Rigveda 8.049.08
Rigveda · Mandala 8, Sukta 49 · Verse 8.49.8
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अ॒जि॒रासो॒ हर॑यो॒ ये त॑ आ॒शवो॒ वाता॑ इव प्रस॒क्षिणः॑ । येभि॒रप॑त्यं॒ मनु॑षः प॒रीय॑से॒ येभि॒र्विश्वं॒ स्व॑र्दृ॒शे
ajirāso harayo ye ta āśavo vātā iva prasakṣiṇaḥ yebhirapatyaṃ manuṣaḥ parīyase yebhirviśvaṃ svardṛśe
Bringing joy are the swift chariots, like winds that sweep clean. With them humans glorify, who wander; with them all the heavens are seen and held.
Agile and swift are your steeds, overpowering like the winds; with which you encircle the race of Manus,with which he whole heaven becomes visible.
Give us not as a prey to mortal enemy, nor to the wicked friend of fiends. With conquering guards, auspicious, unassailable, protect us, O Most Youthful God.