 | John Clark Ridpath - 1897 - 794 pages
...offense. Second hymn : 1. Wise and mighty are the works of him who slemmed asunder the wide firmaments. He lifted on high the bright and glorious heaven ;...stretched out apart the starry sky and the earth. 2. Do I say this to my own self ? How can I get unto Varuna? Will he accept my offering without displeasure?... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1897 - 364 pages
...break the law through thoughtlessness, punish us not, O god, for that offense. Second hymn : 1. \\7ise and mighty are the works of him who stemmed asunder the wide firmaments. He lifted on high the bright and glorious heaven ; he stretched out apart the starry sky and the earth.... | |
 | 1898 - 484 pages
...with the Greek Ouranos, heaven. " Varuna," says the Rig-Veda, " stemmed asunder the wide firmaments ; he lifted on high the bright and glorious heaven ;...stretched out apart the starry sky and the earth." In the Atharva-Veda, illimitable knowledge is ascribed to him : " Varuna, the great lord of these worlds,... | |
 | 1898 - 946 pages
...revenge, and punishment. But again: " If you wish for strength offer to Indra a hymn of praise." " Wise and mighty are the works of him who stemmed asunder the wide firmament (heaven and earth). He lifted on high the bright and glorious firmament." " Thou art the... | |
 | 1900 - 632 pages
...interesting to us just now, because we read that, "Varuna stemmed asunder the wide firmanent; he lifted up on high the bright and glorious heaven ; he stretched out apart the starry sky and the Earth." * * * *" This Earth, too, belongs to Veruna, the king of this wide sky with its ends far apart. The... | |
 | Henry Frank - 1901 - 436 pages
...revenge, and punishment. But again: " If you wish for strength offer to Indra a hymn of praise." " Wise and mighty are the works of him who stemmed asunder the wide firmament [heaven and earth]. He lifted on high the bright and glorious firmament." " Thou art the... | |
 | John Murdoch - 1903 - 592 pages
...with the Greek Ouranos, heaven. " Yaruna," says the Rig- Veda, "stemmed asunder the wide firmaments ; he lifted on high the bright and glorious heaven ;...stretched out apart the starry sky and the earth." In the Atharva-Veda, illimitable knowledge is ascribed to him : " Varuna, the great lord of these worlds,... | |
 | Leonard Brown - 1908 - 630 pages
...more than three thousand years ago, addressed the following prayer to the God who resides in the sky: "Wise and mighty are the works of Him who stemmed...heaven. He stretched out apart the starry sky and earth. Do I say this to my own self? How can I get near unto Varna? Will he accept my offering without... | |
 | Henry Frank - 1911 - 454 pages
...revenge, and punishment. But again: " If you wish for strength offer to Indra a hymn of praise." " Wise and mighty are the works of him who stemmed asunder the wide firmament [heaven and earth]. He lifted on high the bright and glorious firmament." " Thou art the... | |
 | 1914 - 666 pages
...deliver us unto death, nor to the glow of the furious, nor to the wrath of the spiteful ! " Again : " Wise and mighty are the works of him who stemmed asunder...stretched out apart the starry sky and the earth. " I ask, 0 Varuna ! wishing to know this my sin. I go to ask the wise. The sages all tell me the same:... | |
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Wise and mighty are the works of him who stemmed asunder the wide firmaments (heaven and earth). He lifted on high the bright and glorious heaven ; he stretched out apart the starry sky and the earth. 
