Rigveda 5.015.02
Rigveda · Mandala 5, Sukta 15 · Verse 5.15.2
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
ऋ॒तेन॑ ऋ॒तं ध॒रुणं॑ धारयन्त य॒ज्ञस्य॑ शा॒के प॑र॒मे व्यो॑मन् । दि॒वो धर्म॑न्ध॒रुणे॑ से॒दुषो॒ नॄञ्जा॒तैरजा॑ताँ अ॒भि ये न॑न॒क्षुः
ṛtena ṛtaṃ dharuṇaṃ dhārayanta yajñasya śāke parame vyoman divo dharmandharuṇe seduṣo nṝñjātairajātām̐ abhi ye nanakṣuḥ
By order he upholds the ordained, sustaining the high branch of the sacrifice in the supreme sky. The law of heaven rests on the support; men’s unseeing ones were not born of offspringless beings.
They are detaining by sacrifice the true recipient (of offerings) in the most eminent plural ce of the ceremony, who brings together the leaders (of the rite), the unborn with the born, (or gods and men), as seated at the solemnity which is the stay of heaven.
By holy Law they kept supporting Order, by help of sacrifice, in loftiest heaven,- They who attained with born men to the unborn, men seated on that stay, heaven's firm sustainer.