Rigveda 7.104.23
Rigveda · Mandala 7, Sukta 104 · Verse 7.104.23
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
मा नो॒ रक्षो॑ अ॒भि न॑ड्यातु॒माव॑ता॒मपो॑च्छतु मिथु॒ना या कि॑मी॒दिना॑ । पृ॒थि॒वी नः॒ पार्थि॑वात्पा॒त्वंह॑सो॒ऽन्तरि॑क्षं दि॒व्यात्पा॑त्व॒स्मान्
mā no rakṣo abhi naḍyātumāvatāmapocchatu mithunā yā kimīdinā pṛthivī naḥ pārthivātpātvaṃhaso'ntarikṣaṃ divyātpātvasmān
May not the demon approach us; may the rivers hide the pair that causes suffering. O Earth, grant us protection from the earthly, O Sky, from the aerial, O Heaven, from the divine.
Let not the rākṣasas do us harm; let the dawn drive away the pairs of evil spirits exclaiming, "Whatnote is this"; may the earth protect us from terrestrial, the firmament protect us from celestial, wickednesṣ
Let not the fiend of witchcraft-workers reach us: may Dawn drive off the couples of Kimidins. Earth keep us safe from earthly woe and trouble: from grief that comes from heaven mid-air preserve us.