RV 4.16.17
तिग्मा यद् अन्तर् अशनिः पताति कस्मिञ् चिच् छूर मुहुके जनानाम् । घोरा यद् अर्य समृतिर् भवात्य् अध स्मा नस् तन्वो बोधि गोपाः ॥
tigmā yad antar aśaniḥ patāti kasmiñ cic chūra muhuke janānām | ghorā yad arya samṛtir bhavāty adha smā nas tanvo bodhi gopāḥ ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
When the sharp-pointed arrow, O thou Hero, flieth mid any conflict of the people, When, Faithful One, the dread encounter cometh, then be thou the Protector of our body.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)