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Sukta 30

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 6.30.1

Rigveda 6.30.1
Source text

भूय इद्वावृधे वीर्यायँ एको अजुर्यो दयते वसूनि। प्र रिरिचे दिव इन्द्रः पृथिव्या अर्धमिदस्य प्रति रोदसी उभे॥

Transliteration

bhūya idvāvṛdhe vīryāya eko ajuryo dayate vasūni | pra ririce diva indraḥ pṛthivyā ardhamidasya prati rodasī ubhe ||

Translation

INDRA hath waxed yet more for hero prowess, alone, Eternal, he bestoweth treasures. Indra transcendeth both the worlds in greatness: one half of him equalleth earth and heaven.

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

Rigveda 6.30.2

Rigveda 6.30.2
Source text

अधा मन्ये बृहदसुर्यमस्य यानि दाधार नकिरा मिनाति। दिवेदिवे सूर्यो दर्शतो भूद्वि सद्मान्युर्विया सुक्रतुर्धात्॥

Transliteration

adhā manye bṛhadasuryamasya yāni dādhāra nakirā mināti | divedive sūryo darśato bhūdvi sadmānyurviyā sukraturdhāt ||

Translation

Yea, mighty I esteem his Godlike nature: none hindereth what he hath once determined. Near and afar he spread and set the regions, and every day the Sun became apparent.

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

Rigveda 6.30.3

Rigveda 6.30.3
Source text

अद्या चिन्नू चित्तदपो नदीनां यदाभ्यो अरदो गातुमिन्द्र। नि पर्वता अद्मसदो न सेदुस्त्वया दृळ्हानि सुक्रतो रजांसि॥

Transliteration

adyā cinnū cittadapo nadīnāṁ yadābhyo arado gātumindra | ni parvatā admasado na sedustvayā dṛḻhāni sukrato rajāṁsi ||

Translation

E'en now endures thine exploit of the Rivers, when, Indra, for their floods thou clavest passage. Like men who sit at meat the mountains settled: by thee, Most Wise! the regions were made steadfast.

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

Rigveda 6.30.4

Rigveda 6.30.4
Source text

सत्यमित्तन्न त्वावाँ अन्यो अस्तीन्द्र देवो न मर्त्यो ज्यायान्। अहन्नहिं परिशयानमर्णोऽवासृजो अपो अच्छा समुद्रम्॥

Transliteration

satyamittanna tvāvā anyo astīndra devo na martyo jyāyān | ahannahiṁ pariśayānamarṇo'vāsṛjo apo acchā samudram ||

Translation

This is the truth, none else is like thee, Indra, no God superior to thee, no mortal. Thou slewest Ahi who besieged the waters, and lettest loose the streams to hurry seaward.

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

Rigveda 6.30.5

Rigveda 6.30.5
Source text

त्वमपो वि दुरो विषूचीरिन्द्र दृळ्हमरुजः पर्वतस्य। राजाभवो जगतश्चर्षणीनां साकं सूर्यं जनयन्द्यामुषासम्॥

Transliteration

tvamapo vi duro viṣūcīrindra dṛḻhamarujaḥ parvatasya | rājābhavo jagataścarṣaṇīnāṁ sākaṁ sūryaṁ janayandyāmuṣāsam ||

Translation

Indra, thou breakest up the floods and portals on all sides, and the firmness of the mountain. Thou art the King of men, of all that liveth, engendering at once Sun, Heaven, and Morning.

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

Sources and editorial record

  1. Rig Veda, Book 6, Hymn 30, translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)RV 6.30Internet Sacred Text Archive
  2. Rigveda Mandala 6, machine-readable Sanskrit and Roman textMandala 6Sanskrit Documents
  3. Rigveda Shakala Samhita, Mandala 6, Sukta 30RV 6.30Vedic Heritage Portal, Ministry of Culture, Government of India
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