नाभ्या आसीद् अन्तरिक्षं शीर्ष्णो द्यौः सम् अवर्तत । पद्भ्यां भूमिर् दिशः श्रोत्रात् तथा लोकां अकल्पयन् ॥८॥
nābhyā āsīd antarikṣaṃ śīrṣṇo dyauḥ sam avartata | padbhyāṃ bhūmir diśaḥ śrotrāt tathā lokāṃ akalpayan ||8||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Forth from his navel came mid-air the sky was fashioned from his head Earth from his feet, and from his car the regions. Thus they formed the worlds.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.90.14; the wording of this text may differ in places.