Rigveda 2.033.03
Rigveda · Mandala 2, Sukta 33 · Verse 2.33.3
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
श्रेष्ठो॑ जा॒तस्य॑ रुद्र श्रि॒यासि॑ त॒वस्त॑मस्त॒वसां॑ वज्रबाहो । पर्षि॑ णः पा॒रमंह॑सः स्व॒स्ति विश्वा॑ अ॒भी॑ती॒ रप॑सो युयोधि
śreṣṭho jātasya rudra śriyāsi tavastamastavasāṃ vajrabāho parṣi ṇaḥ pāramaṃhasaḥ svasti viśvā abhītī rapaso yuyodhi
You are the best of the born, Rudra, mighty in splendor, of inflexible hands like vajra. Crush our enemies; may all fears be removed; fight for us against the foes of the poison.
You, Rudra, are the chief of beings in glory; you, wielder of the thunderbolt, are the might of themighty; do you waft us in safety over (the ocean) of sin; repel all the assaults of iniquity.
Chief of all born art thou in glory, Rudra, armed with the thunder, mightiest of the mighty. Transport us over trouble to well-being repel thou from us all assaults of mis. chief.