Rig Veda · 1.36.15

Rig Veda 1.36.15 — Agni

Verse 15 of 20 from Sukta 1.36 (Agni) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.36.15

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पाहि नो अग्ने रक्षसः पाहि धूर्तेरराव्णः | पाहि रीषत उत वा जिघांसतो बर्हद्भानो यविष्ठ्य

IAST Romanisation

pāhi no aghne rakṣasaḥ pāhi dhūrterarāvṇaḥ | pāhi rīṣata uta vā jighāṃsato bṛhadbhāno yaviṣṭhya

English Translation (Griffith)

Preserve us, Agni, from the fiend, preserve us from malicious wrong. Save us from him who fain would injure us or slay, Most Youthful, thou with lofty light.

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