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Ṛk 1.22.18

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Saṃhitā

त्रीणि॑ प॒दा वि च॑क्रमे॒ विष्णु॑र्गो॒पा अदा॑भ्यः ।
अतो॒ धर्मा॑णि धा॒रय॑न् ॥

त्रीणि पदा वि चक्रमे विष्णुर् गोपा अदाभ्यः |
अतो धर्माणि धारयन् ||

trī́ṇi padā́ ví cakrame víṣṇurgopā́ ádābhyaḥ ǀ
áto dhármāṇi dhāráyan ǁ

trīṇi padā vi cakrame viṣṇur gopā adābhyaḥ |
ato dharmāṇi dhārayan ||

Padapāṭha

त्रीणि॑ । प॒दा । वि । च॒क्र॒मे॒ । विष्णुः॑ । गो॒पाः । अदा॑भ्यः ।
अतः॑ । धर्मा॑णि । धा॒रय॑न् ॥

त्रीणि । पदा । वि । चक्रमे । विष्णुः । गोपाः । अदाभ्यः ।
अतः । धर्माणि । धारयन् ॥

trī́ṇi ǀ padā́ ǀ ví ǀ cakrame ǀ víṣṇuḥ ǀ gopā́ḥ ǀ ádābhyaḥ ǀ
átaḥ ǀ dhármāṇi ǀ dhāráyan ǁ

trīṇi ǀ padā ǀ vi ǀ cakrame ǀ viṣṇuḥ ǀ gopāḥ ǀ adābhyaḥ ǀ
ataḥ ǀ dharmāṇi ǀ dhārayan ǁ

References

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Text and interpretations from the Ṛgveda database of theveda.org.in.

Ṛgveda 1.22.18

Interpretations

Kapali Shastri

Translation

Tr. Vishnu, guardian, inviolable, strode three steps from here upholding the Laws.

Commentary

gopāḥ protector of the whole world; adābhyaḥ not subduable, unassailable; vişnuḥ Vishnu; trīņi padā three steps; vicakrame superbly strode; whence? ataḥ from here, the earth; doing what? dharmāņi laws, actions to be upheld in all this universe; dhā rayan upholding (he strode).

Here the substratum of the triple world is the earth, hence by stepping from here he guards the eternal laws to be upheld in the triple world.