Rig Veda Sukta 75
Mandala 6Sukta 7519 Mantras

Sukta 75

Sukta 6.75

Rishi

Bharadvāja (traditional for RV 6.75, the ‘armor/bow’ hymn)

Devata

Weapons/Armor (Varman), martial protection (often treated as addressed power rather than a personal god)

Chandas

Triṣṭubh (common for this sukta; exact scan recommended)

Yeh mantra yoddha ke hathiyar aur armor ko shakti deta hai. Rathi, dhanush aur teer sab pe raksha ka varnan hai. Devi devta alag alag cheezon ki suraksha karte hain. Yuddh bhoomi ka drishya dikhaya gaya hai. Sabse upar ki raksha brahman se aati hai. Yeh shabd andar ki armor ban jata hai.

Recitation with translationRig Veda 6.75

Mantras

Mantra 1

जीमूतस्येव भवति प्रतीकं यद्वर्मी याति समदामुपस्थे । अनाविद्धया तन्वा जय त्वं स त्वा वर्मणो महिमा पिपर्तु ॥

Jab bazu bandh karke yoddha maidan mein utarta hai, uska chehra baadal jaisa dikhta hai. Bazu uski hifaazat karti hai. Jis ka sharir phanka nahi gaya, woh jeetta hai. Bazu ki taakat use poora bana de.

Mantra 2

धन्वना गा धन्वनाजिं जयेम धन्वना तीव्राः समदो जयेम । धनुः शत्रोरपकामं कृणोति धन्वना सर्वाः प्रदिशो जयेम ॥

Dhanush se hum gaayen jeete hain, dhanush se jung jeete hain, dhanush se bade ladai jeete hain. Dhanush dushman ka himmat tod deta hai. Dhanush se hum charo disha jeete hain.

Mantra 3

वक्ष्यन्तीवेदा गनीगन्ति कर्णं प्रियं सखायं परिषस्वजाना । योषेव शिङ्क्ते वितताधि धन्वञ्ज्या इयं समने पारयन्ती ॥

Yeh dhanush ki dor kano mein aawaz bharti hai, jaise koi apne yaar se mil rahi ho. Jaise patni sajti hai, waise yeh dor dhanush pe tani hai. Yeh humein jung mein paar le jaati hai.

Mantra 4

ते आचरन्ती समनेव योषा मातेव पुत्रं बिभृतामुपस्थे । अप शत्रून्विध्यतां संविदाने आर्त्नी इमे विष्फुरन्ती अमित्रान् ॥

Yeh dhanush jung mein aage badhta hai jaise aurat chalti hai. Jaise maa apne bete ko god mein uthaye, waise yeh dushman pe vaar karta hai. Dhanush ke dono kinare mil ke dushman ko maarte hain.

Mantra 5

बह्वीनां पिता बहुरस्य पुत्रश्चिश्चा कृणोति समनावगत्य । इषुधिः सङ्काः पृतनाश्च सर्वाः पृष्ठे निनद्धो जयति प्रसूतः ॥

Woh bahut bacchon ka baap hai, khushhali ka beta hai. Woh jung mein jaake sab theek karta hai. Uske peeth par teer ki potli aur hathiyar bandha hai. Woh nikalta hai aur jeetta hai.

Mantra 6

रथे तिष्ठन्नयति वाजिनः पुरो यत्रयत्र कामयते सुषारथिः । अभीशूनां महिमानं पनायत मनः पश्चादनु यच्छन्ति रश्मयः ॥

Sarathi rath pe khada rehta hai aur ghode jahan chahta hai wahan le jaata hai. Lagaam ki taakat badi hai, woh dimaag ko control karti hai. Jaise sarathi chahta hai, waise ghode chalte hain.

Mantra 7

तीव्रान्घोषान्कृण्वते वृषपाणयोऽश्वा रथेभिः सह वाजयन्तः । अवक्रामन्तः प्रपदैरमित्रान्क्षिणन्ति शत्रूँरनपव्ययन्तः ॥

Yeh ghode bahut taqatwar hain, unke haath mein dum hai. Woh apne rathon ke saath aate hain aur zor se awaaz karte hain. Aage badhte hue woh dushmanon ko peeche kar dete hain. Apne kadamon se woh dushmani ki harkat ko daba dete hain. Woh kabhi raste se nahi hattte, dushmanon ko khatam karte chale jaate hain.

Mantra 8

रथवाहनं हविरस्य नाम यत्रायुधं निहितमस्य वर्म । तत्रा रथमुप शग्मं सदेम विश्वाहा वयं सुमनस्यमानाः ॥

Is jagah ka naam Ratha-vahana hai, yahan rath rukta hai. Yahan hathiyaar aur uski suraksha dono rakhi hoti hai. Hum sab din is jeetne wale rath ke paas baithna chahte hain. Humara mann saaf rahe, koi uljhan na ho, yeh dua hai.

