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Sukta 137

Complete Rigveda Sukta with 7 mantras in Sanskrit, IAST transliteration, and source-aligned historical English where available.

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Sukta 137

Complete Rigveda Sukta with 7 mantras in Sanskrit, IAST transliteration, and source-aligned historical English where available.

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Rigveda 10.137.1

Rigveda 10.137.1
Source text

उत देवा अवहितं देवा उन्नयथा पुनः। उतागश्चक्रुषं देवा देवा जीवयथा पुनः॥

Transliteration

uta devā avahitaṁ devā unnayathā punaḥ | utāgaścakruṣaṁ devā devā jīvayathā punaḥ ||

Translation

YE Gods, raise up once more the man whom ye have humbled and brought low. O Gods, restore to life again the man who hatb committed sin.

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

Rigveda 10.137.2

Rigveda 10.137.2
Source text

द्वाविमौ वातौ वात आ सिन्धोरा परावतः। दक्षं ते अन्य आ वातु परान्यो वातु यद्रपः॥

Transliteration

dvāvimau vātau vāta ā sindhorā parāvataḥ | dakṣaṁ te anya ā vātu parānyo vātu yadrapaḥ ||

Translation

Two several winds are blowing here, from Sindhu, from a distant land. May one breathe energy to thee, the other blow disease away.

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

Rigveda 10.137.3

Rigveda 10.137.3
Source text

आ वात वाहि भेषजं वि वात वाहि यद्रपः। त्वं हि विश्वभेषजो देवानां दूत ईयसे॥

Transliteration

ā vāta vāhi bheṣajaṁ vi vāta vāhi yadrapaḥ | tvaṁ hi viśvabheṣajo devānāṁ dūta īyase ||

Translation

Hither, O Wind, blow healing balm, blow all disease away, thou Wind; For thou who hast all medicine comest as envoy of the Gods.

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

Rigveda 10.137.4

Rigveda 10.137.4
Source text

आ त्वागमं शंतातिभिरथो अरिष्टतातिभिः। दक्षं ते भद्रमाभार्षं परा यक्ष्मं सुवामि ते॥

Transliteration

ā tvāgamaṁ śaṁtātibhiratho ariṣṭatātibhiḥ | dakṣaṁ te bhadramābhārṣaṁ parā yakṣmaṁ suvāmi te ||

Translation

I am come nigh to thee with balms to give thee rest and keep thee safe. I bring thee blessed strength, I drive thy weakening malady away.

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

Rigveda 10.137.5

Rigveda 10.137.5
Source text

त्रायन्तामिह देवास्त्रायतां मरुतां गणः। त्रायन्तां विश्वा भूतानि यथायमरपा असत्॥

Transliteration

trāyantāmiha devāstrāyatāṁ marutāṁ gaṇaḥ | trāyantāṁ viśvā bhūtāni yathāyamarapā asat ||

Translation

Here let the Gods deliver him, the Maruts' band deliver him: All things that be deliver him that he be freed from his disease.

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

Rigveda 10.137.6

Rigveda 10.137.6
Source text

आप इद्वा उ भेषजीरापो अमीवचातनीः। आपः सर्वस्य भेषजीस्तास्ते कृण्वन्तु भेषजम्॥

Transliteration

āpa idvā u bheṣajīrāpo amīvacātanīḥ | āpaḥ sarvasya bheṣajīstāste kṛṇvantu bheṣajam ||

Translation

The Waters have their healing power, the Waters drive disease away. The Waters have a balm for all: let them make medicine for thee.

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

Rigveda 10.137.7

Rigveda 10.137.7
Source text

हस्ताभ्यां दशशाखाभ्यां जिह्वा वाचः पुरोगवी। अनामयित्नुभ्यां त्वा ताभ्यां त्वोप स्पृशामसि॥

Transliteration

hastābhyāṁ daśaśākhābhyāṁ jihvā vācaḥ purogavī | anāmayitnubhyāṁ tvā tābhyāṁ tvopa spṛśāmasi ||

Translation

The tongue that leads the voice precedes. Then with our ten-fold branching hands, With these two chasers of disease we stroke thee with a gentle touch.

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

Sources and editorial record

  1. Rig Veda, Book 10, Hymn 137, translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)RV 10.137Internet Sacred Text Archive
  2. Rigveda Mandala 10, machine-readable Sanskrit and Roman textMandala 10Sanskrit Documents
  3. Rigveda Shakala Samhita, Mandala 10, Sukta 137RV 10.137Vedic Heritage Portal, Ministry of Culture, Government of India
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