Ṛgveda · Sūkta 10.135

10.135.1

यस्मि॑न्वृ॒क्षे सु॑पला॒शे दे॒वैः स॒म्पिब॑ते य॒मः ।
अत्रा॑ नो वि॒श्पतिः॑ पि॒ता पु॑रा॒णाँ अनु॑ वेनति ॥

In the tree with fair leaves, where Yama drinks the soma with the gods, there our father, lord of the clans, longs after the ancient ones.

पु॒रा॒णाँ अ॑नु॒वेन॑न्तं॒ चर॑न्तं पा॒पया॑मु॒या ।
अ॒सू॒यन्न॒भ्य॑चाकशं॒ तस्मा॑ अस्पृहयं॒ पुनः॑ ॥

I looked upon him as he wandered, longing after the ancient ones, with this evil, toward yonder path, sighing; and again I desired him.

यं कु॑मार॒ नवं॒ रथ॑मच॒क्रं मन॒साकृ॑णोः ।
एके॑षं वि॒श्वतः॒ प्राञ्च॒मप॑श्य॒न्नधि॑ तिष्ठसि ॥

O boy, the new chariot without wheels that you made by thought, one-axled and going forward on all sides — upon it you stand, seeing it.

यं कु॑मार॒ प्राव॑र्तयो॒ रथं॒ विप्रे॑भ्य॒स्परि॑ ।
तं सामानु॒ प्राव॑र्तत॒ समि॒तो ना॒व्याहि॑तम् ॥

O boy, the chariot you turned forward among the seers — behind it the sāman chant also turned forward; from here it has been placed in the boat.

कः कु॑मा॒रम॑जनय॒द्रथं॒ को निर॑वर्तयत् ।
कः स्वि॒त्तद॒द्य नो॑ ब्रूयादनु॒देयी॒ यथाभ॑वत् ॥

Who gave birth to the boy, who turned the chariot out? Who will tell us that today — how was it the answer?

यथाभ॑वदनु॒देयी॒ ततो॒ अग्र॑मजायत ।
पु॒रस्ता॑द्बु॒ध्न आत॑तः प॒श्चान्नि॒रय॑णं कृ॒तम् ॥

As that answer came to be, the first thing that was in front was born: the base in front, the spread-out behind, the course of departure was made.

इ॒दं य॒मस्य॒ साद॑नं देवमा॒नं यदु॒च्यते॑ ।
इ॒यम॑स्य धम्यते ना॒ळीर॒यं गी॒र्भिः परि॑ष्कृतः ॥

This is the seat of Yama, spoken of as divine; his pipe is blown, adorned with songs.