Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·10·10.72
देवानां नु वयं जाना प्र वोचाम विपन्यया । उक्थेषु शस्यमानेषु यः पश्याद् उत्तरे युगे ॥
devānāṃ nu vayaṃ jānā pra vocāma vipanyayā | uktheṣu śasyamāneṣu yaḥ paśyād uttare yuge ||
Let US with tuneful skill proclaim these generations of the Gods, That one may see them when these hymns are chanted in a future age.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ब्रह्मणस् पतिर् एता सं कर्मार इवाधमत् । देवानाम् पूर्व्ये युगे ऽसतः सद् अजायत ॥
brahmaṇas patir etā saṃ karmāra ivādhamat | devānām pūrvye yuge 'sataḥ sad ajāyata ||
These Brahmanaspati produced with blast and smelting, like a Smith, Existence, in an earlier age of Gods, from Non-existence sprang.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
देवानां युगे प्रथमे ऽसतः सद् अजायत । तद् आशा अन्व् अजायन्त तद् उत्तानपदस् परि ॥
devānāṃ yuge prathame 'sataḥ sad ajāyata | tad āśā anv ajāyanta tad uttānapadas pari ||
Existence, in the earliest age of Gods, from Non-existence sprang. Thereafter were the regions born. This sprang from the Productive Power.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
भूर् जज्ञ उत्तानपदो भुव आशा अजायन्त । अदितेर् दक्षो अजायत दक्षाद् व् अदितिः परि ॥
bhūr jajña uttānapado bhuva āśā ajāyanta | aditer dakṣo ajāyata dakṣād v aditiḥ pari ||
Earth sprang from the Productive Power the regions from the earth were born. Daksa was born of Aditi, and Aditi was Daksa's Child.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अदितिर् ह्य् अजनिष्ट दक्ष या दुहिता तव । तां देवा अन्व् अजायन्त भद्रा अमृतबन्धवः ॥
aditir hy ajaniṣṭa dakṣa yā duhitā tava | tāṃ devā anv ajāyanta bhadrā amṛtabandhavaḥ ||
For Aditi, O Daksa, she who is thy Daughter, was brought forth. After her were the blessed Gods born sharers of immortal life.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यद् देवा अदः सलिले सुसंरब्धा अतिष्ठत । अत्रा वो नृत्यताम् इव तीव्रो रेणुर् अपायत ॥
yad devā adaḥ salile susaṃrabdhā atiṣṭhata | atrā vo nṛtyatām iva tīvro reṇur apāyata ||
When ye, O Gods, in yonder deep close clasping one another stood, Thence, as of dancers, from your feet a thickening cloud of dust arose.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यद् देवा यतयो यथा भुवनान्य् अपिन्वत । अत्रा समुद्र आ गूळ्हम् आ सूर्यम् अजभर्तन ॥
yad devā yatayo yathā bhuvanāny apinvata | atrā samudra ā gūḷham ā sūryam ajabhartana ||
When, O ye Gods, like Yatis, ye caused all existing things to grow, Then ye brought Surya forward who was lying hidden in the sea.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अष्टौ पुत्रासो अदितेर् ये जातास् तन्वस् परि । देवां उप प्रैत् सप्तभिः परा मार्ताण्डम् आस्यत् ॥
aṣṭau putrāso aditer ye jātās tanvas pari | devāṃ upa prait saptabhiḥ parā mārtāṇḍam āsyat ||
Eight are the Sons of Aditi who from her body sprang to life. With seven she went to meet the Gods she cast Martanda far away.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सप्तभिः पुत्रैर् अदितिर् उप प्रैत् पूर्व्यं युगम् । प्रजायै मृत्यवे त्वत् पुनर् मार्ताण्डम् आभरत् ॥
saptabhiḥ putrair aditir upa prait pūrvyaṃ yugam | prajāyai mṛtyave tvat punar mārtāṇḍam ābharat ||
So with her Seven Sons Aditi went forth to meet the earlier age. She brought Martanda thitherward to spring to life and die again.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)