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Sukta 74

Complete Rigveda Sukta with 15 mantras in Sanskrit, IAST transliteration, and source-aligned historical English where available.

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Sukta 74

Complete Rigveda Sukta with 15 mantras in Sanskrit, IAST transliteration, and source-aligned historical English where available.

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Rigveda 8.74.1

Rigveda 8.74.1
Source text

विशोविशो वो अतिथिं वाजयन्तः पुरुप्रियम्। अग्निं वो दुर्यं वचः स्तुषे शूषस्य मन्मभिः॥

Transliteration

viśoviśo vo atithiṁ vājayantaḥ purupriyam | agniṁ vo duryaṁ vacaḥ stuṣe śūṣasya manmabhiḥ ||

Rigveda 8.74.2

Rigveda 8.74.2
Source text

यं जनासो हविष्मन्तो मित्रं न सर्पिरासुतिम्। प्रशंसन्ति प्रशस्तिभिः॥

Transliteration

yaṁ janāso haviṣmanto mitraṁ na sarpirāsutim | praśaṁsanti praśastibhiḥ ||

Rigveda 8.74.3

Rigveda 8.74.3
Source text

पन्यांसं जातवेदसं यो देवतात्युद्यता। हव्यान्यैरयद्दिवि॥

Transliteration

panyāṁsaṁ jātavedasaṁ yo devatātyudyatā | havyānyairayaddivi ||

Rigveda 8.74.4

Rigveda 8.74.4
Source text

आगन्म वृत्रहन्तमं ज्येष्ठमग्निमानवम्। यस्य श्रुतर्वा बृहन्नार्क्षो अनीक एधते॥

Transliteration

āganma vṛtrahantamaṁ jyeṣṭhamagnimānavam | yasya śrutarvā bṛhannārkṣo anīka edhate ||

Rigveda 8.74.5

Rigveda 8.74.5
Source text

अमृतं जातवेदसं तिरस्तमांसि दर्शतम्। घृताहवनमीड्यम्॥

Transliteration

amṛtaṁ jātavedasaṁ tirastamāṁsi darśatam | ghṛtāhavanamīḍyam ||

Rigveda 8.74.6

Rigveda 8.74.6
Source text

सबाधो यं जना इमेऽग्निं हव्येभिरीळते। जुह्वानासो यतस्रुचः॥

Transliteration

sabādho yaṁ janā ime'gniṁ havyebhirīḻate | juhvānāso yatasrucaḥ ||

Rigveda 8.74.7

Rigveda 8.74.7
Source text

इयं ते नव्यसी मतिरग्ने अधाय्यस्मदा। मन्द्र सुजात सुक्रतोऽमूर दस्मातिथे॥

Transliteration

iyaṁ te navyasī matiragne adhāyyasmadā | mandra sujāta sukrato'mūra dasmātithe ||

Rigveda 8.74.8

Rigveda 8.74.8
Source text

सा ते अग्ने शंतमा चनिष्ठा भवतु प्रिया। तया वर्धस्व सुष्टुतः॥

Transliteration

sā te agne śaṁtamā caniṣṭhā bhavatu priyā | tayā vardhasva suṣṭutaḥ ||

Rigveda 8.74.9

Rigveda 8.74.9
Source text

सा द्युम्नैर्द्युम्निनी बृहदुपोप श्रवसि श्रवः। दधीत वृत्रतूर्ये॥

Transliteration

sā dyumnairdyumninī bṛhadupopa śravasi śravaḥ | dadhīta vṛtratūrye ||

Rigveda 8.74.10

Rigveda 8.74.10
Source text

अश्वमिद्गां रथप्रां त्वेषमिन्द्रं न सत्पतिम्। यस्य श्रवांसि तूर्वथ पन्यम्पन्यं च कृष्टयः॥

Transliteration

aśvamidgāṁ rathaprāṁ tveṣamindraṁ na satpatim | yasya śravāṁsi tūrvatha panyampanyaṁ ca kṛṣṭayaḥ ||

Rigveda 8.74.11

Rigveda 8.74.11
Source text

यं त्वा गोपवनो गिरा चनिष्ठदग्ने अङ्गिरः। स पावक श्रुधी हवम्॥

Transliteration

yaṁ tvā gopavano girā caniṣṭhadagne aṅgiraḥ | sa pāvaka śrudhī havam ||

Rigveda 8.74.12

Rigveda 8.74.12
Source text

यं त्वा जनास ईळते सबाधो वाजसातये। स बोधि वृत्रतूर्ये॥

Transliteration

yaṁ tvā janāsa īḻate sabādho vājasātaye | sa bodhi vṛtratūrye ||

Rigveda 8.74.13

Rigveda 8.74.13
Source text

अहं हुवान आर्क्षे श्रुतर्वणि मदच्युति। शर्धांसीव स्तुकाविनां मृक्षा शीर्षा चतुर्णाम्॥

Transliteration

ahaṁ huvāna ārkṣe śrutarvaṇi madacyuti | śardhāṁsīva stukāvināṁ mṛkṣā śīrṣā caturṇām ||

Rigveda 8.74.14

Rigveda 8.74.14
Source text

मां चत्वार आशवः शविष्ठस्य द्रवित्नवः। सुरथासो अभि प्रयो वक्षन्वयो न तुग्र्यम्॥

Transliteration

māṁ catvāra āśavaḥ śaviṣṭhasya dravitnavaḥ | surathāso abhi prayo vakṣanvayo na tugryam ||

Rigveda 8.74.15

Rigveda 8.74.15
Source text

सत्यमित्त्वा महेनदि परुष्ण्यव देदिशम्। नेमापो अश्वदातरः शविष्ठादस्ति मर्त्यः॥

Transliteration

satyamittvā mahenadi paruṣṇyava dediśam | nemāpo aśvadātaraḥ śaviṣṭhādasti martyaḥ ||

Sources and editorial record

  1. Rigveda Mandala 8, machine-readable Sanskrit and Roman textMandala 8Sanskrit Documents
  2. Rigveda Shakala Samhita, Mandala 8, Sukta 74RV 8.74Vedic Heritage Portal, Ministry of Culture, Government of India
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