Rigveda 9.083.04
Rigveda · Mandala 9, Sukta 83 · Verse 9.83.4
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
ग॒न्ध॒र्व इ॒त्था प॒दम॑स्य रक्षति॒ पाति॑ दे॒वानां॒ जनि॑मा॒न्यद्भु॑तः । गृ॒भ्णाति॑ रि॒पुं नि॒धया॑ नि॒धाप॑तिः सु॒कृत्त॑मा॒ मधु॑नो भ॒क्षमा॑शत
gandharva itthā padamasya rakṣati pāti devānāṃ janimānyadbhutaḥ gṛbhṇāti ripuṃ nidhayā nidhāpatiḥ sukṛttamā madhuno bhakṣamāśata
Thus the Gandharva guards his foot; he protects the gods' births from the mighty. The treasure-lord seizes an enemy and takes the hoard; the kindly one consumed the sweet as food.
The gandharva verily protects this station; the marvellous (Soma) preserves the races of the gods; the lord of cattle seizes (our enemy) with a snare, the doers of good attain the drinking of the sweet-juiced (Soma).
Gandharva verily protects his dwellingplace; Wondrous, he guards the generations of the Gods. Lord of the snare, he takes the foeman with the snare: those who are most devout have gained a share of meath.