प्रजापतिरनुमतिः सिनीवाल्यचीकॢपत्। स्त्रैषूयमन्यत्र दधत्पुमांसमु दधदिह
Prajāpati, Anumati, and Sinīvālī arranged it; placing the feminine elsewhere, the masculine is placed here.
परि द्यामिव सूर्योऽहीनां जनिमागमम् । रात्री जगदिवान्यद्धंसात्तेना ते वारये विषम्
Like the sun encircling the sky, I have reached the birth of serpents; night and day, whatever is destroyed, by that I ward off poison from you.
यद्ब्रह्मभिर्यदृषिभिर्यद्देवैर्विदितं पुरा । यद्भूतं भव्यमासन्वत्तेना ते वारये विषम्
What was known by the Brāhmaṇas, by the Ṛṣis, by the gods in ancient times; what was, what will be, what exists—by that I ward off poison from you.
मध्वा पृञ्चे नद्यः पर्वता गिरयो मधु । मधु परुष्णी शीपाला शमास्ने अस्तु शं हृदे
With honey I fill the rivers, the mountains, the hills with honey; honey for Paruṣṇī, for Śīpālā, may there be peace for us, peace for the heart.
नमो देववधेभ्यो नमो राजवधेभ्यः । अथो ये विश्यानां वधास्तेभ्यो मृत्यो नमोऽस्तु ते
Homage to the slayers of gods, homage to the slayers of kings; and to those who are slayers among the people, to you, Death, let there be homage.
नमस्ते अधिवाकाय परावाकाय ते नमः । सुमत्यै मृत्यो ते नमो दुर्मत्यै ते इदं नमः
Homage to you, who are the lord of speech, homage to you, who are the lord of distant speech; to your good mind, Death, homage, to your evil mind, this homage.
नमस्ते यातुधानेभ्यो नमस्ते भेषजेभ्यः । नमस्ते मृत्यो मूलेभ्यो ब्राह्मणेभ्य इदं नमः
Homage to the yātudhānas, homage to the medicines; homage to you, Death, at the roots, and to the Brāhmaṇas, this homage.
अस्थिस्रंसं परुस्रंसमास्थितं हृदयामयम् । बलासं सर्वं नाशयाङ्गेष्ठा यश्च पर्वसु
Let the bone-wasting, flesh-wasting, heart-disease, and all balāsa be destroyed from the limbs and whatever is in the joints.
निर्बलासं बलासिनः क्षिणोमि मुष्करं यथा । छिनद्म्यस्य बन्धनं मूलमुर्वार्वा इव
I drive out balāsa from the balāsa-sufferer, as one removes a root; I cut its binding, its root, as one would uproot a plant.
निर्बलासेतः प्र पताशुङ्गः शिशुको यथा । अथो इत इव हायनोऽप द्राह्यवीरहा
Let the balāsa fly away from here, like a young bird; and as one departs from here, let it flee, destroyer of strength.
उत्तमो अस्योषधीनां तव वृक्षा उपस्तयः । उपस्तिरस्तु सोऽस्माकं यो अस्मामभिदासति
The highest of your herbs, the support of your trees; let that support be ours, against whoever attacks us.
सबन्धुश्चासबन्धुश्च यो अस्मामभिदासति । तेषां सा वृक्षाणामिवाहं भूयासमुत्तमः
Whether with kin or without kin, whoever attacks us; among them, may I be the highest, like the trees.
यथा सोम ओषधीनामुत्तमो हविषां कृतः । तलाशा वृक्षाणामिवाहं भूयासमुत्तमः
As Soma is the highest among plants and is made the best of offerings, so may I become the highest among trees, like the tala and asha trees.
आबयो अनाबयो रसस्त उग्र आबयो । आ ते करम्भमद्मसि
The juices that bring harm and those that do not, the strong juices—these are yours. With these, we prepare your porridge.
विहह्लो नाम ते पिता मदावती नाम ते माता । स हिन त्वमसि यस्त्वमात्मानमावयः
Your father is called Vihahla, your mother is called Madavati. You are the one who harms yourself, you who are your own enemy.
