May Agni, the radiant purifier, bring peace to your mind if it is troubled or restless. With knowledge and care, I prepare a remedy so that you may be restored from madness. From the gods, from the pure and sinless, from the grip of madness itself, from those afflicted and those who afflict, from demons and dark forces—I prepare, with understanding, this healing remedy to return you to wholeness. May the evil spirits release their hold on you; may Indra, mighty among the gods, return you; may Bhaga, the bestower of fortune, return you; may even all the gods who have turned away return you—so that you may be restored from madness. O Agni, do not let this one bring harm to the eldest among his kin; shield him from the root of Yama’s dispersal, from the cords of death. With wisdom, loosen the binding cords that constrain, so that all the gods may recognize and welcome you once more. Release, O Agni, the thirty-three cords with which these are bound; loosen the ties, release father and son, mother and all the family, so that they may be free. Whatever cords bind, surround, or fasten limb to limb—may those be released, for there are powers that unbind. O Pūṣan, remover of evil, cleanse away the sins that threaten the unborn. The gods themselves cleansed this sin for Trita; Trita brought that cleansing among men. If a seizure or affliction has overtaken you, may the gods, through their sacred word, destroy it. Let the rays and the smoke disperse—O sin, depart to the wide spaces or vanish into the mists; follow the foam of the rivers. O Pūṣan, remover of evil, let the sins that destroy the unborn be washed away. The guilt of mortals, set in twelvefold measure and washed from Trita—if any affliction remains, may the gods destroy it with the sacred utterance. Whatever offenses we, the gods, have committed against the gods themselves—O Ādityas, release us from them by truth, by the law of righteousness. By the law of truth, O worshipful Ādityas, free us here, especially if, in seeking to perform the sacrifice, we have failed in the correct way. The sacrificers, rich in offering, pour ghee with ladles; yet, unwilling or unable, all you gods, though we strive, we have not always succeeded. Whatever sins we have committed, knowingly or unknowingly, may all the gods together release us from them. Whether awake or asleep, if I have committed a wrong, may both past and future free me from it, just as the pressing stone releases the stalk. As one freed from the pressing stone, as one cleansed from dirt after bathing, as clarified butter purified by the strainer, so may all the gods cleanse me from guilt. If, in ancient times, those who knew food but not wisdom created these bindings, as did the Kārṣīvaṇas, I offer this to King Vaivasvata; may our sacrificial food become sweet. Vaivasvata apportions the shares, blending the honeyed portion with honey. If what the mother desired did not come, or if the father erred, he withdrew. If guilt has come to us from mother, father, brother, or son—however many ancestors are connected to us—may all their intentions now be peaceful. Whatever debt I have incurred, unpaid, by which I walk under Yama’s power—by this, O Agni, may I be freed from debt. You know all the bonds that are loosened. Here and now, we return this guilt; living among the living, we remove it. Whatever debt I have incurred by eating another’s grain, by this, O Agni, may I be freed from debt. May we be free from debt here, free from debt elsewhere, free from debt in the third world. May we dwell, free from debt, in all the paths of the worlds of gods and ancestors. Whatever sins we have committed with our hands, seeking fortune in the game of dice—may the fierce Apsaras and Ugrajita today release us from debt. The fierce Apsaras, rulers of the realm, let them free us from whatever gambling sins have been committed; let not debt nor debtor remain in Yama’s world. From whom I have borrowed, whose wife I have approached, to whom I have come as a supplicant—may the gods make their words favorable, and may the Apsaras, wives of the gods, approve. Whatever debt I incur by gambling or by eating, O Agni, I acknowledge openly. May Vaiśvānara, our lord, lead us to the world of the righteous. To Vaiśvānara I declare: if there is any debt among the gods, he knows all that is loosened; may we then be united with the cooked offering. May Vaiśvānara, the purifier, cleanse me as I approach the conflict with hope; whatever I have done unknowingly, with my mind seeking, let me expiate that fault. Whatever harm we have done to the midspace, to earth, to sky, or to mother or father, may this Gārhapatya fire lead us away from that, guiding us to the world of the righteous. Earth is our mother, Aditi our birth-giver, the midspace our brother—let no curse befall us. Heaven is our father—may the ancestral portion be auspicious. Having conquered death, may we not fall away from the world. Where friends of good heart and righteous deeds rejoice, having cast off disease from their bodies, unharmed in their limbs, may we, in that heaven, see both parents and children. May Varuṇa’s fetters, upper and lower, be loosed from us; drive away evil dreams and misfortune, so that we may reach the world of the righteous. Whatever binds you to wood or with a rope, whatever binds you to the earth or with words—may this Gārhapatya fire lead us away from that, guiding us to the world of the righteous. May the blessed one rise up in the assembly, bearing the name of the deliverer; let the giver of immortality send forth release from bondage. Break open, make a path, release the bonds, free the bound one; as an embryo slips from the womb, so may you pass along all the paths. This share I dedicate, O wise Viśvakarman, first-born of truth; what we have given, beyond old age, may we cross over the unbroken thread. Some cross over the stretched thread, those to whom the ancestral gift has been given; others, unbound, give and bestow—whoever desires to give, may he attain heaven. Let them take up, let them strive, let the faithful join with this world; whatever is cooked and offered in the fire, for its protection may the couple take refuge together. With austerity I ascend to the great sacrifice, with mind united; O Agni, called forth, beyond old age, may we rejoice in the third heaven at the shared feast. Pure, purified, worthy women I seat separately in the hands of the priests; as I anoint you with this for your desire, may Indra with the Maruts grant that wish to me. This seat I now give to you, O assembled ones, which Jātavedas has brought as a treasure; may the sacrificer follow with well-being—know him in the highest heaven.