Devi Sukta — opening verse
The Goddess speaks in the first person: I move with the Rudras, the Vasus, the Adityas. Rigveda 10.125.1.
Rigveda 10.125.1edition
Sanskrit · संस्कृत
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Meaning
I move with the Rudras and the Vasus; I move with the Adityas and the All-Gods. I carry both Mitra and Varuna, both Indra and Agni, and both Ashvins.
This rendering is by a DharmSetu editor, not a quotation from a published translation. Compare with the public-domain translation.
A Hindi meaning has not been written for this mantra yet. Hindi is authored by a named editor rather than machine-translated, so it arrives more slowly.
How to recite
- Time
- brahma muhurta
Pronunciation key — sounds commonly got wrong
- ट ठ ड ढ ण · ṭ ṭh ḍ ḍh ṇ
- Retroflex — the tongue curls back and touches the roof of the mouth. Distinct from the dental त थ द ध न, where the tongue touches the teeth.
- श ष स · ś ṣ s
- Three different sounds: ś as in “shy”, ṣ retroflex and further back, s plain. Collapsing them changes words.
- ः · ḥ (visarga)
- A soft outward breath echoing the preceding vowel — not a hard “ha”.
- ं · ṃ (anusvara)
- Nasalises the vowel; the closing sound follows the consonant that comes next.
- Long vs short vowels — a / ā, i / ī, u / ū
- Vowel length is meaningful in Sanskrit. Hold the macron vowels roughly twice as long.
- Aspirated consonants — kh, gh, ch, th, dh, ph, bh
- A distinct puff of breath. ph is an aspirated p, never an English “f”.
Word by word
- अहम्aham
- I(nom. sg.)MW1899-CDSL p.123
- रुद्रेभिःrudrebhiḥ
- with the Rudras(inst. pl., Vedic form)MW1899-CDSL p.883
- वसुभिःvasubhiḥ
- with the Vasus(inst. pl.)MW1899-CDSL p.930
- चरामिcarāmi
- I move, I go about(1st sg. pres.)MW1899-CDSL p.389
- आदित्यैःādityaiḥ
- with the Adityas(inst. pl.)MW1899-CDSL p.137
- विश्वदेवैःviśvadevaiḥ
- with the All-Gods(inst. pl.)MW1899-CDSL p.993
- बिभर्मिbibharmi
Context
Shadanga — the six limbs
The traditional analytic frame for a mantra. Blank limbs are simply not recorded for this text.
- rishi
- Vak Ambhrini
- chhanda
- Trishtubh
- devata
- Vak (Devi)
Recited at / traditionally recited for
Classified as Vedic — From the Vedic corpus — Samhita, Brahmana, Aranyaka or Upanishad. Carries a rishi, a metre, and accent marking. Basis for this classification.
Related mantras
Purnamadah Purnamidam
The fullness verse — take fullness from fullness and fullness remains. Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 5.1.1.
Agnim Ile — the first verse of the Rigveda
The opening verse of the Rigveda, and so the first line of the Vedic corpus — an invocation of Agni.
Sangachhadhvam Samvadadhvam
The closing hymn of the Rigveda, on moving together and speaking together — Rigveda 10.191.2.