Devi Suktam

ॐ अ॒हं रु॒द्रेभि॒र्वसु॑भिश्चराम्य॒हमा᳚दि॒त्यैरु॒त वि॒श्वदे᳚वैः ।
अ॒हं मि॒त्रावरु॑णो॒भा बि॑भर्म्य॒हमि᳚न्द्रा॒ग्नी अ॒हम॒श्विनो॒भा ॥ १॥

oṃ a̱haṃ ru̱drebhi̱rvasu̍bhiścarāmya̱hamā̎di̱tyairu̱ta vi̱śvade̎vaiḥ .
a̱haṃ mi̱trāvaru̍ṇo̱bhā bi̍bharmya̱hami̎ndrā̱gnī a̱hama̱śvino̱bhā .. 1..

I move along with Rudras, the Vasus, the Adityas, also with the Vishvadevas. I hold both Mitra and Varuna, both Indra and Agni, and both the Asvin brothers.

अ॒हं सोम॑माह॒नसं᳚ बिभर्म्य॒हं त्वष्टा᳚रमु॒त पू॒षणं॒ भगम्᳚ ।
अ॒हं द॑धामि॒ द्रवि॑णं ह॒विष्म॑ते सुप्रा॒व्ये॒ ए॒ ३॒॑ यज॑मानाय सुन्व॒ते ॥ २॥

a̱haṃ soma̍māha̱nasa̎ṃ bibharmya̱haṃ tvaṣṭā̎ramu̱ta pū̱ṣaṇa̱ṃ bhagam̎ .
a̱haṃ da̍dhāmi̱ dravi̍ṇaṃ ha̱viṣma̍te suprā̱vye̱ e̱ 3̱̍ yaja̍mānāya sunva̱te .. 2..

I bear the pressed out Soma, also Tvashtri, Pushan and Bhaga. I grant wealth to the possessor of oblation, to the mindful institutor of sacrifice and to the performer of Soma sacrifice.

अ॒हं राष्ट्री᳚ सं॒गम॑नी॒ वसू᳚नां चिकि॒तुषी᳚ प्रथ॒मा य॒ज्ञिया᳚नाम् ।
तां मा᳚ दे॒वा व्य॑दधुः पुरु॒त्रा भूरि॑स्थात्रां॒ भूर्या᳚ वे॒शयन्᳚तीम् ॥ ३॥

a̱haṃ rāṣṭrī̎ sa̱ṃgama̍nī̱ vasū̎nāṃ ciki̱tuṣī̎ pratha̱mā ya̱jñiyā̎nām .
tāṃ mā̎ de̱vā vya̍dadhuḥ puru̱trā bhūri̍sthātrā̱ṃ bhūryā̎ ve̱śayan̎tīm .. 3..

I am the Queen, the gatherer of vasus (treasures), knower of Brahman, the first (chief) of the object of yagna (worship). The gods have dispersed me in many places, having many abodes, causing me to pervade (or overpower) many.

मया॒ सोऽअन्न॑मत्ति॒ यो वि॒पश्य॑ति॒ यः प्राणि॑ति॒ य ईं᳚ श‍ृ॒णोत्यु॒क्तम् ।
अ॒म॒न्तवो॒मान्त उप॑क्षियन्ति श्रु॒धिश्रु॑त श्रद्धि॒वं ते᳚ वदामि ॥ ४॥

mayā̱ so’anna̍matti̱ yo vi̱paśya̍ti̱ yaḥ prāṇi̍ti̱ ya ī̎ṃ śṛ̱ṇotyu̱ktam .
a̱ma̱ntavo̱mānta upa̍kṣiyanti śru̱dhiśru̍ta śraddhi̱vaṃ te̎ vadāmi .. 4..

He who eats food, he who sees, who breathes, who hears the spoken word does so through me alone. Even the non-perceivers of you dwell near me. Hear me! he who is capable of hearing me! I speak to you the credible.

