Rig Veda · 1.166.8
Rig Veda 1.166.8 — Maruts
Verse 8 of 15 from Sukta 1.166 (Maruts) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 1.166.8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
शतभुजिभिस्तमभिह्रुतेरघात पूर्भी रक्षता मरुतो यमावत | जनं यमुग्रास्तवसो विरप्शिनः पाथना शंसात तनयस्य पुष्टिषु
IAST Romanisation
śatabhujibhistamabhihruteraghāt pūrbhī rakṣatā maruto yamāvata | janaṃ yamughrāstavaso virapśinaḥ pāthanā śaṃsāt tanayasya puṣṭiṣu
English Translation (Griffith)
With castles hundredfold, O Maruts, guard ye well the man whom ye have loved from ruin and from sin,— The man whom ye the fierce, the Mighty ones who roar, preserve from calumny by cherishing his seed.
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