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Sukta 26

Complete Rigveda Sukta with 25 mantras in Sanskrit, IAST transliteration, and source-aligned historical English where available.

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Sukta 26

Complete Rigveda Sukta with 25 mantras in Sanskrit, IAST transliteration, and source-aligned historical English where available.

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Rigveda 8.26.1

Rigveda 8.26.1
Source text

युवोरु षू रथं हुवे सधस्तुत्याय सूरिषु। अतूर्तदक्षा वृषणा वृषण्वसू॥

Transliteration

yuvoru ṣū rathaṁ huve sadhastutyāya sūriṣu | atūrtadakṣā vṛṣaṇā vṛṣaṇvasū ||

Rigveda 8.26.2

Rigveda 8.26.2
Source text

युवं वरो सुषाम्णे महे तने नासत्या। अवोभिर्याथो वृषणा वृषण्वसू॥

Transliteration

yuvaṁ varo suṣāmṇe mahe tane nāsatyā | avobhiryātho vṛṣaṇā vṛṣaṇvasū ||

Rigveda 8.26.3

Rigveda 8.26.3
Source text

ता वामद्य हवामहे हव्येभिर्वाजिनीवसू। पूर्वीरिष इषयन्तावति क्षपः॥

Transliteration

tā vāmadya havāmahe havyebhirvājinīvasū | pūrvīriṣa iṣayantāvati kṣapaḥ ||

Rigveda 8.26.4

Rigveda 8.26.4
Source text

आ वां वाहिष्ठो अश्विना रथो यातु श्रुतो नरा। उप स्तोमान्तुरस्य दर्शथः श्रिये॥

Transliteration

ā vāṁ vāhiṣṭho aśvinā ratho yātu śruto narā | upa stomānturasya darśathaḥ śriye ||

Rigveda 8.26.5

Rigveda 8.26.5
Source text

जुहुराणा चिदश्विना मन्येथां वृषण्वसू। युवं हि रुद्रा पर्षथो अति द्विषः॥

Transliteration

juhurāṇā cidaśvinā manyethāṁ vṛṣaṇvasū | yuvaṁ hi rudrā parṣatho ati dviṣaḥ ||

Rigveda 8.26.6

Rigveda 8.26.6
Source text

दस्रा हि विश्वमानुषङ्मक्षूभिः परिदीयथः। धियंजिन्वा मधुवर्णा शुभस्पती॥

Transliteration

dasrā hi viśvamānuṣaṅmakṣūbhiḥ paridīyathaḥ | dhiyaṁjinvā madhuvarṇā śubhaspatī ||

