उद् अगातां भगवती विचृतौ नाम तारके । वि क्षेत्रियस्य मुञ्चताम् अधमं पाशम् उत्तमम् ॥१॥
ud agātāṃ bhagavatī vicṛtau nāma tārake | vi kṣetriyasya muñcatām adhamaṃ pāśam uttamam ||1||
Arisen are the (two) blessed stars called the Unfasteners (vicṛ́t); let them unfasten (vi-muc) of the kṣetriyá the lowest, the highest fetter.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अपेयं रात्र्य् उछत्व् अपोछन्त्व् अभिकृत्वरीः । वीरुत् क्षेत्रियनाशन्य् अप क्षेत्रियम् उछतु ॥२॥
apeyaṃ rātry uchatv apochantv abhikṛtvarīḥ | vīrut kṣetriyanāśany apa kṣetriyam uchatu ||2||
Let this night fade away (apa-vas); let the bewitchers (f., abhikṛ́tvan) fade away; let the kṣetriyá -effacing (-nā́çana) plant fade the kṣetriyá away.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
बभ्रोर् अर्जुनकाण्डस्य यवस्य ते पलाल्या तिलस्य तिलपिञ्ज्या । वीरुत् क्षेत्रियनाशन्य् अप क्षेत्रियम् उछतु ॥३॥
babhror arjunakāṇḍasya yavasya te palālyā tilasya tilapiñjyā | vīrut kṣetriyanāśany apa kṣetriyam uchatu ||3||
With the straw of the brown, whitish-jointed barley for thee, with the sesame-stalk (? -piñjī) of sesame, let the kṣetriyá -effacing etc. etc.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
नमस् ते लाङ्गलेभ्यो नम ईषायुगेभ्यः । वीरुत् क्षेत्रियनाशन्य् अप क्षेत्रियम् उछतु ॥४॥
namas te lāṅgalebhyo nama īṣāyugebhyaḥ | vīrut kṣetriyanāśany apa kṣetriyam uchatu ||4||
Homage to thy ploughs (lān̄gala), homage to thy poles-and-yokes: let the kṣetriyá -effacing etc. etc.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
नमः सनिस्रसाक्षेभ्यो नमः संदेश्येभ्यः । नमः क्षेत्रस्य पतये वीरुत् क्षेत्रियनाशन्य् अप क्षेत्रियम् उछतु ॥५॥
namaḥ sanisrasākṣebhyo namaḥ saṃdeśyebhyaḥ | namaḥ kṣetrasya pataye vīrut kṣetriyanāśany apa kṣetriyam uchatu ||5||
Homage to them of constantly falling eyes, homage to them of the same region (? saṁdeçyà), homage to the lord of the field: let the kṣetriyá -effacing etc. etc.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
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