Rig Veda · 10.168.3

Rig Veda 10.168.3 — Vāyu

Verse 3 of 4 from Sukta 10.168 (Vāyu) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 10.168.3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अन्तरिक्षे पथिभिरीयमानो न नि विशते कतमच्चनाहः | अपां सखा परथमजा रतावा कव सविज्जातः कुत आबभूव

IAST Romanisation

antarikṣe pathibhirīyamāno na ni viśate katamaccanāhaḥ | apāṃ sakhā prathamajā ṛtāvā kva svijjātaḥ kuta ābabhūva

English Translation (Griffith)

Travelling on the paths of air's mid-region, no single day doth he take rest or slumber. Holy and earliest-born, Friend of the waters, where did he spring and from what region came he?

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