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Sukta 53

Complete Rigveda Sukta with 3 mantras in Sanskrit, IAST transliteration, and source-aligned historical English where available.

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Sukta 53

Complete Rigveda Sukta with 3 mantras in Sanskrit, IAST transliteration, and source-aligned historical English where available.

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Rigveda 7.53.1

Rigveda 7.53.1
Source text

प्र द्यावा यज्ञैः पृथिवी नमोभिः सबाध ईळे बृहती यजत्रे। ते चिद्धि पूर्वे कवयो गृणन्तः पुरो मही दधिरे देवपुत्रे॥

Transliteration

pra dyāvā yajñaiḥ pṛthivī namobhiḥ sabādha īḻe bṛhatī yajatre | te ciddhi pūrve kavayo gṛṇantaḥ puro mahī dadhire devaputre ||

Translation

AS priest with solemn rites and adorations I worship Heaven and Earth, the High and Holy. To them, great Parents of the Gods, have sages of ancient time, singing, assigned precedence.

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

Rigveda 7.53.2

Rigveda 7.53.2
Source text

प्र पूर्वजे पितरा नव्यसीभिर्गीर्भिः कृणुध्वं सदने ऋतस्य। आ नो द्यावापृथिवी दैव्येन जनेन यातं महि वां वरूथम्॥

Transliteration

pra pūrvaje pitarā navyasībhirgīrbhiḥ kṛṇudhvaṁ sadane ṛtasya | ā no dyāvāpṛthivī daivyena janena yātaṁ mahi vāṁ varūtham ||

Translation

With newest hymns set in the seat of Order, those the Two Parents, born before all others, Come, Heaven and Earth, with the Celestial People, hither to us, for strong is your protection.

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

Rigveda 7.53.3

Rigveda 7.53.3
Source text

उतो हि वां रत्नधेयानि सन्ति पुरूणि द्यावापृथिवी सुदासे। अस्मे धत्तं यदसदस्कृधोयु यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः॥

Transliteration

uto hi vāṁ ratnadheyāni santi purūṇi dyāvāpṛthivī sudāse | asme dhattaṁ yadasadaskṛdhoyu yūyaṁ pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ ||

Translation

Yea, Heaven and Earth, ye hold in your possession full many a treasure for the liberal giver. Grant us that wealth which comes in free abundance. Preserve us evermore, ye Gods, with blessings.

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

Sources and editorial record

  1. Rig Veda, Book 7, Hymn 53, translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)RV 7.53Internet Sacred Text Archive
  2. Rigveda Mandala 7, machine-readable Sanskrit and Roman textMandala 7Sanskrit Documents
  3. Rigveda Shakala Samhita, Mandala 7, Sukta 53RV 7.53Vedic Heritage Portal, Ministry of Culture, Government of India
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