ऋग्वेद ४.४२.२
Ṛgveda 4.42.2
a̱haṃ rājā̱ varu̍ṇo̱ mahya̱ṃ tānya̍su̱ryā̍ṇi pratha̱mā dhā̍rayanta |kratu̍ṃ sacante̱ varu̍ṇasya de̱vā rājā̍mi kṛ̱ṣṭeru̍pa̱masya̍ va̱vreḥ ||
Transliteration IAST
a̱haṃ rājā̱ varu̍ṇo̱ mahya̱ṃ tānya̍su̱ryā̍ṇi pratha̱mā dhā̍rayanta | kratu̍ṃ sacante̱ varu̍ṇasya de̱vā rājā̍mi kṛ̱ṣṭeru̍pa̱masya̍ va̱vreḥ ||
Padapāṭha word by word, as recited
अहम् | राजा | वरुणः | मह्यम् | तानि | असुर्याणि | प्रथमा | धारयन्त | क्रतुम् | सचन्ते | वरुणस्य | देवाः | राजामि | कृष्टेः | उपमस्य | वव्रेः
aham | rājā | varuṇaḥ | mahyam | tāni | asuryāṇi | prathamā | dhārayanta | kratum | sacante | varuṇasya | devāḥ | rājāmi | kṛṣṭeḥ | upamasya | vavreḥ
Translations signed
I am King Varuna. To me were given these first existing high celestial powers. Varuna's will the Gods obey and follow. I am the King of men's most lofty cover.
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- English I am King Varuna. To me were given these first existing high celestial powers. Varuna's will the Gods obey and follow. I am the King of men's most lofty cover. Ralph T.H. Griffith
Apparatus
- Address
rv.4.42.2- Agreement
- Two independent digital editions agree on this reading.
- text.deva
- ऋग्वेदः, संहिता, सस्वरपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
- text.iast
- ऋग्वेदः, संहिता, सस्वरपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
- text.pada_deva
- ऋग्वेद-पदपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
- text.pada_iast
- ऋग्वेद-पदपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
- meta
- ऋग्वेदः सूक्तानि, per-sukta headers. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0