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Sukta 79

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

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Sukta 79

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

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Rigveda 7.79.1

Rigveda 7.79.1
Source text

व्युषा आवः पथ्या जनानां पञ्च क्षितीर्मानुषीर्बोधयन्ती। सुसंदृग्भिरुक्षभिर्भानुमश्रेद्वि सूर्यो रोदसी चक्षसावः॥

Transliteration

vyuṣā āvaḥ pathyā janānāṁ pañca kṣitīrmānuṣīrbodhayantī | susaṁdṛgbhirukṣabhirbhānumaśredvi sūryo rodasī cakṣasāvaḥ ||

Translation

ROUSING the lands where men's Five Tribes are settled, Dawn hath disclosed the pathways of the people. She hath sent out her sheen with beauteous oxen. The Sun with light hath opened earth and heaven.

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

Rigveda 7.79.2

Rigveda 7.79.2
Source text

व्यञ्जते दिवो अन्तेष्वक्तून्विशो न युक्ता उषसो यतन्ते। सं ते गावस्तम आ वर्तयन्ति ज्योतिर्यच्छन्ति सवितेव बाहू॥

Transliteration

vyañjate divo anteṣvaktūnviśo na yuktā uṣaso yatante | saṁ te gāvastama ā vartayanti jyotiryacchanti saviteva bāhū ||

Translation

They paint their bright rays on the sky's far limits. the Dawns come on like tribes arrayed for battle. Thy cattle, closely shutting up the darkness, as Savitar spreads his arms, give forth their lustre.

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

Rigveda 7.79.3

Rigveda 7.79.3
Source text

अभूदुषा इन्द्रतमा मघोन्यजीजनत्सुविताय श्रवांसि। वि दिवो देवी दुहिता दधात्यङ्गिरस्तमा सुकृते वसूनि॥

Transliteration

abhūduṣā indratamā maghonyajījanatsuvitāya śravāṁsi | vi divo devī duhitā dadhātyaṅgirastamā sukṛte vasūni ||

Translation

Wealthy, most like to Indra, Dawn hath risen, and brought forth lauds that shall promote our welfare. Daughter of Heaven, a Goddess, she distributes, best of Angirases, treasures to the pious.

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

Rigveda 7.79.4

Rigveda 7.79.4
Source text

तावदुषो राधो अस्मभ्यं रास्व यावत्स्तोतृभ्यो अरदो गृणाना। यां त्वा जज्ञुर्वृषभस्या रवेण वि दृळ्हस्य दुरो अद्रेरौर्णोः॥

Transliteration

tāvaduṣo rādho asmabhyaṁ rāsva yāvatstotṛbhyo arado gṛṇānā | yāṁ tvā jajñurvṛṣabhasyā raveṇa vi dṛḻhasya duro adreraurṇoḥ ||

Translation

Bestow on us, O Dawn, that ample bounty which thou didst send to those who sang thy praises; Thou whom with bellowings of a bull they quickened: thou didst unbar the firm-set mountain's portals.

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

Rigveda 7.79.5

Rigveda 7.79.5
Source text

देवंदेवं राधसे चोदयन्त्यस्मद्र्यक्सूनृता ईरयन्ती। व्युच्छन्ती नः सनये धियो धा यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः॥

Transliteration

devaṁdevaṁ rādhase codayantyasmadryaksūnṛtā īrayantī | vyucchantī naḥ sanaye dhiyo dhā yūyaṁ pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ ||

Translation

Impelling every God to grant his bounty sending to us the charm of pleasant voices, Vouchsafe us thoughts, for profit, as thou breakest. Preserve us evermore, ye Gods, with blessings.

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

Sources and editorial record

  1. Rig Veda, Book 7, Hymn 79, translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)RV 7.79Internet Sacred Text Archive
  2. Rigveda Mandala 7, machine-readable Sanskrit and Roman textMandala 7Sanskrit Documents
  3. Rigveda Shakala Samhita, Mandala 7, Sukta 79RV 7.79Vedic Heritage Portal, Ministry of Culture, Government of India
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