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Sukta 58

Complete Rigveda Sukta with 4 mantras in Sanskrit, IAST transliteration, and source-aligned historical English where available.

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Sukta 58

Complete Rigveda Sukta with 4 mantras in Sanskrit, IAST transliteration, and source-aligned historical English where available.

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Rigveda 6.58.1

Rigveda 6.58.1
Source text

शुक्रं ते अन्यद्यजतं ते अन्यद्विषुरूपे अहनी द्यौरिवासि। विश्वा हि माया अवसि स्वधावो भद्रा ते पूषन्निह रातिरस्तु॥

Transliteration

śukraṁ te anyadyajataṁ te anyadviṣurūpe ahanī dyaurivāsi | viśvā hi māyā avasi svadhāvo bhadrā te pūṣanniha rātirastu ||

Translation

LIKE heaven art thou: one form is bright, one holy, like Day and Night dissimilar in colour. All magic powers thou aidest, self-depen. dent! Auspicious be thy bounty here, O Pusan.

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

Rigveda 6.58.2

Rigveda 6.58.2
Source text

अजाश्वः पशुपा वाजपस्त्यो धियंजिन्वो भुवने विश्वे अर्पितः। अष्ट्रां पूषा शिथिरामुद्वरीवृजत्संचक्षाणो भुवना देव ईयते॥

Transliteration

ajāśvaḥ paśupā vājapastyo dhiyaṁjinvo bhuvane viśve arpitaḥ | aṣṭrāṁ pūṣā śithirāmudvarīvṛjatsaṁcakṣāṇo bhuvanā deva īyate ||

Translation

Goat-borne, the guard of cattle, he whose home is strength, inspirer of the hymn, set over all the world; Brandishing here and there his lightly. moving goad, beholding every creature, Pusan, God, goes forth.

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

Rigveda 6.58.3

Rigveda 6.58.3
Source text

यास्ते पूषन्नावो अन्तः समुद्रे हिरण्ययीरन्तरिक्षे चरन्ति। ताभिर्यासि दूत्यां सूर्यस्य कामेन कृत श्रव इच्छमानः॥

Transliteration

yāste pūṣannāvo antaḥ samudre hiraṇyayīrantarikṣe caranti | tābhiryāsi dūtyāṁ sūryasya kāmena kṛta śrava icchamānaḥ ||

Translation

O Pusan, with thy golden ships that travel across the ocean, in the air's mid-region, Thou goest on an embassy to Surya, subdued by love, desirous of the glory.

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

Rigveda 6.58.4

Rigveda 6.58.4
Source text

पूषा सुबन्धुर्दिव आ पृथिव्या इळस्पतिर्मघवा दस्मवर्चाः। यं देवासो अददुः सूर्यायै कामेन कृतं तवसं स्वञ्चम्॥

Transliteration

pūṣā subandhurdiva ā pṛthivyā iḻaspatirmaghavā dasmavarcāḥ | yaṁ devāso adaduḥ sūryāyai kāmena kṛtaṁ tavasaṁ svañcam ||

Translation

Near kinsman of the heaven and earth is Pusan, liberal, Lord of food, of wondrous iustre, Whom strong and vigorous and swiftlymoving, subdued by love, the Deities gave to Surya.

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

Sources and editorial record

  1. Rig Veda, Book 6, Hymn 58, translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)RV 6.58Internet Sacred Text Archive
  2. Rigveda Mandala 6, machine-readable Sanskrit and Roman textMandala 6Sanskrit Documents
  3. Rigveda Shakala Samhita, Mandala 6, Sukta 58RV 6.58Vedic Heritage Portal, Ministry of Culture, Government of India
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