Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 72

RV 10 72.1

देवानाꣳ नु वयꣳ जाना प्र वोचाम विपन्यया । उक्थेषु शस्यमानेषु यः पश्याद् उत्तरे युगे

devānāṁ nu vayaṁ jānā pra vocāma vipanyayā | uktheṣu śasyamāneṣu yaḥ paśyād uttare yuge

Now let us proclaim with admiration the births of the gods, so that someone in a later age may see (them) when the hymns are being recited.

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RV 10 72.2

ब्रह्मणस् पतिर् एता सꣳ कर्मार इवाधमत् । देवानाम् पूर्व्ये युगे ऽसतः सद् अजायत

brahmaṇas patir etā saṁ karmāra ivādhamat | devānām pūrvye yuge 'sataḥ sad ajāyata

Brahmaṇaspati smelted these together like a smith. In the earliest age of the gods, being was born from non-being.

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RV 10 72.3

देवानाꣳ युगे प्रथमे ऽसतः सद् अजायत । तद् आशा अन्व् अजायन्त तद् उत्तानपदस् परि

devānāṁ yuge prathame 'sataḥ sad ajāyata | tad āśā anv ajāyanta tad uttānapadas pari

In the first age of the gods, being was born from non-being; after that the regions were born, that (came) from Uttānapad.

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RV 10 72.4

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

The earth was born from Uttānapad; from the earth the regions were born. From Aditi Dakṣa was born, and from Dakṣa Aditi in turn.

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RV 10 72.5

अदितिर् ह्य् अजनिष्ट दक्ष या दुहिता तव । ताꣳ देवा अन्व् अजायन्त भद्रा अमृतबन्धवः

aditir hy ajaniṣṭa dakṣa yā duhitā tava | tāṁ devā anv ajāyanta bhadrā amṛtabandhavaḥ

For Aditi was born, O Dakṣa, she who is your daughter; after her the gods were born, the auspicious ones, kin to immortality.

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RV 10 72.6

यद् देवा अदः सलिले सुसꣳरब्धा अतिष्ठत । अत्रा वो नृत्यताम् इव तीव्रो रेणुर् अपायत

yad devā adaḥ salile susaṁrabdhā atiṣṭhata | atrā vo nṛtyatām iva tīvro reṇur apāyata

When, O gods, you stood there in the flood, tightly locked together, then a sharp dust went up from you as from dancers.

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RV 10 72.7

यद् देवा यतयो यथा भुवनान्य् अपिन्वत । अत्रा समुद्र आ गूऴ्हम् आ सूर्यम् अजभर्तन

yad devā yatayo yathā bhuvanāny apinvata | atrā samudra ā gūḻham ā sūryam ajabhartana

When, O gods, like yatis you made the worlds swell, then you brought forth the sun hidden in the sea.

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RV 10 72.8

अष्टौ पुत्रासो अदितेर् ये जातास् तन्व१स् परि । देवाꣳ उप प्रैत् सप्तभिः परा मार्ताण्डम् आस्यत्

aṣṭau putrāso aditer ye jātās tanva1s pari | devām̐ upa prait saptabhiḥ parā mārtāṇḍam āsyat

Eight are the sons of Aditi who were born from her body; with seven she went forth to the gods, she cast Mārtāṇḍa away.

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RV 10 72.9

सप्तभिः पुत्रैर् अदितिर् उप प्रैत् पूर्व्यꣳ युगम् । प्रजायै मृत्यवे त्वत् पुनर् मार्ताण्डम् आभरत्

saptabhiḥ putrair aditir upa prait pūrvyaṁ yugam | prajāyai mṛtyave tvat punar mārtāṇḍam ābharat

With seven sons Aditi went forth to the earliest age; for offspring and for death she brought Mārtāṇḍa back again.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition