Read Apah Suktam in Assamese script — full lyrics with English meaning and transliteration. The Apah Suktam, found in the Rig Veda (10.9), is a nine-verse hymn dedicated to water. "Apah" means waters, and this hymn shows the Vedic understanding of water as more than just a physical element—it is a divine, life-giving force. The hymn addresses water with reverence, recognizing its role as the source of vitality, healing, and purification. In Vedic cosmology, waters existed before creation and are often called divine mothers who sustain all living beings. The Apah Suktam presents water as the carrier of soma (divine essence), the repository of all healing herbs, and the medium through which Agni (fire or vital energy) manifests.

Which deity is Apah Suktam dedicated to?

Apah Suktam is a Sanskrit hymn dedicated to The Divine Waters (Apas).

Apah Suktam in Assamese – Lyrics, Meaning & Word-by-Word

আপো হি ষ্ঠা মযোভুৱস্থা ন ঊৰ্জে দধাতন ।
মহে ৰণায চক্ষসে ॥১॥

যো ৱঃ শিৱতমো ৰসস্তস্য ভাজযতেহ নঃ ।
উশতীৰিৱ মাতৰঃ ॥২॥

তস্মা অৰং গমাম ৱো যস্য ক্ষযায জিন্ৱথ ।
আপো জনযথা চ নঃ ॥৩॥

শং নো দেৱীৰভিষ্টয আপো ভৱন্তু পীতযে ।
শং যোৰভি স্ৰৱন্তু নঃ ॥৪॥

ঈশানা ৱাৰ্যাণাং ক্ষযন্তীশ্চৰ্ষণীনাম্ ।
অপো যাচামি ভেষজম্ ॥৫॥

অপ্সু মে সোমো অব্ৰৱীদন্তৰ্ৱিশ্ৱানি ভেষজা ।
অগ্নি চ ৱিশ্ৱশংভুৱম্ ॥৬॥

আপঃ পৃণীত ভেষজং ৱৰূথং তন্ৱেঽ মম ।
জ্যোক্চ সূৰ্যং দৃশে ॥৭॥

ইদমাপঃ প্ৰ ৱহত যত্কিং চ দুৰিতং মযি ।
যদ্ৱাহমভিদুদ্ৰোহ যদ্ৱা শেপ উতানৃতম্ ॥৮॥

আপো অদ্যান্ৱচাৰিষং ৰসেন সমগস্মহি ।
পযস্ৱানগ্ন আ গহি তং মা সং সৃজ ৱৰ্চসা ॥৯॥

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