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Rakshoghna Suktam
Rakshoghna Suktam
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rakṣoghnasūktaṛgvedaḥvedaḥmaṇḍalaṃḍalaṃ4athavā10 rakṣoghnasūktaṛgvedaḥvedaḥmaṇḍalaṃḍalaṃ4athavā10 kṛ̱ṇu̱ṣva pāja̱ḥprasi̭ti̱ṃnapṛ̱thvīṃvīṃyā̱hirāje̱vāma̭vā̱~ibhḙna| tṛ̱ṣvīmanuvīmanu̱prasi̭tiṃdrūṇāūṇā̱no'stātā̭si̱vidhya̭ra̱kṣasa̱stapi̭ṣṭhaiḥaiḥ||4.004.01 tava̭bhra̱māsa̭āśu̱yāpa̭ta̱ntyanuyanṷspṛśapṛśadhṛṣa̱tāśośṷcānaḥ| tapṷ̄ṃṣyagneju̱hvā̭pata̱ṃgānasa̭ṃdito̱visṛ̭ja̱viṣva̭gu̱lkāḥkāḥ||4.004.02 prati̱spaśo̱visṛ̭ja̱tūrṇi̭tamo̱bhavā̭pā̱yurvi̱śoa̱syāyāada̭bdhaḥdhaḥ| yono̭dū̱rea̱ghaśa̭ṃso̱yoantyagne̱māki ̭ṣṭe̱vyathi̱rāda̭dharṣītt||4.004.03 uda̭gnetiṣṭha̱pratyāyāta̭nuṣvava̱nya1ya1̱̭mitrā̭~oṣatāttigmahetemahete| yono̱arā̭tiṃsamidhānadhānaca̱kreenī̱cātaṃdha̭kṣyatayata̱saṃnaśuṣka̭m||4.004.04 ū̱rdhvobha̭va̱prati̭vi̱dhyādhya̱smadādā̱viṣkṛkṛ̭ṇuṣvava̱daivyāyā̭nyagne| ava̭sthi̱rāta̭nuhi yātu̱jūnā̭ṃjā̱mimajāmajā̭mi̱ṃpramṛ̭ṇīhi̱śatrṷ̄n||4.004.05 satḙjānāti suma̱tiṃya̭viṣṭha̱yaīva̭te̱brahma̭ṇegā̱tumairamaira̭t| viśvā̭nyasmaisu̱dinānā̭nirā̱yodyu̱mnānya̱ryoviduro̭a̱bhidyaṷt||4.004.06 seda̭gneastusu̱bhaga̭ḥsu̱dānu̱ryastvāvā̱nityeyḙnaha̱viṣāṣā̱yau̱kthaiḥthaiḥ| piprī̭ṣati̱sva āyuyṷṣiduro̱ṇeviśvededa̭smaisu̱dinānā̱sāsa̭di̱ṣṭiḥ||4.004.07 arcā̭mitesuma̱tiṃghoṣyaya̱rvāksaṃsaṃtḙvā̱vātā̭jaratāmi̱yaṃgīḥ| svaśvā̭stvāvāsu̱rathā̭marjayemāyemā̱smekṣa̱trāṇi̭dhāraye̱ranu̱dyūnūn||4.004.08 i̱hatvāvā̱bhūryāca̭re̱dupa̱tmandoṣāṣā̭vastardīdi̱vāṃsa̱manu̱dyūnūn| krīḻa̭ntastvāvāsu̱mana̭saḥsapemā̱bhidyu̱mnāta̭sthi̱vāṃso̱janā̭nām||4.004.09 yastvāvā̱svaśva̭ḥsuhirara̱ṇyoa̭gnaupa̱yāti̱vasṷmatā̱rathḙna| tasya̭trā̱tābha̭vasi̱tasya̱sakhā̱yasta̭āti̱thyamāyamā̭nu̱ṣagjujo̭ṣat||4.004.10 ma̱horṷjāmi ba̱ndhutādhutā̱vaco̭bhi̱stanmā̭pi̱turgota̭mā̱danvi̭yāya| tvaṃvaṃno̭a̱sya