Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·1·1.155
प्र वः पान्तम् अन्धसो धियायते महे शूराय विष्णवे चार्चत । या सानुनि पर्वतानाम् अदाभ्या महस् तस्थतुर् अर्वतेव साधुना ॥
pra vaḥ pāntam andhaso dhiyāyate mahe śūrāya viṣṇave cārcata | yā sānuni parvatānām adābhyā mahas tasthatur arvateva sādhunā ||
To the great Hero, him who sets his mind thereon, and Visnu, praise aloud in song your draught of juice,-- Gods ne'er beguiled, who borne as 'twere by noble steed, have stood upon the lofty ridges of the hills.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वेषम् इत्था समरणं शिमीवतोर् इन्द्राविष्णू सुतपा वाम् उरुष्यति । या मर्त्याय प्रतिधीयमानम् इत् कृशानोर् अस्तुर् असनाम् उरुष्यथः ॥
tveṣam itthā samaraṇaṃ śimīvator indrāviṣṇū sutapā vām uruṣyati | yā martyāya pratidhīyamānam it kṛśānor astur asanām uruṣyathaḥ ||
Your Soma-drinker keeps afar your furious rush, Indra and Visnu, when ye come with all your might. That which hath been directed well at mortal man, bow-armed Krsanu's arrow, ye turn far aside.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ता ईं वर्धन्ति मह्य् अस्य पौंस्यं नि मातरा नयति रेतसे भुजे । दधाति पुत्रो ऽवरम् परम् पितुर् नाम तृतीयम् अधि रोचने दिवः ॥
tā īṃ vardhanti mahy asya pauṃsyaṃ ni mātarā nayati retase bhuje | dadhāti putro 'varam param pitur nāma tṛtīyam adhi rocane divaḥ ||
These offerings increase his mighty manly strength: he brings both Parents down to share the genial flow. He lowers, though a son, the Father's highest name; the third is that which is high in the light of heaven.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तत्-तद् इद् अस्य पौंस्यं गृणीमसीनस्य त्रातुर् अवृकस्य मीळ्हुषः । यः पार्थिवानि त्रिभिर् इद् विगामभिर् उरु क्रमिष्टोरुगायाय जीवसे ॥
tat-tad id asya pauṃsyaṃ gṛṇīmasīnasya trātur avṛkasya mīḷhuṣaḥ | yaḥ pārthivāni tribhir id vigāmabhir uru kramiṣṭorugāyāya jīvase ||
We laud this manly power of him the Mighty One, preserver, inoffensive, bounteous and benign; His who strode, widely pacing, with three steppings forth over the realms of earth for freedom and for life.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
द्वे इद् अस्य क्रमणे स्वर्दृशो ऽभिख्याय मर्त्यो भुरण्यति । तृतीयम् अस्य नकिर् आ दधर्षति वयश् चन पतयन्तः पतत्रिणः ॥
dve id asya kramaṇe svardṛśo 'bhikhyāya martyo bhuraṇyati | tṛtīyam asya nakir ā dadharṣati vayaś cana patayantaḥ patatriṇaḥ ||
A mortal man, when he beholds two steps of him who looks upon the light, is restless with amaze. But his third step doth no one venture to approach, no, nor the feathered birds of air who fly with wings.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
चतुर्भिः साकं नवतिं च नामभिश् चक्रं न वृत्तं व्यतींर् अवीविपत् । बृहच्छरीरो विमिमान ऋक्वभिर् युवाकुमारः प्रत्य् एत्य् आहवम् ॥
caturbhiḥ sākaṃ navatiṃ ca nāmabhiś cakraṃ na vṛttaṃ vyatīṃr avīvipat | bṛhaccharīro vimimāna ṛkvabhir yuvākumāraḥ praty ety āhavam ||
He, like a rounded wheel, hath in swift motion set his ninety racing steeds together with the four. Developed, vast in form, with those who sing forth praise, a youth, no more a child, he cometh to our call.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)