Rig Veda · 10.149.2

Rig Veda 10.149.2 — Savitar

Verse 2 of 5 from Sukta 10.149 (Savitar) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 10.149.2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यत्रा समुद्र सकभितो वयौनदपां नपात सविता तस्यवेद | अतो भूरत आ उत्थितं रजो.अतो दयावाप्र्थिवीप्रथेताम

IAST Romanisation

yatrā samudra skabhito vyaunadapāṃ napāt savitā tasyaveda | ato bhūrata ā utthitaṃ rajo.ato dyāvāpṛthivīaprathetām

English Translation (Griffith)

Well knoweth Savitar, O Child of Waters, where ocean, firmly fixt, o’erflowed its limit. Thence sprang the world, from that uprose the region: thence heaven spread out and the wide earth expanded.

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