Rig Veda · 1.159.3

Rig Veda 1.159.3 — Heaven and Earth

Verse 3 of 5 from Sukta 1.159 (Heaven and Earth) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.159.3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ते सूनवः सवपसः सुदंससो मही जज्ञुर्मातरा पूर्वचित्तये | सथातुश्च सत्यं जगतश्च धर्मणि पुत्रस्य पाथः पदमद्वयाविनः

IAST Romanisation

te sūnavaḥ svapasaḥ sudaṃsaso mahī jajñurmātarā pūrvacittaye | sthātuśca satyaṃ jaghataśca dharmaṇi putrasya pāthaḥ padamadvayāvinaḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

These Sons of yours well skilled in work, of wondrous power, brought forth to life the two great Mothers first of all. To keep the truth of all that stands and all that moves, ye guard the station of your Son who knows no guile.

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