Stotra

वैदिक देवी सूक्तम् (वाक् सूक्त)

Vedic Devi Suktam (Vak Sukta)

Eight Rigvedic verses in the voice of Vāk, read as a hymn to the all-pervading Divine Feminine during Navratri.

समर्पितमाँ दुर्गा
Sacred textPronunciation

ahn rudrebhirvasubhishcharaamyahamaadityairuta vishvadevaih.ahn mitraavarunobhaa bibharmyahamindraagnee ahamashvinobhaa (1)

ahn somamaahanasn bibharmyahn tvashtaaramuta pooshann bhagam.ahn dadhaami dravinn havishmate supraavye yajamaanaaya sunvate (2)

ahn raashtree sngamanee vasoonaan chikitushee prathamaa yajnyiyaanaam.taan maa devaa vyadadhuh purutraa bhooristhaatraan bhooryaaveshayanteem (3)

mayaa so annamatti yo vipashyati yh praaniti ya een shrinotyuktam.amantavo maan ta upa kshiyanti shrudhi shruta shraddhivn te vadaami (4)

ahameva svayamidn vadaami jushtn devebhiruta maanushebhih.yn kaamaye tntamugrn krinomi tn brahmaann tamrishin tn sumedhaam (5)

ahn rudraaya dhanuraa tanomi brahmadvishe sharave hantavaa u.ahn janaaya samadn krinomyahn dyaavaaprithivee aa vivesha (6)

ahn suve pitaramasya moordhanmama yonirapsvanth samudre.tato vi tishthe bhuvanaanu vishvotaamoon dyaan varshmanopa sprishaami (7)

ahameva vaata iva pra vaamyaarabhamaanaa bhuvanaani vishvaa.paro divaa para enaa prithivyaitaavatee mahinaa sn babhoova (8)

भावार्थ

वैदिक देवी सूक्तम् (वाक् सूक्त) का अर्थ

This hymn speaks in the first person as Vāk Ambhṛṇī. Its theological voice should not be mistaken for a modern biography or a single mandatory Navratri rite. The reading is unaccented; Vedic recitation with pitch marks requires a trained tradition.