Rigveda 10.114.02
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 114 · Verse 10.114.2
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
ति॒स्रो दे॒ष्ट्राय॒ निरृ॑ती॒रुपा॑सते दीर्घ॒श्रुतो॒ वि हि जा॒नन्ति॒ वह्न॑यः । तासां॒ नि चि॑क्युः क॒वयो॑ नि॒दानं॒ परे॑षु॒ या गुह्ये॑षु व्र॒तेषु॑
tisro deṣṭrāya nirṛtīrupāsate dīrghaśruto vi hi jānanti vahnayaḥ tāsāṃ ni cikyuḥ kavayo nidānaṃ pareṣu yā guhyeṣu vrateṣu
Three followed the right path and worshipped misrule; long‑hearing, the fire‑worshippers know them. Poets probed their secret counsels, their hidden rites, and the ordinances beyond.
The three Nirṛtis do obeisance for the gist (of oblations), for (the gods), the far-famed sustainers (ofthe universe), know (their obeisance); the wise have ascertained the primary cause of these (divinities) who(exist) in the conspicuous (or) in the hidden observances.
The priests beard far away, as they are ordered, serve the three Nirrtis, for well they know them. Sages have traced the cause that first produced them, dwelling in distant and mysterious chambers.