Yajurveda 2.25 — Vishnu Devata
Shukla Yajurveda (Vajasaneyi Samhita) · Adhyaya 2 · Verse 2.25
Sanskrit Original
दिवि विष्णुर्व्यक्रम्स्त जागतेन छन्दसा ततो निर्भक्तो योऽस्मान्द्वेष्टि यम च वयम द्विष्मोऽ न्तरिक्षे विष्णुर्व्यक्र म्स्त त्रैष्टुभेन छन्दसा ततो निर्भक्तो योऽस्मान्द्वेष्टि यं च वयम द्विष्मः पृथिव्याम विष्णुर्व्यक्रंस्त गायत्रेण छन्दसा ततो निर्भक्तो योऽस्मान्द्वेष्टि यं च वयम द्विष्मोऽस्मादन्नाद अस्यै प्रतिष्ठायाऽ अगन्म स्वः सं ज्योतिषाभूउम।
Divi viṣṇurvyakra`msta jāgatena chandasā tato nirbhakto yo'smāndveṣṭi yam ca vayam dviṣmo' ntarikṣe viṣṇurvyakra ` msta traiṣṭubhena chandasā tato nirbhakto yo'smāndveṣṭi ya≈ ca vayam dviṣmaḥ pṛthivyām viṣṇurvyakraṃsta gāyatreṇa chandasā tato nirbhakto yo'smāndveṣṭi ya≈ ca vayam dviṣmo'smādannād asyai pratiṣṭhāyā' aganma svaḥ sa≈ jyotiṣābhūuma.
On high Vishnu moved with metre: awake in the jagat by one metre, he who hates us—may we hate him; in the mid-air Vishnu moved with another metre, he who hates us—may we hate him; on earth Vishnu moved with Gayatri—he who hates us—may we hate him. From this food establish strength and radiant power.