Rig Veda · 1.156.2
Rig Veda 1.156.2 — Viṣṇu
Verse 2 of 5 from Sukta 1.156 (Viṣṇu) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 1.156.2
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यः पूर्व्याय वेधसे नवीयसे सुमज्जानये विष्णवे ददाशति | यो जातमस्य महतो महि बरवत सेदु शरवोभिर्युज्यं चिदभ्यसत
IAST Romanisation
yaḥ pūrvyāya vedhase navīyase sumajjānaye viṣṇave dadāśati | yo jātamasya mahato mahi bravat sedu śravobhiryujyaṃ cidabhyasat
English Translation (Griffith)
He who brings gifts to him the Ancient and the Last, to Viṣṇu who ordains, together with his Spouse, Who tells the lofty birth of him the Lofty One, shall verily surpass in glory e’en his peer.
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