Sukta 26

Mantra 1

विष्णुः। विष्णोर्नु कं प्रा वोचं वीर्याऽणि यः पार्थिवानि विममे रजांसि । यो अस्कभायदुत्तरं सधस्थं विचक्रमाणस्त्रेधोरुगायः

Viṣṇu: now what heroic deeds of Viṣṇu shall I proclaim—who measured out the earthly regions; who propped the upper station, striding forth threefold, the wide-going One.

Mantra 2

प्र तद् विष्णु स्तवते वीर्याऽणि मृगो न भीमः कुचरो गिरिष्ठाः । परावत आ जगम्यात् परस्याः

Forth is that heroic might of Viṣṇu to be praised: like a dread wild beast, roaming at will, mountain-haunting; from the far distance—yea, from the farthermost—may he come hither.

Mantra 3

यस्योरुषु त्रिषु विक्रमनेष्वधिक्षियन्ति भुवनानि विश्वा । उरु विष्णो वि क्रमस्वोरु क्षयाय नस्कृधि । घृतं घृतयोने पिब प्रप्र यज्ञपतिं तिर

On whose wide three strides all worlds abide established—stride wide, O Viṣṇu; make for us a wide dwelling-place. Drink thou the ghee, O ghee-sourced One; drive forth—aye, drive forth—carry the Lord of sacrifice across.

Mantra 4

इदं विष्णुर्वि चक्रमे त्रेधा नि दधे पदा। समूढमस्य पांसुरे

This Viṣṇu hath strode forth; in threefold wise he set his steps; he made it firm—this work of his—in the dusty earth.

Mantra 5

त्रीणि पदा वि चक्रमे विष्णुर्गोपा अदाभ्यः । इतो धर्माणि धारयन्

Three steps did Viṣṇu stride forth, the Guardian, unbeguiled; from hence he holdeth up the ordinances.

Mantra 6

विष्णोः कर्माणि पश्यत यतो व्रतानि पस्पशे। इन्द्रस्य युज्यः सखा

Behold ye Viṣṇu’s deeds, from whom the ordinances were watched and ordered forth: Indra’s meet-yoked friend and comrade.

Mantra 7

तद् विष्णोः परमं पदं सदा पश्यन्ति सूरयः । दिवीऽव चक्षुराततम्

That highest station of Viṣṇu the sages evermore behold—an eye outstretched, as it were, in heaven.

Mantra 8

दिवो विष्ण उत वा पृथिव्या महो विष्ण उरोरन्तरिक्षात्। हस्तौ पृणस्व बहुभिर्वसव्यैराप्रयच्छ दक्षिणादोत सव्यात्

From heaven, O Viṣṇu, or from earth; from the Great, O Viṣṇu, from the wide mid-air—fill thou our hands with many a goodly treasure; bestow it hither from the right and from the left.