Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·1·1.156

Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.156

भवा मित्रो न शेव्यो घृतासुतिर् विभूतद्युम्न एवया उ सप्रथाः । अधा ते विष्णो विदुषा चिद् अर्ध्य स्तोमो यज्ञश् च राध्यो हविष्मता ॥

bhavā mitro na śevyo ghṛtāsutir vibhūtadyumna evayā u saprathāḥ | adhā te viṣṇo viduṣā cid ardhya stomo yajñaś ca rādhyo haviṣmatā ||

Far-SHINING, widely famed, going thy wonted way, fed with the oil, be helpful. Mitra-like, to us. So, Visnu, e'en the wise must swell thy song of praise, and he who hath oblations pay thee solemn rites.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

यः पूर्व्याय वेधसे नवीयसे सुमज्जानये विष्णवे ददाशति । यो जातम् अस्य महतो महि ब्रवत् सेद् उ श्रवोभिर् युज्यं चिद् अभ्य् असत् ॥

yaḥ pūrvyāya vedhase navīyase sumajjānaye viṣṇave dadāśati | yo jātam asya mahato mahi bravat sed u śravobhir yujyaṃ cid abhy asat ||

He who brings gifts to him the Ancient and the Last, to Visnu 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.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

तम् उ स्तोतारः पूर्व्यं यथा विद ऋतस्य गर्भं जनुषा पिपर्तन । आस्य जानन्तो नाम चिद् विवक्तन महस् ते विष्णो सुमतिम् भजामहे ॥

tam u stotāraḥ pūrvyaṃ yathā vida ṛtasya garbhaṃ januṣā pipartana | āsya jānanto nāma cid vivaktana mahas te viṣṇo sumatim bhajāmahe ||

Him have ye satisfied, singers, as well as ye know, primeval gem of Order even from his birth. Ye, knowing e'en his name, have told it forth: may we, Visnu, enjoy the grace of thee the Mighty One.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

तम् अस्य राजा वरुणस् तम् अश्विना क्रतुं सचन्त मारुतस्य वेधसः । दाधार दक्षम् उत्तमम् अहर्विदं व्रजं च विष्णुः सखिवां अपोर्णुते ॥

tam asya rājā varuṇas tam aśvinā kratuṃ sacanta mārutasya vedhasaḥ | dādhāra dakṣam uttamam aharvidaṃ vrajaṃ ca viṣṇuḥ sakhivāṃ aporṇute ||

The Sovran Varuna and both the Asvins wait on this the will of him who guides the Marut host. Visnu hath power supreme and might that finds the day, and with his Friend unbars the stable of the kine.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

आ यो विवाय सचथाय दैव्य इन्द्राय विष्णुः सुकृते सुकृत्तरः । वेधा अजिन्वत् त्रिषधस्थ आर्यम् ऋतस्य भागे यजमानम् आभजत् ॥

ā yo vivāya sacathāya daivya indrāya viṣṇuḥ sukṛte sukṛttaraḥ | vedhā ajinvat triṣadhastha āryam ṛtasya bhāge yajamānam ābhajat ||

Even he the Heavenly One who came for fellowship, Visnu to Indra, godly to the godlier, Who Maker, throned in three worlds, helps the Aryan man, and gives the worshipper his share of Holy Law.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)