Rigveda 10.087.14
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 87 · Verse 10.87.14
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
परा॑ शृणीहि॒ तप॑सा यातु॒धाना॒न्परा॑ग्ने॒ रक्षो॒ हर॑सा शृणीहि । परा॒र्चिषा॒ मूर॑देवाञ्छृणीहि॒ परा॑सु॒तृपो॑ अ॒भि शोशु॑चानः
parā śaṛṇīhi tapasā yātudhānānparāgne rakṣo harasā śaṛṇīhi parārciṣā mūradevāñchṛṇīhi parāsutṛpo abhi śośucānaḥ
Set the superior rank by tapas (power); Agni, protect from the front with joy. Send forth the higher rays like gods; bring the hostile swift ones to abashment.
Destroy the Yātudhānas with your scorching fire; destroy the rākṣasas, Agni, with your heat;destroy with your radiance those who believe in vaid gods, fiercely blazing, destroy the insatiable.
With fervent heat exterminate the demons; destroy the fiends with burning flame, O Agni. Destroy with fire the foolish gods' adorers; blaze and destrepy the insatiable monsters.