Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·1·1.160
ते हि द्यावापृथिवी विश्वशम्भुव ऋतावरी रजसो धारयत्कवी । सुजन्मनी धिषणे अन्तर् ईयते देवो देवी धर्मणा सूर्यः शुचिः ॥
te hi dyāvāpṛthivī viśvaśambhuva ṛtāvarī rajaso dhārayatkavī | sujanmanī dhiṣaṇe antar īyate devo devī dharmaṇā sūryaḥ śuciḥ ||
These, Heaven and Earth, bestow prosperity on all, sustainers of the region, Holy Ones and wise, Two Bowls of noble kind: between these Goddesses the God, the fulgent Sun, travels by fixed decree.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उरुव्यचसा महिनी असश्चता पिता माता च भुवनानि रक्षतः । सुधृष्टमे वपुष्ये न रोदसी पिता यत् सीम् अभि रूपैर् अवासयत् ॥
uruvyacasā mahinī asaścatā pitā mātā ca bhuvanāni rakṣataḥ | sudhṛṣṭame vapuṣye na rodasī pitā yat sīm abhi rūpair avāsayat ||
Widely-capacious Pair, mighty, that never fail, the Father and the Mother keep all creatures safe: The two world-halves, the spirited, the beautiful, because the Father hath clothed them in goodly forms.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स वह्निः पुत्रः पित्रोः पवित्रवान् पुनाति धीरो भुवनानि मायया । धेनुं च पृश्निं वृषभं सुरेतसं विश्वाहा शुक्रम् पयो अस्य दुक्षत ॥
sa vahniḥ putraḥ pitroḥ pavitravān punāti dhīro bhuvanāni māyayā | dhenuṃ ca pṛśniṃ vṛṣabhaṃ suretasaṃ viśvāhā śukram payo asya dukṣata ||
Son of these Parents, he the Priest with power to cleanse, Sage, sanctifies the worlds with his surpassing power. Thereto for his bright milk he milked through all the days the party-coloured Cow and the prolific Bull.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अयं देवानाम् अपसाम् अपस्तमो यो जजान रोदसी विश्वशम्भुवा । वि यो ममे रजसी सुक्रतूययाजरेभि स्कम्भनेभिः सम् आनृचे ॥
ayaṃ devānām apasām apastamo yo jajāna rodasī viśvaśambhuvā | vi yo mame rajasī sukratūyayājarebhi skambhanebhiḥ sam ānṛce ||
Among the skilful Gods most skilled is he, who made the two world-halves which bring prosperity to all; Who with great wisdom measured both the regions out, and stablished them with pillars that shall ne'er decay.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ते नो गृणाने महिनी महि श्रवः क्षत्रं द्यावापृथिवी धासथो बृहत् । येनाभि कृष्टीस् ततनाम विश्वहा पनाय्यम् ओजो अस्मे सम् इन्वतम् ॥
te no gṛṇāne mahinī mahi śravaḥ kṣatraṃ dyāvāpṛthivī dhāsatho bṛhat | yenābhi kṛṣṭīs tatanāma viśvahā panāyyam ojo asme sam invatam ||
Extolled in song, O Heaven and Earth, bestow on us, ye mighty Pair, great glory and high lordly sway, Whereby we may extend ourselves ever over the folk; and send us strength that shall deserve the praise of men.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)