RV 4.42.2 — Ṛgveda Saṃhitā

RV 4.42.2

अहं राजा वरुणो मह्यं तान्य् असुर्याणि प्रथमा धारयन्त । क्रतुं सचन्ते वरुणस्य देवा राजामि कृष्टेर् उपमस्य वव्रेः ॥

ahaṃ rājā varuṇo mahyaṃ tāny asuryāṇi prathamā dhārayanta | kratuṃ sacante varuṇasya devā rājāmi kṛṣṭer upamasya vavreḥ ||

Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.

I am King Varuna. To me were given these first existing high celestial powers. Varuna's will the Gods obey and follow. I am the King of men's most lofty cover.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

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Cite as: Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.42.2, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/RV/4.42.2), after GRETIL, Rgveda Based on the edition by Th.

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GRETIL 1_veda/1_sam/1_rv/rvh1-10u.htm — Rgveda Based on the edition by Th. Aufrecht: Die Hymnen des Rig Veda, 2nd ed., Bonn 1877, digitized by Barend A. Van Nooten and Gary B. Holland. Revised and converted by Detlef Eichler. (http://www.detlef108.de/Rigveda.htm) THIS GRETIL TEXT FILE IS FOR REFEREN | English: Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896), attached per hymn where the verse count and the names agree.

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