamaṃ vi jajñaturguhā hitaṃ janima nemamudyatam
By dextrous mind is born the seer; the embryo of truth was struck down, Yama the other. Thus they who were first purified celebrated the cave, the ordained law beginning to rise.
The sage (Soma) is born with developed mind; having his plural ce in the womb of the water, he is deposited (by the gods) by rule from far off; even when young these two were distinct; the birth (of one half) was plural ced in secret, the (other) half was visible.
With energetic intellect the Sage is born, deposited as germ of Law, far from the Twins. They being young at first showed visibly distinct the Creature that is half-concealed and half-exposed.