Rigveda 5.042.16
Rigveda · Mandala 5, Sukta 42 · Verse 5.42.16
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
प्रैष स्तोमः॑ पृथि॒वीम॒न्तरि॑क्षं॒ वन॒स्पती॒ँरोष॑धी रा॒ये अ॑श्याः । दे॒वोदे॑वः सु॒हवो॑ भूतु॒ मह्यं॒ मा नो॑ मा॒ता पृ॑थि॒वी दु॑र्म॒तौ धा॑त्
praiṣa stomaḥ pṛthivīmantarikṣaṃ vanaspatīm̐roṣadhī rāye aśyāḥ devodevaḥ suhavo bhūtu mahyaṃ mā no mātā pṛthivī durmatau dhāt
Send the hymn to earth, to the mid-air, to the forest-lord and herbs, to the lord of wealth; may Deva-of-Devas, the well-minded, be present for us—be not our mother, O Earth, in ill counsel, do not support evil.
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May this my laud reach earth and air's mid-region, and forest trees and plants to win me riches. May every Deity be swift to listen, and Mother Earth with no ill thought regard me.