Rigveda 7.104.18
Rigveda · Mandala 7, Sukta 104 · Verse 7.104.18
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
वि ति॑ष्ठध्वं मरुतो वि॒क्ष्वि१॒॑च्छत॑ गृभा॒यत॑ र॒क्षसः॒ सं पि॑नष्टन । वयो॒ ये भू॒त्वी प॒तय॑न्ति न॒क्तभि॒र्ये वा॒ रिपो॑ दधि॒रे दे॒वे अ॑ध्व॒रे
vi tiṣṭhadhvaṃ maruto vikṣvi1cchata gṛbhāyata rakṣasaḥ saṃ pinaṣṭana vayo ye bhūtvī patayanti naktabhirye vā ripo dadhire deve adhvare
Stand forth, Maruts, look around, hold the harness; the protectors together are destroyed. Those of us who become masters may not be held by foes at night—O gods, guard the path.
Stay, Maruts, among the people, desirous (of protecting them); seize the rākṣasas, grind them intopieces; whether you fly about like birds at night, or whether they have offered obstruction to the sacred sacrifice.
Spread out, ye Maruts, search among the people: seize ye and grind the Raksasas to pieces, Who fly abroad, transformed to birds, at night-time, or sully and pollute our holy worship.
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