Mantra 29
Sukta 2
मा नो महान्तमुत मा नो अर्भकं मा नो वहन्तमुत मा नो वक्ष्यतः । मा नो हिंसीः पितरं मातरं च स्वां तन्वंऽ रुद्र मा रीरिषो नः
mā nó mahā́ntam utá mā nó arbhakáṃ mā nó váhantam utá mā nó vakṣyatáḥ | mā nó hiṃsīḥ pitáraṃ mātáraṃ ca svā́ṃ tanvàṃ rudra mā rī́riṣo naḥ
Harm not our great one, nor yet our little one; harm not our bearer, nor our leader. Injure not our father and our mother; our own body, O Rudra—do not thou wound us.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Rudra
Chandas: Jagatī/extended cadence (as transmitted in AV 11.2)
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