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Sukta 32

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 6.32.1

Rigveda 6.32.1
Source text

अपूर्व्या पुरुतमान्यस्मै महे वीराय तवसे तुराय। विरप्शिने वज्रिणे शंतमानि वचांस्यासा स्थविराय तक्षम्॥

Transliteration

apūrvyā purutamānyasmai mahe vīrāya tavase turāya | virapśine vajriṇe śaṁtamāni vacāṁsyāsā sthavirāya takṣam ||

Translation

I WITH my lips have fashioned for this Hero words never matched, most plentiful and auspicious, For him the Ancient, Great, Strong, Energetic, the very mighty Wielder of the Thunder.

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

Rigveda 6.32.2

Rigveda 6.32.2
Source text

स मातरा सूर्येणा कवीनामवासयद्रुजदद्रिं गृणानः। स्वाधीभिरृक्वभिर्वावशान उदुस्रियाणामसृजन्निदानम्॥

Transliteration

sa mātarā sūryeṇā kavīnāmavāsayadrujadadriṁ gṛṇānaḥ | svādhībhirṛkvabhirvāvaśāna udusriyāṇāmasṛjannidānam ||

Translation

Amid the sages, with the Sun he brightened the Parents: glorified, he burst the mountain; And, roaring with the holy-thoughted singers, he loosed the bond that held the beams of Morning.

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

Rigveda 6.32.3

Rigveda 6.32.3
Source text

स वह्निभिरृक्वभिर्गोषु शश्वन्मितज्ञुभिः पुरुकृत्वा जिगाय। पुरः पुरोहा सखिभिः सखीयन्दृळ्हा रुरोज कविभिः कविः सन्॥

Transliteration

sa vahnibhirṛkvabhirgoṣu śaśvanmitajñubhiḥ purukṛtvā jigāya | puraḥ purohā sakhibhiḥ sakhīyandṛḻhā ruroja kavibhiḥ kaviḥ san ||

Translation

Famed for great deeds, with priests who kneel and laud him, he still hath conquered in the frays for cattle, And broken down the forts, the Fort-destroyer, a Friend with friends, a Sage among the sages.

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

Rigveda 6.32.4

Rigveda 6.32.4
Source text

स नीव्याभिर्जरितारमच्छा महो वाजेभिर्महद्भिश्च शुष्मैः। पुरुवीराभिर्वृषभ क्षितीनामा गिर्वणः सुविताय प्र याहि॥

Transliteration

sa nīvyābhirjaritāramacchā maho vājebhirmahadbhiśca śuṣmaiḥ | puruvīrābhirvṛṣabha kṣitīnāmā girvaṇaḥ suvitāya pra yāhi ||

Translation

Come with thy girthed mares, with abundant vigour and plenteous strength to him who sings thy praises. Come hither, borne by mares with many heroes, Lover of song! Steer! for the people's welfare.

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

Rigveda 6.32.5

Rigveda 6.32.5
Source text

स सर्गेण शवसा तक्तो अत्यैरप इन्द्रो दक्षिणतस्तुराषाट्। इत्था सृजाना अनपावृदर्थं दिवेदिवे विविषुरप्रमृष्यम्॥

Transliteration

sa sargeṇa śavasā takto atyairapa indro dakṣiṇatasturāṣāṭ | itthā sṛjānā anapāvṛdarthaṁ divedive viviṣurapramṛṣyam ||

Translation

Indra with rush and might, sped by his Coursers, hath swiftly won the waters from the southward. Thus set at liberty the rivers daily flow to their goal, incessant and exhaustless.

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

Sources and editorial record

  1. Rig Veda, Book 6, Hymn 32, translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)RV 6.32Internet Sacred Text Archive
  2. Rigveda Mandala 6, machine-readable Sanskrit and Roman textMandala 6Sanskrit Documents
  3. Rigveda Shakala Samhita, Mandala 6, Sukta 32RV 6.32Vedic Heritage Portal, Ministry of Culture, Government of India
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