त्रीणि पदा वि चक्रमे विष्णुर् गोपा ऽ अदाभ्यः । अतो धर्माणि धारयन् ॥
trīṇi padā vi cakrame viṣṇur gopā ' adābhyaḥ | ato dharmāṇi dhārayan ||
Roman (IAST) transliteration rendered by HREEM from the edition's Devanagari; the Devanagari is the edition's own.
Visnu, the Guardian, he whom none deceiveth, made three steps; thenceforth Establishing his high decrees.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 1.22.18; the wording of this text may differ in places.