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Sukta 56

Complete Rigveda Sukta with 6 mantras in Sanskrit, IAST transliteration, and source-aligned historical English where available.

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Sukta 56

Complete Rigveda Sukta with 6 mantras in Sanskrit, IAST transliteration, and source-aligned historical English where available.

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Rigveda 6.56.1

Rigveda 6.56.1
Source text

य एनमादिदेशति करम्भादिति पूषणम्। न तेन देव आदिशे॥

Transliteration

ya enamādideśati karambhāditi pūṣaṇam | na tena deva ādiśe ||

Translation

WHOSO remembers Pusan as cater of mingled curd and meal Need think no more upon the God.

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

Rigveda 6.56.2

Rigveda 6.56.2
Source text

उत घा स रथीतमः सख्या सत्पतिर्युजा। इन्द्रो वृत्राणि जिघ्नते॥

Transliteration

uta ghā sa rathītamaḥ sakhyā satpatiryujā | indro vṛtrāṇi jighnate ||

Translation

And he is best of charioteers. Indra, the hero's Lord, allied With him as Friend, destroys the foes.

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

Rigveda 6.56.3

Rigveda 6.56.3
Source text

उतादः परुषे गवि सूरश्चक्रं हिरण्ययम्। न्यैरयद्रथीतमः॥

Transliteration

utādaḥ paruṣe gavi sūraścakraṁ hiraṇyayam | nyairayadrathītamaḥ ||

Translation

And there the best of charioteers hath guided through the speckled cloud The golden wheel of Sura's car.

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

Rigveda 6.56.4

Rigveda 6.56.4
Source text

यदद्य त्वा पुरुष्टुत ब्रवाम दस्र मन्तुमः। तत्सु नो मन्म साधय॥

Transliteration

yadadya tvā puruṣṭuta bravāma dasra mantumaḥ | tatsu no manma sādhaya ||

Translation

Whate'er we speak this day to thee, Wise, Wondrous God whom many praise, Give thou fulfilment of our thought.

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

Rigveda 6.56.5

Rigveda 6.56.5
Source text

इमं च नो गवेषणं सातये सीषधो गणम्। आरात्पूषन्नसि श्रुतः॥

Transliteration

imaṁ ca no gaveṣaṇaṁ sātaye sīṣadho gaṇam | ārātpūṣannasi śrutaḥ ||

Translation

Lead on this company of ours, that longs for kine, to win the spoil: Thou, Pusan, art renowned afar.

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

Rigveda 6.56.6

Rigveda 6.56.6
Source text

आ ते स्वस्तिमीमह आरेअघामुपावसुम्। अद्या च सर्वतातये श्वश्च सर्वतातये॥

Transliteration

ā te svastimīmaha āreaghāmupāvasum | adyā ca sarvatātaye śvaśca sarvatātaye ||

Translation

Prosperity we crave from thee, afar from sin and near to wealth, Tending to perfect happiness both for to. morrow and to-day.

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

Sources and editorial record

  1. Rig Veda, Book 6, Hymn 56, translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)RV 6.56Internet Sacred Text Archive
  2. Rigveda Mandala 6, machine-readable Sanskrit and Roman textMandala 6Sanskrit Documents
  3. Rigveda Shakala Samhita, Mandala 6, Sukta 56RV 6.56Vedic Heritage Portal, Ministry of Culture, Government of India
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