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Sukta 44

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

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

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Rigveda 3.44.1

Rigveda 3.44.1
Source text

अयं ते अस्तु हर्यतः सोम आ हरिभिः सुतः। जुषाण इन्द्र हरिभिर्न आ गह्या तिष्ठ हरितं रथम्॥

Transliteration

ayaṁ te astu haryataḥ soma ā haribhiḥ sutaḥ | juṣāṇa indra haribhirna ā gahyā tiṣṭha haritaṁ ratham ||

Translation

May this delightsome Soma be expressed for thee by tawny stones. Joying thereat, O Indra, with thy Bay Steeds come:. ascend thy golden-coloured car.

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

Rigveda 3.44.2

Rigveda 3.44.2
Source text

हर्यन्नुषसमर्चयः सूर्यं हर्यन्नरोचयः। विद्वाँश्चिकित्वान्हर्यश्व वर्धस इन्द्र विश्वा अभि श्रियः॥

Transliteration

haryannuṣasamarcayaḥ sūryaṁ haryannarocayaḥ | vidvāścikitvānharyaśva vardhasa indra viśvā abhi śriyaḥ ||

Translation

In love thou madest Usas glow, in love thou madest Surya shine. Thou, Indra, knowing, thinking, Lord of Tawny Steeds, above all glories waxest great.

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

Rigveda 3.44.3

Rigveda 3.44.3
Source text

द्यामिन्द्रो हरिधायसं पृथिवीं हरिवर्पसम्। अधारयद्धरितोर्भूरि भोजनं ययोरन्तर्हरिश्चरत्॥

Transliteration

dyāmindro haridhāyasaṁ pṛthivīṁ harivarpasam | adhārayaddharitorbhūri bhojanaṁ yayorantarhariścarat ||

Translation

The heaven with streams of golden hue, earth with her tints of green and gold- The golden Pair yield Indra plenteous nourishment: between them moves the golden One.

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

Rigveda 3.44.4

Rigveda 3.44.4
Source text

जज्ञानो हरितो वृषा विश्वमा भाति रोचनम्। हर्यश्वो हरितं धत्त आयुधमा वज्रं बाह्वोर्हरिम्॥

Transliteration

jajñāno harito vṛṣā viśvamā bhāti rocanam | haryaśvo haritaṁ dhatta āyudhamā vajraṁ bāhvorharim ||

Translation

When born to life the golden Bull illumines all the realm of light. He takes his golden weapon, Lord of Tawny Steeds, the golden thunder in his arms.

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

Rigveda 3.44.5

Rigveda 3.44.5
Source text

इन्द्रो हर्यन्तमर्जुनं वज्रं शुक्रैरभीवृतम्। अपावृणोद्धरिभिरद्रिभिः सुतमुद्गा हरिभिराजत॥

Transliteration

indro haryantamarjunaṁ vajraṁ śukrairabhīvṛtam | apāvṛṇoddharibhiradribhiḥ sutamudgā haribhirājata ||

Translation

The bright, the well-loved thunderbolt, girt with the bright, Indra disclosed, Disclosed the Soma juice pressed out by tawny stones, with tawny steeds drave forth the kine.

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

Sources and editorial record

  1. Rig Veda, Book 3, Hymn 44, translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)RV 3.44Internet Sacred Text Archive
  2. Rigveda Mandala 3, machine-readable Sanskrit and Roman textMandala 3Sanskrit Documents
  3. Rigveda Shakala Samhita, Mandala 3, Sukta 44RV 3.44Vedic Heritage Portal, Ministry of Culture, Government of India
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