Ṛgveda · Sūkta 10.72

10.72.1

दे॒वानां॒ नु व॒यं जाना॒ प्र वो॑चाम विप॒न्यया॑ ।
उ॒क्थेषु॑ श॒स्यमा॑नेषु॒ यः पश्या॒दुत्त॑रे यु॒गे ॥

Now let us speak of the births of the gods in skilled speech, so that whoever sees it in a later age may know it in the hymns that are recited.

ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पति॑रे॒ता सं क॒र्मार॑ इवाधमत् ।
दे॒वानां॑ पू॒र्व्ये यु॒गे अस॑तः॒ सद॑जायत ॥

The lord of prayer forged these together like a smith; in the earlier age of the gods, being was born from non-being.

दे॒वानां॑ यु॒गे प्र॑थ॒मे अस॑तः॒ सद॑जायत ।
तदाशा॒ अन्व॑जायन्त॒ तदु॑त्ता॒नप॑द॒स्परि॑ ॥

In the first age of the gods, being was born from non-being; from that the quarters of the sky were born, around Uttānapad.

भूर्ज॑ज्ञ उत्ता॒नप॑दो भु॒व आशा॑ अजायन्त ।
अदि॑ते॒र्दक्षो॑ अजायत॒ दक्षा॒द्वदि॑तिः॒ परि॑ ॥

The earth was born from Uttānapad; the quarters were born from existence. Dakṣa was born from Aditi, and Aditi from Dakṣa, around.

अदि॑ति॒र्ह्यज॑निष्ट॒ दक्ष॒ या दु॑हि॒ता तव॑ ।
तां दे॒वा अन्व॑जायन्त भ॒द्रा अ॒मृत॑बन्धवः ॥

Aditi was indeed born, O Dakṣa, who is your daughter; after her the gods were born, auspicious kinsmen of the immortal.

यद्दे॑वा अ॒दः स॑लि॒ले सुसं॑रब्धा॒ अति॑ष्ठत ।
अत्रा॑ वो॒ नृत्य॑तामिव ती॒व्रो रे॒णुरपा॑यत ॥

When you, O gods, stood in that water, very eager, then like dancers a sharp dust rose up here.

यद्दे॑वा॒ यत॑यो यथा॒ भुव॑ना॒न्यपि॑न्वत ।
अत्रा॑ समु॒द्र आ गू॒ळ्हमा सूर्य॑मजभर्तन ॥

O gods, when like strivers you made the worlds swell, then here you raised up the sun hidden in the ocean.

अ॒ष्टौ पु॒त्रासो॒ अदि॑ते॒र्ये जा॒तास्त॒न्व॑स्परि॑ ।
दे॒वाँ उप॒ प्रैत्स॒प्तभिः॒ परा॑ मार्ता॒ण्डमा॑स्यत् ॥

Aditi's eight sons, born from her body: with seven she went forward to the gods; she cast away the dead-sun Martanda.

स॒प्तभिः॑ पु॒त्रैरदि॑ति॒रुप॒ प्रैत्पू॒र्व्यं यु॒गम् ।
प्र॒जायै॑ मृ॒त्यवे॑ त्व॒त्पुन॑र्मार्ता॒ण्डमाभ॑रत् ॥

With seven sons Aditi went forward to the first age; away from you, for birth and for death, she brought back Martanda again.