Rig Veda · 1.164.13

Rig Veda 1.164.13 — Viśvedevas

Verse 13 of 52 from Sukta 1.164 (Viśvedevas) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.164.13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पञ्चारे चक्रे परिवर्तमाने तस्मिन्ना तस्थुर्भुवनानि विश्वा | तस्य नाक्षस्तप्यते भूरिभारः सनादेव न शीर्यते सनाभिः

IAST Romanisation

pañcāre cakre parivartamāne tasminnā tasthurbhuvanāni viśvā | tasya nākṣastapyate bhūribhāraḥ sanādeva na śīryate sanābhiḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

Upon this five-spoked wheel revolving ever all living creatures rest and are dependent. Its axle, heavy-laden, is not heated: the nave from ancient time remains unbroken.

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