Rigveda 10.162.03
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 162 · Verse 10.162.3
rigvedamandala-10sukta-162ब्राह्मो रक्षोहारक्षोहाअनुष्टुप्Deity HymnPrayer HymnPraisePrayerdeity-hymnprayer-hymn
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Devatā (Deity)
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Sanskrit Original
यस्ते॒ हन्ति॑ प॒तय॑न्तं निष॒त्स्नुं यः स॑रीसृ॒पम् । जा॒तं यस्ते॒ जिघां॑सति॒ तमि॒तो ना॑शयामसि
yaste hanti patayantaṃ niṣatsnuṃ yaḥ sarīsṛpam jātaṃ yaste jighāṃsati tamito nāśayāmasi
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Whoever kills thy winners, who strikes down serpent or creeping thing — I destroy that grasper who sought to kill thy offspring.
May we exterminate from hence (the evil spirit) who destroys the impregnating energy, the germ as itsettles, the moving embryo, who seeks to destroy (the babe) when born.
That which destroys the sinking germ, the settled, moving embryo, That which will kill the babe at birth,even this will we drive far away.