Rig Veda · 10.14.11

Rig Veda 10.14.11 — Yama

Verse 11 of 16 from Sukta 10.14 (Yama) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 10.14.11

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यौ ते शवानौ यम रक्षितारौ चतुरक्षौ पथिरक्षीन्र्चक्षसौ | ताभ्यामेनं परि देहि राजन सवस्ति चास्मानमीवं च धेहि

IAST Romanisation

yau te śvānau yama rakṣitārau caturakṣau pathirakṣīnṛcakṣasau | tābhyāmenaṃ pari dehi rājan svasti cāsmāanamīvaṃ ca dhehi

English Translation (Griffith)

And those two dogs of thine, Yama, the watchers, four-eyed, who look on men and guard the pathway,— Entrust this man, O King, to their protection, and with prosperity and health endow him.

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