๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ธ๐๐๐๐ค๐ฎ๐
Manyu Suktam in Grantha ยท ๐๐๐ฐ๐จ๐๐ฅ
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Origin & Story
Rig Veda, Mandala 10, Suktas 83-84 ยท Rishi Manyu Tapasa (Vedic seer) ยท Vedic period (c. 1500-1000 BCE)
The Manyu Suktam is found as the 83rd and 84th hymns of the tenth Mandala of the Rig Veda, revealed by the rishi Manyu Tapasa with Manyu as the deity. Manyu is the personification of fierce ardour and divine wrath โ not blind rage, but the righteous, controlled intensity of power that destroys obstacles and evil. The hymn boldly equates Manyu with Indra, Varuna, Agni and all the gods, and the seeker prays to wield this inner fire as an ally in the battle of life. Across traditions it has been recited as an invocation of overwhelming protective power, associated variously with Shakti, Shiva, Narasimha and Hanuman.
โฆ As told in scripture
Manyu Suktam is traditionally held to be a 'shakti' hymn of such force that its sincere recitation strengthens ritual acts (karmas), grants victory and dissolves fear in the hearts of one's adversaries โ the closing mantra itself declares that defeated enemies, gripped by fear, will slink away utterly vanquished. Vedic tradition recommends it for those who must face powerful opposition, for it is said to clothe the chanter in the very might of Indra.
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๐ฏ๐ธ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฝ๐ต๐ฟ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ต๐๐๐ฐ ๐ธ๐พ๐ฏ๐ ๐ธ๐น ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐ท๐๐ฏ๐ค๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐พ๐จ๐๐ท๐๐เฅค ๐ธ๐พ๐น๐๐ฏ๐พ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐พ๐ธ๐ฎ๐พ๐ฐ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ค๐๐ต๐ฏ๐พ ๐ฏ๐๐๐พ ๐ธ๐น๐ธ๐๐๐๐ค๐๐จ ๐ธ๐น๐ธ๐พ ๐ธ๐น๐ธ๐๐ต๐ค๐พเฅฅ
yaste manyo'vidhadvajra sฤyaka saha ojaแธฅ puแนฃyati viลvamฤnuแนฃak; sฤhyฤma dฤsamฤryaแน tvayฤ yujฤ sahaskแนtena sahasฤ sahasvatฤ.
Meaning:O Manyu, wielder of the thunderbolt and arrow, he who worships you gains strength and vigour surpassing all men. With you as our ally and through overpowering, abundant might, may we overcome both the un-noble foe and the rival.
๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐จ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฐ๐๐ต๐พ๐ธ ๐ฆ๐๐ต๐ ๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐ค๐พ ๐ต๐ฐ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐พ๐ค๐ต๐๐ฆ๐พ๐เฅค ๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ ๐๐ณ๐ค๐ ๐ฎ๐พ๐จ๐๐ท๐๐ฐ๐๐ฏ๐พ๐ ๐ช๐พ๐น๐ฟ ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ธ๐พ ๐ธ๐๐๐ท๐พ๐เฅฅ
manyurindro manyurevฤsa devo manyurhotฤ varuแนo jฤtavedฤแธฅ; manyuแน viลa ฤซแธทate mฤnuแนฃฤซryฤแธฅ pฤhi no manyo tapasฤ sajoแนฃฤแธฅ.
Meaning:Manyu is Indra, Manyu is verily every god; Manyu is the priest (Hota), Varuna, and Jatavedas (Agni). The tribes of men adore Manyu โ O Manyu, well-pleased, protect us together with your ardour (tapas).
๐ ๐ญ๐๐น๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ค๐ต๐ธ๐ธ๐๐ค๐ต๐๐ฏ๐พ๐จ๐๐ค๐ช๐ธ๐พ ๐ฏ๐๐๐พ ๐ต๐ฟ ๐๐น๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ค๐๐ฐ๐๐จ๐เฅค ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ค๐๐ฐ๐น๐พ ๐ต๐๐ค๐๐ฐ๐น๐พ ๐ฆ๐ธ๐๐ฏ๐๐น๐พ ๐ ๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ต๐พ ๐ต๐ธ๐๐จ๐๐ฏ๐พ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐พ ๐ค๐๐ต๐ ๐จ๐เฅฅ
abhฤซhi manyo tavasastavฤซyฤntapasฤ yujฤ vi jahi ลatrลซn; amitrahฤ vแนtrahฤ dasyuhฤ ca viลvฤ vasลซnyฤ bharฤ tvaแน naแธฅ.
