नेच् छत्रुः प्राशं जयाति सहमानाभिभूर् असि । प्राशं प्रतिप्राशो जह्य् अरसान् कृण्व् ओषधे ॥१॥
nec chatruḥ prāśaṃ jayāti sahamānābhibhūr asi | prāśaṃ pratiprāśo jahy arasān kṛṇv oṣadhe ||1||
May [my] foe by no means win (ji) the dispute; overpowering, overcoming art thou; smite the dispute of [my] counter-disputant; make them sapless, O herb.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
सुपर्णस् त्वान्व् अविन्दत् सूकरस् त्वाखनन् नसा । प्राशं प्रतिप्राशो जह्य् अरसान् कृण्व् ओषधे ॥२॥
suparṇas tvānv avindat sūkaras tvākhanan nasā | prāśaṃ pratiprāśo jahy arasān kṛṇv oṣadhe ||2||
The eagle discovered (anu-vid) thee; the swine dug thee with his snout: smite the dispute etc. etc.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
इन्द्रो ह चक्रे त्वा बाहाव् असुरेभ्य स्तरीतवे । प्राशं प्रतिप्राशो जह्य् अरसान् कृण्व् ओषधे ॥३॥
indro ha cakre tvā bāhāv asurebhya starītave | prāśaṃ pratiprāśo jahy arasān kṛṇv oṣadhe ||3||
Indra put (kŗ) thee on his arm, in order to lay low (stŗ) the Asuras: smite the dispute etc. etc.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
पाटाम् इन्द्रो व्य् आश्नाद् असुरेभ्य स्तरीतवे । प्राशं प्रतिप्राशो जह्य् अरसान् कृण्व् ओषधे ॥४॥
pāṭām indro vy āśnād asurebhya starītave | prāśaṃ pratiprāśo jahy arasān kṛṇv oṣadhe ||4||
Indra consumed (vi-aç) the pāṭá, in order to lay low the Asuras: smite the dispute etc. etc.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
तयाहं शत्रून्त् साक्ष इन्द्रः सालावृकां इव । प्राशं प्रतिप्राशो जह्य् अरसान् कृण्व् ओषधे ॥५॥
tayāhaṃ śatrūnt sākṣa indraḥ sālāvṛkāṃ iva | prāśaṃ pratiprāśo jahy arasān kṛṇv oṣadhe ||5||
With it will I overpower the foes, as Indra did the sālāvṛkás: smite the dispute etc. etc.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
रुद्र जलाषभेषज नीलशिखण्ड कर्मकृत् । प्राशं प्रतिप्राशो जह्य् अरसान् कृण्व् ओषधे ॥६॥
rudra jalāṣabheṣaja nīlaśikhaṇḍa karmakṛt | prāśaṃ pratiprāśo jahy arasān kṛṇv oṣadhe ||6||
O Rudra, thou of healing (?) remedies, of dark (nī́la) crests, deed-doer! smite the dispute etc. etc.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
तस्य प्राशं त्वं जहि यो न इन्द्राभिदासति । अधि नो ब्रूहि शक्तिभिः प्राशि माम् उत्तरं कृधि ॥७॥
tasya prāśaṃ tvaṃ jahi yo na indrābhidāsati | adhi no brūhi śaktibhiḥ prāśi mām uttaraṃ kṛdhi ||7||
Do thou smite the dispute of him, O Indra, who vexes us; bless us with abilities (çákti); make me superior in the dispute.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
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