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Sukta 185

Complete Rigveda Sukta with 3 mantras in Sanskrit, IAST transliteration, and source-aligned historical English where available.

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Sukta 185

Complete Rigveda Sukta with 3 mantras in Sanskrit, IAST transliteration, and source-aligned historical English where available.

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Rigveda 10.185.1

Rigveda 10.185.1
Source text

महि त्रीणामवोऽस्तु द्युक्षं मित्रस्यार्यम्णः। दुराधर्षं वरुणस्य॥

Transliteration

mahi trīṇāmavo'stu dyukṣaṁ mitrasyāryamṇaḥ | durādharṣaṁ varuṇasya ||

Translation

GREAT, unassailable must he the heavenly favour of' Three Gods, Varuna, Mitra, Aryaman.

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

Rigveda 10.185.2

Rigveda 10.185.2
Source text

नहि तेषाममा चन नाध्वसु वारणेषु। ईशे रिपुरघशंसः॥

Transliteration

nahi teṣāmamā cana nādhvasu vāraṇeṣu | īśe ripuraghaśaṁsaḥ ||

Translation

O'er these, neither at home nor yet abroad or pathways that are Strange, The evil-minded foe hath power

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

Rigveda 10.185.3

Rigveda 10.185.3
Source text

यस्मै पुत्रासो अदितेः प्र जीवसे मर्त्याय। ज्योतिर्यच्छन्त्यजस्रम्॥

Transliteration

yasmai putrāso aditeḥ pra jīvase martyāya | jyotiryacchantyajasram ||

Translation

Nor over him,. the man on whom the Sons of Aditi bestow Eternal light that he may live.

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

Sources and editorial record

  1. Rig Veda, Book 10, Hymn 185, translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)RV 10.185Internet Sacred Text Archive
  2. Rigveda Mandala 10, machine-readable Sanskrit and Roman textMandala 10Sanskrit Documents
  3. Rigveda Shakala Samhita, Mandala 10, Sukta 185RV 10.185Vedic Heritage Portal, Ministry of Culture, Government of India
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