Rig Veda · 10.18.10

Rig Veda 10.18.10 — Various Deities

Verse 10 of 14 from Sukta 10.18 (Various Deities) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 10.18.10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उप सर्प मातरं भूमिमेतामुरुव्यचसं पर्थिवींसुशेवाम | ऊर्णम्रदा युवतिर्दक्षिणावत एषा तवा पातुनिरतेरुपस्थात

IAST Romanisation

upa sarpa mātaraṃ bhūmimetāmuruvyacasaṃ pṛthivīṃsuśevām | ūrṇamradā yuvatirdakṣiṇāvata eṣā tvā pātunirterupasthāt

English Translation (Griffith)

Betake thee to the Iap of Earth the Mother, of Earth far-spreading, very kind and gracious. Young Dame, wool-soft unto the guerdongiver, may she preserve thee from Destruction's bosom.

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