परं मृत्यो ऽ अनु परेहि पन्थां यस् ते ऽ अन्य इतरो देवयानात् । चक्षुष्मते शृण्वते ते ब्रवीमि मा नः प्रजाꣳ रीरिषो मोत वीरान् ॥
paraṃ mṛtyo ' anu parehi panthāṃ yas te ' anya itaro devayānāt | cakṣuṣmate śṛṇvate te bravīmi mā naḥ prajām̐ rīriṣo mota vīrān ||
Roman (IAST) transliteration rendered by HREEM from the edition's Devanagari; the Devanagari is the edition's own.
Go hence, O Death, pursue thy special pathway apart from that which Gods are wont to travel. To thee I say it who hast eyes and hearest: Touch not our offspring, injure not our heroes.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.18.1; the wording of this text may differ in places.