Rigveda 10.018.01
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 18 · Verse 10.18.1
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
परं॑ मृत्यो॒ अनु॒ परे॑हि॒ पन्थां॒ यस्ते॒ स्व इत॑रो देव॒याना॑त् । चक्षु॑ष्मते शृण्व॒ते ते॑ ब्रवीमि॒ मा नः॑ प्र॒जां री॑रिषो॒ मोत वी॒रान्
paraṃ mṛtyo anu parehi panthāṃ yaste sva itaro devayānāt cakṣuṣmate śaṛṇvate te bravīmi mā naḥ prajāṃ rīriṣo mota vīrān
Beyond death and beyond the path lay those other deities; they have sight, they hear — I tell you: do not snatch away our progeny, O heroic ones.
Depart, Mṛtyu, by a different path; by that which is your own, and distinct from the path of the gods; Ispeak to you who have eyes, who have ears; do no harm to our offspring, nor to our male progeny.
Go hence, O Death, pursue thy special pathway apart from that which Gods are wont to travel. To thee I say it who hast eyes and hearest: Touch not our offspring, injure not our heroes.