Rig Veda · 8.18.16
Rig Veda 8.18.16 — Ādityas
Verse 16 of 22 from Sukta 8.18 (Ādityas) in Mandala 8 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 8.18.16
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
आ शर्म पर्वतानामोतापां वर्णीमहे | दयावाक्षामारे अस्मद रपस कर्तम
IAST Romanisation
ā śarma parvatānāmotāpāṃ vṛṇīmahe | dyāvākṣāmāre asmad rapas kṛtam
English Translation (Griffith)
Fain would we have the sheltering aid of mountains and of water-floods: Keep far from us iniquity, O Heaven and Earth.
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