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# Mantrabrahmana 1.4.3

Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS) 1.4.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.1.4.3)

candra prāyas-citte  
tvam devānām prāyas-cittiṣ asi /  
brāhmaṇas tvā nātha-kāmas upa-dhāvāmi /  
yā asyās a-putryā tanūṣ  
tām asyai apa-jahi //

> O Moon, expiator, / you are the expiation of the gods. / A brāhmaṇa, seeking protection, I run to you: / whatever sonless form belongs to her, / strike that away from her!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha~en-mt.1.4.3) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Mantrabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra.1.4.3) — Sanskrit

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