प्रति स्पशो वि सृज तूर्णितमो भवा पायुर् विशो ऽ अस्या अदब्धः । यो नो दूरे ऽ अघशꣳसो यो ऽ अन्त्य् अग्ने माकिष् टे व्यथिर् आ दधर्षीत् ॥
prati spaśo vi sṛja tūrṇitamo bhavā pāyur viśo ' asyā adabdhaḥ | yo no dūre ' aghaśam̐so yo ' anty agne mākiṣ ṭe vyathir ā dadharṣīt ||
Roman (IAST) transliteration rendered by HREEM from the edition's Devanagari; the Devanagari is the edition's own.
Send thy spies forward, fleetest in thy motion; be, ne'er deceived, the guardian of this people From him who, near or far, is bent on evil, and let no trouble sent from thee o'ercome us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 4.4.3; the wording of this text may differ in places.