त्रीणि त ऽ आहुर् दिवि बन्धनानि त्रीण्य् अप्सु त्रीण्य् अन्तः समुद्रे । उतेव मे वरुणश् छन्त्स्य् अर्वन् यत्रा त ऽ आहुः परमं जनित्रम् ॥
trīṇi ta ' āhur divi bandhanāni trīṇy apsu trīṇy antaḥ samudre | uteva me varuṇaś chantsy arvan yatrā ta ' āhuḥ paramaṃ janitram ||
Roman (IAST) transliteration rendered by HREEM from the edition's Devanagari; the Devanagari is the edition's own.
Three bonds, they say, thou hast in heaven that bind thee, three in the waters, three within the ocean. To me thou seemest Varuna, O Courser, there where they say is thy sublimest birth-place.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 1.163.4; the wording of this text may differ in places.