Rigveda 6.007.06
Rigveda · Mandala 6, Sukta 7 · Verse 6.7.6
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
वै॒श्वा॒न॒रस्य॒ विमि॑तानि॒ चक्ष॑सा॒ सानू॑नि दि॒वो अ॒मृत॑स्य के॒तुना॑ । तस्येदु॒ विश्वा॒ भुव॒नाधि॑ मू॒र्धनि॑ व॒या इ॑व रुरुहुः स॒प्त वि॒स्रुहः॑
vaiśvānarasya vimitāni cakṣasā sānūni divo amṛtasya ketunā tasyedu viśvā bhuvanādhi mūrdhani vayā iva ruruhuḥ sapta visruhaḥ
Vaishvānara measured the distances of heaven with his eye; by the banner of immortal heaven he made paths for the streams. He upraised all the worlds on his head like a yoked team, sevenfold, spreading wide.
The summits of the firmament are measured by the light of vaiśvānara, the manifester of ambrosial (rain); all the regions are overspread (by the vapour) on his brow, and the seven gliding (streams) spring from thence like branches.
The summits of the heaven are traversed through and through by the Immortal's light, Vaisvanara's brilliancy. All creatures in existence rest upon his head. The Seven swift-flowing Streams have grown like branches forth,