Rigveda 4.055.02
Rigveda · Mandala 4, Sukta 55 · Verse 4.55.2
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
प्र ये धामा॑नि पू॒र्व्याण्यर्चा॒न्वि यदु॒च्छान्वि॑यो॒तारो॒ अमू॑राः । वि॒धा॒तारो॒ वि ते द॑धु॒रज॑स्रा ऋ॒तधी॑तयो रुरुचन्त द॒स्माः
pra ye dhāmāni pūrvyāṇyarcānvi yaducchānviyotāro amūrāḥ vidhātāro vi te dadhurajasrā ṛtadhītayo rurucanta dasmāḥ
Those who first measured the realms, who advanced the early homesteads and were not dull—creative ordainers: they set the bright courses, singers of law, who made the orders resound.
The (deities) who bestow ancient plural ces (of enjoyment on their worshippers), and (with minds) unperplexed, are the separators of light (from darkness); they, the eternal distributors (of rewards), grant (what is desired), and shine of plural asing aspect, the true (recompensers) of pious actṣ
They who with laud extol the ancient statutes, when they shine forth infallible dividers, Have ordered as perpetual Ordainers, and beamed as holy-thoughted WonderWorkers.