10.72.1
दे॒वानां॒ नु व॒यं जाना॒ प्र वो॑चाम विप॒न्यया॑ | उ॒क्थेषु॑ श॒स्यमा॑नेषु॒ यः पश्या॒दुत्त॑रे यु॒गे ||
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.
Rigveda 10.72
HYMN LXXII. THE GODS. · ९ लौक्यो बृहस्पतिः, बृहस्पतिरांगिरसो वा, दाक्षायणी अदितिर्वा। देवाः। अनुष्टुप्।
10.72.1
दे॒वानां॒ नु व॒यं जाना॒ प्र वो॑चाम विप॒न्यया॑ | उ॒क्थेषु॑ श॒स्यमा॑नेषु॒ यः पश्या॒दुत्त॑रे यु॒गे ||
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.
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10.72.2
ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पति॑रे॒ता सं क॒र्मार॑ इवाधमत् | दे॒वानां॑ पू॒र्व्ये यु॒गेऽस॑त॒: सद॑जायत ||
These Brahmaṇaspati produced with blast and smelting, like a Smith, Existence, in an earlier age of Gods, from Non-existence sprang.
10.72.3
दे॒वानां॑ यु॒गे प्र॑थ॒मेऽस॑त॒: सद॑जायत | तदाशा॒ अन्व॑जायन्त॒ तदु॑त्ता॒नप॑द॒स्परि॑ ||
Existence, in the earliest age of Gods, from Non-existence sprang. Thereafter were the regions born. This sprang from the Productive Power.
10.72.4
भूर्ज॑ज्ञ उत्ता॒नप॑दो भु॒व आशा॑ अजायन्त | अदि॑ते॒र्दक्षो॑ अजायत॒ दक्षा॒द्वदि॑ति॒: परि॑ ||
Earth sprang from the Productive Power the regions from the earth were born. Dakṣa was born of Aditi, and Aditi was Dakṣa's Child.
10.72.5
अदि॑ति॒र्ह्यज॑निष्ट॒ दक्ष॒ या दु॑हि॒ता तव॑ | तां दे॒वा अन्व॑जायन्त भ॒द्रा अ॒मृत॑बन्धवः ||
For Aditi, O Dakṣa, she who is thy Daughter, was brought forth. After her were the blessed Gods born sharers of immortal life.
10.72.6
यद्दे॑वा अ॒दः स॑लि॒ले सुसं॑रब्धा॒ अति॑ष्ठत | अत्रा॑ वो॒ नृत्य॑तामिव ती॒व्रो रे॒णुरपा॑यत ||
When ye, O Gods, in yonder deep closeclasping one another stood, Thence, as of dancers, from your feet a thickening cloud of dust arose.
10.72.7
यद्दे॑वा॒ यत॑यो यथा॒ भुव॑ना॒न्यपि॑न्वत | अत्रा॑ समु॒द्र आ गू॒ळ्हमा सूर्य॑मजभर्तन ||
When, O ye Gods, like Yatis, ye caused all existing things to grow, Then ye brought Sūrya forward who was lying hidden in the sea.
10.72.8
अ॒ष्टौ पु॒त्रासो॒ अदि॑ते॒र्ये जा॒तास्त॒न्व१स्परि॑ | दे॒वाँ उप॒ प्रैत्स॒प्तभि॒: परा॑ मार्ता॒ण्डमा॑स्यत् ||
Eight are the Sons of Adid who from her body sprang to life. With seven she went to meet the Gods she cast Martanda far away.
10.72.9
स॒प्तभि॑: पु॒त्रैरदि॑ति॒रुप॒ प्रैत्पू॒र्व्यं यु॒गम् | प्र॒जायै॑ मृ॒त्यवे॑ त्व॒त्पुन॑र्मार्ता॒ण्डमाभ॑रत् ||
So with her Seven Sons Aditi went forth to meet the earlier age. She brought Martanda thitherward to spring to life and die again.