Meaning:Advance, O Manyu, mightier than the mighty; with tapas as your ally, utterly slay the enemies. Slayer of foes, of Vritra and of the Dasyus, bring to us all good things and wealth.
๐ค๐๐ต๐ ๐น๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐ฟ๐ญ๐๐ค๐๐ฏ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐ธ๐๐ต๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐๐ฐ๐๐ญ๐พ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐พ๐ค๐ฟ๐ท๐พ๐น๐เฅค ๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ต๐๐ฐ๐๐ท๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ ๐ธ๐น๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ ๐ธ๐น๐พ๐ต๐พ๐จ๐ธ๐๐ฎ๐พ๐ธ๐๐ต๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐ค๐จ๐พ๐ธ๐ ๐ง๐๐น๐ฟเฅฅ
tvaแน hi manyo abhibhลซtyojฤแธฅ svayambhลซrbhฤmo abhimฤtiแนฃฤhaแธฅ; viลvacarแนฃaแนiแธฅ sahuriแธฅ sahฤvฤnasmฤsvojaแธฅ pแนtanฤsu dhehi.
Meaning:For you, O Manyu, are of overpowering strength, self-existent, full of wrath, subduer of assailants; all-seeing, victorious and mighty โ grant us vigour in the battles.
๐ ๐ญ๐พ๐๐ ๐ธ๐จ๐๐จ๐ช ๐ช๐ฐ๐๐ค๐ ๐ ๐ธ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ค๐ต ๐๐๐ฐ๐ค๐๐ต๐พ ๐ค๐ต๐ฟ๐ท๐ธ๐๐ฏ ๐ช๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ค๐เฅค ๐ค๐ ๐ค๐๐ต๐พ ๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ค๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐น๐๐ณ๐พ๐น๐ ๐ธ๐๐ต๐พ ๐ค๐จ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐๐ฏ๐พ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐๐น๐ฟเฅฅ
abhฤgaแธฅ sannapa pareto asmi tava kratvฤ taviแนฃasya pracetaแธฅ; taแน tvฤ manyo akraturjihฤซแธทฤhaแน svฤ tanลซrbaladeyฤya mehi.
Meaning:Unportioned and forsaken I was; by your will, O wise and powerful one, let it be otherwise. O Manyu, though I have angered you through want of intelligence, come to me, your own, to grant me strength.
๐ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ ๐ธ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฏ๐๐ช ๐ฎ๐๐น๐๐ฏ๐ฐ๐๐ต๐พ๐๐๐ช๐๐ฐ๐ค๐๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ธ๐น๐๐ฐ๐ ๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ง๐พ๐ฏ๐เฅค ๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ต๐๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐จ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐พ๐ฎ๐พ ๐ต๐ต๐๐ค๐๐ธ๐๐ต ๐น๐จ๐พ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ธ๐๐ฏ๐๐๐ฐ๐๐ค ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐ฏ๐พ๐ช๐๐เฅฅ
ayaแน te asmyupa mehyarvฤแน pratฤซcฤซnaแธฅ sahure viลvadhฤyaแธฅ; manyo vajrinnabhi mฤmฤ vavแนtsva hanฤva dasyลซmฬruta bodhyฤpeแธฅ.
Meaning:Here I am for you; come towards me, turning forward, O conquering all-sustainer. O Manyu, wielder of the bolt, turn to me; let us together slay the Dasyus; and remember your friend.
๐ ๐ญ๐ฟ ๐ช๐๐ฐ๐๐น๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ท๐ฟ๐ฃ๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ต๐พ ๐ฎ๐๐ฝ๐ง๐พ ๐ต๐๐ค๐๐ฐ๐พ๐ฃ๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐๐จ๐พ๐ต ๐ญ๐๐ฐ๐ฟเฅค ๐๐๐น๐๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ค๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ต๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐พ ๐๐ช๐พ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ช๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐พ ๐ช๐ฟ๐ฌ๐พ๐ตเฅฅ
abhi prehi dakแนฃiแนato bhavฤ me'dhฤ vแนtrฤแนi jaแน ghanฤva bhลซri; juhomi te dharuแนaแน madhvo agramubhฤ upฤแนลu prathamฤ pibฤva.
