Rigveda 2.028.04
Rigveda · Mandala 2, Sukta 28 · Verse 2.28.4
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
प्र सी॑मादि॒त्यो अ॑सृजद्विध॒र्ताँ ऋ॒तं सिन्ध॑वो॒ वरु॑णस्य यन्ति । न श्रा॑म्यन्ति॒ न वि मु॑चन्त्ये॒ते वयो॒ न प॑प्तू रघु॒या परि॑ज्मन्
pra sīmādityo asṛjadvidhartām̐ ṛtaṃ sindhavo varuṇasya yanti na śrāmyanti na vi mucantyete vayo na paptū raghuyā parijman
At first the Sun ordained the laws; the rivers and Varuṇa uphold them. They do not tire, they do not abandon; these ages do not fall, O noble ones.
The Āditya, the upholder, has created all this water; the rivers flow by the power of Varuṇa; they never weary, they never stop; they have descended with swiftness, like birds upon the circumambient (earth).
He made them flow, the Aditya, the Sustainer: the rivers run by Varuna's commandment. These feel no weariness, nor cease from flowing: swift have they flown like birds in air around us.