ihaivābhi vi tanūbhe ārtnī iva jyayā | vācas patir ni yachatu mayy evāstu mayi śrutam ||3||
Just here stretch thou on, as it were the two tips of the bow with the bow-string; let the lord of speech make fast (ni-yam); in me, in myself, be what is heard.
Called on is the lord of speech; on us let the lord of speech call; may we be united with (sam-gam) what is heard; let me not be parted with what is heard.
विद्मा शरस्य पितरं पर्जन्यं शतवृष्ण्यं । तेना ते तन्वे शं करं पृथिव्यां ते निषेचनं बहिष् टे अस्तु बाल् इति ॥१॥
vidmā śarasya pitaraṃ parjanyaṃ śatavṛṣṇyaṃ | tenā te tanve śaṃ karaṃ pṛthivyāṃ te niṣecanaṃ bahiṣ ṭe astu bāl iti ||1||
We know the reed's father, Parjanya of hundredfold virility; with that will I make weal (çám) for thy body; on the earth [be] thine outpouring, out of thee, with a splash!
yad āntreṣu gavīnyor yad vastāv adhi saṃśritam | evā te mūtraṃ mucyatāṃ bahir bāl iti sarvakam ||6||
What in thine entrails, thy (two) groins (? gavīnī́), what in thy bladder has flowed together—so be thy urine released, out of thee, with a splash! all of it.
Within the waters is ambrosia (amṛ́ta), in the waters is remedy; and by the praises (práçasti) of the waters ye become vigorous (vājín) horses, ye become vigorous kine.
śaṃ na āpo dhanvanyāḥ śam u santv anūpyāḥ | śaṃ naḥ khanitrimā āpaḥ śam u yāḥ kumbha ābhṛtāḥ | śivā naḥ santu vārṣikīḥ ||4||
Weal for us the waters of the plains, and weal be those of the marshes, weal for us the waters won by digging, and weal what are brought in a vessel; propitious to us be those of the rain.
स्तुवानम् अग्न आ वह यातुधानं किमीदिनम् । त्वं हि देव वन्दितो हन्ता दस्योर् बभूविथ ॥१॥
stuvānam agna ā vaha yātudhānaṃ kimīdinam | tvaṃ hi deva vandito hantā dasyor babhūvitha ||1||
Bring hither, O Agni, the sorcerer (yātudhā́па), the kimīdín, speaking out (stu); for thou, O god, being revered, hast become slayer of the barbarian (dásyu).
O most exalted one (parameṣṭhín), Jātavedas, self-controller, Agni, partake of (prа-аç) the sacrificial butter, of the sesame oil (?); make the sorcerers cry out.
पश्याम ते वीर्यं जातवेदः प्र णो ब्रूहि यातुधानान् नृचक्षः । त्वया सर्वे परितप्ताः पुरस्तात् त आ यन्तु प्रब्रुवाणा उपेदम् ॥५॥
paśyāma te vīryaṃ jātavedaḥ pra ṇo brūhi yātudhānān nṛcakṣaḥ | tvayā sarve paritaptāḥ purastāt ta ā yantu prabruvāṇā upedam ||5||
We would fain see thy heroism (vīryà), O Jātavedas; proclaim to us the sorcerers, O men-watcher; let them all, burnt about by thee in front, come to this place, proclaiming themselves.
ayaṃ stuvāna āgamad imaṃ sma prati haryata | bṛhaspate vaśe labdhvāgnīṣomā vi vidhyatam ||2||
This man hath come, speaking out; this man do ye welcome; O Brihaspati, taking [him] into thy control—O Agni and Soma, do ye (two) pierce [him] through.
Wherever, O Agni, thou knowest the births of them, of the devourers that are in secret, O Jātavedas, them do thou, increasing through worship (bráhman)—slay of them, O Agni, with hundredfold transfixion.
ayaṃ devānām asuro vi rājati vaśā hi satyā varuṇasya rājñaḥ | tatas pari brahmaṇā śāśadāna ugrasya manyor ud imaṃ nayāmi ||1||
This Asura bears rule over the gods; for the wills (váça) of king Varuṇa [come] true; from him, prevailing by my worship (bráhman), from the fury of the formidable one (ugrá) do I lead up this man.
namas te rajan varuṇāstu manyave viśvaṃ hy ugra nicikeṣi drugdham | sahasram anyān pra suvāmi sākaṃ śataṃ jīvāti śaradas tavāyam ||2||
Homage be to thy fury, O king Varuṇa; for, O formidable one, thou dost note (ni-ci) every malice (drugdhá). A thousand others I impel (pra-sū) together; a hundred autumns of thee shall this man live.
muñcāmi tvā vaiśvānarād arṇavān mahatas pari | sajātān ugrehā vada brahma cāpa cikīhi naḥ ||4||
I release thee out of the universal, the great flood (arṇavá); speak, O formidable one, unto [thy] fellows here, and reverence our incantation (bráhman).
