Rigveda 1.158.05
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 158 · Verse 1.158.5
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
न मा॑ गरन्न॒द्यो॑ मा॒तृत॑मा दा॒सा यदीं॒ सुस॑मुब्धम॒वाधुः॑ । शिरो॒ यद॑स्य त्रैत॒नो वि॒तक्ष॑त्स्व॒यं दा॒स उरो॒ अंसा॒वपि॑ ग्ध
na mā garannadyo mātṛtamā dāsā yadīṃ susamubdhamavādhuḥ śiro yadasya traitano vitakṣatsvayaṃ dāsa uro aṃsāvapi gdha
Do not be harsh, do not be unmotherly; O servants, if you harmed the well-bound joint, let the head be smoothed—let the threefold wound be healed. Even a servant’s breast and limbs are dear.
Let not the maternal waters swallow me, since the slaves hurled down this decrepit (old man); in like manner as Traitana wounded his head, so has the slave wounded his own, and has struck his breast and shoulders.
The most maternal streams, wherein the Dilsas cast me securely bound, have not devoured me. When Traitana would cleave my head asunder, the Dasa wounded his own breast and shoulders.
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