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Sukta 41

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 6.41.1

Rigveda 6.41.1
Source text

अहेळमान उप याहि यज्ञं तुभ्यं पवन्त इन्दवः सुतासः। गावो न वज्रिन्स्वमोको अच्छेन्द्रा गहि प्रथमो यज्ञियानाम्॥

Transliteration

aheḻamāna upa yāhi yajñaṁ tubhyaṁ pavanta indavaḥ sutāsaḥ | gāvo na vajrinsvamoko acchendrā gahi prathamo yajñiyānām ||

Translation

COME gracious to our sacrifice, O Indra: pressed Soma-drops are purified to please thee. As cattle seek their home, so Thunderwielder, come, Indra, first of those who claim our worship.

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

Rigveda 6.41.2

Rigveda 6.41.2
Source text

या ते काकुत्सुकृता या वरिष्ठा यया शश्वत्पिबसि मध्व ऊर्मिम्। तया पाहि प्र ते अध्वर्युरस्थात्सं ते वज्रो वर्ततामिन्द्र गव्युः॥

Transliteration

yā te kākutsukṛtā yā variṣṭhā yayā śaśvatpibasi madhva ūrmim | tayā pāhi pra te adhvaryurasthātsaṁ te vajro vartatāmindra gavyuḥ ||

Translation

With that well-formed most wide-extending palate, wherewith thou ever drinkest streams of sweetness, Drink thou; the Adhvaryu standeth up before thee: let thy spoil-winning thunderbolt attend thee.

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

Rigveda 6.41.3

Rigveda 6.41.3
Source text

एष द्रप्सो वृषभो विश्वरूप इन्द्राय वृष्णे समकारि सोमः। एतं पिब हरिवः स्थातरुग्र यस्येशिषे प्रदिवि यस्ते अन्नम्॥

Transliteration

eṣa drapso vṛṣabho viśvarūpa indrāya vṛṣṇe samakāri somaḥ | etaṁ piba harivaḥ sthātarugra yasyeśiṣe pradivi yaste annam ||

Translation

This drop, steer-strong and omniform, the Soma, hath been made ready for the Bull, for India. Drink this, Lord of the Bays, thou Strong Supporter, this that is thine of old, thy food for ever.

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

Rigveda 6.41.4

Rigveda 6.41.4
Source text

सुतः सोमो असुतादिन्द्र वस्यानयं श्रेयाञ्चिकितुषे रणाय। एतं तितिर्व उप याहि यज्ञं तेन विश्वास्तविषीरा पृणस्व॥

Transliteration

sutaḥ somo asutādindra vasyānayaṁ śreyāñcikituṣe raṇāya | etaṁ titirva upa yāhi yajñaṁ tena viśvāstaviṣīrā pṛṇasva ||

Translation

Soma when pressed excels the unpressed Soma, better, for one who knows, to give him pleasure. Come to this sacrifice of ours, O Victor replenish all thy powers with this libation.

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

Rigveda 6.41.5

Rigveda 6.41.5
Source text

ह्वयामसि त्वेन्द्र याह्यर्वाङरं ते सोमस्तन्वे भवाति। शतक्रतो मादयस्वा सुतेषु प्रास्माँ अव पृतनासु प्र विक्षु॥

Transliteration

hvayāmasi tvendra yāhyarvāṅaraṁ te somastanve bhavāti | śatakrato mādayasvā suteṣu prāsmā ava pṛtanāsu pra vikṣu ||

Translation

We call on thee, O Indra: come thou hither: sufficient be the Soma for thy body. Rejoice thee, Satakratu! in the juices guard us in wars, guard us among our people.

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

Sources and editorial record

  1. Rig Veda, Book 6, Hymn 41, translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)RV 6.41Internet Sacred Text Archive
  2. Rigveda Mandala 6, machine-readable Sanskrit and Roman textMandala 6Sanskrit Documents
  3. Rigveda Shakala Samhita, Mandala 6, Sukta 41RV 6.41Vedic Heritage Portal, Ministry of Culture, Government of India
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