Mantra 9

स्वादुषंसदः पितरो वयोधाः कृच्छ्रेश्रितः शक्तीवन्तो गभीराः । चित्रसेना इषुबला अमृध्राः सतोवीरा उरवो व्रातसाहाः ॥

Pitron ko bulaya ja raha hai jo bahut achhe hain. Woh humare liye taqat laate hain, mushkil mein bhi saath dete hain. Unki sena alag-alag tarah ki hai, teer se bahut taqatwar hai. Woh kabhi dhoka nahi dete, sachche veer hain. Woh bade log hain, dushmanon ko haraane wale hain.

Mantra 10

ब्राह्मणासः पितरः सोम्यासः शिवे नो द्यावापृथिवी अनेहसा । पूषा नः पातु दुरितादृतावृधो रक्षा माकिर्नो अघशंस ईशत ॥

Brahman aur pitra log jo Som ras se bhare hain, woh humpe khush hon. Aasman aur dharti humein koi pareshani na dein, khula maidan dein. Pushan devta humein bura waqt se bachaye, woh sacchai ko badhane wala hai. Koi bura bolne wala humpe raaj na kare, yeh raksha ho.

Mantra 11

सुपर्णं वस्ते मृगो अस्या दन्तो गोभिः संनद्धा पतति प्रसूता । यत्रा नरः सं च वि च द्रवन्ति तत्रास्मभ्यमिषवः शर्म यंसन् ॥

Is cheez ke pankh hain jaise koi achhi chidiya ho. Uska daant jaise koi jungli jaanwar ka ho. Woh gaaon ki kirnon ke saath jud kar ud jaati hai jab chhodi jaati hai. Jahan log aate hain aur bikhar jaate hain, wahan teer humein suraksha dein. Yeh taqatein humare liye raksha banen, nuksan nahi.

Mantra 12

ऋजीते परि वृङ्धि नोऽश्मा भवतु नस्तनूः । सोमो अधि ब्रवीतु नोऽदितिः शर्म यच्छतु ॥

Hey jo seedha karta hai, humein apane paas le le. Patthar humare shareer ban jaaye. Soma hum mein bolne lage. Aditi humein shanti aur suraksha de.

Mantra 13

आ जङ्घन्ति सान्वेषां जघनाँ उप जिघ्नते । अश्वाजनि प्रचेतसोऽश्वान्त्समत्सु चोदय ॥

Woh pahadiyon par chadhte hain. Peeche se maarte hain. Hey ghode paida karne wale, tum samajh rakho. Yuddh mein ghodon ko aage badhao. Taakat ko jeet ki taraf le jao.

Mantra 14

अहिरिव भोगैः पर्येति बाहुं ज्याया हेतिं परिबाधमानः । हस्तघ्नो विश्वा वयुनानि विद्वान्पुमान्पुमांसं परि पातु विश्वतः ॥

Jaise saanp lapet leta hai, waise hi baahon ko lapet ke rakhta hai. Bade hathiyaar ko rokta hai. Haath maarn wala sab jaanta hai. Woh mard shakti insaan ko charo taraf se bachaaye.

Mantra 15

आलाक्ता या रुरुशीर्ष्ण्यथो यस्या अयो मुखम् । इदं पर्जन्यरेतस इष्वै देव्यै बृहन्नमः ॥

Devi teer ko pranaam. Laal rang ka hai, chamakdaar sir hai, muh lohe ka hai. Parjanya ki bij se paida hui, woh baarish wali shakti ka teer hai.

Mantra 16

अवसृष्टा परा पत शरव्ये ब्रह्मसंशिते । गच्छामित्रान्प्र पद्यस्व मामीषां कं चनोच्छिषः ॥

Teer, tu chhod diya gaya hai, door ja aur ud. Mantar se tez kiya gaya hai. Dushmanon ke paas ja, un par gir. Kisi ko bhi zinda mat chhod. Par mujhe apne baaki se bacha le.

Mantra 17

यत्र बाणाः सम्पतन्ति कुमारा विशिखा इव । तत्रा नो ब्रह्मणस्पतिरदितिः शर्म यच्छतु विश्वाहा शर्म यच्छतु ॥

Jahan teer barish ki tarah bars rahe hon, wahan Brahmanaspati aur Aditi humein surakshit rakhein. Woh har waqt humein shanti dein aur hum pe dhyan rakhein.

Mantra 18

मर्माणि ते वर्मणा छादयामि सोमस्त्वा राजामृतेनानु वस्ताम् । उरोर्वरीयो वरुणस्ते कृणोतु जयन्तं त्वानु देवा मदन्तु ॥

Main tumhare shareer ke nazuk hisson ko kavach se dhak deta hoon. Soma raja tumhe amar bana dein. Varuna tumhare liye raasta khola karein. Devta tumhari jeet pe khush hon.

Mantra 19

यो नः स्वो अरणो यश्च निष्ट्यो जिघांसति । देवास्तं सर्वे धूर्वन्तु ब्रह्म वर्म ममान्तरम् ॥

Jo bhi humara dushman hai, apna ho ya paraya, jo humein maarna chahta hai. Saare devta usse peeche dhakel dein. Mere paas brahm ki shakti hai jo mujhe bacha rahi hai.

