Rig Veda · 4.42.3

Rig Veda 4.42.3

Verse 3 of 10 from Sukta 4.42 (HYMN XLIL Indra-Varuṇa) in Mandala 4 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 4.42.3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अहम इन्द्रो वरुणस ते महित्वोर्वी गभीरे रजसी सुमेके | तवष्टेव विश्वा भुवनानि विद्वान सम ऐरयं रोदसी धारयं च

IAST Romanisation

aham indro varuṇas te mahitvorvī ghabhīre rajasī sumeke | tvaṣṭeva viśvā bhuvanāni vidvān sam airayaṃ rodasī dhārayaṃ ca

English Translation (Griffith)

I Varuṇa am Indra: in their greatness, these the two wide deep fairly-fashioned regions, These the two world-halves have I, even as Tvaṣṭar knowing all beings, joined and held together.

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