vaca̭saścikiddhi̱hotata̭ryaviṣṭhasukrato̱damṷ̄nāḥ||4.004.11 rakṣoghnasūktaṛgvedaḥvedaḥmaṇḍalaṃḍalaṃ4athavā10 asva̭pnajasta̱raṇa̭yaḥsu̱śevā̱ata̭ndrāso'vṛ'vṛ̱kāaśra̭miṣṭhāḥāḥ| tepā̱yava̭ḥsa̱dhrya̭ñconi̱ṣadyāgne̱tava̭naḥpāntvamūravamūra||4.004.12 yepā̱yavo̭māmate̱yaṃtḙagne̱paśya̭ntoa̱ndhaṃdhaṃdṷri̱tādara̭kṣann| ra̱rakṣa̱tānsu̱kṛto̭vi̱śvavevḙdā̱dipsa̭nta̱idri̱pavo̱nāha̭debhuḥ||4.004.13 tvayāvayā̭va̱yaṃsa̭dha̱nya1ya1̱̭stvotātā̱stavatava̱praṇīṇī̭tyaśyāmayāma̱vājā̭n| u̱bhāśaṃsā̭sūdayasatyatāte'nuṣṭhuu̱yākṛ̭ṇuhyahrayāṇayāṇa||4.004.14 a̱yātḙagnesa̱midhādhā̭vidhemadhema̱prati̱stomaṃma̭ṃśa̱syamāyamā̭naṃgṛbhāya| dahā̱śaso̭ra̱kṣasaḥsa̭ḥpā̱hya1̱̭smāndru̱honi̱domi̭tramahoava̱dyātāt||4.004.15 ra̱kṣo̱haṇa̭ṃvā̱jina̱māji̭gharmimi̱traṃprathi̭ṣṭha̱mupa̭yāmi̱śarma̭| śiśāśā̭noa̱gniḥkratṷbhi̱ḥsami̭ddha̱ḥsano̱divāvā̱sari̱ṣaḥpā̭tu̱nakta̭m||10.087.01 ayo̭daṃṣṭroa̱rciṣāṣā̭yātu̱dhānā̱nupa̭spṛśapṛśajātaveda̱ḥsami̭ddhaḥ| āji̱hvayāyā̱mūra̭devānrabhasvavakra̱vyādo̭vṛ̱ktvyapi̭dhatsvāvā̱san||10.087.02 u̱bhobhabha̭yāvi̱nnupa̭dhehi̱daṃṣṭrāā̭hi̱ṃsraḥśiśāśā̱no'va'va̭ra̱ṃpara̭ṃca| u̱tāntari̭kṣe̱pari̭yāhi rāja̱ñjambhaiḥai̱ḥsaṃdhḙhya̱bhiyā̭tu̱dhānā̭n||10.087.03 ya̱jñairiṣūḥṣṷ̄ḥsa̱ṃnama̭mānoagnevā̱cāśa̱lyā~yā~a̱śani̭bhirdihāhā̱naḥ| tābhi̭rvidhya̱hṛda̭yeyātu̱dhānā̭npratītī̱cobā̱hūnprati̭bhaṅghyeṣāmeṣām||10.087.04 agne̱tvacaṃvaca̭ṃyātu̱dhāna̭sya bhindhihi̱ṃsrāśani̱rhara̭sāhantvenamvenam| praparvā̭ṇijātavedaḥśaṛṇīhi kra̱vyātkra̭vi̱ṣṇurvici̭notu vṛ̱kṇamṇam||10.087.05 yatre̱dānī̱ṃpaśya̭sijātaveda̱stiṣṭha̭ntamagnau̱tavā̱cara̭ntamtam| yadvā̱ntari̭kṣepa̱thibhi̱ḥpata̭ntaṃta̱ṃtamastātā̭vidhya̱śarvā̱śiśāśā̭naḥ||10.087.06 u̱tāla̭bdhaṃdhaṃspṛṇuhijātavedaālebhālebhā̱nādṛ̱ṣṭibhi̭ryātu̱dhānā̭t| agne̱pūrvo̱nija̭hi̱śośṷcānaā̱māda̱ḥkṣviṅkāā̱stamatama̭da̱ntvenīḥvenī̭ḥ||10.087.07 