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Sukta 30

Complete Rigveda Sukta with 4 mantras in Sanskrit, IAST transliteration, and source-aligned historical English where available.

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Sukta 30

Complete Rigveda Sukta with 4 mantras in Sanskrit, IAST transliteration, and source-aligned historical English where available.

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Rigveda 8.30.1

Rigveda 8.30.1
Source text

नहि वो अस्त्यर्भको देवासो न कुमारकः। विश्वे सतोमहान्त इत्॥

Transliteration

nahi vo astyarbhako devāso na kumārakaḥ | viśve satomahānta it ||

Translation

NOT one of you, ye Gods, is small, none of you is a feeble child: All of you, verily, are great.

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

Rigveda 8.30.2

Rigveda 8.30.2
Source text

इति स्तुतासो असथा रिशादसो ये स्थ त्रयश्च त्रिंशच्च। मनोर्देवा यज्ञियासः॥

Transliteration

iti stutāso asathā riśādaso ye stha trayaśca triṁśacca | manordevā yajñiyāsaḥ ||

Translation

Thus be ye lauded, ye destroyers of the foe, ye Three-and-Thirty Deities, The Gods of man, the Holy Ones.

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

Rigveda 8.30.3

Rigveda 8.30.3
Source text

ते नस्त्राध्वं तेऽवत त उ नो अधि वोचत। मा नः पथः पित्र्यान्मानवादधि दूरं नैष्ट परावतः॥

Transliteration

te nastrādhvaṁ te'vata ta u no adhi vocata | mā naḥ pathaḥ pitryānmānavādadhi dūraṁ naiṣṭa parāvataḥ ||

Translation

As such defend and succour us, with benedictions speak to us: Lead us not from our fathers' and from Manu's path into the distance far away.

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

Rigveda 8.30.4

Rigveda 8.30.4
Source text

ये देवास इह स्थन विश्वे वैश्वानरा उत। अस्मभ्यं शर्म सप्रथो गवेऽश्वाय यच्छत॥

Transliteration

ye devāsa iha sthana viśve vaiśvānarā uta | asmabhyaṁ śarma sapratho gave'śvāya yacchata ||

Translation

Ye Deities who stay with us, and all ye Gods of all mankind, Give us your wide protection, give shelter for cattle and for steed.

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

Sources and editorial record

  1. Rig Veda, Book 8, Hymn 30, translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)RV 8.30Internet Sacred Text Archive
  2. Rigveda Mandala 8, machine-readable Sanskrit and Roman textMandala 8Sanskrit Documents
  3. Rigveda Shakala Samhita, Mandala 8, Sukta 30RV 8.30Vedic Heritage Portal, Ministry of Culture, Government of India
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