Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 154

RV 1 154.1

विष्णोर् नु कꣳ वीर्याणि प्र वोचꣳ यः पार्थिवानि विममे रजाꣳसि । यो अस्कभायद् उत्तरꣳ सधस्थꣳ विचक्रमाणस् त्रेधोरुगायः

viṣṇor nu kaṁ vīryāṇi pra vocaṁ yaḥ pārthivāni vimame rajāṁsi | yo askabhāyad uttaraṁ sadhasthaṁ vicakramāṇas tredhorugāyaḥ

Now I will proclaim the heroic deeds of Viṣṇu, who measured out the earthly spaces, who propped up the higher common seat, striding out threefold, the wide-strider.

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RV 1 154.2

प्र तद् विष्णुः स्तवते वीर्येण मृगो न भीमः कुचरो गिरिष्ठाः । यस्योरुषु त्रिषु विक्रमणेष्व् अधिक्षियन्ति भुवनानि विश्वा

pra tad viṣṇuḥ stavate vīryeṇa mṛgo na bhīmaḥ kucaro giriṣṭhāḥ | yasyoruṣu triṣu vikramaṇeṣv adhikṣiyanti bhuvanāni viśvā

For this Viṣṇu is praised for his heroic power — terrible like a beast, roaming where he will, dwelling on the mountain — in whose three wide strides all the worlds have their dwelling.

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RV 1 154.3

प्र विष्णवे शूषम् एतु मन्म गिरिक्षित उरुगायाय वृष्णे । य इदꣳ दीर्घम् प्रयतꣳ सधस्थम् एको विममे त्रिभिर् इत् पदेभिः

pra viṣṇave śūṣam etu manma girikṣita urugāyāya vṛṣṇe | ya idaṁ dīrgham prayataṁ sadhastham eko vimame tribhir it padebhiḥ

Let the strengthening thought go forth to Viṣṇu, the mountain-dweller, the wide-striding bull, who alone measured out this long, extended dwelling-place with just three steps.

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RV 1 154.4

यस्य त्री पूर्णा मधुना पदान्य् अक्षीयमाणा स्वधया मदन्ति । य उ त्रिधातु पृथिवीम् उत द्याम् एको दाधार भुवनानि विश्वा

yasya trī pūrṇā madhunā padāny akṣīyamāṇā svadhayā madanti | ya u tridhātu pṛthivīm uta dyām eko dādhāra bhuvanāni viśvā

Whose three steps, filled with honey, unfailing, rejoice by their own power; who alone, threefold, has upheld earth and heaven and all the worlds.

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RV 1 154.5

तद् अस्य प्रियम् अभि पाथो अश्याꣳ नरो यत्र देवयवो मदन्ति । उरुक्रमस्य स हि बन्धुर् इत्था विष्णोः पदे परमे मध्व उत्सः

tad asya priyam abhi pātho aśyāṁ naro yatra devayavo madanti | urukramasya sa hi bandhur itthā viṣṇoḥ pade parame madhva utsaḥ

May I reach that dear pasture of his, where men who seek the gods rejoice; for indeed he, the wide-strider, is the kinsman there—in Viṣṇu's highest step is the well of honey.

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RV 1 154.6

ता वाꣳ वास्तून्य् उश्मसि गमध्यै यत्र गावो भूरिशृङ्गा अयासः । अत्राह तद् उरुगायस्य वृष्णः परमम् पदम् अव भाति भूरि

tā vāṁ vāstūny uśmasi gamadhyai yatra gāvo bhūriśṛṅgā ayāsaḥ | atrāha tad urugāyasya vṛṣṇaḥ paramam padam ava bhāti bhūri

We wish to go to those dwellings of you two, where the cattle with many horns are unwearied; there indeed that highest step of the wide-going bull shines down abundantly.

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