Manyu Suktam
॥ श्री मन्युसूक्तम् ॥
What is the Manyu Suktam?
Manyu Suktam is a Rigvedic hymn (Mandala 10, Hymns 83-84) composed by Rishi Tapasa Manyu that invokes Manyu, the personification of righteous anger and spiritual resolve, worshipped as Lord Narasimha in Vaishnava tradition and as a fierce form of Rudra in Shaivism.
The Manyu Suktam calls on Manyu, the force of focused, righteous anger that burns away fear, hesitation and the enemy both within and without. Rishi Tapasa Manyu composed it as two linked hymns in the tenth Mandala of the Rigveda, and generations of devotees have turned to it before facing hardship, conflict or their own doubt.
Manyu Suktam Lyrics (Sanskrit & English)
Roman transliteration is shown first with the Devanagari beneath. The hymn comes down to us in two parts, Rigveda 10.83 (verses 1-7) and Rigveda 10.84 (verses 8-14). Tap 'Meaning' under any verse for a plain-English explanation.
Yás te manyò ‘vidhad vájraṃ sāyakaḥ sahá ójaḥ púṣyati viśvamānuṣáḥ |
Sāhyāma dāsamāryàṃ tvāyā yujā sahaskṛtena sahásā sahasvatā
यस्ते मन्योऽविधद्वज्रं सायकः सह ओजः पुष्यति विश्वमानुषः ।
साह्याम दासमआर्यं त्वया युजा सहस्कृतेन सहसा सहस्वता
Meaning
O Manyu, wielder of the thunderbolt, whoever worships you gains all-conquering strength. With you yoked beside us, may we overcome every foe, Arya or Dasa, through your mighty force.
Manyúr índro manyúr evā́sa devó manyúr hótā varuṇó jātavedāḥ |
Manyúṃ víśa ī́ḷate mānuṣī́ryāḥ pāhi no manyò tapásā sajóṣāḥ
मन्युरिन्द्रो मन्युरेवास देवो मन्युर्होतार वरुणो जातवेदाः ।
मन्युं विश्व ईळते मानुषीर्याः पाहि नो मन्यो तपसा सजोषाः
Meaning
Manyu is Indra, Manyu is truly the Divine. Manyu is the priest, Varuna, and the knower of all beings. Every person reveres Manyu. Guard us, O Manyu, in harmony with the power of tapas.
Abhīhi manyo tavastavīyān tapasā yujā vi jahi śatrūn |
Amitraha vṛtraha dasyuha ca viśva vasūnya bhara tvaṃ naḥ
भीहि मन्यो तवसस्तवीयान् तपसा युजा वि जहि शत्रून् ।
अमित्राहा वृत्रहा दस्युहा च विश्वा वसून्या भरा त्वं नः
Meaning
Come to us, O Manyu, mightier than the mighty. Yoked with tapas, destroy our enemies. Slayer of foes, slayer of Vritra and the Dasyus, bring us every treasure.
Tvaṃ hi manyo abhibhūtyojāḥ svayambhūr bhāmo abhimātiṣāhaḥ |
Viśvacarṣaṇiḥ sahuriḥ sahāvān asmāsv ojaḥ pṛtanāsu dhehi
त्वं हि मन्यो अभिभूत्योजाः स्वयम्भूर्भामो अभिमातिषाहः ।
विश्वचर्षणिः सहुरिः सहावानस्मास्वोजः पृतनासु धेहि
Meaning
You are of overpowering strength, O Manyu, self-existent and victorious over every foe. Seer of all, unrelenting one, place your vigor within us as we go into battle.
Abhāgaḥ sannapa pareto asmi tava kratvā taviṣasya pracetaḥ |
Taṃ tvā manyo akraturjihīḷāhaṃ svā tanūrbaladeyāya mehi
अभागः सन्नप परेतो अस्मि तव क्रत्वा तविषस्य प्रचेतः ।
तं त्वा मन्यो अक्रतुर्जिहीळाहं स्वा तनूर्बलदेयाय मेहि
Meaning
Left without your power, I was defeated and diminished. Wise Manyu, I grew weak without you. Come to me now and grant strength to my body.
Ayaṃ te asmyupa mehyarvāṅ pratīcīnaḥ sahure viśvadhāyaḥ |
Manyo vajrinnabhi māmā vavṛtsva hanāva dasyūṃruta bodhyāpeḥ
अयं ते अस्म्युप मेह्यर्वाङ् प्रतीचीनः सहुरे विश्वधायः ।
मन्यो वज्रिन्नभि मामा ववृत्स्व हनाव दस्यूँरुत बोध्यापेः
Meaning
I am yours, O Manyu. Come to me, wielder of the thunderbolt, turn toward me. Let us strike down the Dasyus, and remember your ally.
