Rig Veda · Mandala 8 · Sukta 56
Rig Veda 8.56 — Ādityas
Deity: Ādityas. Rishi family (Mandala 8): Kanva and Angirasa families. This Sukta contains 5 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 8.56.1
परति ते दस्यवे वर्क राधो अदर्श्यह्रयम | दयौर्न परथिना शवः
prati te dasyave vṛka rādho adarśyahrayam | dyaurna prathinā śavaḥ
Rig Veda 8.56.2
दश मह्यं पौतक्रतः सहस्रा दस्यवे वर्कः | नित्याद रायो अमंहत
daśa mahyaṃ pautakrataḥ sahasrā dasyave vṛkaḥ | nityād rāyo amaṃhata
May Mitra bear us o’er distress, and Varuṇa and Aryaman, Yea, the Ādityas, as they know.
Rig Veda 8.56.3
शतं मे गर्दभानां शतमूर्णावतीनाम | शतं दासानति सरजः
śataṃ me ghardabhānāṃ śatamūrṇāvatīnām | śataṃ dāsānati srajaḥ
For wonderful and meet for praise is these Ādityas’ saving help To him who offers and prepares.
Rig Veda 8.56.4
तत्रो अपि पराणीयत पूतक्रतायै वयक्ता | अश्वानामिन न यूथ्याम
tatro api prāṇīyata pūtakratāyai vyaktā | aśvānāmin na yūthyām
The mighty aid of you, the Great, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman, We claim to be our sure defence.
Rig Veda 8.56.5
अचेत्यग्निश्चिकितुर्हव्यवाट स सुमद्रथः | अग्निः शुक्रेण शोचिषा बर्हत सूरो अरोचत दिवि सूर्यो अरोचत
acetyaghniścikiturhavyavāṭ sa sumadrathaḥ | aghniḥ śukreṇa śociṣā bṛhat sūro arocata divi sūryo arocata
Guard us, Ādityas, still alive, before the deadly weapon strike: Are yc not they who hear our call?
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