Rig Veda · 10.18.4
Rig Veda 10.18.4 — Various Deities
Verse 4 of 14 from Sukta 10.18 (Various Deities) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 10.18.4
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
इमं जीवेभ्यः परिधिं दधामि मैषां नु गादपरोर्थमेतम | शतं जीवन्तु शरदः पुरूचीरन्तर्म्र्त्युं दधतां पर्वतेन
IAST Romanisation
imaṃ jīvebhyaḥ paridhiṃ dadhāmi maiṣāṃ nu ghādaparoarthametam | śataṃ jīvantu śaradaḥ purūcīrantarmṛtyuṃ dadhatāṃ parvatena
English Translation (Griffith)
Here I erect this rampart for the living; let none of these, none other, reach this limit. May they survive a hundred lengthened autumns, and may they bury Death beneath this mountain.
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