Rigveda 1.114.08
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 114 · Verse 1.114.8
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
मा न॑स्तो॒के तन॑ये॒ मा न॑ आ॒यौ मा नो॒ गोषु॒ मा नो॒ अश्वे॑षु रीरिषः । वी॒रान्मा नो॑ रुद्र भामि॒तो व॑धीर्ह॒विष्म॑न्तः॒ सद॒मित्त्वा॑ हवामहे
mā nastoke tanaye mā na āyau mā no goṣu mā no aśveṣu rīriṣaḥ vīrānmā no rudra bhāmito vadhīrhaviṣmantaḥ sadamittvā havāmahe
Do not strike down our sons; do not take our life; do not assail our kine or our horses, O Rudra. O heroic one, do not slay our worshipful fathers; we invoke you with sacrifice.
Harm us not, Rudra, in our sons or grandsons, or other male descendants, nor in our cattle, nor in our horses; inflamed with anger, kill not our valiant men, for we, presenting clarified butter perpetually invoke you.
Harm us not, Rudra, in our seed and progeny, harm us not in the living, nor in cows or steeds, Slay not our heroes in the fury of thy wrath. Bringing oblations evermore we call to thee.