Rigveda 9.079.04
Rigveda · Mandala 9, Sukta 79 · Verse 9.79.4
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
दि॒वि ते॒ नाभा॑ पर॒मो य आ॑द॒दे पृ॑थि॒व्यास्ते॑ रुरुहुः॒ सान॑वि॒ क्षिपः॑ । अद्र॑यस्त्वा बप्सति॒ गोरधि॑ त्व॒च्य१॒॑प्सु त्वा॒ हस्तै॑र्दुदुहुर्मनी॒षिणः॑
divi te nābhā paramo ya ādade pṛthivyāste ruruhuḥ sānavi kṣipaḥ adrayastvā bapsati goradhi tvacya1psu tvā hastairduduhurmanīṣiṇaḥ
In heaven your navel is supreme; earth took you up; the swift ones mounted, O warrior. The hills drink you, the beasts consume you; in waters your skin is bathed by the thoughtful.
Your best juice (dwells) in the navel of heaven, that which receives (the oblation); your (members) grow up thrown upon the summit of the earth; the stones devour you upon the cowhide; the wise (priests) milk you into the water with their hands.
Near kin to thee is he, raised loftiest in the heavens: upon the earth's high ridge thy scions have grown forth. The press-stones chew and crunch thee on the ox's hide: sages have milked thee with their hands into the streams.