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Sukta 29

Complete Rigveda Sukta with 5 mantras in Sanskrit, IAST transliteration, and source-aligned historical English where available.

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Sukta 29

Complete Rigveda Sukta with 5 mantras in Sanskrit, IAST transliteration, and source-aligned historical English where available.

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Rigveda 7.29.1

Rigveda 7.29.1
Source text

अयं सोम इन्द्र तुभ्यं सुन्व आ तु प्र याहि हरिवस्तदोकाः। पिबा त्वस्य सुषुतस्य चारोर्ददो मघानि मघवन्नियानः॥

Transliteration

ayaṁ soma indra tubhyaṁ sunva ā tu pra yāhi harivastadokāḥ | pibā tvasya suṣutasya cārordado maghāni maghavanniyānaḥ ||

Translation

THIS Soma hath been pressed for thee, O Indra: come hither, Lord of Bays, for this thou lovest. Drink of this fair, this well-effused libation: Maghavan, give us wealth when we implore thee.

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

Rigveda 7.29.2

Rigveda 7.29.2
Source text

ब्रह्मन्वीर ब्रह्मकृतिं जुषाणोऽर्वाचीनो हरिभिर्याहि तूयम्। अस्मिन्नू षु सवने मादयस्वोप ब्रह्माणि शृणव इमा नः॥

Transliteration

brahmanvīra brahmakṛtiṁ juṣāṇo'rvācīno haribhiryāhi tūyam | asminnū ṣu savane mādayasvopa brahmāṇi śṛṇava imā naḥ ||

Translation

Come to us quickly with thy Bay Steeds, Hero, come to our prayer, accepting our devotion. Enjoy thyself aright at this libation, and listen thou unto the prayers we offer.

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

Rigveda 7.29.3

Rigveda 7.29.3
Source text

का ते अस्त्यरंकृतिः सूक्तैः कदा नूनं ते मघवन्दाशेम। विश्वा मतीरा ततने त्वायाधा म इन्द्र शृणवो हवेमा॥

Transliteration

kā te astyaraṁkṛtiḥ sūktaiḥ kadā nūnaṁ te maghavandāśema | viśvā matīrā tatane tvāyādhā ma indra śṛṇavo havemā ||

Translation

What satisfaction do our hymns afford thee? When, Maghavan? Now let us do thee service. Hymns, only hymns, with love for thee, I weave thee: then hear, O Indra, these mine invocations.

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

Rigveda 7.29.4

Rigveda 7.29.4
Source text

उतो घा ते पुरुष्या इदासन्येषां पूर्वेषामशृणोरृषीणाम्। अधाहं त्वा मघवञ्जोहवीमि त्वं न इन्द्रासि प्रमतिः पितेव॥

Transliteration

uto ghā te puruṣyā idāsanyeṣāṁ pūrveṣāmaśṛṇorṛṣīṇām | adhāhaṁ tvā maghavañjohavīmi tvaṁ na indrāsi pramatiḥ piteva ||

Translation

They, verily, were also human beings whom thou wast wont to hear, those earlier sages. Hence I, O Indra Maghavan, invoke thee: thou art our Providence, even as a Father.

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

Rigveda 7.29.5

Rigveda 7.29.5
Source text

वोचेमेदिन्द्रं मघवानमेनं महो रायो राधसो यद्ददन्नः। यो अर्चतो ब्रह्मकृतिमविष्ठो यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः॥

Transliteration

vocemedindraṁ maghavānamenaṁ maho rāyo rādhaso yaddadannaḥ | yo arcato brahmakṛtimaviṣṭho yūyaṁ pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ ||

Translation

We will address this liberal Lord, this Indra, that he may grant us gifts of ample riches, Best favourer of the singer's prayer and praises. Preserve us evermore, ye Gods, with blessings.

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

Sources and editorial record

  1. Rig Veda, Book 7, Hymn 29, translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)RV 7.29Internet Sacred Text Archive
  2. Rigveda Mandala 7, machine-readable Sanskrit and Roman textMandala 7Sanskrit Documents
  3. Rigveda Shakala Samhita, Mandala 7, Sukta 29RV 7.29Vedic Heritage Portal, Ministry of Culture, Government of India
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