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Rigveda 4.42.1

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 4.42.1

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Sanskrit

4.42.1

mama̍ dvi̱tā rā̱ṣṭraṁ kṣa̱triya̍sya vi̱śvāyo̱r viśve̍ a̱mṛtā̱ yathā̍ naḥ |
kratu̍ṁ sacante̱ varu̍ṇasya de̱vā rājā̍mi kṛ̱ṣṭer u̍pa̱masya̍ va̱vreḥ ||

I AM the royal Ruler, mine is empire, as mine who sway all life are all Immortals. Varuṇa's will the Gods obey and follow. I am the King of men's most lofty cover.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

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