वषट् ते पूषन्न् अस्मिन्त् सूताव् अर्यमा होता कृणोतु वेधाः । सिस्रतां नार्य् ऋतप्रजाता वि पर्वाणि जिहतां सूतवा उ ॥१॥
vaṣaṭ te pūṣann asmint sūtāv aryamā hotā kṛṇotu vedhāḥ | sisratāṃ nāry ṛtaprajātā vi parvāṇi jihatāṃ sūtavā u ||1||
At this birth, O Pūshan, let Aryaman [as] efficient (vedhás) invoker utter váṣaṭ for thee; let the woman, rightly engendered, be relaxed; let her joints go apart in order to birth.
Not as it were stuck (ā́hata) in the flesh, not in the fat, not as it were in the marrows, let the spotted slimy (?) afterbirth come down, for the dog to eat; let the afterbirth descend.
वि ते भिनद्मि मेहनं वि योनिं वि गवीनिके । वि मातरं च पुत्रं च वि कुमारं जरायुणाव जरायु पद्यताम् ॥५॥
vi te bhinadmi mehanaṃ vi yoniṃ vi gavīnike | vi mātaraṃ ca putraṃ ca vi kumāraṃ jarāyuṇāva jarāyu padyatām ||5||
I split apart thy urinator, apart the yóni, apart the [two] groins, apart both the mother and the child, apart the boy from the afterbirth; let the afterbirth descend.
namas te pravato napād yatas tapaḥ samūhasi | mṛḍayā nas tanūbhyo mayas tokebhyas kṛdhi ||2||
Homage to thee, child of the height (pravát), whence thou gatherest (sam-ūh) heat (tápas); be merciful to ourselves; do kindness (máyas) to our offspring (toká).
प्रवतो नपान् नम एवास्तु तुभ्यं नमस् ते हेतये तपुषे च कृण्मः । विद्म ते धाम परमं गुहा यत् समुद्रे अन्तर् निहितासि नाभिः ॥३॥
pravato napān nama evāstu tubhyaṃ namas te hetaye tapuṣe ca kṛṇmaḥ | vidma te dhāma paramaṃ guhā yat samudre antar nihitāsi nābhiḥ ||3||
Child of the height, be homage to thee; homage we pay to thy missile (hetí) and heat (tápus); we know thy highest abode (dhā́man) that is in secret; thou art set as navel within the [cloud-]ocean.
yāṃ tvā devā asṛjanta viśva iṣuṃ kṛṇvānā asanāya dhṛṣṇum | sā no mṛḍa vidathe gṛṇānā tasyai te namo astu devi ||4||
Thou whom all the gods did create, the bold one, ⌊[the gods]⌋ making an arrow for hurling—do thou, besung in the council (vidátha), be merciful to us; to thee as such be homage, O goddess.
Her portion (bhága), splendor have I taken to myself, as from off a tree a garland; like a mountain with great base, let her sit long with the Fathers.
Together, together let the rivers flow, together the winds, together the birds (patatrín); this my sacrifice let them enjoy of old; I offer with a confluent (saṁsrāvyà) oblation.
Come straight hither to my call, hither ye confluents also; increase this man, ye songs; let every beast (paçú) there is come hither; let what wealth (rayí) there is stay (sthā) with him.
Savitar has driven out the trouble (? draṇi) in her feet; out have Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman [driven] [that] in her hands; out hath Anumati, bestowing (rā) upon us; the gods have driven this woman forward unto good fortune.
यत् त आत्मनि तन्वां घोरम् अस्ति यद् वा केशेषु प्रतिचक्षणे वा । सर्वं तद् वाचाप हन्मो वयं देवस् त्वा सविता सूदयतु ॥३॥
yat ta ātmani tanvāṃ ghoram asti yad vā keśeṣu praticakṣaṇe vā | sarvaṃ tad vācāpa hanmo vayaṃ devas tvā savitā sūdayatu ||3||
Whatever in thy self, in thy body, is frightful, or what in hair or in mien—all that do we smite away with [our] words; let god Savitar advance (sūd) thee.
यः सपत्नो यो ऽसपत्नो यश् च द्विषन् छपाति नः । देवास् तं सर्वे धूर्वन्तु ब्रह्म वर्म ममान्तरम् ॥४॥
yaḥ sapatno yo 'sapatno yaś ca dviṣan chapāti naḥ | devās taṃ sarve dhūrvantu brahma varma mamāntaram ||4||
Whatever rival (sapátna), whatever non-rival, and whatever hater shall curse us, him let all the gods damage (dhūrv); incantation (bráhman) is my inner defense.
