Rig Veda · Mandala 7 · Sukta 50
Rig Veda 7.50 — Various Deities
Deity: Various Deities. Rishi family (Mandala 7): Vasishtha and his lineage. This Sukta contains 4 verses presented below in Devanagari Sanskrit, IAST romanisation, and Ralph T. H. Griffith's English translation. Click any verse to read a fuller explanation.
Verses
Rig Veda 7.50.1
आ मां मित्रावरुणेह रक्षतं कुलाययद विश्वयन मा न आ गन | अजकावं दुर्द्र्शीकं तिरो दधे मा मां पद्येन रपसा विदत तसरुः
ā māṃ mitrāvaruṇeha rakṣataṃ kulāyayad viśvayan mā na ā ghan | ajakāvaṃ durdṛśīkaṃ tiro dadhe mā māṃ padyena rapasā vidat tsaruḥ
Rig Veda 7.50.2
यद विजामन परुषि वन्दनं भुवदष्ठीवन्तौ परि कुल्फौ च देहत | अग्निष टच्छोचन्नप बाधतामितो मा माम्पद्येन ...
yad vijāman paruṣi vandanaṃ bhuvadaṣṭhīvantau pari kulphau ca dehat | aghniṣ ṭacchocannapa bādhatāmito mā māmpadyena ...
Eruption that appears upon the twofold joints, and that which overspreads the ankles and the knees, May the refulgent Agni banish far away let not the winding worm touch me and wound my foot.
Rig Veda 7.50.3
यच्छल्मलौ भवति यन नदीषु यदोषधीभ्यः परि जायते विषम | विश्वे देवा निरितस्तत सुवन्तु मा मां पद्येन ...
yacchalmalau bhavati yan nadīṣu yadoṣadhībhyaḥ pari jāyate viṣam | viśve devā niritastat suvantu mā māṃ padyena ...
The poison that is formed upon the Salmali, that which is found in streams, that which the plants produce, All this may all the Gods banish and drive away: let not the winding worm touch me and wound my foot.
Rig Veda 7.50.4
याः परवतो निवत उद्वत उदन्वतीरनुदकाश्च याः | ता अस्मभ्यं पयसा पिन्वमानाः शिवा देवीरशिपदा भवन्तु सर्वा नद्यो अशिमिदा भवन्तु
yāḥ pravato nivata udvata udanvatīranudakāśca yāḥ | tā asmabhyaṃ payasā pinvamānāḥ śivā devīraśipadā bhavantu sarvā nadyo aśimidā bhavantu
The steep declivities, the valleys, and the heights, the channels full of water, and the waterless- May those who swell with water, gracious Goddesses, never afflict us with the Sipada disease, may all the rivers keep us free from Simida.
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