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    Stanza 7.46.1

    इ॒मा रु॒द्राय॑ स्थि॒रध॑न्वने॒ गिरः॑ क्षि॒प्रेष॑वे दे॒वाय॑ स्व॒धाव्ने॑ | अषा॑ळ्हाय॒ सह॑मानाय वे॒धसे॑ ति॒ग्मायु॑धाय भरता शृ॒णोतु॑ नः ||

    imā́ rudrā́ya sthirádhanvane gíraḥ kṣipréṣave devā́ya svadhā́vne áṣāḷhāya sáhamānāya vedháse tigmā́yudhāya bharatā śr̥ṇótu naḥ

    To Rudra, the god with the firm bow, the swift-arrowed, self-reliant, and unconquered one, the wise, the mighty, and sharp-weaponed deity, we offer these songs. May he hear us.

    Stanza 7.46.2

    स हि क्षये॑ण॒ क्षम्य॑स्य॒ जन्म॑नः॒ साम्रा॑ज्येन दि॒व्यस्य॒ चेत॑ति | अव॒न्नव॑न्ती॒रुप॑ नो॒ दुर॑श्चरानमी॒वो रु॑द्र॒ जासु॑ नो भव ||

    sá hí kṣáyeṇa kṣámyasya jánmanaḥ sā́mrājyena divyásya cétati ávann ávantīr úpa no dúraś carānamīvó rudra jā́su no bhava

    For he, as lord, watches over earthly births, and with his universal dominion, over heavenly ones. Come to our homes, O Rudra, with protection, be free from illness among our people.

    Stanza 7.46.3

    या ते॑ दि॒द्युदव॑सृष्टा दि॒वस्परि॑ क्ष्म॒या चर॑ति॒ परि॒ सा वृ॑णक्तु नः | स॒हस्रं॑ ते स्वपिवात भेष॒जा मा न॑स्तो॒केषु॒ तन॑येषु रीरिषः ||

    yā́ te didyúd ávasr̥ṣṭā divás pári kṣmayā́ cárati pári sā́ vr̥ṇaktu naḥ sahásraṁ te svapivāta bheṣajā́ mā́ nas tokéṣu tánayeṣu rīriṣaḥ

    May that bright flash of yours, sent from heaven and moving across the earth, pass us by! You have a thousand remedies, O you who are easily accessible; do not harm our children and our descendants.

    Stanza 7.46.4

    मा नो॑ वधी रुद्र॒ मा परा॑ दा॒ मा ते॑ भूम॒ प्रसि॑तौ हीळि॒तस्य॑ | आ नो॑ भज ब॒र्हिषि॑ जीवशं॒से यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ||

    mā́ no vadhī rudra mā́ párā dā mā́ te bhūma prásitau hīḷitásya ā́ no bhaja barhíṣi jīvaśaṁsé yūyám pāta svastíbhiḥ sádā naḥ

    Do not strike us, O Rudra, do not abandon us! May we not be captured by your furious pursuit. Grant us a share in the sacred grass and in the praise of the living. May you always protect us with blessings.

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