Rigveda 4.042.04
Rigveda · Mandala 4, Sukta 42 · Verse 4.42.4
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अ॒हम॒पो अ॑पिन्वमु॒क्षमा॑णा धा॒रयं॒ दिवं॒ सद॑न ऋ॒तस्य॑ । ऋ॒तेन॑ पु॒त्रो अदि॑तेरृ॒तावो॒त त्रि॒धातु॑ प्रथय॒द्वि भूम॑
ahamapo apinvamukṣamāṇā dhārayaṃ divaṃ sadana ṛtasya ṛtena putro aditerṛtāvota tridhātu prathayadvi bhūma
I made waters, freeing them, and upheld the heaven’s seat of Ṛta. By Ṛta the son of the sun, the threefold craftsmen first caused expansion over the earth.
I have distributed the moisture-shedding waters; I have upheld the sky as the abode of the water; by the water I have become the preserver of the water, the son of Aditi, illustrating the threefold elementary space.
I made to flow the moisture-shedding waters, and set the heaven firm in the scat of Order. By Law the Son of Aditi, Law Observer, hath spread abroad the world in threefold measure.