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# Mantrabrahmana 2.1.8

Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS) 2.1.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.2.1.8)

mā nas toke tanaye mā nas āyau  
mā nas goṣu mā nas aśveṣu rīriṣas /  
vīrān mā nas rudra bhāmitas vadhīṣ  
haviṣmantas sadam it tvā havāmahe //

> Harm not our child, our descendant, nor our life; / harm not our cows, nor our horses! / Slay not our warriors, O Rudra, in your wrath; / bearing oblations, we ever invoke you.  
> — 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.2.1.8) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Mantrabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra.2.1.8) — Sanskrit

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