Meaning:March forth, be on my right hand, and then together let us slay the many resisters. I offer to you the choicest, sustaining sweetness (Soma); let us both first drink it in silence.
๐ค๐๐ต๐ฏ๐พ ๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐พ๐ฐ๐๐๐จ๐๐ค๐ ๐น๐ฐ๐๐ท๐ฎ๐พ๐ฃ๐พ๐ธ๐ ๐ง๐๐ท๐ฟ๐ค๐พ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ค๐๐ต๐เฅค ๐ค๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ท๐ต ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐พ ๐ธ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐พ๐จ๐พ ๐ ๐ญ๐ฟ ๐ช๐๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐จ๐๐ค๐ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐๐ช๐พ๐เฅฅ
tvayฤ manyo sarathamฤrujanto harแนฃamฤแนฤso dhแนแนฃitฤ marutvaแธฅ; tigmeแนฃava ฤyudhฤ saแนลiลฤnฤ abhi pra yantu naro agnirลซpฤแธฅ.
Meaning:Mounting the same chariot with you, O Manyu, exulting, daring and attended by the Maruts, let the heroes โ with sharp arrows, whetting their weapons, in the form of fire โ advance.
๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ต ๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ค๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ท๐ฟ๐ค๐ ๐ธ๐น๐ธ๐๐ต ๐ธ๐๐จ๐พ๐จ๐๐ฐ๐๐จ๐ ๐ธ๐น๐๐ฐ๐ ๐น๐๐ค ๐๐ง๐ฟเฅค ๐น๐ค๐๐ต๐พ๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ค๐๐ฐ๐๐จ๐๐ต๐ฟ ๐ญ๐๐ธ๐๐ต ๐ต๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐พ๐จ๐ ๐ต๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐๐ฆ๐ธ๐๐ตเฅฅ
agniriva manyo tviแนฃitaแธฅ sahasva senฤnฤซrnaแธฅ sahure hลซta edhi; hatvฤya ลatrลซnvi bhajasva veda ojo mimฤno vi mแนdho nudasva.
Meaning:Like fire, blazing forth, O Manyu, prevail; being invoked, O conqueror, become our commander. Having slain the foes, apportion their wealth; measuring out your strength, drive away the scorners.
๐ธ๐น๐ธ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐พ๐ค๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ธ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ช๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ช๐๐ฐ๐๐น๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ค๐๐ฐ๐๐จ๐เฅค ๐๐๐๐ฐ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ช๐พ๐๐ ๐จ๐จ๐๐ต๐พ ๐ฐ๐๐ฐ๐๐ง๐๐ฐ๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ธ ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ต๐ฎ๐เฅฅ
sahasva manyo abhimฤtimasme rujanmแนแนanpramแนแนanprehi ลatrลซn; ugraแน te pฤjo nanvฤ rurudhre vaลฤซ vaลaแน nayasa ekaja tvam.
Meaning:Prevail, O Manyu, over our assailants; crushing, smiting and destroying, advance upon the enemies. Truly none has withstood your fierce might; you, the sole-born, lead them into submission as their master.
๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐น๐๐จ๐พ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ค๐ ๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐ ๐ธ๐ ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐พ๐ง๐ฟเฅค ๐ ๐๐๐ค๐๐ค๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ค๐๐ต๐ฏ๐พ ๐ฏ๐๐๐พ ๐ต๐ฏ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ท๐ ๐ต๐ฟ๐๐ฏ๐พ๐ฏ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฎ๐น๐เฅฅ
eko bahลซnฤmasi manyavฤซแธทito viลaแนviลaแน yudhaye saแน ลiลฤdhi; akแนttaruktvayฤ yujฤ vayaแน dyumantaแน ghoแนฃaแน vijayฤya kแนแนmahe.
Meaning:You alone are the lord of many; whetting (us) for battle clan by clan, with you as our flawless ally we raise the resounding shout for victory.
