Sukta 156

भवा मित्रो न शेव्यो घृतासुतिर्विभूतद्युम्न एवया उ सप्रथाः। अधा ते विष्णो विदुषा चिदर्ध्यः स्तोमो यज्ञश्च राध्यो हविष्मता॥

bhavā mitro na śevyo ghṛtāsutirvibhūtadyumna evayā u saprathāḥ | adhā te viṣṇo viduṣā cidardhyaḥ stomo yajñaśca 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.

यः पूर्व्याय वेधसे नवीयसे सुमज्जानये विष्णवे ददाशति। यो जातमस्य महतो महि ब्रवत्सेदु श्रवोभिर्युज्यं चिदभ्यसत्॥

yaḥ pūrvyāya vedhase navīyase sumajjānaye viṣṇave dadāśati | yo jātamasya mahato mahi bravatsedu śravobhiryujyaṁ cidabhyasat ||

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.

तमु स्तोतारः पूर्व्यं यथा विद ऋतस्य गर्भं जनुषा पिपर्तन। आस्य जानन्तो नाम चिद्विवक्तन महस्ते विष्णो सुमतिं भजामहे॥

tamu stotāraḥ pūrvyaṁ yathā vida ṛtasya garbhaṁ januṣā pipartana | āsya jānanto nāma cidvivaktana mahaste viṣṇo sumatiṁ bhajāmahe ||

Him have ye satisfied, singers, as well as ye know, primeval germ 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.

तमस्य राजा वरुणस्तमश्विना क्रतुं सचन्त मारुतस्य वेधसः। दाधार दक्षमुत्तममहर्विदं व्रजं च विष्णुः सखिवाँ अपोर्णुते॥

tamasya rājā varuṇastamaśvinā kratuṁ sacanta mārutasya vedhasaḥ | dādhāra dakṣamuttamamaharvidaṁ vrajaṁ ca viṣṇuḥ sakhivā 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 iliat finds the day, and with his Friend unbars the stable of the kine.

आ यो विवाय सचथाय दैव्य इन्द्राय विष्णुः सुकृते सुकृत्तरः। वेधा अजिन्वत्त्रिषधस्थ आर्यमृतस्य भागे यजमानमाभजत्॥

ā yo vivāya sacathāya daivya indrāya viṣṇuḥ sukṛte sukṛttaraḥ | vedhā ajinvattriṣadhastha āryamṛtasya bhāge yajamānamābhajat ||

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.