Rigveda 10.018.11
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 18 · Verse 10.18.11
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
उच्छ्व॑ञ्चस्व पृथिवि॒ मा नि बा॑धथाः सूपाय॒नास्मै॑ भव सूपवञ्च॒ना । मा॒ता पु॒त्रं यथा॑ सि॒चाभ्ये॑नं भूम ऊर्णुहि
ucchvañcasva pṛthivi mā ni bādhathāḥ sūpāyanāsmai bhava sūpavañcanā mātā putraṃ yathā sicābhyenaṃ bhūma ūrṇuhi
Lift up, O earth, do not bind or restrain them; be a winnowing-fan for him, be the trickster of the winnow. O mother, like you wet the son with irrigation, make the land rich.
Earth, rise up above him; oppress him not; be attentive to him (and) comfortable; cover him up, earth,as a mother covers her child with the skirt of her garment.
Heave thyself, Earth, nor press thee downward heavily: afford him easy access, gently tending him. Cover him, as a mother wraps her skirt about her child, O Earth.