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Rig Veda — Chapter 12: Hiranyagarbha Sukta (10.121)

10 verses

Verse 1

In the beginning arose the Golden Embryo — he was the one born lord of all that exists. He established the earth and this sky. To which god shall we …

Verse 2

He who gives life, who gives strength, whose command all beings obey, whose command the gods obey, whose shadow is immortality and death — to which g…

Verse 3

He who by his greatness became the sole king of the breathing and blinking world, who rules over these two-footed and four-footed beings — to which g…

Verse 4

He whose greatness these snow-clad mountains proclaim, whose are the ocean and the river — whose are these directions, whose are these arms — to whic…

Verse 5

By whom the mighty heaven and the firm earth were established, by whom the light and the vault of heaven were fixed, who measured out the atmosphere …