The Rig Veda — Mandala 2, Hymn 17 (1896)
“ He, borne on high, o'erspread with light the heaven and earth, and, sewing up the turbid darkness, closed it in. 5. He with his might made firm the forward-bending hills, the downward rushing of the waters he ordained. Fast he upheld the earth that nourisheth all life, and stayed the heaven from falling by his wondrous skill. 6. Fit for the grasping of his arms is what the Sire hath fabricated from all kind of precious wealth. The thunderbolt, wherewith, loud-roaring, he smote down, and striking him to death laid Krivi on the earth. ”