Abhi prehi dakṣiṇato bhavā me’dhā vṛtrāṇi jaṅghanāva bhūri |
Juhomi te dharuṇaṃ madhvo agramubhā upāṃshu prathamā pibav
अभि प्रेहि दक्षिणतो भवा मेऽधा वृत्राणि जङ्घनाव भूरि ।
जुहोमि ते धरुणं मध्वो अग्रमुभा उपांशु प्रथमा पिबाव
Meaning
Approach me from the right; let us together strike down the many obstructions. I offer you the first pouring of sweet soma; let us drink together in quiet devotion.
Tvayā manyo sarathamārujanto harṣamāṇāso dhṛṣitā marutvaḥ |
Tigmeṣava āyudhā saṃśiśānā abhi pra yantu naro agnirūpāḥ
त्वया मन्यो सरथमारुजन्तो हर्षमाणासो धृषिता मरुत्वः ।
तिग्मेषव आयुधा संशिशाना अभि प्र यन्तु नरो अग्निरूपाः
Meaning
With you, O Manyu, our leaders advance, joyful and bold, riding beside the Maruts, sharpening their weapons, blazing forward like Agni himself.
Agniriva manyo tviṣitaḥ sahasva senānīrnaḥ sahure hūta edhi |
Hatvāya śatrūnvi bhajasva veda ojo mimāno vi mṛdho nudasva
अग्निरिव मन्यो त्विषिताः सहस्व सेनानीर्नः सहुरे हूत एधि ।
हत्वाय शत्रून्वि भजस्व वेद ओजो मिमानो वि मृधो नुदस्व
Meaning
Blazing like fire, O Manyu, conquer for us. Be the leader of our army when we call on you. Slay the enemies, divide their wealth, measure out your strength, and drive the adversaries away.
Sahasva manyo abhimātimasme rujanmṛṇanpramṛṇanprehi śatrūn |
Ugraṃ te pājo nanvā rurudhre vaśī vaśaṃ nayasa ekaja tvam
सहस्व मन्यो अभिमातिमस्मे रुजन्मृणन्प्रमृणन्प्रेहि शत्रून् ।
उग्रं ते पाजो नन्वा रुरुध्रे वशी वशं नयस एकज त्वम्
Meaning
Overpower our adversaries, O Manyu. Advance and crush the enemies completely. Your fierce form cannot be checked; you alone are the Lord who subdues all.
Eko bahūnāmasi manyavīḷito viśaṃviśaṃ yudhaye saṃ śiśadhi |
Akṛttaruktvayā yujā vayaṃ dyumantaṃ ghoṣaṃ vijayāya kr̥ṇmahe
एको बहूनामसि मन्यवीळितो विशंविशं युधये सं शिशाधि ।
अकृत्तरुक्त्वया युजा वयं द्युमन्तं घोषं विजयाय कृण्महे
Meaning
You alone are praised by many, O Manyu. Sharpen our people for battle. With you as our ally and nothing to hold us back, we raise a triumphant cry for victory.
Vijeṣakṛdindra ivānavabravo’smākaṃ manyo adhipā bhaveha |
Priyaṃ te nāma sahure gr̥ṇīmasi vidmā tamutsaṃ yata ābabhūtha
विजेषकृदिन्द्र इवानवब्रवोऽस्माकं मन्यो अधिपा भवेह ।
प्रियं ते नाम सहुरे गृणीमसि विद्मा तमुत्सं यत आबभूथ
Meaning
Maker of victories like Indra, be our supreme protector here, O Manyu. We praise your beloved name, O victorious one; we know the source from which you arose.
Ābhūtyā sahajā vajra sāyaka saho bibharṣyabhibhūta uttaram |
Kratvā no manyo saha medyedhi mahādhanasya puruhūta saṃsṛji
आभूत्या सहजा वज्र सायक सहो बिभर्ष्यभिभूत उत्तरम् ।
क्रत्वा नो मन्यो सह मेद्येधि महाधनस्य पुरुहूत संसृजि
Meaning
Born together with power, wielder of the thunderbolt and arrow, you carry supreme might. O Manyu, invoked by many, stand with us in your wisdom and unite us with great fortune.
Saṃsṛṣṭaṃ dhanamubhayaṃ samākṛtamasmabhyaṃ dattāṃ varuṇaśca manyuḥ |
Bhiyaṃ dadhānā hr̥dayēṣu śatravaḥ parājitāso apa ni layantām
संसृष्टं धनमुभयं समाकृतमस्मभ्यं दत्तां वरुणश्च मन्युः ।
भियं दधाना हृदयेषु शत्रवः पराजितासो अप नि लयन्ताम्
Meaning
May Varuna and Manyu grant us the wealth gathered from both sides. Let our enemies, fear settling in their hearts, be utterly defeated and driven into hiding.
