Sukta 100

नू मर्तो दयते सनिष्यन्यो विष्णव उरुगायाय दाशत्। प्र यः सत्राचा मनसा यजात एतावन्तं नर्यमाविवासात्॥

nū marto dayate saniṣyanyo viṣṇava urugāyāya dāśat | pra yaḥ satrācā manasā yajāta etāvantaṁ naryamāvivāsāt ||

NE'ER doth the man repent, who, seeking profit, bringeth his gift to the far-striding Visnu. He who adoreth him with all his spirit winneth himself so great a benefactor.

त्वं विष्णो सुमतिं विश्वजन्यामप्रयुतामेवयावो मतिं दाः। पर्चो यथा नः सुवितस्य भूरेरश्वावतः पुरुश्चन्द्रस्य रायः॥

tvaṁ viṣṇo sumatiṁ viśvajanyāmaprayutāmevayāvo matiṁ dāḥ | parco yathā naḥ suvitasya bhūreraśvāvataḥ puruścandrasya rāyaḥ ||

Thou, Visnu, constant in thy courses, gavest good-will to all men, and a hymn that lasteth, That thou mightst move us to abundant comfort of very splendid wealth with store of horses.

त्रिर्देवः पृथिवीमेष एतां वि चक्रमे शतर्चसं महित्वा। प्र विष्णुरस्तु तवसस्तवीयान्त्वेषं ह्यस्य स्थविरस्य नाम॥

trirdevaḥ pṛthivīmeṣa etāṁ vi cakrame śatarcasaṁ mahitvā | pra viṣṇurastu tavasastavīyāntveṣaṁ hyasya sthavirasya nāma ||

Three times strode forth this God in all his grandeur over this earth bright with a hundred splendours. Foremost be Visnu, stronger than the strongest: for glorious is his name who lives for ever.

वि चक्रमे पृथिवीमेष एतां क्षेत्राय विष्णुर्मनुषे दशस्यन्। ध्रुवासो अस्य कीरयो जनास उरुक्षितिं सुजनिमा चकार॥

vi cakrame pṛthivīmeṣa etāṁ kṣetrāya viṣṇurmanuṣe daśasyan | dhruvāso asya kīrayo janāsa urukṣitiṁ sujanimā cakāra ||

Over this earth with mighty step strode Visnu, ready to give it for a home to Manu. In him the humble people trust for safety: he, nobly born, hath made them spacious dwellings.

प्र तत्ते अद्य शिपिविष्ट नामार्यः शंसामि वयुनानि विद्वान्। तं त्वा गृणामि तवसमतव्यान्क्षयन्तमस्य रजसः पराके॥

pra tatte adya śipiviṣṭa nāmāryaḥ śaṁsāmi vayunāni vidvān | taṁ tvā gṛṇāmi tavasamatavyānkṣayantamasya rajasaḥ parāke ||

To-day I laud this name, O gipivista, I, skilled in rules, the name of thee the Noble. Yea, I the poor and weak praise thee the Mighty who dwellest in the realm beyond this region.

किमित्ते विष्णो परिचक्ष्यं भूत्प्र यद्ववक्षे शिपिविष्टो अस्मि। मा वर्पो अस्मदप गूह एतद्यदन्यरूपः समिथे बभूथ॥

kimitte viṣṇo paricakṣyaṁ bhūtpra yadvavakṣe śipiviṣṭo asmi | mā varpo asmadapa gūha etadyadanyarūpaḥ samithe babhūtha ||

What was there to be blamed in thee, O Visnu, when thou declaredst, I am Sipivista? Hide not this form from us, nor keep it secret, since thou didst wear another shape in battle.

वषट् ते विष्णवास आ कृणोमि तन्मे जुषस्व शिपिविष्ट हव्यम्। वर्धन्तु त्वा सुष्टुतयो गिरो मे यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः॥

vaṣaṭ te viṣṇavāsa ā kṛṇomi tanme juṣasva śipiviṣṭa havyam | vardhantu tvā suṣṭutayo giro me yūyaṁ pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ ||

O Visnu, unto thee my lips cry Vasat! Let this mine offering, Sipivista, please thee. May these my songs of eulogy exalt thee. Preserve us evermore, ye Gods, with blessings.