Rig Veda · 5.85.3
Rig Veda 5.85.3 — Varuṇa
Verse 3 of 8 from Sukta 5.85 (Varuṇa) in Mandala 5 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 5.85.3
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
नीचीनबारं वरुणः कवन्धम पर ससर्ज रोदसी अन्तरिक्षम | तेन विश्वस्य भुवनस्य राजा यवं न वर्ष्टिर वय उनत्ति भूम
IAST Romanisation
nīcīnabāraṃ varuṇaḥ kavandham pra sasarja rodasī antarikṣam | tena viśvasya bhuvanasya rājā yavaṃ na vṛṣṭir vy unatti bhūma
English Translation (Griffith)
Varuṇa lets the big cask, opening downward, flow through the heaven and earth and air's mid-region. Therewith the universe's Sovran waters earth as the shower of rain bedews the barley.
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