Rig Veda · Mandala 1 · Sukta 106
Rig Veda 1.106 — Viśvedevas
Deity: Viśvedevas. Rishi family (Mandala 1): Diverse seers — Madhuchchhandas, Medhatithi, Shunahshepa, Hiranyastupa and others. This Sukta contains 7 verses presented below in Devanagari Sanskrit, IAST romanisation, and Ralph T. H. Griffith's English translation. Click any verse to read a fuller explanation.
Verses
Rig Veda 1.106.1
इन्द्रं मित्रं वरुणमग्निमूतये मारुतं शर्धो अदितिंहवामहे | रथं न दुर्गाद वसवः सुदानवो विश्वस्मान नोंहसो निष पिपर्तन
indraṃ mitraṃ varuṇamaghnimūtaye mārutaṃ śardho aditiṃhavāmahe | rathaṃ na durghād vasavaḥ sudānavo viśvasmān noaṃhaso niṣ pipartana
Rig Veda 1.106.2
त आदित्या आ गता सर्वतातये भूत देवा वर्त्रतूर्येषु शम्भुवः | रथं ...
ta ādityā ā ghatā sarvatātaye bhūta devā vṛtratūryeṣu śambhuvaḥ | rathaṃ ...
Come ye Ādityas for our full prosperity, in conquests of the foe, ye Gods, bring joy to us. Even as a chariot from a difficult ravine, bountiful Vasus, rescue us from all distress.
Rig Veda 1.106.3
अवन्तु नः पितरः सुप्रवाचना उत देवी देवपुत्रे रताव्र्धा | रथं ...
avantu naḥ pitaraḥ supravācanā uta devī devaputre ṛtāvṛdhā | rathaṃ ...
May the most glorious Fathers aid us, and the two Goddesses, Mothers of the Gods, who strengthen Law. Even as a chariot from a difficult ravine, bountiful Vasus, rescue us from all distress.
Rig Veda 1.106.4
नराशंसं वाजिनं वाजयन्निह कषयद्वीरं पूषणं सुम्नैरीमहे | रथं ...
narāśaṃsaṃ vājinaṃ vājayanniha kṣayadvīraṃ pūṣaṇaṃ sumnairīmahe | rathaṃ ...
To mighty Narāśaṁsa, strengthening his might, to Pūṣan, ruler over men, we pray with hymns. Even as a chariot from a difficult ravine, bountiful Vasus, rescue us from all distress.
Rig Veda 1.106.5
बर्हस्पते सदमिन नः सुगं कर्धि शं योर्यत ते मनुर्हितं तदीमहे | रथं ...
bṛhaspate sadamin naḥ sughaṃ kṛdhi śaṃ yoryat te manurhitaṃ tadīmahe | rathaṃ ...
Bṛhaspati, make us evermore an easy path: we crave what boon thou hast for men in rest and stir. Like as a chariot from a difficult ravine, bountiful Vasus, rescue us from all distress.
Rig Veda 1.106.6
इन्द्रं कुत्सो वर्त्रहणं शचीपतिं काटे निबाळ्ह रषिरह्वदूतये | रथं ...
indraṃ kutso vṛtrahaṇaṃ śacīpatiṃ kāṭe nibāḷha ṛṣirahvadūtaye | rathaṃ ...
Sunk in the pit the Ṛṣi Kutsa called, to aid, Indra the Vṛtra-slayer, Lord of power and might. Even as a chariot from a difficult ravine, bountiful Vasus, rescue us from all distress.
Rig Veda 1.106.7
देवैर्नो देव्यदितिर्नि पातु देवस्त्राता तरायतामप्रयुछन | तन नो ...
devairno devyaditirni pātu devastrātā trāyatāmaprayuchan | tan no ...
May Aditi the Goddess guard us with the Gods: may the protecting God keep us with ceaseless care. This prayer of ours may Varuṇa grant, and Mitra, and Aditi and Sindhu, Earth and Heaven.
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