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Sukta 47

Complete Rigveda Sukta with 8 mantras in Sanskrit, IAST transliteration, and source-aligned historical English where available.

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Sukta 47

Complete Rigveda Sukta with 8 mantras in Sanskrit, IAST transliteration, and source-aligned historical English where available.

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Rigveda 10.47.1

Rigveda 10.47.1
Source text

जगृभ्मा ते दक्षिणमिन्द्र हस्तं वसूयवो वसुपते वसूनाम्। विद्मा हि त्वा गोपतिं शूर गोनामस्मभ्यं चित्रं वृषणं रयिं दाः॥

Transliteration

jagṛbhmā te dakṣiṇamindra hastaṁ vasūyavo vasupate vasūnām | vidmā hi tvā gopatiṁ śūra gonāmasmabhyaṁ citraṁ vṛṣaṇaṁ rayiṁ dāḥ ||

Translation

THY right hand have we grasped in ours, O Indra, longing for treasure, Treasure-Lord of treasures! Because we know thee, Hero, Lord of cattle: vouchsafe us mighty and resplendent riches.

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

Rigveda 10.47.2

Rigveda 10.47.2
Source text

स्वायुधं स्ववसं सुनीथं चतुःसमुद्रं धरुणं रयीणाम्। चर्कृत्यं शंस्यं भूरिवारमस्मभ्यं चित्रं वृषणं रयिं दाः॥

Transliteration

svāyudhaṁ svavasaṁ sunīthaṁ catuḥsamudraṁ dharuṇaṁ rayīṇām | carkṛtyaṁ śaṁsyaṁ bhūrivāramasmabhyaṁ citraṁ vṛṣaṇaṁ rayiṁ dāḥ ||

Translation

Wealth, fully armed, good guard and kind protector, sprung from four seas, the prop and stay of treasures, Fraught with great bounties, meet for praise and glory; vouchsafe us mighty and resplendent riches.

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

Rigveda 10.47.3

Rigveda 10.47.3
Source text

सुब्रह्माणं देववन्तं बृहन्तमुरुं गभीरं पृथुबुध्नमिन्द्र। श्रुतऋषिमुग्रमभिमातिषाहमस्मभ्यं चित्रं वृषणं रयिं दाः॥

Transliteration

subrahmāṇaṁ devavantaṁ bṛhantamuruṁ gabhīraṁ pṛthubudhnamindra | śrutaṛṣimugramabhimātiṣāhamasmabhyaṁ citraṁ vṛṣaṇaṁ rayiṁ dāḥ ||

Translation

Wealth, with good Brahmans, Indra! God-attended, high, wide, and deep, arid based on broad foundations, Strong, with famed Rsis, conquering our foemen: vouchsafe us mighty and resplendent riches.

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

Rigveda 10.47.4

Rigveda 10.47.4
Source text

सनद्वाजं विप्रवीरं तरुत्रं धनस्पृतं शूशुवांसं सुदक्षम्। दस्युहनं पूर्भिदमिन्द्र सत्यमस्मभ्यं चित्रं वृषणं रयिं दाः॥

Transliteration

sanadvājaṁ vipravīraṁ tarutraṁ dhanaspṛtaṁ śūśuvāṁsaṁ sudakṣam | dasyuhanaṁ pūrbhidamindra satyamasmabhyaṁ citraṁ vṛṣaṇaṁ rayiṁ dāḥ ||

Translation

Victorious, winning strength, with hero sages, confirmed in power, most useful, wealth-attracting, True, Indra! crushing forts and slaying Dasyus: vouchsafe us mighty and resplendent riches.

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

Rigveda 10.47.5

Rigveda 10.47.5
Source text

अश्वावन्तं रथिनं वीरवन्तं सहस्रिणं शतिनं वाजमिन्द्र। भद्रव्रातं विप्रवीरं स्वर्षामस्मभ्यं चित्रं वृषणं रयिं दाः॥

Transliteration

aśvāvantaṁ rathinaṁ vīravantaṁ sahasriṇaṁ śatinaṁ vājamindra | bhadravrātaṁ vipravīraṁ svarṣāmasmabhyaṁ citraṁ vṛṣaṇaṁ rayiṁ dāḥ ||

Translation

Wealthy in heroes and in cars and horses, strength hundredfold and thousandfold, O Indra, With manly sages, happy troops, Iight-winning: vouchsafe us mighty and resplentdent riches.

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

Rigveda 10.47.6

Rigveda 10.47.6
Source text

प्र सप्तगुमृतधीतिं सुमेधां बृहस्पतिं मतिरच्छा जिगाति। य आङ्गिरसो नमसोपसद्योऽस्मभ्यं चित्रं वृषणं रयिं दाः॥

Transliteration

pra saptagumṛtadhītiṁ sumedhāṁ bṛhaspatiṁ matiracchā jigāti | ya āṅgiraso namasopasadyo'smabhyaṁ citraṁ vṛṣaṇaṁ rayiṁ dāḥ ||

Translation

To Saptagu the sage, the holy-minded, to him, Brhaspati, the song approaches, Angiras' Son who must be met with homage: vouchsafe us mighty and reslendent riches.

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

Rigveda 10.47.7

Rigveda 10.47.7
Source text

वनीवानो मम दूतास इन्द्रं स्तोमाश्चरन्ति सुमतीरियानाः। हृदिस्पृशो मनसा वच्यमाना अस्मभ्यं चित्रं वृषणं रयिं दाः॥

Transliteration

vanīvāno mama dūtāsa indraṁ stomāścaranti sumatīriyānāḥ | hṛdispṛśo manasā vacyamānā asmabhyaṁ citraṁ vṛṣaṇaṁ rayiṁ dāḥ ||

Translation

My lauds, like envoys, craving loving-kindness, go forth to Indra with their strong entreaty, Moving his heart and uttered by my spirit: vouchsafe us mighty and resplendent riches.

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

Rigveda 10.47.8

Rigveda 10.47.8
Source text

यत्त्वा यामि दद्धि तन्न इन्द्र बृहन्तं क्षयमसमं जनानाम्। अभि तद्द्यावापृथिवी गृणीतामस्मभ्यं चित्रं वृषणं रयिं दाः॥

Transliteration

yattvā yāmi daddhi tanna indra bṛhantaṁ kṣayamasamaṁ janānām | abhi taddyāvāpṛthivī gṛṇītāmasmabhyaṁ citraṁ vṛṣaṇaṁ rayiṁ dāḥ ||

Translation

Grant us the boon for which I pray, O Indra, a spacious home unmatched among the people. To this may Heaven and Earth accord approval: vouchsafe us mighty and resplendent riches.

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

Sources and editorial record

  1. Rig Veda, Book 10, Hymn 47, translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)RV 10.47Internet Sacred Text Archive
  2. Rigveda Mandala 10, machine-readable Sanskrit and Roman textMandala 10Sanskrit Documents
  3. Rigveda Shakala Samhita, Mandala 10, Sukta 47RV 10.47Vedic Heritage Portal, Ministry of Culture, Government of India
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