Rigveda 1.156.05
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 156 · Verse 1.156.5
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
आ यो वि॒वाय॑ स॒चथा॑य॒ दैव्य॒ इन्द्रा॑य॒ विष्णुः॑ सु॒कृते॑ सु॒कृत्त॑रः । वे॒धा अ॑जिन्वत्त्रिषध॒स्थ आर्य॑मृ॒तस्य॑ भा॒गे यज॑मान॒माभ॑जत्
ā yo vivāya sacathāya daivya indrāya viṣṇuḥ sukṛte sukṛttaraḥ vedhā ajinvattriṣadhastha āryamṛtasya bhāge yajamānamābhajat
He who joined in the divine assembly—Indra, Vishnu, the beneficent, the doer of good—performed the sacred rites; they upheld the laws, the threefold places, sharing the immortal portion, honoring the worshipper.
The divine Viṣṇu, the best of the doers of good deeds, who came to the pious instrumental tutor of the rite, to assist (at its celebration), knowing (the desire of the worshipper), and present at the three connected periods (of worship), shows favour to te Arya, and admits the author if the ceremony to a share of the sacrifice.
Even he the Heavenly One who came for fellowship, Visnu to Indra, godly to the godlier, Who Maker, throned in three worlds, helps the Aryan man, and gives the worshipper his share of Holy Law.