Rigveda 8.042.01
Rigveda · Mandala 8, Sukta 42 · Verse 8.42.1
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अस्त॑भ्ना॒द्द्यामसु॑रो वि॒श्ववे॑दा॒ अमि॑मीत वरि॒माणं॑ पृथि॒व्याः । आसी॑द॒द्विश्वा॒ भुव॑नानि स॒म्राड्विश्वेत्तानि॒ वरु॑णस्य व्र॒तानि॑
astabhnāddyāmasuro viśvavedā amimīta varimāṇaṃ pṛthivyāḥ āsīdadviśvā bhuvanāni samrāḍviśvettāni varuṇasya vratāni
The gods, sunlike, set the fast-rising sky, measuring the breadth of earth; they were the sovereigns of all worlds—these are Varuna’s ordinances known to the wide-knowing one.
The possessor of all wealth, the powerful Varuṇa, has fixed the heaven; he has meted the measure ofthe earth; he presides as supreme monarch over all worlds; these all are the functions of Varuṇa
LORD of all wealth, the Asura propped the heavens, and measured out the broad earth's wide expanses. He, King supreme, approached all living creatures. All these are Varuna's holy operations.
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