Rig Veda · 6.48.17

Rig Veda 6.48.17 — Agni and Others

Verse 17 of 22 from Sukta 6.48 (Agni and Others) in Mandala 6 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 6.48.17

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मा काकम्बीरमुद वर्हो वनस्पतिमशस्तीर्वि हि नीनशः | मोत सूरो अह एवा चन गरीवा आदधते वेः

IAST Romanisation

mā kākambīramud vṛho vanaspatimaśastīrvi hi nīnaśaḥ | mota sūro aha evā cana ghrīvā ādadhate veḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

Tear not up by the roots the Kakambira tree: destroy thou all malignity. Let them not snare by day the neck of that Celestial Bird the Sun.

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