Vedic Mythology c5.s1.t5.9

c5.s1.t5.9

Other traits of Viṣṇu are applicable to the gods in general. He is beneficent (1, 156⁵), is innocuous and bountiful (8, 25¹²), liberal (7, 40⁵), a guardian (3, 55¹⁰), who is undeceivable (1, 22¹⁸), and an innoxious and generous deliverer (1, 155⁴). He alone sustains the threefold (world), heaven and earth, and all beings (1, 154⁴). He fastened the world all about with pegs (7, 99³). He is an ordainer (1, 156⁴).