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Sukta 88

Complete Rigveda Sukta with 6 mantras in Sanskrit, IAST transliteration, and source-aligned historical English where available.

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Sukta 88

Complete Rigveda Sukta with 6 mantras in Sanskrit, IAST transliteration, and source-aligned historical English where available.

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Rigveda 8.88.1

Rigveda 8.88.1
Source text

तं वो दस्ममृतीषहं वसोर्मन्दानमन्धसः। अभि वत्सं न स्वसरेषु धेनव इन्द्रं गीर्भिर्नवामहे॥

Transliteration

taṁ vo dasmamṛtīṣahaṁ vasormandānamandhasaḥ | abhi vatsaṁ na svasareṣu dhenava indraṁ gīrbhirnavāmahe ||

Rigveda 8.88.2

Rigveda 8.88.2
Source text

द्युक्षं सुदानुं तविषीभिरावृतं गिरिं न पुरुभोजसम्। क्षुमन्तं वाजं शतिनं सहस्रिणं मक्षू गोमन्तमीमहे॥

Transliteration

dyukṣaṁ sudānuṁ taviṣībhirāvṛtaṁ giriṁ na purubhojasam | kṣumantaṁ vājaṁ śatinaṁ sahasriṇaṁ makṣū gomantamīmahe ||

Rigveda 8.88.3

Rigveda 8.88.3
Source text

न त्वा बृहन्तो अद्रयो वरन्त इन्द्र वीळवः। यद्दित्ससि स्तुवते मावते वसु नकिष्टदा मिनाति ते॥

Transliteration

na tvā bṛhanto adrayo varanta indra vīḻavaḥ | yadditsasi stuvate māvate vasu nakiṣṭadā mināti te ||

Rigveda 8.88.4

Rigveda 8.88.4
Source text

योद्धासि क्रत्वा शवसोत दंसना विश्वा जाताभि मज्मना। आ त्वायमर्क ऊतये ववर्तति यं गोतमा अजीजनन्॥

Transliteration

yoddhāsi kratvā śavasota daṁsanā viśvā jātābhi majmanā | ā tvāyamarka ūtaye vavartati yaṁ gotamā ajījanan ||

Rigveda 8.88.5

Rigveda 8.88.5
Source text

प्र हि रिरिक्ष ओजसा दिवो अन्तेभ्यस्परि। न त्वा विव्याच रज इन्द्र पार्थिवमनु स्वधां ववक्षिथ॥

Transliteration

pra hi ririkṣa ojasā divo antebhyaspari | na tvā vivyāca raja indra pārthivamanu svadhāṁ vavakṣitha ||

Rigveda 8.88.6

Rigveda 8.88.6
Source text

नकिः परिष्टिर्मघवन्मघस्य ते यद्दाशुषे दशस्यसि। अस्माकं बोध्युचथस्य चोदिता मंहिष्ठो वाजसातये॥

Transliteration

nakiḥ pariṣṭirmaghavanmaghasya te yaddāśuṣe daśasyasi | asmākaṁ bodhyucathasya coditā maṁhiṣṭho vājasātaye ||

Sources and editorial record

  1. Rigveda Mandala 8, machine-readable Sanskrit and Roman textMandala 8Sanskrit Documents
  2. Rigveda Shakala Samhita, Mandala 8, Sukta 88RV 8.88Vedic Heritage Portal, Ministry of Culture, Government of India
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