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Sukta 163

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

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Sukta 163

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

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Rigveda 10.163.1

Rigveda 10.163.1
Source text

अक्षीभ्यां ते नासिकाभ्यां कर्णाभ्यां छुबुकादधि। यक्ष्मं शीर्षण्यं मस्तिष्काज्जिह्वाया वि वृहामि ते॥

Transliteration

akṣībhyāṁ te nāsikābhyāṁ karṇābhyāṁ chubukādadhi | yakṣmaṁ śīrṣaṇyaṁ mastiṣkājjihvāyā vi vṛhāmi te ||

Translation

FROM both thy nostrils, from thine eyes, from both thine ears and from thy chin, Forth from thy head and brain and tongue I drive thy malady away.

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

Rigveda 10.163.2

Rigveda 10.163.2
Source text

ग्रीवाभ्यस्त उष्णिहाभ्यः कीकसाभ्यो अनूक्यात्। यक्ष्मं दोषण्यमंसाभ्यां बाहुभ्यां वि वृहामि ते॥

Transliteration

grīvābhyasta uṣṇihābhyaḥ kīkasābhyo anūkyāt | yakṣmaṁ doṣaṇyamaṁsābhyāṁ bāhubhyāṁ vi vṛhāmi te ||

Translation

From the neck-tendons and the neck, from the breast-bones and from the spine, From shoulders, upper, lower arms, I drive thy malady away.

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

Rigveda 10.163.3

Rigveda 10.163.3
Source text

आन्त्रेभ्यस्ते गुदाभ्यो वनिष्ठोर्हृदयादधि। यक्ष्मं मतस्नाभ्यां यक्नः प्लाशिभ्यो वि वृहामि ते॥

Transliteration

āntrebhyaste gudābhyo vaniṣṭhorhṛdayādadhi | yakṣmaṁ matasnābhyāṁ yaknaḥ plāśibhyo vi vṛhāmi te ||

Translation

From viscera and all within, forth from the rectum, from the heart, From kidneys, liver, and from spleen, I drive thy malady away.

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

Rigveda 10.163.4

Rigveda 10.163.4
Source text

ऊरुभ्यां ते अष्ठीवद्भ्यां पार्ष्णिभ्यां प्रपदाभ्याम्। यक्ष्मं श्रोणिभ्यां भासदाद्भंससो वि वृहामि ते॥

Transliteration

ūrubhyāṁ te aṣṭhīvadbhyāṁ pārṣṇibhyāṁ prapadābhyām | yakṣmaṁ śroṇibhyāṁ bhāsadādbhaṁsaso vi vṛhāmi te ||

Translation

From thighs, from knee-caps, and from heels, and from the forepart of the feet, From hips from stomach, and from groin I drive thy malady away.

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

Rigveda 10.163.5

Rigveda 10.163.5
Source text

मेहनाद्वनंकरणाल्लोमभ्यस्ते नखेभ्यः। यक्ष्मं सर्वस्मादात्मनस्तमिदं वि वृहामि ते॥

Transliteration

mehanādvanaṁkaraṇāllomabhyaste nakhebhyaḥ | yakṣmaṁ sarvasmādātmanastamidaṁ vi vṛhāmi te ||

Translation

From what is voided from within, and from thy hair, and from they nails, From all thyself from top to toe, I drive thy malady away.

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

Rigveda 10.163.6

Rigveda 10.163.6
Source text

अङ्गादङ्गाल्लोम्नोलोम्नो जातं पर्वणिपर्वणि। यक्ष्मं सर्वस्मादात्मनस्तमिदं वि वृहामि ते॥

Transliteration

aṅgādaṅgāllomnolomno jātaṁ parvaṇiparvaṇi | yakṣmaṁ sarvasmādātmanastamidaṁ vi vṛhāmi te ||

Translation

From every member, every hair, disease that comes in every joint, From all thyself, from top to toe, I drive thy malady away.

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

Sources and editorial record

  1. Rig Veda, Book 10, Hymn 163, translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)RV 10.163Internet Sacred Text Archive
  2. Rigveda Mandala 10, machine-readable Sanskrit and Roman textMandala 10Sanskrit Documents
  3. Rigveda Shakala Samhita, Mandala 10, Sukta 163RV 10.163Vedic Heritage Portal, Ministry of Culture, Government of India
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