2 May your pure steeds, rain−drinkers, bring you hither, swift as the tempest, your celestial coursers, 3 Your car is like a torrent rushing downward: may it come nigh, broad−seated, for our welfare,− 4 Here sprung to life, they both have sung together, with bodies free from stain, with signs that mark them 5 May your car−seat, down−gliding, golden−coloured, according to your wish approach our dwellings. 6 Forth comes your strong Bull like a cloud of autumn, sending abundant food of liquid sweetness. 7 Your constant song hath been sent forth, Disposers! that flows threefold in mighty strength, O Asvins. 8 This song of bright contents for you is swelling in the men's hall where three−fold grass is.ready. 9 The prudent worshipper, like Pusan, Asvins! praises you as he praises Dawn and Agni,RV 181 · Rig Veda · null
RV 181
Rig Veda · translated by Ralph T.H. Griffith
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Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.Job 36:5 · Bible · Job
Allah is He Who shaped you out of weakness, then appointed after weakness strength, then, after strength, appointed weakness and grey hair. He createth what He will. He is the Knower, the Mighty.Quran 30:54 · Quran · The Romans
“Stern power of war! by whom the mighty fall, Who bathe in blood, and shake the lofty wall! Let the brave chiefs their glorious toils divide; And whose the conquest, mighty Jove decide: While we from interdicted fields retire, Nor tempt the wrath of heaven’s avenging sire.”Iliad 5.6 · Iliad · 5
Hence he who (relies on) the strength of his forces does not conquer; and a tree which is strong will fill the out-stretched arms, (and thereby invites the feller.)Tao Te Ching 76.3 · Tao Te Ching
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