Inside Sukta 75

How it unfolds

  1. Where it opens

    A striking image of the armored warrior entering battle, with a prayer for an unpierced body and the ‘greatness of armor’ to fill and protect (6.75.1).

  2. Development

    Protection expands from the physical (gear and bodily safety) to the social and cosmic: allies, ancestors, Heaven-and-Earth, and Pūṣan are asked to grant wide, trouble-free space and to restrain hostile forces and malicious speech (e.g., 6.75.10).

  3. Climax

    The hymn’s protective net becomes universal—hostility from friend or stranger is to be crushed back by all the gods, revealing protection as a divine consensus rather than a single agency (6.75.19a).

  4. Where it settles

    It ends by locating ultimate safety within: ‘brahman is my inner armor’—the sanctified Word and truth-powered resolve as the final, unassailable defense (6.75.19b).

The deity: Varman

  • In the VedaThe hymn addresses armor and weaponry as living, efficacious forces: the varman “covers,” “fills,” and keeps the body unpierced, while allied divine powers—Ancestors, Heaven-and-Earth, Pūṣan, and All Gods—are invoked to ward off harm, evil speech, and hostile intent.
  • Cosmic functionTo establish a field of protection (rakṣas) around the combatant by aligning human action with ṛta—right order—so that weapons serve dharma and hostility is repelled back upon aggressors.
  • Inner significanceThe outer armor mirrors an inner discipline: steadiness, mantra-protected mind, and the invulnerability born of truth-speaking (brahman). The hymn teaches that the strongest shield is clarity and sacred speech that prevents fear, confusion, and psychic ‘piercing.’

The seer

  • BharadvājaBharadvāja (Bārhaspatya) gotra; traditionally connected with the Angiras/Bṛhaspati line · A major Rigvedic seer whose family corpus (especially Mandala 6) is renowned for hymns of prayerful power, priestly efficacy, and practical protections—including this celebrated “armor/bow” hymn used for safeguarding in conflict.

Famous verses

जीमूतस्येव भवति प्रतीकं यद्वर्मी याति समदामुपस्थे । अनाविद्धया तन्वा जय त्वं स त्वा वर्मणो महिमा पिपर्तु ॥
Verse 6.75.1Programmatic opening: vividly frames the battle-entry and states the core wish—unpierced wholeness through the power of armor (varman) itself.Read verse 6.75.1 →
rakṣā mākir no aghaśaṃsa īśata
Verse 6.75.10Shows the hymn’s multi-layered protection: Pitṛs, Dyāvāpṛthivī, and Pūṣan are invoked to remove distress and neutralize evil-speaking hostility.Read verse 6.75.10 →
brahma varma mamāntaram
Verse 6.75.19Culminating protective verdict: any would-be attacker is repelled by all gods; the decisive revelation is brahman as the inner, spiritual armor.Read verse 6.75.19 →

Attributes of the deity

  • Protective covering (āvaraṇa) and inviolability
  • Consecration of instruments (weapons/gear) through mantra
  • Repulsion of hostility and evil speech (aghaśaṃsa)
  • Alliance of human courage with ṛta
  • Brahman as the highest, internal ‘armor’

Also by this seer

  • Large portions of Rig Veda Mandala 6 are attributed to the Bharadvāja family of seers
  • Hymns to Indra, Agni, and the Maruts emphasizing protection, victory, and inspired speech (brahman)
  • Traditions link the Bharadvāja lineage with priestly transmission and ritual expertise in later Vedic memory

The rite, step by step

  • Prepare a clean space and kindle/approach the household or sacrificial fire (Agni) as witness.
  • Place armor, bow, arrows, and related gear before the reciter; touch or gesture toward each item as its protection is invoked.
  • Recite the hymn in order, pausing at key protective verses to ‘seal’ the protection (especially 6.75.1 and the concluding 6.75.19).
  • Invoke supportive powers named in the hymn (Pitṛs, Dyāvāpṛthivī, Pūṣan, Viśve Devāḥ) for broad, obstacle-free space and safe return.
  • Conclude with a final protective affirmation—brahman as inner armor—and a quiet moment of resolve (saṃkalpa) for right action.

Offerings

  • Ghee (ājya) into fire where applicable
  • Soma substitute or simple libation (water/milk) in later practice contexts
  • Grains or barley, and a small oblation for the Pitṛs when invoking ancestors
  • Incense/fragrant wood (in post-Vedic adaptations)

Frequently Asked Questions

It is a protection hymn that empowers a warrior’s armor and weapons through mantra, asking for an unpierced body, safe space, and the turning back of hostility.

The main addressed power is Varman—armor/weaponry as protective force—while the hymn also calls on Ancestors, Heaven-and-Earth, Pūṣan, and All Gods to complete the protection.

Beyond physical armor, the hymn says the strongest shield is brahman—the sacred, truth-charged Word—described as “my inner armor” that guards against enemies and fear.

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