Rigveda 23.7

23.7

kiṃ svidvanaṃ kiṃ punaḥ tadupādānakāṣṭhamṛtpiṇḍasthānīyamasya praśnasya prativacanasāmarthyāt pradhānamiti draṣṭavyantasyopādānakāraṇatvāt | kaḥ u saḥ vṛkṣaḥ āsa kaśca punastanmūlakāraṇaṃ vṛkṣaḥ pṛthivīsthānaḥ | yasyāvayavaḥ pradhānamupādānakāraṇamasya prativacana mānasaṃbhūyāsthite ? vā | supratiṣṭhite vā ityarthaḥ | ajare jarāvarjite | ita ebhyaḥ prākṛtebhyo devebhyaḥ ūtīravanaṃ rakṣaṇaṃ yayoḥ te itaūtī | sāmarthyāt paramātmā tasya mūla kāraṇatvāt | yataḥ| upādānakāraṇānmūlakāraṇācca dyāvāpṛthivī niṣṭatakṣuḥ | takṣati karoti karmā | niṣkṛṣya kṛtavanto devā viśvasṛjaḥ | kīdṛśyau dyāvāpṛthivyau | santasthāne saṃbhūyasthite vā ityarthaḥ | ajare jarāvarjite | itaūtī ita ebhyaḥ prakṛtebhyo devebhyaḥ ūtīravanaṃ rakṣaṇaṃ yayoste itaūtī | rakṣitetyarthaḥ | athavā itaścetaśca gatirvṛddhirvā yayoste itaūtī | sarvato gate vṛddhe vetyarthaḥ | ahāni pūrvīḥ anādikālapravṛttāḥ | uṣasaśca niṣṭatakṣuḥ devā | ye evaṃ sāmarthyayuktā devāḥ tān sarve stotāraḥ jaranta stuvantītyarthaḥ ||
anuśāsanasya mārgāepadeśasya | uta ata api | sruti mārge | vindati labhate ||
priyavacanena saṃbodhyopamaśravaḥ upamaśravasamṛṣirāha kaṣaṣaḥ | he putra upamaśravaḥ he napān it prāṇātmaka | mitrātithermitrātithināmno rājñaḥ| adhi ihi avagaccha avajānīhi | kimucyate |' pituṣṭe asmi vanditā, pūrvasyāmṛci yasyeti śruteḥ tasyetyadhyāhāryam | tasya pituḥ| te tava upamaśravasasaṃbandhinaḥ | asmi bhavāmi | vanditā stotā purohitaḥ ṛtvigvetyarthaḥ | evaṃ sati | tvāñcāhañca tulyaśokau etajjñātvā mā śokaṃ kārṣīḥ | ahaṃ tava pitṛsthānīyo jīvāmītyabhiprāyaḥ| kiñca ||