Rigveda 10.018.10
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 18 · Verse 10.18.10
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Sanskrit Original
उप॑ सर्प मा॒तरं॒ भूमि॑मे॒तामु॑रु॒व्यच॑सं पृथि॒वीं सु॒शेवा॑म् । ऊर्ण॑म्रदा युव॒तिर्दक्षि॑णावत ए॒षा त्वा॑ पातु॒ निरृ॑तेरु॒पस्था॑त्
upa sarpa mātaraṃ bhūmimetāmuruvyacasaṃ pṛthivīṃ suśevām ūrṇamradā yuvatirdakṣiṇāvata eṣā tvā pātu nirṛterupasthāt
Creep upon the mother earth, these breasts, the arteries of this land, serve well. O youthful one with ruddy chest, southward-moving, may she protect you who stands firm against foes.
Go to this your mother-earth, the wide-spread, delightful earth; this virgin (earth is) as soft as wool, tothe liberal (worshipper) may she protect you from the proximity of Nirṛti.
Betake thee to the Iap of Earth the Mother, of Earth far-spreading, very kind and gracious. Young Dame, wool-soft unto the guerdongiver, may she preserve tbee from Destruction's bosom.