Rigveda 5.042.10
Rigveda · Mandala 5, Sukta 42 · Verse 5.42.10
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
य ओह॑ते र॒क्षसो॑ दे॒ववी॑तावच॒क्रेभि॒स्तं म॑रुतो॒ नि या॑त । यो वः॒ शमीं॑ शशमा॒नस्य॒ निन्दा॑त्तु॒च्छ्यान्कामा॑न्करते सिष्विदा॒नः
ya ohate rakṣaso devavītāvacakrebhistaṃ maruto ni yāta yo vaḥ śamīṃ śaśamānasya nindāttucchyānkāmānkarate siṣvidānaḥ
He who made the protecting voice of the gods victorious — that Marut went forth. He who shamed you by offering reproach to the calm one, to him make limbs small and desires few.
Send, Maruts, into darkness with (cars) devoid of wheels, the man who invites the rākṣasas to the food of the gods; (him also) who reviles me when offering praise to you; while sweating, he toils (to realize) vain desires.
With wheelless chariots drive down him, O Maruts, who at the feasts of Gods regards the demons. May he, though bathed in sweat, form empty wishes, who blames his sacred rite who toils to serve you.