i̱haprabrṷ̄hiyata̱maḥsoa̭gne̱yoyā̭tu̱dhāno̱yai̱daṃkṛ̱ṇoti̭| tamāra̭bhasva sa̱midhādhā̭yaviṣṭhanṛ̱cakṣa̭sa̱ścakṣṷṣerandhayainamdhayainam||10.087.08 tī̱kṣṇenāṇenā̭gne̱cakṣṷṣārakṣaya̱jñaṃprāñca̱ṃvasṷbhyaḥya̱ḥpraṇa̭yapracetaḥcetaḥ| hi̱ṃsraṃrakṣāṃā̭ṃsya̱bhiśośṷcāna̱ṃmātvāvā̭dabhanyātu̱dhānā̭nṛcakṣaḥḥ||10.087.09 rakṣoghnasūktaṛgvedaḥvedaḥmaṇḍalaṃḍalaṃ4athavā10 nṛ̱cakṣā̱rakṣa̱ḥpari̭paśya vi̱kṣutasya̱trīṇi̱prati̭śaṛṇīṛṇī̱hyagrā̭| tasyāyā̭gnepṛ̱ṣṭīrhara̭sāśaṛṇīhi tre̱dhāmūla̭ṃyātu̱dhāna̭sya vṛśca||10.087.10 triryā̭tu̱dhāna̱ḥprasi̭tiṃtaetvṛvṛ̱taṃyoa̭gne̱anṛ̭tena̱hanti̭| tama̱rciṣāṣā̭sphūphū̱rjaya̭ñjātavedaḥātavedaḥsama̱kṣamemḙnaṃgṛṇa̱tenivṛ̭ṅdhi||10.087.11 tada̭gne̱cakṣu̱ḥprati̭dhehi re̱bheśa̭phā̱rujaṃja̱ṃyena̱paśya̭siyātu̱dhāna̭m| a̱tha̱rva̱vajjyoti̭ṣā̱daivyeyḙnasa̱tyaṃyaṃdhūrva̭ntamatama̱citaṃta̱ṃnyo̭ṣa||10.087.12 yada̭gnea̱dyami̭thu̱nāśapā̭to̱yadvā̱castṛtṛ̱ṣṭaṃja̱naya̭nta re̱bhāḥ| ma̱nyormana̭saḥśara̱vyāyā̱3̱̭jāya̭te̱yātayā̭vidhya̱hṛda̭yeyātu̱dhānā̭n||10.087.13 parā̭śaṛṇīhi̱tapa̭sāyātu̱dhānā̱nparāparā̭gne̱rakṣo̱hara̭sāśaṛṇīhi | parā̱rciṣāṣā̱mūra̭devāñchṛṇīhi̱parā̭su̱tṛpo̭a̱bhiśośṷcānaḥ||10.087.14 parā̱dyade̱vāvṛ̭ji̱naṃśaṛ̭ṇantupra̱tyageyagḙnaṃśa̱pathā̭yantutṛ̱ṣṭāḥāḥ| vā̱cāstetḙna̱ṃśara̭vaṛcchantu̱marma̱nviśva̭syaitu̱prasi̭tiṃyātu̱dhāna̭ḥ||10.087.15 yaḥpaurṷṣeyeṇakra̱viṣāṣā̭sama̱ṅkteeyoaśvyḙnapa̱śunānā̭yātu̱dhāna̭ḥ| yoa̱ghnyāyāyāyā̱bhara̭tikṣī̱rama̭gne̱teṣā̭ṃśī̱rṣāṇi̱hara̱sāpi̭vṛśca||10.087.16 sa̱ṃva̱tsa̱rīṇaṃṇa̱ṃpaya̭u̱sriyāyā̭yā̱stasya̱māśī̭dyātu̱dhāno̭nṛcakṣaḥḥ| pī̱yūṣa̭magneyata̱mastitṛtṛ̭psāsā̱ttaṃpra̱tyañca̭ma̱rciṣāṣā̭vidhya̱marma̭n||10.087.17 vi̱ṣaṃgavā̭ṃyātu̱dhānā̭ḥpiba̱ntvāvāvṛ̭ścyantātā̱madi̭tayedu̱revā̭ḥ| parai̭nāndede̱vaḥsa̭vi̱tāda̭dātu̱parā̭bhā̱gamoṣaṣa̭dhīnāṃjayantāmtām||10.087.18 