๐ต๐ฟ๐๐๐ท๐๐๐ฆ๐ฟ๐จ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฐ ๐๐ต๐พ๐จ๐ต๐ฌ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐๐ฝ๐ธ๐๐ฎ๐พ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ช๐พ ๐ญ๐ต๐๐นเฅค ๐ช๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐จ๐พ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐น๐๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฟ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐พ ๐ค๐ฎ๐๐ค๐๐ธ๐ ๐ฏ๐ค ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฅเฅฅ
vijeแนฃakแนdindra ivฤnavabravo'smฤkaแน manyo adhipฤ bhaveha; priyaแน te nฤma sahure gแนแนฤซmasi vidmฤ tamutsaแน yata ฤbabhลซtha.
Meaning:Bringing victory like Indra, beyond reproach, O Manyu, be here our sovereign protector. We hymn your dear name, O conqueror; we know the source from which you have arisen.
๐๐ญ๐๐ค๐๐ฏ๐พ ๐ธ๐น๐๐พ ๐ต๐๐๐ฐ ๐ธ๐พ๐ฏ๐ ๐ธ๐น๐ ๐ฌ๐ฟ๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐ท๐๐ฏ๐ญ๐ฟ๐ญ๐๐ค ๐๐ค๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐เฅค ๐๐๐ฐ๐ค๐๐ต๐พ ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ธ๐น ๐ฎ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐น๐พ๐ง๐จ๐ธ๐๐ฏ ๐ช๐๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐ค ๐ธ๐๐ธ๐๐๐ฟเฅฅ
ฤbhลซtyฤ sahajฤ vajra sฤyaka saho bibharแนฃyabhibhลซta uttaram; kratvฤ no manyo saha medyedhi mahฤdhanasya puruhลซta saแนsแนji.
Meaning:Born together with might, O wielder of the bolt and arrow, you bear, unconquered, supreme power. O Manyu, much-invoked, be of one accord with us by your resolve in (gaining) great wealth.
๐ธ๐๐ธ๐๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ฏ๐ ๐ธ๐ฎ๐พ๐๐๐ค๐ฎ๐ธ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฆ๐ค๐๐ค๐พ๐ ๐ต๐ฐ๐๐ฃ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ฏ๐๐เฅค ๐ญ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฆ๐ง๐พ๐จ๐พ ๐น๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐๐ท๐ ๐ถ๐ค๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ ๐ช๐ฐ๐พ๐๐ฟ๐ค๐พ๐ธ๐ ๐ ๐ช ๐จ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐จ๐๐ค๐พ๐ฎ๐เฅฅ
saแนsแนแนฃแนญaแน dhanamubhayaแน samฤkแนtamasmabhyaแน dattฤแน varuแนaลca manyuแธฅ; bhiyaแน dadhฤnฤ hแนdayeแนฃu ลatravaแธฅ parฤjitฤso apa ni layantฤm.
Meaning:May both Varuna and Manyu grant us the assembled, gathered wealth of both kinds; and may the enemies, defeated and bearing fear in their hearts, slink away utterly vanquished. Om, peace, peace, peace.
๐ ๐ถ๐พ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐พ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐พ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฟ๐เฅฅ
Om ลฤntiแธฅ ลฤntiแธฅ ลฤntiแธฅ.
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Benefits of Chanting Manyu Suktam
Bestows courage, valour and indomitable inner strength (ojas)
Grants victory over enemies โ both external adversaries and inner foes like fear, anger and weakness
Channels anger and intensity righteously, transforming Manyu (wrath) into focused divine power
Removes obstacles (Vritra) and negative forces (Dasyus) from one's path
Builds confidence, willpower and fearlessness, especially before challenges or conflict
A potent Vedic prayer for strength in legal, competitive or adversarial situations
Invokes the combined might of Indra, Varuna and Agni, who are all identified with Manyu
How to Chant Manyu Suktam
Bathe and sit facing east or north with a steady, resolute mind. Chant the fourteen mantras of Rig Veda 10.83-84 with firm, clear articulation, feeling Manyu as the righteous power and courage rising within. It is best learned and chanted with proper Vedic intonation (svara) under guidance. Recite it before undertaking difficult tasks, facing adversaries, or when needing to overcome fear and self-doubt, and close with the threefold Shanti.
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