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.
ऋतधामा वसुः पूर्वं वसूनां च प्रजापतिः। त्रयाणामपि लोकानामादिकर्ता स्वयंप्रभुः॥