Rig Veda · Mandala 10 · Sukta 162
Rig Veda 10.162 — Agni
Deity: Agni. Rishi family (Mandala 10): Many seers — generally considered latest in composition. This Sukta contains 6 verses presented below in Devanagari Sanskrit, IAST romanisation, and Ralph T. H. Griffith's English translation. Click any verse to read a fuller explanation.
Verses
Rig Veda 10.162.1
बरह्मणाग्निः संविदानो रक्षोहा बाधतामितः | अमीवायस्ते गर्भं दुर्णामा योनिमाशये
brahmaṇāghniḥ saṃvidāno rakṣohā bādhatāmitaḥ | amīvāyaste gharbhaṃ durṇāmā yonimāśaye
Rig Veda 10.162.2
यस्ते गर्भममीवा दुर्णामा योनिमाशये | अग्निष टम्ब्रह्मणा सह निष करव्यादमनीनशत
yaste gharbhamamīvā durṇāmā yonimāśaye | aghniṣ ṭambrahmaṇā saha niṣ kravyādamanīnaśat
Agni, concurring in the prayer, drive off the eater of the flesh, The malady of evil name that hath attacked thy babe and womb.
Rig Veda 10.162.3
यस्ते हन्ति पतयन्तं निषत्स्नुं यः सरीस्र्पम | जातंयस्ते जिघांसति तमितो नाशयामसि
yaste hanti patayantaṃ niṣatsnuṃ yaḥ sarīsṛpam | jātaṃyaste jighāṃsati tamito nāśayāmasi
That which destroys the sinking germ, the settled, moving embryo, That which will kill the babe at birth,—even this will we drive far away.
Rig Veda 10.162.4
यस्त ऊरू विहरत्यन्तरा दम्पती शये | योनिं योन्तरारेळि तमितो नाशयामसि
yasta ūrū viharatyantarā dampatī śaye | yoniṃ yoantarāreḷi tamito nāśayāmasi
That which divides thy legs that it may lie between the married pair, That penetrates and licks thy side,—even this will we exterminate.
Rig Veda 10.162.5
यस्त्वा भराता पतिर्भूत्वा जारो भूत्वा निपद्यते | परजां यस्ते जिघांसति तमितो नाशयामसि
yastvā bhrātā patirbhūtvā jāro bhūtvā nipadyate | prajāṃ yaste jighāṃsati tamito nāśayāmasi
What rests by thee in borrowed form of brother, lover, or of lord, And would destroy thy Progeny,—even this will we exterminate.
Rig Veda 10.162.6
यस्त्वा सवप्नेन तमसा मोहयित्वा निपद्यते | परजां यस्ते जिघांसति तमितो नाशयामसि
yastvā svapnena tamasā mohayitvā nipadyate | prajāṃ yaste jighāṃsati tamito nāśayāmasi
That which through sleep or darkness hath deceived thee and lies down by thee, And will destroy thy progeny,—even this will we exterminate.
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