Rig Veda · 10.162.5

Rig Veda 10.162.5 — Agni

Verse 5 of 6 from Sukta 10.162 (Agni) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 10.162.5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यस्त्वा भराता पतिर्भूत्वा जारो भूत्वा निपद्यते | परजां यस्ते जिघांसति तमितो नाशयामसि

IAST Romanisation

yastvā bhrātā patirbhūtvā jāro bhūtvā nipadyate | prajāṃ yaste jighāṃsati tamito nāśayāmasi

English Translation (Griffith)

What rests by thee in borrowed form of brother, lover, or of lord, And would destroy thy Progeny,—even this will we exterminate.

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