Rigveda 10.162.03

Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 162 · Verse 10.162.3

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Vedic Classification

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Devatā (Deity)
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Chandas (Meter)
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Sanskrit Original

यस्ते॒ हन्ति॑ प॒तय॑न्तं निष॒त्स्नुं यः स॑रीसृ॒पम् । जा॒तं यस्ते॒ जिघां॑सति॒ तमि॒तो ना॑शयामसि

yaste hanti patayantaṃ niṣatsnuṃ yaḥ sarīsṛpam jātaṃ yaste jighāṃsati tamito nāśayāmasi

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🤖 AI GeneratedAI Generated

Whoever kills thy winners, who strikes down serpent or creeping thing — I destroy that grasper who sought to kill thy offspring.

📖 Book ReferenceWisdomLibRig Veda English TranslationSource ↗

May we exterminate from hence (the evil spirit) who destroys the impregnating energy, the germ as itsettles, the moving embryo, who seeks to destroy (the babe) when born.

📖 Book ReferenceRalph T.H. GriffithThe Rig Veda, 1896Source ↗

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.

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