Rigveda 1.155.05
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 155 · Verse 1.155.5
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
द्वे इद॑स्य॒ क्रम॑णे स्व॒र्दृशो॑ऽभि॒ख्याय॒ मर्त्यो॑ भुरण्यति । तृ॒तीय॑मस्य॒ नकि॒रा द॑धर्षति॒ वय॑श्च॒न प॒तय॑न्तः पत॒त्रिणः॑
dve idasya kramaṇe svardṛśo'bhikhyāya martyo bhuraṇyati tṛtīyamasya nakirā dadharṣati vayaścana patayantaḥ patatriṇaḥ
Two of his courses manifest plainly; the mortal grows great by them. The third he established as a bright space; men and rulers, the carriers, were appointed.
Man glorifying (Viṣṇu), tracks two steps of that heaven-beholding (deity), but he apprehends not the third; nor can the soaring-winged birds (pursue it).
A mortal man, when he beholds two steps of him who looks upon the light, is restless with amaze. But his third step doth no one venture to approach, no, nor the feathered birds of air who fly with wings.