Rig Veda · 1.162.20

Rig Veda 1.162.20 — The Horse

Verse 20 of 22 from Sukta 1.162 (The Horse) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.162.20

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मा तवा तपत परिय आत्मापियन्तं मा सवधितिस्तन्व आ तिष्ठिपत ते | मा ते गर्ध्नुरविशस्तातिहाय छिद्रा गात्रण्यसिना मिथू कः

IAST Romanisation

mā tvā tapat priya ātmāpiyantaṃ mā svadhitistanva ā tiṣṭhipat te | mā te ghṛdhnuraviśastātihāya chidrā ghātraṇyasinā mithū kaḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

Let not thy dear soul burn thee as thou comest, let not the hatchet linger in thy body. Let not a greedy clumsy immolator, missing the joints, mangle thy limbs unduly.

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