Rigveda 10.087.18
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 87 · Verse 10.87.18
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
वि॒षं गवां॑ यातु॒धानाः॑ पिब॒न्त्वा वृ॑श्च्यन्ता॒मदि॑तये दु॒रेवाः॑ । परै॑नान्दे॒वः स॑वि॒ता द॑दातु॒ परा॑ भा॒गमोष॑धीनां जयन्ताम्
viṣaṃ gavāṃ yātudhānāḥ pibantvā vṛścyantāmaditaye durevāḥ paraināndevaḥ savitā dadātu parā bhāgamoṣadhīnāṃ jayantām
Let the poison of the cattle go to the hostile bands; let them drink and be weakened for the gods' distant day. May the gods, with Savita, grant the far portion of the healing herbs to prevail.
Let the Yātudhāna drink poison from the cattle; let the (rākṣasas) hard to overcome be cut topieces for the sake of Aditi; may the divine Savitā give them over (to destruction), may they be deprived of thefood of herbs.
Let the fiends drink the poison of the cattle; may Aditi cast off the evildoers. May the God Savitar give them up to ruin, and be their share of plants and herbs denied them.