Ṛgveda · Maṇḍala 1 · Sūkta 22

Ṛk 1.22.20

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Saṃhitā

तद्विष्णोः॑ पर॒मं प॒दं सदा॑ पश्यंति सू॒रयः॑ ।
दि॒वी॑व॒ चक्षु॒रात॑तं ॥

तद् विष्णोः परमम् पदं सदा पश्यन्ति सूरयः |
दिवीव चक्षुर् आततम् ||

tádvíṣṇoḥ paramám padám sádā paśyanti sūráyaḥ ǀ
divī́va cákṣurā́tatam ǁ

tad viṣṇoḥ paramam padaṃ sadā paśyanti sūrayaḥ |
divīva cakṣur ātatam ||

Padapāṭha

तत् । विष्णोः॑ । प॒र॒मम् । प॒दम् । सदा॑ । प॒श्य॒न्ति॒ । सू॒रयः॑ ।
दि॒विऽइ॑व । चक्षुः॑ । आऽत॑तम् ॥

तत् । विष्णोः । परमम् । पदम् । सदा । पश्यन्ति । सूरयः ।
दिविऽइव । चक्षुः । आऽततम् ॥

tát ǀ víṣṇoḥ ǀ paramám ǀ padám ǀ sádā ǀ paśyanti ǀ sūráyaḥ ǀ
diví-iva ǀ cákṣuḥ ǀ ā́-tatam ǁ

tat ǀ viṣṇoḥ ǀ paramam ǀ padam ǀ sadā ǀ paśyanti ǀ sūrayaḥ ǀ
divi-iva ǀ cakṣuḥ ǀ ā-tatam ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
01.022.20
Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
1.2.07.05
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
01.05.052
Devatā देवता
1-4: Aśvins; 5-8: Savitṛ; 9, 10: Agni; 11: Devās; 12: Agnāyī, Indrāṇī, Varuṇānī; 13, 14: Divaḥ, Pṛthivī; 15: Pṛthivī; 16: Viṣṇu Or Devās; 17-21: Viṣṇu
Ṛṣi ऋषि
Medhātithi Kāṇva
Chandas छन्दस्
Gāyatrī
Svara स्वरः
षड्जः

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

Ṛgveda 1.22.20

Interpretations

Kapali Shastri

Translation

Tr. The wise always behold that supreme step of Vishnu, like an eye extended in heaven.

Commentary

sūrayaḥ the wise; vişnoḥ Vishnu's; tat denoted by the term tat; paramam supreme; padam step; sadā always, without break in time; pasyanti behold; he cites an illustration; deviva as in the sky; ātatam spread wide; cakṣuḥ eye. The wise always behold that supreme step of Vishnu, firm, set like the eye in the high skies, pervading everywhere, perceivable by all. Vide Introduction IV.