Rigveda 8.26.7

Rigveda 8.26.7
Source text

उप नो यातमश्विना राया विश्वपुषा सह। मघवाना सुवीरावनपच्युता॥

Transliteration

upa no yātamaśvinā rāyā viśvapuṣā saha | maghavānā suvīrāvanapacyutā ||

Rigveda 8.26.8

Rigveda 8.26.8
Source text

आ मे अस्य प्रतीव्यमिन्द्रनासत्या गतम्। देवा देवेभिरद्य सचनस्तमा॥

Transliteration

ā me asya pratīvyamindranāsatyā gatam | devā devebhiradya sacanastamā ||

Rigveda 8.26.9

Rigveda 8.26.9
Source text

वयं हि वां हवामह उक्षण्यन्तो व्यश्ववत्। सुमतिभिरुप विप्राविहा गतम्॥

Transliteration

vayaṁ hi vāṁ havāmaha ukṣaṇyanto vyaśvavat | sumatibhirupa viprāvihā gatam ||

Rigveda 8.26.10

Rigveda 8.26.10
Source text

अश्विना स्वृषे स्तुहि कुवित्ते श्रवतो हवम्। नेदीयसः कूळयातः पणीँरुत॥

Transliteration

aśvinā svṛṣe stuhi kuvitte śravato havam | nedīyasaḥ kūḻayātaḥ paṇīruta ||

Rigveda 8.26.11

Rigveda 8.26.11
Source text

वैयश्वस्य श्रुतं नरोतो मे अस्य वेदथः। सजोषसा वरुणो मित्रो अर्यमा॥

Transliteration

vaiyaśvasya śrutaṁ naroto me asya vedathaḥ | sajoṣasā varuṇo mitro aryamā ||

Rigveda 8.26.12

Rigveda 8.26.12
Source text

युवादत्तस्य धिष्ण्या युवानीतस्य सूरिभिः। अहरहर्वृषण मह्यं शिक्षतम्॥

Transliteration

yuvādattasya dhiṣṇyā yuvānītasya sūribhiḥ | aharaharvṛṣaṇa mahyaṁ śikṣatam ||

Rigveda 8.26.13

Rigveda 8.26.13
Source text

यो वां यज्ञेभिरावृतोऽधिवस्त्रा वधूरिव। सपर्यन्ता शुभे चक्राते अश्विना॥

Transliteration

yo vāṁ yajñebhirāvṛto'dhivastrā vadhūriva | saparyantā śubhe cakrāte aśvinā ||

Rigveda 8.26.14

Rigveda 8.26.14
Source text

यो वामुरुव्यचस्तमं चिकेतति नृपाय्यम्। वर्तिरश्विना परि यातमस्मयू॥

Transliteration

yo vāmuruvyacastamaṁ ciketati nṛpāyyam | vartiraśvinā pari yātamasmayū ||

Rigveda 8.26.15

Rigveda 8.26.15
Source text

अस्मभ्यं सु वृषण्वसू यातं वर्तिर्नृपाय्यम्। विषुद्रुहेव यज्ञमूहथुर्गिरा॥

Transliteration

asmabhyaṁ su vṛṣaṇvasū yātaṁ vartirnṛpāyyam | viṣudruheva yajñamūhathurgirā ||

Rigveda 8.26.16

Rigveda 8.26.16
Source text

वाहिष्ठो वां हवानां स्तोमो दूतो हुवन्नरा। युवाभ्यां भूत्वश्विना॥

Transliteration

vāhiṣṭho vāṁ havānāṁ stomo dūto huvannarā | yuvābhyāṁ bhūtvaśvinā ||

Rigveda 8.26.17

Rigveda 8.26.17
Source text

यददो दिवो अर्णव इषो वा मदथो गृहे। श्रुतमिन्मे अमर्त्या॥

Transliteration

yadado divo arṇava iṣo vā madatho gṛhe | śrutaminme amartyā ||

Rigveda 8.26.18

Rigveda 8.26.18
Source text

उत स्या श्वेतयावरी वाहिष्ठा वां नदीनाम्। सिन्धुर्हिरण्यवर्तनिः॥

Transliteration

uta syā śvetayāvarī vāhiṣṭhā vāṁ nadīnām | sindhurhiraṇyavartaniḥ ||

Rigveda 8.26.19

Rigveda 8.26.19
Source text

स्मदेतया सुकीर्त्याश्विना श्वेतया धिया। वहेथे शुभ्रयावाना॥

Transliteration

smadetayā sukīrtyāśvinā śvetayā dhiyā | vahethe śubhrayāvānā ||

Rigveda 8.26.20

Rigveda 8.26.20
Source text

युक्ष्वा हि त्वं रथासहा युवस्व पोष्या वसो। आन्नो वायो मधु पिबास्माकं सवना गहि॥

Transliteration

yukṣvā hi tvaṁ rathāsahā yuvasva poṣyā vaso | ānno vāyo madhu pibāsmākaṁ savanā gahi ||

Rigveda 8.26.21

Rigveda 8.26.21
Source text

तव वायवृतस्पते त्वष्टुर्जामातरद्भुत। अवांस्या वृणीमहे॥

Transliteration

tava vāyavṛtaspate tvaṣṭurjāmātaradbhuta | avāṁsyā vṛṇīmahe ||

Rigveda 8.26.22

Rigveda 8.26.22
Source text

त्वष्टुर्जामातरं वयमीशानं राय ईमहे। सुतावन्तो वायुं द्युम्ना जनासः॥

Transliteration

tvaṣṭurjāmātaraṁ vayamīśānaṁ rāya īmahe | sutāvanto vāyuṁ dyumnā janāsaḥ ||

Rigveda 8.26.23

Rigveda 8.26.23
Source text

वायो याहि शिवा दिवो वहस्वा सु स्वश्व्यम्। वहस्व महः पृथुपक्षसा रथे॥

Transliteration

vāyo yāhi śivā divo vahasvā su svaśvyam | vahasva mahaḥ pṛthupakṣasā rathe ||

Rigveda 8.26.24

Rigveda 8.26.24
Source text

त्वां हि सुप्सरस्तमं नृषदनेषु हूमहे। ग्रावाणं नाश्वपृष्ठं मंहना॥

Transliteration

tvāṁ hi supsarastamaṁ nṛṣadaneṣu hūmahe | grāvāṇaṁ nāśvapṛṣṭhaṁ maṁhanā ||

Rigveda 8.26.25

Rigveda 8.26.25
Source text

स त्वं नो देव मनसा वायो मन्दानो अग्रियः। कृधि वाजाँ अपो धियः॥

Transliteration

sa tvaṁ no deva manasā vāyo mandāno agriyaḥ | kṛdhi vājā apo dhiyaḥ ||

Sources and editorial record

  1. Rigveda Mandala 8, machine-readable Sanskrit and Roman textMandala 8Sanskrit Documents
  2. Rigveda Shakala Samhita, Mandala 8, Sukta 26RV 8.26Vedic Heritage Portal, Ministry of Culture, Government of India
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