Rigveda 7.087.06
Rigveda · Mandala 7, Sukta 87 · Verse 7.87.6
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अव॒ सिन्धुं॒ वरु॑णो॒ द्यौरि॑व स्थाद्द्र॒प्सो न श्वे॒तो मृ॒गस्तुवि॑ष्मान् । ग॒म्भी॒रशं॑सो॒ रज॑सो वि॒मानः॑ सुपा॒रक्ष॑त्रः स॒तो अ॒स्य राजा॑
ava sindhuṃ varuṇo dyauriva sthāddrapso na śveto mṛgastuviṣmān gambhīraśaṃso rajaso vimānaḥ supārakṣatraḥ sato asya rājā
Varuṇa set the ocean like the sky; a white deer does not frighten the herds. The deep‑minded sky‑seat, a wide‑seeing realm, is the king of that truth.
(Radiant) as the sun, Varuṇa plural ced the ocean (in its bed) white as a drop (of water), vigorous as anantelope, objects of profound praise, distributor of water, the powerful transporter beyond sin, the ruler of thisexisting (world).
Like Varuna from heaven he sinks in Sindhu, like a white-shining spark, a strong wild creature. Ruling in depths and meting out the region, great saving power hath he, this world's Controller.