Rig Veda · Mandala 1 · Sukta 154
Rig Veda 1.154 — Viṣṇu
Deity: Viṣṇu. Rishi family (Mandala 1): Diverse seers — Madhuchchhandas, Medhatithi, Shunahshepa, Hiranyastupa and others. This Sukta contains 6 verses presented below in Devanagari Sanskrit, IAST romanisation, and Ralph T. H. Griffith's English translation. Click any verse to read a fuller explanation.
Verses
Rig Veda 1.154.1
विष्णोर्नु कं वीर्याणि पर वोचं यः पार्थिवानि विममेरजांसि | यो अस्कभायदुत्तरं सधस्थं विचक्रमाणस्त्रेधोरुगायः
viṣṇornu kaṃ vīryāṇi pra vocaṃ yaḥ pārthivāni vimamerajāṃsi | yo askabhāyaduttaraṃ sadhasthaṃ vicakramāṇastredhorughāyaḥ
Rig Veda 1.154.2
पर तद विष्णु सतवते वीर्येण मर्गो न भीमः कुचरो गिरिष्ठाः | यस्योरुषु तरिषु विक्रमणेष्वधिक्षियन्ति भुवनानि विश्वा
pra tad viṣṇu stavate vīryeṇa mṛgho na bhīmaḥ kucaro ghiriṣṭhāḥ | yasyoruṣu triṣu vikramaṇeṣvadhikṣiyanti bhuvanāni viśvā
For this his mighty deed is Viṣṇu lauded, like some wild beast, dread, prowling, mountain-roaming; He within whose three wide-extended paces all living creatures have their habitation.
Rig Veda 1.154.3
पर विष्णवे शूषमेतु मन्म गिरिक्षित उरुगायाय वर्ष्णे | य इदं दीर्घं परयतं सधस्थमेको विममे तरिभिरित पदेभिः
pra viṣṇave śūṣametu manma ghirikṣita urughāyāya vṛṣṇe | ya idaṃ dīrghaṃ prayataṃ sadhasthameko vimame tribhirit padebhiḥ
Let the hymn lift itself as strength to Viṣṇu, the Bull far-striding, dwelling on the mountains, Him who alone with triple step hath measured this common dwelling-place, long, far extended.
Rig Veda 1.154.4
यस्य तरी पूर्णा मधुना पदान्यक्षीयमाणा सवधयामदन्ति | य उ तरिधातु पर्तिवीमुत दयामेको दाधार भुवनानि विश्वा
yasya trī pūrṇā madhunā padānyakṣīyamāṇā svadhayāmadanti | ya u tridhātu pṛtivīmuta dyāmeko dādhāra bhuvanāni viśvā
Him whose three places that are filled with sweetness, imperishable, joy as it may list them, Who verily alone upholds the threefold, the earth, the heaven, and all living creatures.
Rig Veda 1.154.5
तदस्य परियमभि पाथो अश्यां नरो यत्र देवयवो मदन्ति | उरुक्रमस्य स हि बन्धुरित्था विष्णोः पदे परमे मध्व उत्सः
tadasya priyamabhi pātho aśyāṃ naro yatra devayavo madanti | urukramasya sa hi bandhuritthā viṣṇoḥ pade parame madhva utsaḥ
May I attain to that his well-loved mansion where men devoted to the Gods are happy. For there springs, close akin to the Wide-Strider, the well of meath in Viṣṇu's highest footstep.
Rig Veda 1.154.6
ता वं वास्तून्युश्मसि गमध्यै यत्र गावो भूरिश्र्ङगायासः | अत्राह तदुरुगायस्य वर्ष्णः परमं पदमव भाति भूरि
tā vaṃ vāstūnyuśmasi ghamadhyai yatra ghāvo bhūriśṛṅghāayāsaḥ | atrāha tadurughāyasya vṛṣṇaḥ paramaṃ padamava bhāti bhūri
Fain would we go unto your dwelling-places where there are many-horned and nimble oxen, For mightily, there, shineth down upon us the widely-striding Bull's sublimest mansion.
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