दूष्या दूषिर् असि हेत्या हेतिर् असि मेन्या मेनिर् असि । आप्नुहि श्रेयांसम् अति समं क्राम ॥१॥
dūṣyā dūṣir asi hetyā hetir asi menyā menir asi | āpnuhi śreyāṃsam ati samaṃ krāma ||1||
Spoiler's spoiler (dū́ṣi) art thou; missile's missile (hetí) art thou; weapon's weapon (mení) art thou: attain (āp) the better one, step beyond the equal (samá).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
स्रक्त्यो ऽसि प्रतिसरो ऽसि प्रत्यभिचरणो ऽसि । आप्नुहि श्रेयांसम् अति समं क्राम ॥२॥
sraktyo 'si pratisaro 'si pratyabhicaraṇo 'si | āpnuhi śreyāṃsam ati samaṃ krāma ||2||
Sraktyà. art thou; re-entrant (pratisará) art thou; counter-conjuring art thou: attain the etc. etc.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
प्रति तम् अभि चर यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः । आप्नुहि श्रेयांसम् अति समं क्राम ॥३॥
prati tam abhi cara yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ | āpnuhi śreyāṃsam ati samaṃ krāma ||3||
Conjure (abhi-car) against him who hates us, whom we hate: attain the etc. etc.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
सूरिर् असि वर्चोधा असि तनूपानो ऽसि । आप्नुहि श्रेयांसम् अति समं क्राम ॥४॥
sūrir asi varcodhā asi tanūpāno 'si | āpnuhi śreyāṃsam ati samaṃ krāma ||4||
Patron (sūrí) art thou; splendor-bestowing art thou; body-protecting art thou: attain the etc. etc.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
शुक्रो ऽसि भ्राजो ऽसि स्वर् असि ज्योतिर् असि । आप्नुहि श्रेयांसम् अति समं क्राम ॥५॥
śukro 'si bhrājo 'si svar asi jyotir asi | āpnuhi śreyāṃsam ati samaṃ krāma ||5||
Bright (çukrá) art thou; shining (bhrājá) art thou; heaven (svàr) art thou; light art thou: attain the etc. etc.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
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