Rigveda 10.087.07
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 87 · Verse 10.87.7
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
उ॒ताल॑ब्धं स्पृणुहि जातवेद आलेभा॒नादृ॒ष्टिभि॑र्यातु॒धाना॑त् । अग्ने॒ पूर्वो॒ नि ज॑हि॒ शोशु॑चान आ॒मादः॒ क्ष्विङ्का॒स्तम॑द॒न्त्वेनीः॑
utālabdhaṃ spṛṇuhi jātaveda ālebhānādṛṣṭibhiryātudhānāt agne pūrvo ni jahi śośucāna āmādaḥ kṣviṅkāstamadantvenīḥ
Touch, Jātavedas, what has been gained; from the unseen hostile urges free it. O Agni, drive away the former stain and the consuming darts; may they perish.
And defend me, Jātavedas, with your darts when I am seized, (defend me) from the Yātudhānaswho has seized me; anticipating him, do you, Agni, blazing fiercely, slay him; may the swift-flying vultures, theflesh-eaters, devour him.
Tear from the evil spirit, Jatavedas, what he hath seized and with his spears hath captured. Blazing before him strike him down, O Agni; let spotted carrion-eating kites devour him.