Rig Veda 5.85.5 — Mandala 5, Sukta 85, Mantra 5
Sukta 5.85
इमामू ष्वासुरस्य श्रुतस्य महीं मायां वरुणस्य प्र वोचम् । मानेनेव तस्थिवाँ अन्तरिक्षे वि यो ममे पृथिवीं सूर्येण ॥
imā́m ū̀ ṣvā́surasya śrutásya mahī́ṃ māyā́ṃ váruṇasya prá vocam | mā́nena-iva tasthivā́ṃ antárikṣe ví yó mamé pṛthivī́ṃ sū́ryeṇa ||
Now I declare this mighty working of Varuṇa, the Asura, the far-heard: he stands in the mid-region as if with a measuring-rod, and he has measured out the earth by the Sun—setting right proportions in our life by the light of truth, so the being may be ordered according to ṛta.
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