अ॒हमे॒व स्व॒यमि॒दं व॑दामि॒ जुष्टं᳚ दे॒वेभि॑रु॒त मानु॑षेभिः ।
यं का॒मये॒ तं त॑मु॒ग्रं कृ॑णोमि॒ तं ब्र॒ह्माणं॒ तमृषिं॒ तं सु॑मे॒धाम् ॥ ५॥

a̱hame̱va sva̱yami̱daṃ va̍dāmi̱ juṣṭa̎ṃ de̱vebhi̍ru̱ta mānu̍ṣebhiḥ .
yaṃ kā̱maye̱ taṃ ta̍mu̱graṃ kṛ̍ṇomi̱ taṃ bra̱hmāṇa̱ṃ tamṛṣi̱ṃ taṃ su̍me̱dhām .. 5..

I speak this myself, which is liked by both gods and men alike, whomever I wish, I make him powerful, well versed in knowledge, a sage and a wise one.

अ॒हं रु॒द्राय॒ धनु॒रात॑नोमि ब्रह्म॒द्विषे॒ शर॑वे॒हन्त॒ वा उ॑ ।
अ॒हं जना᳚य स॒मदं᳚ कृणोम्य॒हं द्यावा᳚पृथि॒वी आवि॑वेश ॥ ६॥

a̱haṃ ru̱drāya̱ dhanu̱rāta̍nomi brahma̱dviṣe̱ śara̍ve̱hanta̱ vā u̍ .
a̱haṃ janā̎ya sa̱mada̎ṃ kṛṇomya̱haṃ dyāvā̎pṛthi̱vī āvi̍veśa .. 6..

The bow I stretch for the arrow for Rudra is for the purpose of killing the hater of Brahman. I do battle for people. I have pervaded heaven and earth.

अ॒हं सु॑वे पि॒तर॑मस्य मू॒र्धन् मम॒ योनि॑र॒प्स्व (अ॒) १॒॑न्तः स॑मु॒द्रे ।
ततो॒ विति॑ष्ठे॒ भुव॒नानु॒ विश्वो॒ तामूं द्यां व॒र्ष्मणोप॑स्पृशामि ॥ ७॥

a̱haṃ su̍ve pi̱tara̍masya mū̱rdhan mama̱ yoni̍ra̱psva (a̱) 1̱̍ntaḥ sa̍mu̱dre .
tato̱ viti̍ṣṭhe̱ bhuva̱nānu̱ viśvo̱ tāmūṃ dyāṃ va̱rṣmaṇopa̍spṛśāmi .. 7..

I generate the father on the summit of this (sky). My source is in the waters, in the inner ocean. Thence, I spread among all living creatures, alongside the all-pervading, and with the vertex I touch that sky.

अ॒हमे॒व वात॑ऽइव॒ प्रवा᳚म्या॒रभ॑माणा॒ भुव॑नानि॒ विश्वा᳚ ।
प॒रो दि॒वा प॒रए॒ना पृ॑थि॒व्यै ताव॑ती महि॒ना सम्ब॑भूव ॥ ८॥
ॐ शान्तिः॒ शान्तिः॒ शान्तिः॑ ॥

a̱hame̱va vāta̎iva̱ pravā̎myā̱rabha̍māṇā̱ bhuva̍nāni̱ viśvā̎ .
pa̱ro di̱vā pa̱rae̱nā pṛ̍thi̱vyai tāva̍tī mahi̱nā samba̍bhūva .. 8..
oṃ śānti̱ḥ śānti̱ḥ śānti̍ḥ ..

I only breathe forth, like the wind, while holding together all living creatures. So great (vast) I have become possessing greatness that I am beyond heaven and this earth.

Description

Devi Suktam or the Vaak Sutam (Vak suktam) occurs in the 10th mandala of Rig Veda Samhita as suktam number 125. The seer of the mantra is vak, the daughter of rishi ambharnaa, resulting in the complete name vagambharni. The devata is also vagambharni, meaning that the seer completely identifies with the seen in this suktam. Various interpretations of the vak suktam have been given in the literature partly due to the fact that the verbs or nouns present could have multiple meanings. In this exposition, we tried to adhere to strict grammatical rules to somewhat narrow the choice of meanings.