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Ṛgveda 2.28.7

ṛṣi
कूर्मो गार्त्समदो गृत्समदो वा
devatā
वरुणः (१० दुःस्वप्ननाशिनी)
chandas
त्रिष्टुप्

mā no̍ va̱dhairva̍ruṇa̱ ye ta̍ i̱ṣṭāvena̍ḥ kṛ̱ṇvanta̍masura bhrī̱ṇanti̍ |mā jyoti̍ṣaḥ pravasa̱thāni̍ ganma̱ vi ṣū mṛdha̍ḥ śiśratho jī̱vase̍ naḥ ||

Transliteration IAST

mā no̍ va̱dhairva̍ruṇa̱ ye ta̍ i̱ṣṭāvena̍ḥ kṛ̱ṇvanta̍masura bhrī̱ṇanti̍ | mā jyoti̍ṣaḥ pravasa̱thāni̍ ganma̱ vi ṣū mṛdha̍ḥ śiśratho jī̱vase̍ naḥ ||

Padapāṭha word by word, as recited

मा | नः | वधैः | वरुण | ये | ते | इष्टौ | एनः | कृण्वन्तम् | असुर | भ्रीणन्ति | मा | ज्योतिषः | प्र-वसथानि | गन्म | वि | सु | मृधः | शिश्रथः | जीवसे | नः

mā | naḥ | vadhaiḥ | varuṇa | ye | te | iṣṭau | enaḥ | kṛṇvantam | asura | bhrīṇanti | mā | jyotiṣaḥ | pra-vasathāni | ganma | vi | su | mṛdhaḥ | śiśrathaḥ | jīvase | naḥ

Translations signed

Strike us not, Varuna, with those dread weapons which, Asura, at thy bidding wound the sinner. Let us not pass away from light to exile. Scatter, that we may live, the men who hate us

Ralph T.H. GriffithThe Hymns of the Rigveda, translated with a popular commentary, 1896 · public domain

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  1. English Strike us not, Varuna, with those dread weapons which, Asura, at thy bidding wound the sinner. Let us not pass away from light to exile. Scatter, that we may live, the men who hate us Ralph T.H. Griffith

Apparatus

Address
rv.2.28.7
Agreement
Two independent digital editions agree on this reading.
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ऋग्वेदः, संहिता, सस्वरपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
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ऋग्वेदः, संहिता, सस्वरपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
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ऋग्वेद-पदपाठः. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
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