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Rigveda 4.42.2

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 4.42.2

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Sanskrit

4.42.2

a̱haṁ rājā̱ varu̍ṇo̱ mahya̱ṁ tāny a̍su̱ryā̍ṇi pratha̱mā dhā̍rayanta |
kratu̍ṁ sacante̱ varu̍ṇasya de̱vā rājā̍mi kṛ̱ṣṭer u̍pa̱masya̍ va̱vreḥ ||

I am King Varuṇa. To me were given these first existinghigh celestial powers. 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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