Chapter 117 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 117

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 117.5

ऋतधामा वसुः पूर्वं वसूनां च प्रजापतिः। त्रयाणामपि लोकानामादिकर्ता स्वयंप्रभुः॥

ṛtadhāmā vasuḥ pūrvaṃ vasūnāṃ ca prajāpatiḥ| trayāṇāmapi lokānāmādikartā svayaṃprabhuḥ||

English Meaning

You were before the Patriarch of all Vasus, by the name of Rtadhāmā. And you are yourself, O lord, the creator of the three worlds. *A kind of demi-god of whom eight are enumerated.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)