Rigveda 2.028.07
Rigveda · Mandala 2, Sukta 28 · Verse 2.28.7
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
मा नो॑ व॒धैर्व॑रुण॒ ये त॑ इ॒ष्टावेनः॑ कृ॒ण्वन्त॑मसुर भ्री॒णन्ति॑ । मा ज्योति॑षः प्रवस॒थानि॑ गन्म॒ वि षू मृधः॑ शिश्रथो जी॒वसे॑ नः
mā no vadhairvaruṇa ye ta iṣṭāvenaḥ kṛṇvantamasura bhrīṇanti mā jyotiṣaḥ pravasathāni ganma vi ṣū mṛdhaḥ śiśratho jīvase naḥ
Do not slay for us, Varuṇa, those who with enchantment strive to please you. May not the luminous ones depart; O strong one, grant us life, not ruin.
Harm us not, Varuṇa, with those destructive (weapons), repeller (of foes), demolish him who does evil at your sacrifice; let us not depart (before our time) from the regions of light; scatter the malevolent, that we may live.
Strike us not, Varuna, with those dread weapons which, Asura, at thy bidding wound the sinner. Let us not pass away from light to exile. Scatter, that we may live, the men who hate us