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Sukta 72

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 7.72.1

Rigveda 7.72.1
Source text

आ गोमता नासत्या रथेनाश्वावता पुरुश्चन्द्रेण यातम्। अभि वां विश्वा नियुतः सचन्ते स्पार्हया श्रिया तन्वा शुभाना॥

Transliteration

ā gomatā nāsatyā rathenāśvāvatā puruścandreṇa yātam | abhi vāṁ viśvā niyutaḥ sacante spārhayā śriyā tanvā śubhānā ||

Translation

COME, O Nasatyas, on your car resplendent, rich in abundant wealth of kine and horses. As harnessed steeds, all our laudations follow you whose forms shine with most delightful beauty.

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

Rigveda 7.72.2

Rigveda 7.72.2
Source text

आ नो देवेभिरुप यातमर्वाक्सजोषसा नासत्या रथेन। युवोर्हि नः सख्या पित्र्याणि समानो बन्धुरुत तस्य वित्तम्॥

Transliteration

ā no devebhirupa yātamarvāksajoṣasā nāsatyā rathena | yuvorhi naḥ sakhyā pitryāṇi samāno bandhuruta tasya vittam ||

Translation

Come with the Gods associate, come ye hither to us, Nasatyas, with your car accordant. 'Twixt you and us there is ancestral friendship and common kin: remember and regard it.

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

Rigveda 7.72.3

Rigveda 7.72.3
Source text

उदु स्तोमासो अश्विनोरबुध्रञ्जामि ब्रह्माण्युषसश्च देवीः। आविवासन्रोदसी धिष्ण्येमे अच्छा विप्रो नासत्या विवक्ति॥

Transliteration

udu stomāso aśvinorabudhrañjāmi brahmāṇyuṣasaśca devīḥ | āvivāsanrodasī dhiṣṇyeme acchā vipro nāsatyā vivakti ||

Translation

Awakened are the songs that praise the Asvins, the kindred prayers and the Celestial Mornings. Inviting those we long for, Earth and Heaven, the singer calleth these Nasatyas hither.

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

Rigveda 7.72.4

Rigveda 7.72.4
Source text

वि चेदुच्छन्त्यश्विना उषासः प्र वां ब्रह्माणि कारवो भरन्ते। ऊर्ध्वं भानुं सविता देवो अश्रेद्बृहदग्नयः समिधा जरन्ते॥

Transliteration

vi ceducchantyaśvinā uṣāsaḥ pra vāṁ brahmāṇi kāravo bharante | ūrdhvaṁ bhānuṁ savitā devo aśredbṛhadagnayaḥ samidhā jarante ||

Translation

What time the Dawns break forth in light, O Asvins, to you the poets offer their devotions. God Savitar hath sent aloft his splendour, and fires sing praises with the kindled fuel.

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

Rigveda 7.72.5

Rigveda 7.72.5
Source text

आ पश्चातान्नासत्या पुरस्तादाश्विना यातमधरादुदक्तात्। आ विश्वतः पाञ्चजन्येन राया यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः॥

Transliteration

ā paścātānnāsatyā purastādāśvinā yātamadharādudaktāt | ā viśvataḥ pāñcajanyena rāyā yūyaṁ pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ ||

Translation

Come from the west, come from the cast, Nasatyas, come, Asvins, from below and from above us. Bring wealth from all sides for the Fivefold People. Preserve us evermore, ye Gods, with blessings.

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

Sources and editorial record

  1. Rig Veda, Book 7, Hymn 72, translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)RV 7.72Internet Sacred Text Archive
  2. Rigveda Mandala 7, machine-readable Sanskrit and Roman textMandala 7Sanskrit Documents
  3. Rigveda Shakala Samhita, Mandala 7, Sukta 72RV 7.72Vedic Heritage Portal, Ministry of Culture, Government of India
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