HYMN CLVI. VIṢṆU · ५ दीर्घतमा औचथ्यः। विष्णुः। जगती।
1.156.1
भवा॑ मि॒त्रो न शेव्यो॑ घृ॒तासु॑ति॒र्विभू॑तद्युम्न एव॒या उ॑ स॒प्रथा॑: | अधा॑ ते विष्णो वि॒दुषा॑ चि॒दर्ध्य॒: स्तोमो॑ य॒ज्ञश्च॒ राध्यो॑ ह॒विष्म॑ता ||
FAR-SHINING, widely famed, going thy wonted way, fed with the oil, be helpful. Mitra-like, to us. So, Viṣṇu, e’en the wise must swell thy song of praise, and he who hath oblations pay thee solemn rites.
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1.156.1
भवा॑ मि॒त्रो न शेव्यो॑ घृ॒तासु॑ति॒र्विभू॑तद्युम्न एव॒या उ॑ स॒प्रथा॑: | अधा॑ ते विष्णो वि॒दुषा॑ चि॒दर्ध्य॒: स्तोमो॑ य॒ज्ञश्च॒ राध्यो॑ ह॒विष्म॑ता ||
FAR-SHINING, widely famed, going thy wonted way, fed with the oil, be helpful. Mitra-like, to us. So, Viṣṇu, e’en the wise must swell thy song of praise, and he who hath oblations pay thee solemn rites.
1.156.2
यः पू॒र्व्याय॑ वे॒धसे॒ नवी॑यसे सु॒मज्जा॑नये॒ विष्ण॑वे॒ ददा॑शति | यो जा॒तम॑स्य मह॒तो महि॒ ब्रव॒त् सेदु॒ श्रवो॑भि॒र्युज्यं॑ चिद॒भ्य॑सत् ||
He who brings gifts to him the Ancient and the Last, to Viṣṇu 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.
1.156.3
तमु॑ स्तोतारः पू॒र्व्यं यथा॑ वि॒द ऋ॒तस्य॒ गर्भं॑ ज॒नुषा॑ पिपर्तन | आस्य॑ जा॒नन्तो॒ नाम॑ चिद् विवक्तन म॒हस्ते॑ विष्णो सुम॒तिं भ॑जामहे ||
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, Viṣṇu, enjoy the grace of thee the Mighty One.
1.156.4
तम॑स्य॒ राजा॒ वरु॑ण॒स्तम॒श्विना॒ क्रतुं॑ सचन्त॒ मारु॑तस्य वे॒धस॑: | दा॒धार॒ दक्ष॑मुत्त॒मम॑ह॒र्विदं॑ व्र॒जं च॒ विष्णु॒: सखि॑वाँ अपोर्णु॒ते ||
The Sovran Varuṇa and both the Aśvins wait on this the will of him who guides the Marut host. Viṣṇu hath power supreme and might that finds the day, and with his Friend unbars the stable of the kine.
1.156.5
आ यो वि॒वाय॑ स॒चथा॑य॒ दैव्य॒ इन्द्रा॑य॒ विष्णु॑: सु॒कृते॑ सु॒कृत्त॑रः | वे॒धा अ॑जिन्वत् त्रिषध॒स्थ आर्य॑मृ॒तस्य॑ भा॒गे यज॑मान॒माभ॑जत् ||
Even he the Heavenly One who came for fellowship, Viṣṇu to Indra, godly to the godlier, Who Maker, throned in three worlds, helps the Āryan man, and gives the worshipper his share of Holy Law.