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Sukta 19

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

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Sukta 19

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

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Rigveda 5.19.1

Rigveda 5.19.1
Source text

अभ्यवस्थाः प्र जायन्ते प्र वव्रेर्वव्रिश्चिकेत। उपस्थे मातुर्वि चष्टे॥

Transliteration

abhyavasthāḥ pra jāyante pra vavrervavriściketa | upasthe māturvi caṣṭe ||

Translation

ONE state begets another state: husk is made visible from husk: Within his Mother's side he speaks.

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

Rigveda 5.19.2

Rigveda 5.19.2
Source text

जुहुरे वि चितयन्तोऽनिमिषं नृम्णं पान्ति। आ दृळ्हां पुरं विविशुः॥

Transliteration

juhure vi citayanto'nimiṣaṁ nṛmṇaṁ pānti | ā dṛḻhāṁ puraṁ viviśuḥ ||

Translation

Discerning, have they offered gifts: they guard the strength that never wastes. To a strong fort have they pressed in.

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

Rigveda 5.19.3

Rigveda 5.19.3
Source text

आ श्वैत्रेयस्य जन्तवो द्युमद्वर्धन्त कृष्टयः। निष्कग्रीवो बृहदुक्थ एना मध्वा न वाजयुः॥

Transliteration

ā śvaitreyasya jantavo dyumadvardhanta kṛṣṭayaḥ | niṣkagrīvo bṛhaduktha enā madhvā na vājayuḥ ||

Translation

Svaitreya's people, all his men, have gloriously increased in might. A gold chain Brhaduktha wears, as, through this Soma, seeking spoil.

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

Rigveda 5.19.4

Rigveda 5.19.4
Source text

प्रियं दुग्धं न काम्यमजामि जाम्योः सचा। घर्मो न वाजजठरोऽदब्धः शश्वतो दभः॥

Transliteration

priyaṁ dugdhaṁ na kāmyamajāmi jāmyoḥ sacā | gharmo na vājajaṭharo'dabdhaḥ śaśvato dabhaḥ ||

Translation

I bring, as 'twere, the longed-for milk, the dear milk of the Sister-Pair. Like to a caldron filled with food is he, unconquered, conquering all.

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

Rigveda 5.19.5

Rigveda 5.19.5
Source text

क्रीळन्नो रश्म आ भुवः सं भस्मना वायुना वेविदानः। ता अस्य सन्धृषजो न तिग्माः सुसंशिता वक्ष्यो वक्षणेस्थाः॥

Transliteration

krīḻanno raśma ā bhuvaḥ saṁ bhasmanā vāyunā vevidānaḥ | tā asya sandhṛṣajo na tigmāḥ susaṁśitā vakṣyo vakṣaṇesthāḥ ||

Translation

Beam of light, come to us in sportive fashion, finding thyself close to the wind that fans thee. These flames of his are wasting flames, like arrows keen-pointed, sharpened, on his breast.

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

Sources and editorial record

  1. Rig Veda, Book 5, Hymn 19, translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)RV 5.19Internet Sacred Text Archive
  2. Rigveda Mandala 5, machine-readable Sanskrit and Roman textMandala 5Sanskrit Documents
  3. Rigveda Shakala Samhita, Mandala 5, Sukta 19RV 5.19Vedic Heritage Portal, Ministry of Culture, Government of India
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