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Sukta 98

Complete Rigveda Sukta with 3 mantras in Sanskrit, IAST transliteration, and source-aligned historical English where available.

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Sukta 98

Complete Rigveda Sukta with 3 mantras in Sanskrit, IAST transliteration, and source-aligned historical English where available.

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Rigveda 1.98.1

Rigveda 1.98.1
Source text

वैश्वानरस्य सुमतौ स्याम राजा हि कं भुवनानामभिश्रीः। इतो जातो विश्वमिदं वि चष्टे वैश्वानरो यतते सूर्येण॥

Transliteration

vaiśvānarasya sumatau syāma rājā hi kaṁ bhuvanānāmabhiśrīḥ | ito jāto viśvamidaṁ vi caṣṭe vaiśvānaro yatate sūryeṇa ||

Translation

STILL in Vaisvanara's grace may we continue: yea, he is King supreme o'er all things living. Sprung hence to life upon this All he looketh. Vaisvanara hath rivalry with Surya.

English translation: Ralph T. H. Griffith, 1896.

Rigveda 1.98.2

Rigveda 1.98.2
Source text

पृष्टो दिवि पृष्टो अग्निः पृथिव्यां पृष्टो विश्वा ओषधीरा विवेश। वैश्वानरः सहसा पृष्टो अग्निः स नो दिवा स रिषः पातु नक्तम्॥

Transliteration

pṛṣṭo divi pṛṣṭo agniḥ pṛthivyāṁ pṛṣṭo viśvā oṣadhīrā viveśa | vaiśvānaraḥ sahasā pṛṣṭo agniḥ sa no divā sa riṣaḥ pātu naktam ||

Translation

Present in heaven, in earth, all-present Agni,-all plants that grow on ground hath he pervaded. May Agni, may Vaisvanara with vigour, present, preserve us day and night from foemen.

English translation: Ralph T. H. Griffith, 1896.

Rigveda 1.98.3

Rigveda 1.98.3
Source text

वैश्वानर तव तत्सत्यमस्त्वस्मान्रायो मघवानः सचन्ताम्। तन्नो मित्रो वरुणो मामहन्तामदितिः सिन्धुः पृथिवी उत द्यौः॥

Transliteration

vaiśvānara tava tatsatyamastvasmānrāyo maghavānaḥ sacantām | tanno mitro varuṇo māmahantāmaditiḥ sindhuḥ pṛthivī uta dyauḥ ||

Translation

Be this thy truth, Vaisvanara, to us-ward: let wealth in rich abundance gather round us. This prayer of ours may Varuna grant, and Mitra, and Aditi and Sindhu, Earth and Heaven.

English translation: Ralph T. H. Griffith, 1896.

Sources and editorial record

  1. Rig Veda, Book 1, Hymn 98, translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)RV 1.98Internet Sacred Text Archive
  2. Rigveda Mandala 1, machine-readable Sanskrit and Roman textMandala 1Sanskrit Documents
  3. Rigveda Shakala Samhita, Mandala 1, Sukta 98RV 1.98Vedic Heritage Portal, Ministry of Culture, Government of India
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