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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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Sukta 56
Complete Rigveda Sukta with 5 mantras in Sanskrit, IAST transliteration, and source-aligned historical English where available.
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Rigveda 8.56.1
प्रति ते दस्यवे वृक राधो अदर्श्यह्रयम्। द्यौर्न प्रथिना शवः॥
Transliterationprati te dasyave vṛka rādho adarśyahrayam | dyaurna prathinā śavaḥ ||
Rigveda 8.56.2
दश मह्यं पौतक्रतः सहस्रा दस्यवे वृकः। नित्याद्रायो अमंहत॥
Transliterationdaśa mahyaṁ pautakrataḥ sahasrā dasyave vṛkaḥ | nityādrāyo amaṁhata ||
Rigveda 8.56.3
शतं मे गर्दभानां शतमूर्णावतीनाम्। शतं दासाँ अति स्रजः॥
Transliterationśataṁ me gardabhānāṁ śatamūrṇāvatīnām | śataṁ dāsā ati srajaḥ ||
Rigveda 8.56.4
तत्रो अपि प्राणीयत पूतक्रतायै व्यक्ता। अश्वानामिन्न यूथ्याम्॥
Transliterationtatro api prāṇīyata pūtakratāyai vyaktā | aśvānāminna yūthyām ||
Rigveda 8.56.5
अचेत्यग्निश्चिकितुर्हव्यवाट् स सुमद्रथः। अग्निः शुक्रेण शोचिषा बृहत्सूरो अरोचत दिवि सूर्यो अरोचत॥
Transliterationacetyagniścikiturhavyavāṭ sa sumadrathaḥ | agniḥ śukreṇa śociṣā bṛhatsūro arocata divi sūryo arocata ||
Sources and editorial record
- Rigveda Mandala 8, machine-readable Sanskrit and Roman text — Mandala 8Sanskrit Documents
- Rigveda Shakala Samhita, Mandala 8, Sukta 56 — RV 8.56Vedic Heritage Portal, Ministry of Culture, Government of India
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