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Sukta 178

Complete Rigveda Sukta with 5 mantras in Sanskrit, IAST transliteration, and source-aligned historical English where available.

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Sukta 178

Complete Rigveda Sukta with 5 mantras in Sanskrit, IAST transliteration, and source-aligned historical English where available.

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Rigveda 1.178.1

Rigveda 1.178.1
Source text

यद्ध स्या त इन्द्र श्रुष्टिरस्ति यया बभूथ जरितृभ्य ऊती। मा नः कामं महयन्तमा धग्विश्वा ते अश्यां पर्याप आयोः॥

Transliteration

yaddha syā ta indra śruṣṭirasti yayā babhūtha jaritṛbhya ūtī | mā naḥ kāmaṁ mahayantamā dhagviśvā te aśyāṁ paryāpa āyoḥ ||

Rigveda 1.178.2

Rigveda 1.178.2
Source text

न घा राजेन्द्र आ दभन्नो या नु स्वसारा कृणवन्त योनौ। आपश्चिदस्मै सुतुका अवेषन्गमन्न इन्द्रः सख्या वयश्च॥

Transliteration

na ghā rājendra ā dabhanno yā nu svasārā kṛṇavanta yonau | āpaścidasmai sutukā aveṣangamanna indraḥ sakhyā vayaśca ||

Rigveda 1.178.3

Rigveda 1.178.3
Source text

जेता नृभिरिन्द्रः पृत्सु शूरः श्रोता हवं नाधमानस्य कारोः। प्रभर्ता रथं दाशुष उपाक उद्यन्ता गिरो यदि च त्मना भूत्॥

Transliteration

jetā nṛbhirindraḥ pṛtsu śūraḥ śrotā havaṁ nādhamānasya kāroḥ | prabhartā rathaṁ dāśuṣa upāka udyantā giro yadi ca tmanā bhūt ||

Rigveda 1.178.4

Rigveda 1.178.4
Source text

एवा नृभिरिन्द्रः सुश्रवस्या प्रखादः पृक्षो अभि मित्रिणो भूत्। समर्य इषः स्तवते विवाचि सत्राकरो यजमानस्य शंसः॥

Transliteration

evā nṛbhirindraḥ suśravasyā prakhādaḥ pṛkṣo abhi mitriṇo bhūt | samarya iṣaḥ stavate vivāci satrākaro yajamānasya śaṁsaḥ ||

Rigveda 1.178.5

Rigveda 1.178.5
Source text

त्वया वयं मघवन्निन्द्र शत्रूनभि ष्याम महतो मन्यमानान्। त्वं त्राता त्वमु नो वृधे भूर्विद्यामेषं वृजनं जीरदानुम्॥

Transliteration

tvayā vayaṁ maghavannindra śatrūnabhi ṣyāma mahato manyamānān | tvaṁ trātā tvamu no vṛdhe bhūrvidyāmeṣaṁ vṛjanaṁ jīradānum ||

Sources and editorial record

  1. Rigveda Mandala 1, machine-readable Sanskrit and Roman textMandala 1Sanskrit Documents
  2. Rigveda Shakala Samhita, Mandala 1, Sukta 178RV 1.178Vedic Heritage Portal, Ministry of Culture, Government of India
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