Rigveda 1.155.02
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 155 · Verse 1.155.2
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
त्वे॒षमि॒त्था स॒मर॑णं॒ शिमी॑वतो॒रिन्द्रा॑विष्णू सुत॒पा वा॑मुरुष्यति । या मर्त्या॑य प्रतिधी॒यमा॑न॒मित्कृ॒शानो॒रस्तु॑रस॒नामु॑रु॒ष्यथः॑
tveṣamitthā samaraṇaṃ śimīvatorindrāviṣṇū sutapā vāmuruṣyati yā martyāya pratidhīyamānamitkṛśānorasturasanāmuruṣyathaḥ
Thus in battle, like a sharpened spear, Indra and Vishnu advance together; when men, grown thin, resist, then you two press on like storming heroes.
Indra and Viṣṇu, the devout worshipper glorifies the radiant approach of you two, who are the granters of desires, and who bestow upon the mortal who worships you an immediately-receivable (reward), through the distribution of that fire which is the scatterer (of desired blessings).
Your Soma-drinker keeps afar your furious rush, Indra and Visnu, when ye come with all your might. That which hath been directed well at mortal man, bow-armed Krsanu's arrow, ye turn far aside.