Rigveda 1.166.08
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 166 · Verse 1.166.8
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
श॒तभु॑जिभि॒स्तम॒भिह्रु॑तेर॒घात्पू॒र्भी र॑क्षता मरुतो॒ यमाव॑त । जनं॒ यमु॑ग्रास्तवसो विरप्शिनः पा॒थना॒ शंसा॒त्तन॑यस्य पु॒ष्टिषु॑
śatabhujibhistamabhihruteraghātpūrbhī rakṣatā maruto yamāvata janaṃ yamugrāstavaso virapśinaḥ pāthanā śaṃsāttanayasya puṣṭiṣu
Warriors with a hundred arms struck the forefoot; Maruts protected as when Yama came; people’s hosts, swift in battle, praised the lines of the young son’s strength.
Maruts, gratify, with infinite and complete enjoyments, him, whom you proect from degrading sin; that man whom, fierce and mighty, and glorified (as you are), you defend from calumny, by (providing for) the nourishment of his descendants.
With castles hundredfold, O Maruts, guard ye well the man whom ye have loved from ruin and from sin,- The man whom ye the fierce, the Mighty ones who roar, preserve from calumny by cherishing his seed.