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मा नो महान्तमुत मा नो अर्भकं
मा न उक्षन्तमुत मा न उक्षितम् ।
मा नो वधीः पितरं मोत मातरं
मा नः प्रियास्तन्वो रुद्र रीरिषः ॥
 
 
O Rudra, afflict not the old amidst us;
nor afflict the child amidst us; afflict not
our grown-up son, nor afflict our son in
the womb ; kill not our father, nor kill
our mother; nor injure our bodies that are
dear to us.
 
Rigveda I. 114.7.
 
ऋतं दिवे तदवोचं पृथिव्या
अभिश्रावाय प्रथमं सुमेधाः ।
पातामवद्याद् दुरितादभीके
पिता माता च रक्षतामवोभिः ॥
 
To Heaven and to Earth, I speak forth,
with a good mind, this foremost of hymns,
that they may hear it well. May Heaven,
our Father, and Earth, our Mother, save us
from reprehensible sin and, remaining by
our side with things gratifying us, may
they protect us.
 
Rigveda I. 185. 10.