Rigveda 8.021.16
Rigveda · Mandala 8, Sukta 21 · Verse 8.21.16
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
मा ते॑ गोदत्र॒ निर॑राम॒ राध॑स॒ इन्द्र॒ मा ते॑ गृहामहि । दृ॒ळ्हा चि॑द॒र्यः प्र मृ॑शा॒भ्या भ॑र॒ न ते॑ दा॒मान॑ आ॒दभे॑
mā te godatra nirarāma rādhasa indra mā te gṛhāmahi dṛḷhā cidaryaḥ pra mṛśābhyā bhara na te dāmāna ādabhe
Do not take away our kine, our foes' enclosures, O Indra; do not house us. Strengthen the strong, bruise the weak: bear not from us the tribute, ward off the slanderers.
Let us never, Indra, giver of cattle, cease (to benefit) from your wealth; let us not accept it (from anotherthan) you; do you, who are the lord, connfirm to us permanent (riches), bestow them upon us; your benefactionscannoe be arrested.
Giver of kine, may we not miss thy gracious gifts: let us not rob thee of thine own. Strip even the strong places of the foe, and bring: thy gifts can never be made vain.