तौविलिकेऽवेलयावायमैलब ऐलयीत्। बभ्रुश्च बभ्रुकर्णश्चापेहि निराल
Tauvilika, Velaya, Ayamailaba, Ailayit, Babhru, and Babhrukarna—depart, vanish!
अलसालासि पूर्व सिलाञ्जालास्युत्तरा । नीलागलसाल
You are Alasala in the east, Silanjala in the north, and Nilagalasala.
यथेयं पृथिवी मही भूतानां गर्भमादधे । एवा ते ध्रियतां गर्भो अनु सूतुं सवितवे
Just as this great earth has taken the embryo of beings, so may your embryo be held firm, to be brought forth at the right time.
यथेयं पृथिवी मही दाधारेमान् वनस्पतीन् । एवा ते ध्रियतां गर्भो अनु सूतुं सवितवे
Just as this great earth has supported these trees, so may your embryo be held firm, to be brought forth at the right time.
यथेयं पृथिवी मही दाधार पर्वतान् गिरीन् । एवा ते ध्रियतां गर्भो अनु सूतुं सवितवे
Just as this great earth has supported mountains and hills, so may your embryo be held firm, to be brought forth at the right time.
यथेयं पृथिवी मही दाधार विष्ठितं जगत्। एवा ते ध्रियतां गर्भो अनु सूतुं सवितवे
Just as this great earth has supported the settled world, so may your embryo be held firm, to be brought forth at the right time.
ईर्ष्याया ध्राजिं प्रथमां प्रथमस्या उतापराम् । अग्निं हृदय्यं शोकं तं ते निर्वापयामसि
The first and foremost band of jealousy, and the one that follows after, the fire of heart-burning grief—we extinguish that for you.
यथा भूमिर्मृतमना मृतान् मृतमनस्तरा । यथोत मम्रुषो मन एवेर्ष्योर्मृतं मनः
Just as the earth, with a dead mind, covers the dead, so may my mind, dead to envy, cover over the dead feeling of jealousy.
अदो यत्ते हृदि श्रितं मनस्कं पतयिष्णुकम् । ततस्त ईर्ष्यां मुञ्चामि निरूष्माणं दृतेरिव
That which is lodged in your heart, the restless mind, from that I release you from jealousy, as heat is released from a burning thing.
पुनन्तु मा देवजनाः पुनन्तु मनवो धिया । पुनन्तु विश्वा भूतानि पवमानः पुनातु मा
May the divine beings purify me, may men purify me with their thought, may all creatures purify me, may the purifying one cleanse me.
पवमानः पुनातु मा क्रत्वे दक्षाय जीवसे । अथो अरिष्टतातये
May the purifying one cleanse me for resolve, for skill, for life; and also for unharmed well-being.
उभाभ्यां देव सवितः पवित्रेण सवेन च । अस्मान् पुनीहि चक्षसे
With both, O god Savitar, with the purifier and with the pressing, purify us for clear sight.
अग्नेरिवास्य दहत एति शुष्मिण उतेव मत्तो विलपन्न् अपायति । अन्यमस्मदिच्छतु कं चिदव्रतस्तपुर्वधाय नमो अस्तु तक्मने
He burns like fire, he comes with force, and, like a drunkard, he departs wailing. Let the lawless one seek someone else; to the one who first harmed, let homage be.
नमो रुद्राय नमो अस्तु तक्मने नमो राज्ञे वरुणाय त्विषीमते । नमो दिवे नमः पृथिव्यै नम ओषधीभ्यः
Homage to Rudra, homage to the one who first harmed, homage to King Varuna, the radiant; homage to the sky, homage to the earth, homage to the plants.
अयं यो अभिशोचयिष्णुर्विश्वा रूपाणि हरिता कृणोषि । तस्मै तेऽरुणाय बभ्रवे नमः कृणोमि वन्याय तक्मने
This one who scorches, who makes all forms green, to him, the ruddy, the tawny, I offer homage—to the wild one, to the first harmer.