Closing Invocation
Om Shanti Shanti Shanti
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः
Meaning
Om. Peace, peace, peace.
What Does the Manyu Suktam Mean?
Manyu is not ordinary rage. The word points to a gathered, purposeful force, the kind of resolve that rises when a person or a community is pushed to its limit and refuses to break. The suktam treats this force as divine rather than shameful, something to invite and direct rather than suppress. Verse after verse asks Manyu to stand beside the reciter as an ally in battle, whether that battle is against an outside enemy or against the quieter enemies of laziness, fear and self-doubt.
The hymn is built in two movements. The first seven verses, Rigveda 10.83, plead for Manyu’s strength and identify him with Indra, Varuna and other guardian powers, treating him as the single force behind every protector deity. The remaining seven verses, Rigveda 10.84, turn more martial, picturing Manyu leading warriors into battle alongside the Maruts and asking for victory, wealth and the defeat of one’s adversaries. Read together, the two hymns move a person from private weakness toward shared, disciplined strength.
In devotional practice, Manyu’s fierce clarity is most often pictured through Lord Narasimha, whose anger tore through Hiranyakashipu to protect Prahlada, or through Rudra, the untamed edge of Shiva. Chanting the suktam is less about asking for aggression and more about asking for the courage to stand firm when it truly matters.
How Do You Chant the Manyu Suktam?
- Bathe and dress in clean clothes – then sit facing east or north on a clean mat or seat.
- Settle into a short meditation – closing your eyes and holding the image of Lord Narasimha or Rudra in his fierce, protective form.
- Mind the intonation – Vedic verses carry strict svara accents, so where possible listen to a trained pandit's recording first and follow the rhythm rather than reciting from sight alone.
- Keep it regular – a daily recitation, or a periodic Manyu Sukta homa, is considered the more effective way to clear stuck or difficult energy from a home or a hard situation.
What Are the Benefits of Chanting the Manyu Suktam?
Devotees turn to this suktam less for material gain and more for inner steadiness in the face of real difficulty.
- Protection from hostility: the hymn is traditionally recited for shelter against open enemies, scheming rivals and long legal disputes.
- Relief from fear and low spirits: its repeated call to Manyu is said to loosen the grip of anxiety, hesitation and inertia, replacing them with focus.
- Physical and inner vigor: reciters describe a renewed sense of ojas, the vital energy needed to meet a hard situation without flinching.
- A channel for righteous anger: rather than deny anger, the hymn directs it, turning a destructive impulse into determined, constructive action.
Where Does the Manyu Suktam Come From?
The Manyu Suktam belongs to the tenth Mandala of the Rigveda, the oldest and most revered of the four Vedas. Tradition credits its composition to Rishi Tapasa Manyu, a seer whose own name carries the force he addresses. It appears as two consecutive hymns, Sukta 83 and Sukta 84, fourteen verses in total, set in the older Vedic metre with the strict svara accent marks that trained Vedic reciters still preserve today. Because it sits inside the Rigveda rather than a later Purana or Tantra text, its language is dense and archaic, closer to the earliest layer of Sanskrit than to classical devotional hymns composed centuries afterward. It is still chanted within Vedic homas dedicated to strength and protection, and its verses are drawn on whenever a ritual calls for clearing obstacles through disciplined intensity rather than passive prayer.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the deity of the Manyu Suktam?
The suktam is addressed to Manyu, the personification of divine, righteous anger. Vaishnavas worship this force as Lord Narasimha, while in Shaivism it is seen as the fierce aspect of Lord Rudra.
What does the word 'Manyu' actually mean?
It means righteous anger, tempered wrath, or focused willpower rather than uncontrolled rage. The suktam treats it as a holy force meant to clear obstacles and overturn evil, not as something to be ashamed of.
Can anyone recite the Manyu Suktam?
Yes. Anyone looking for courage and a way through inner or outer obstacles can recite it or listen to it with sincere attention, though learning the correct Vedic intonation from a qualified teacher is recommended.
Is the hymn only meant for physical conflict?
No. It is used just as often, if not more, for inner battles such as fear, procrastination, bad habits and self-doubt, treating those as adversaries worth actively overcoming.
Why is it often chanted before Lord Narasimha?
Narasimha is the clearest mythological picture of divine wrath used in defense, tearing through Hiranyakashipu to protect the devotee Prahlada, which mirrors exactly the protective fierceness this hymn calls upon.
How is the Manyu Suktam structured?
It comes in two connected hymns from Rigveda Mandala 10, Sukta 83 with seven verses and Sukta 84 with seven more, fourteen verses in total, followed by a closing shanti mantra for peace.
॥ ॐ श्री उग्रनृसिंहाय नमः ॥