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Rigveda 10.162

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.162

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10.162.1

brahma̍ṇā̱gniḥ sa̍ṁvidā̱no ra̍kṣo̱hā bā̍dhatām i̱taḥ |
amī̍vā̱ yas te̱ garbha̍ṁ du̱rṇāmā̱ yoni̍m ā̱śaye̍ ||

MAY Agni, yielding to our prayer, the Raksas-slayer, drive away The malady of evil name that hath beset thy labouring womb.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.162.2

yas te̱ garbha̱m amī̍vā du̱rṇāmā̱ yoni̍m ā̱śaye̍ |
a̱gniṣ ṭam brahma̍ṇā sa̱ha niṣ kra̱vyāda̍m anīnaśat ||

Agni, concurring in the prayer, drive off the eater of the flesh, The malady of evil name that hath attacked thy babe and womb.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.162.3

yas te̱ hanti̍ pa̱taya̍ntaṁ niṣa̱tsnuṁ yaḥ sa̍rīsṛ̱pam |
jā̱taṁ yas te̱ jighā̍ṁsati̱ tam i̱to nā̍śayāmasi ||

That which destroys the sinking germ, the settled, moving embryo, That which will kill the babe at birth,even this will we drive far away.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.162.4

yas ta̍ ū̱rū vi̱hara̍ty anta̱rā dampa̍tī̱ śaye̍ |
yoni̱ṁ yo a̱ntar ā̱reḻhi̱ tam i̱to nā̍śayāmasi ||

That which divides thy legs that it may lie between the married pair, That penetrates and licks thy side,– even this will we exterminate.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.162.5

yas tvā̱ bhrātā̱ pati̍r bhū̱tvā jā̱ro bhū̱tvā ni̱padya̍te |
pra̱jāṁ yas te̱ jighā̍ṁsati̱ tam i̱to nā̍śayāmasi ||

What rests by thee in borrowed form of brother, lover, or of lord, And would destroy thy Progeny,– even this will we exterminate.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.162.6

yas tvā̱ svapne̍na̱ tama̍sā mohayi̱tvā ni̱padya̍te |
pra̱jāṁ yas te̱ jighā̍ṁsati̱ tam i̱to nā̍śayāmasi ||

That which through sleep or darkness hath deceived thee and lies down by thee, And will destroy thy progeny,– -even this will we exterminate.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

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