sa̱nāda̭gnemṛṇasi yātu̱dhānā̱nnatvāvā̱rakṣāṃā̭ṃsi̱pṛta̭nāsujigyuḥyuḥ| anṷdahasa̱hamṷ̄rānkra̱vyādo̱mātḙhe̱tyāyāmṷkṣata̱daivyāyā̭yāḥ||10.087.19 tvaṃvaṃno̭agneadha̱rāduda̭ktā̱ttvaṃvaṃpa̱ścāduādu̱tara̭kṣāpu̱rastātā̭t| prati̱tetḙa̱jarā̭sa̱stapi̭ṣṭhāa̱ghaśa̭ṃsa̱ṃśośṷcatodahantu||10.087.20 pa̱ścātpupu̱rastātā̭dadha̱rāduda̭ktātka̱viḥkāvyeyḙna̱pari̭pāhi rājan| sakhe̱sakhā̭yama̱jaro̭jari̱mṇe'gne̱martā̱~ama̭rtya̱stvaṃvaṃna̭ḥ||10.087.21 pari̭tvāgne̱pura̭ṃva̱yaṃvipra̭ṃsahasyayadhīmahi | dhṛ̱ṣadva̭rṇaṃdi̱vedi̭veha̱ntāraṃtāra̭ṃbhaṅguu̱rāva̭tām||10.087.22 vi̱ṣeṇa̭bhaṅguu̱rāva̭ta̱ḥprati̭ṣmara̱kṣaso̭daha| rakṣoghnasūktaṛgvedaḥvedaḥmaṇḍalaṃḍalaṃ4athavā10 agnḙti̱gmenamena̭śo̱ciṣāṣā̱tapṷragrābhirṛ̱ṣṭibhi̭ḥ||10.087.23 pratya̭gnemithuthu̱nāda̭hayātu̱dhānā̭kimīmī̱dinānā̭| saṃtvāvā̭śiśāmijāgṛ̱hyada̭bdhaṃdhaṃvipra̱manma̭bhiḥ||10.087.24 pratya̭gne̱hara̭sā̱hara̭ḥśaṛṇīṛṇī̱hivi̱śvataḥta̱ḥprati̭| yā̱tu̱dhāna̭sya ra̱kṣaso̱bala̱ṃvirṷjavī̱rya̭m||10.087.25
About this suktam
Devotional recitation is one of the simplest and most powerful practices in the Hindu tradition. Regular chanting calms the mind, purifies the atmosphere of the home, and deepens one’s connection with the deity. These sacred compositions have been sung by devotees for generations and are suitable for daily practice, during morning or evening puja, or on special festival days.
How to chant
Sit comfortably facing your home altar or a clean, quiet space. Light a lamp or incense if you wish. Begin with a short prayer to Ganesha, then recite the text slowly and clearly, focusing on the meaning rather than speed. Consistency matters more than duration — even five minutes of daily chanting brings visible peace of mind.
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