Rigveda 1.055.06
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 55 · Verse 1.55.6
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
स हि श्र॑व॒स्युः सद॑नानि कृ॒त्रिमा॑ क्ष्म॒या वृ॑धा॒न ओज॑सा विना॒शय॑न् । ज्योतीं॑षि कृ॒ण्वन्न॑वृ॒काणि॒ यज्य॒वेऽव॑ सु॒क्रतुः॒ सर्त॒वा अ॒पः सृ॑जत्
sa hi śravasyuḥ sadanāni kṛtrimā kṣmayā vṛdhāna ojasā vināśayan jyotīṃṣi kṛṇvannavṛkāṇi yajyave'va sukratuḥ sartavā apaḥ sṛjat
Indeed he fashioned audible halls and made artifices; by abundant might he destroyed elders. He created lights, wolves for the ritual; the worshipful benefactor produced streams and waters.
Ambitious of renown, destroying the well-built dwellings of the asuras, expanding like the earth, and setting the (heavenly) luminaries free from concealment, he, the performer of good deeds, enables the waters to flow for the benefit of his worshippers.
Though, fain for glory, and with strength increased on earth, he with great might destroys the dwellings made with art, He makes the lights of heaven shine forth secure, he bids, exceeding wise, the floods flow for his worshipper.