Ancient Sanskrit

We have a complete edition of the metrically restored text of the entire Rigveda here. Below we provide specific selections from the Rigveda together with translations.

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1. Rigveda I, 98
2. Rigveda IV, 53, 1-6
3. Rigveda III, 33, 4-8
4. Rigveda VII, 81
5. Rigveda VIII, 18, 4-12
6. Rigveda VI, 21, 2-6
7. Rigveda X, 37, 5-10
8. Rigveda V, 42, 13-18
9. Rigveda II, 42 and X, 58
10. Rigveda VIII, 27, 10-20