Rigveda 10.018.04

Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 18 · Verse 10.18.4

rigvedamandala-10sukta-18संकुसुको यामायनः१-४ मृत्युः५ धाता६ त्वष्टा७-१४ पितृमेधः१४ प्रजापतिर्वात्रिष्टुप्११ प्रस्तारपंक्तिः१३ जगती १४ अनुष्टुप्Deity HymnPrayer HymnPraisePrayerdeity-hymnprayer-hymn

Vedic Classification

Rishi (Seer)

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Devatā (Deity)

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Chandas (Meter)

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Sanskrit Original

इ॒मं जी॒वेभ्यः॑ परि॒धिं द॑धामि॒ मैषां॒ नु गा॒दप॑रो॒ अर्थ॑मे॒तम् । श॒तं जी॑वन्तु श॒रदः॑ पुरू॒चीर॒न्तर्मृ॒त्युं द॑धतां॒ पर्व॑तेन

imaṃ jīvebhyaḥ paridhiṃ dadhāmi maiṣāṃ nu gādaparo arthametam śataṃ jīvantu śaradaḥ purūcīrantarmṛtyuṃ dadhatāṃ parvatena

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I set this boundary around these lives — indeed for the one who tends cattle this is for wealth. Let them live a hundred autumns; let the stalwart ones within the mountains place death aside.

📖 Book ReferenceWisdomLibRig Veda English TranslationSource ↗

I erect this circle (of stones) for (the protection of) the living, that none other of them may approach thislimit; may they live a hundred years, occupied by many holy works, and keep death hidden by this mound.

📖 Book ReferenceRalph T.H. GriffithThe Rig Veda, 1896Source ↗

Here I erect this rampart for the living; let none of these, none other, reach this limit. May they survive a hundred lengthened autumns, and may they bury Death beneath this mountain.

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