Rig Veda · 2.28.7
Rig Veda 2.28.7 — Varuṇa
Verse 7 of 11 from Sukta 2.28 (Varuṇa) in Mandala 2 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 2.28.7
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
मा नो वधैर्वरुण ये त इष्टावेनः कर्ण्वन्तमसुर भरीणन्ति | मा जयोतिषः परवसथानि गन्म वि षू मर्धः शिश्रथो जीवसे नः
IAST Romanisation
mā no vadhairvaruṇa ye ta iṣṭāvenaḥ kṛṇvantamasura bhrīṇanti | mā jyotiṣaḥ pravasathāni ghanma vi ṣū mṛdhaḥ śiśratho jīvase naḥ
English Translation (Griffith)
Strike us not, Varuṇa, with those dread weapons which, Asura, at thy bidding wound the sinner. Let us not pass away from light to exile. Scatter, that we may live, the men who hate us
Explanation
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