Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 7 — Chapter 26

AV 7 26.1

विष्णोर् नु कं प्रा वोचं वीर्याणि यः पार्थिवानि विममे रजांसि । यो अस्कभायद् उत्तरं सधस्थं विचक्रमाणस् त्रेधोरुगायः

viṣṇor nu kaṃ prā vocaṃ vīryāṇi yaḥ pārthivāni vimame rajāṃsi | yo askabhāyad uttaraṃ sadhasthaṃ vicakramāṇas tredhorugāyaḥ

Now indeed I will proclaim Viṣṇu's heroic deeds — he who measured out the earthly mid-spaces, who propped up the upper seat, striding wide out threefold, the wide-strider.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 7 26.2

प्र तद् विष्णु स्तवते वीर्याणि मृगो न भीमः कुचरो गिरिष्ठाः । परावत आ जगम्यात् परस्याः

pra tad viṣṇu stavate vīryāṇi mṛgo na bhīmaḥ kucaro giriṣṭhāḥ | parāvata ā jagamyāt parasyāḥ

For this Viṣṇu is praised for his heroic deeds: like a dread beast, roaming ill(?), mountain-dwelling. May he come from the far distance beyond.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 7 26.3

यस्योरुषु त्रिषु विक्रमनेष्व् अधिक्षियन्ति भुवनानि विश्वा । उरु विष्णो वि क्रमस्वोरु क्षयाय नस् कृधि । घृतम् घृतयोने पिब प्रप्र यज्ञपतिं तिर

yasyoruṣu triṣu vikramaneṣv adhikṣiyanti bhuvanāni viśvā | uru viṣṇo vi kramasvoru kṣayāya nas kṛdhi | ghṛtam ghṛtayone piba prapra yajñapatiṃ tira

He in whose three wide strides all the worlds dwell. Stride wide, O Viṣṇu; make wide room for us to dwell in. Drink the ghee, O thou whose womb is ghee; further and further advance the lord of the sacrifice.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 7 26.4

इदं विष्णुर् वि चक्रमे त्रेधा नि दधे पदा । समूढम् अस्य पंसुरे

idaṃ viṣṇur vi cakrame tredhā ni dadhe padā | samūḍham asya paṃsure

This Viṣṇu strode out; threefold he set down his step; it is gathered together in his dust.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 7 26.5

त्रीणि पदा वि चक्रमे विष्णुर् गोपा अदाभ्यः । इतो धर्माणि धारयन्

trīṇi padā vi cakrame viṣṇur gopā adābhyaḥ | ito dharmāṇi dhārayan

Three steps he strode out, Viṣṇu, the herdsman not to be deceived, from here upholding the ordinances.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 7 26.6

विष्णोः कर्माणि पश्यत यतो व्रतानि पस्पशे । इन्द्रस्य युज्यः सखा

viṣṇoḥ karmāṇi paśyata yato vratāni paspaśe | indrasya yujyaḥ sakhā

Behold the works of Viṣṇu, from which he has kept watch over the vows — the yoked companion of Indra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 7 26.7

तद् विष्णोः परमं पदं सदा पश्यन्ति सूरयः । दिवीव चक्षुर् आततम्

tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padaṃ sadā paśyanti sūrayaḥ | divīva cakṣur ātatam

That highest step of Viṣṇu the patrons always behold, stretched out like an eye in heaven.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 7 26.8

दिवो विष्ण उत पृथिव्या महो विष्ण उरोर् अन्तरिक्षात् । हस्तौ पृणस्व बहुभिर् वसव्यैर् आप्रयछ दक्षिणाद् ओत सव्यात्

divo viṣṇa uta pṛthivyā maho viṣṇa uror antarikṣāt | hastau pṛṇasva bahubhir vasavyair āprayacha dakṣiṇād ota savyāt

O Viṣṇu, from heaven and from earth, O Viṣṇu, from the great wide mid-space, fill both thy hands with many goods, and hold (them) out to us from the right and from the left.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition