Rig Veda 1.113.8: Mandala 1, Sukta 113, Mantra 8
Sukta 1.113
परायतीनामन्वेति पाथ आयतीनां प्रथमा शश्वतीनाम् । व्युच्छन्ती जीवमुदीरयन्त्युषा मृतं कं चन बोधयन्ती ॥
parāyatī́nām ánv eti pā́tha āyatī́nām prathamā́ śáśvatīnām | vyucchántī jīváṁ udīráyanty uṣā́ mṛtáṁ káṁ caná bodháyantī ||
She follows the track of those who depart and goes first before those who come—everlasting in her succession. Dawning, she raises up the living being; she does not awaken any deadness at all, but calls the life-force to rise.
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