अदारसृद् भवतु देव सोमास्मिन् यज्ञे मरुतो मृडता नः । मा नो विदद् अभिभा मो अशस्तिर् मा नो विदद् वृजिना द्वेष्या या ॥१॥
adārasṛd bhavatu deva somāsmin yajñe maruto mṛḍatā naḥ | mā no vidad abhibhā mo aśastir mā no vidad vṛjinā dveṣyā yā ||1||
Let there be the ádārasṛt, O god Soma; at this sacrifice, O Maruts, be gracious to us; let not a portent find us, nor an imprecation; let not the wrong that is hateful find us.
इतश् च यद् अमुतश् च यद् वधं वरुण यावय । वि महच् छर्म यछ वरीयो यावया वधम् ॥३॥
itaś ca yad amutaś ca yad vadhaṃ varuṇa yāvaya | vi mahac charma yacha varīyo yāvayā vadham ||3||
Both what [is] from here and what from yonder—keep off, O Varuṇa, the deadly weapon; extend great protection (çárman); keep very far off the deadly weapon.
Giver of well-being, lord of the people (víç), Vṛtra-slayer, remover of scorners, controlling, let the bull Indra go before us, soma-drinker, producing fearlessness.
शुकेषु ते हरिमाणं रोपणाकासु दध्मसि । अथो हारिद्रवेषु ते हरिमाणं नि दध्मसि ॥४॥
śukeṣu te harimāṇaṃ ropaṇākāsu dadhmasi | atho hāridraveṣu te harimāṇaṃ ni dadhmasi ||4||
To parrots and to starlings let us give away my yellowness, Or this my yellowness let us transfer to Haritala trees.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 1.50.12; the wording of this text may differ in places.
किलासं च पलितं च निर् इतो नाशया पृषत् । आ त्वा स्वो विशतां वर्णः परा शुक्लानि पातय ॥२॥
kilāsaṃ ca palitaṃ ca nir ito nāśayā pṛṣat | ā tvā svo viśatāṃ varṇaḥ parā śuklāni pātaya ||2||
The leprous spot, what is pale, do thou cause to disappear from hence, the speckled; let thine own color enter thee; make white things (çuklá) fly away.
Of the bone-born leprous spot, and of the body-born that is in the skin, of that made by the spoiler (dū́ṣi)—by incantation have I made the white (çvetá) mark disappear.
The Asura-woman first made this remedy for leprous spot, this effacer of leprous spot; it has made the leprous spot disappear, has made the skin uniform (sárūpa).
yad agnir āpo adahat praviśya yatrākṛṇvan dharmadhṛto namāṃsi | tatra ta āhuḥ paramaṃ janitraṃ sa naḥ saṃvidvān pari vṛṅgdhi takman ||1||
As Agni, entering, burned the waters, where the maintainers of duty (dhárma-) paid acts of homage, there they declare to be thy highest birth-place; then do thou, O fever (takmán), complaisant, avoid us.
यद्य् अर्चिर् यदि वासि शोचिः शकल्येषि यदि वा ते जनित्रम् । ह्रूडुर् नामासि हरितस्य देव स नः संविद्वान् परि वृङ्ग्धि तक्मन् ॥२॥
yady arcir yadi vāsi śociḥ śakalyeṣi yadi vā te janitram | hrūḍur nāmāsi haritasya deva sa naḥ saṃvidvān pari vṛṅgdhi takman ||2||
If thou art flame (arcís) or if heat (çocís), or if thy birth-place seeks the shavings (?), hrū́ḍu by name art thou, O god of the yellow one; then do thou, O fever, complaisant, avoid us.
namaḥ śītāya takmane namo rūrāya śociṣe kṛṇomi | yo anyedyur ubhayadyur abhyeti tṛtīyakāya namo astu takmane ||4||
Homage to the cold fever, homage I pay to the fierce (rūrá) heat (çocís); to the one that befalls on every other day, on both days, to the third-day fever be homage.
Yonder on the further shore are she-adders, thrice seven, out of their sloughs (-jarā́yu); with the sloughs of them do we wrap up (ápi vyā) the (two) eyes of the malignant waylayer.
Let the cutting one (kṛt) go asunder, she who bears as it were a club (pínăka); asunder [go] the mind of her that returns to life (punarbhú); unsuccessful [are] the malignant ones.
na bahavaḥ sam aśakan nārbhakā abhi dādhṛṣuḥ | veṇor adgā ivābhito 'samṛddhā aghāyavaḥ ||3||
The many have not been able together; the few have not ventured on [it]; like the sprouts (? ádga) of a bamboo (veṇú) round about, unsuccessful [are] the malignant ones.