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Sukta 8

Complete Rigveda Sukta with 9 mantras in Sanskrit, IAST transliteration, and source-aligned historical English where available.

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Sukta 8

Complete Rigveda Sukta with 9 mantras in Sanskrit, IAST transliteration, and source-aligned historical English where available.

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Rigveda 9.8.1

Rigveda 9.8.1
Source text

एते सोमा अभि प्रियमिन्द्रस्य काममक्षरन्। वर्धन्तो अस्य वीर्यम्॥

Transliteration

ete somā abhi priyamindrasya kāmamakṣaran | vardhanto asya vīryam ||

Rigveda 9.8.2

Rigveda 9.8.2
Source text

पुनानासश्चमूषदो गच्छन्तो वायुमश्विना। ते नो धान्तु सुवीर्यम्॥

Transliteration

punānāsaścamūṣado gacchanto vāyumaśvinā | te no dhāntu suvīryam ||

Rigveda 9.8.3

Rigveda 9.8.3
Source text

इन्द्रस्य सोम राधसे पुनानो हार्दि चोदय। ऋतस्य योनिमासदम्॥

Transliteration

indrasya soma rādhase punāno hārdi codaya | ṛtasya yonimāsadam ||

Rigveda 9.8.4

Rigveda 9.8.4
Source text

मृजन्ति त्वा दश क्षिपो हिन्वन्ति सप्त धीतयः। अनु विप्रा अमादिषुः॥

Transliteration

mṛjanti tvā daśa kṣipo hinvanti sapta dhītayaḥ | anu viprā amādiṣuḥ ||

Rigveda 9.8.5

Rigveda 9.8.5
Source text

देवेभ्यस्त्वा मदाय कं सृजानमति मेष्यः। सं गोभिर्वासयामसि॥

Transliteration

devebhyastvā madāya kaṁ sṛjānamati meṣyaḥ | saṁ gobhirvāsayāmasi ||

Rigveda 9.8.6

Rigveda 9.8.6
Source text

पुनानः कलशेष्वा वस्त्राण्यरुषो हरिः। परि गव्यान्यव्यत॥

Transliteration

punānaḥ kalaśeṣvā vastrāṇyaruṣo hariḥ | pari gavyānyavyata ||

Rigveda 9.8.7

Rigveda 9.8.7
Source text

मघोन आ पवस्व नो जहि विश्वा अप द्विषः। इन्दो सखायमा विश॥

Transliteration

maghona ā pavasva no jahi viśvā apa dviṣaḥ | indo sakhāyamā viśa ||

Rigveda 9.8.8

Rigveda 9.8.8
Source text

वृष्टिं दिवः परि स्रव द्युम्नं पृथिव्या अधि। सहो नः सोम पृत्सु धाः॥

Transliteration

vṛṣṭiṁ divaḥ pari srava dyumnaṁ pṛthivyā adhi | saho naḥ soma pṛtsu dhāḥ ||

Rigveda 9.8.9

Rigveda 9.8.9
Source text

नृचक्षसं त्वा वयमिन्द्रपीतं स्वर्विदम्। भक्षीमहि प्रजामिषम्॥

Transliteration

nṛcakṣasaṁ tvā vayamindrapītaṁ svarvidam | bhakṣīmahi prajāmiṣam ||

Sources and editorial record

  1. Rigveda Mandala 9, machine-readable Sanskrit and Roman textMandala 9Sanskrit Documents
  2. Rigveda Shakala Samhita, Mandala 9, Sukta 8RV 9.8Vedic Heritage Portal, Ministry of Culture, Government of India
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