विद्मा शरस्य पितरं वरुणं शतवृष्ण्यम् । तेना ते तन्वे शं करं पृथिव्यां ते निषेचनं बहिष्टे अस्तु बालिति
We know the father of the arrow: Varuna, hundred-powered. By him, may there be welfare for your body; may its settling on earth be outside, as a child.
विद्मा शरस्य पितरं चन्द्रं शतवृष्ण्यम् । तेना ते तन्वे शं करं पृथिव्यां ते निषेचनं बहिष्टे अस्तु बालिति
We know the father of the arrow: Chandra, hundred-powered. By him, may there be welfare for your body; may its settling on earth be outside, as a child.
विद्मा शरस्य पितरं सूर्यं शतवृष्ण्यम् । तेना ते तन्वे शं करं पृथिव्यां ते निषेचनं बहिष्टे अस्तु बालिति
We know the father of the arrow: Surya, hundred-powered. By him, may there be welfare for your body; may its settling on earth be outside, as a child.
यदान्त्रेषु गवीन्योर्यद्वस्तावधि संश्रितम् । एवा ते मूत्रं मुच्यतां बहिर्बालिति सर्वकम्
Whatever is within the entrails of the cows, whatever is held in the bladder—so let your urine be released outside, as a child, all of it.
प्र ते भिनद्मि मेहनं वर्त्रं वेशन्त्या इव । एवा ते मूत्रं मुच्यतां बहिर्बालिति सर्वकम्
I break open your urethra, like the barrier of a dwelling. So let your urine be released outside, as a child, all of it.
विषितं ते वस्तिबिलं समुद्रस्योदधेरिव । एवा ते मूत्रं मुच्यतां बहिर्बालिति सर्वकम्
Your bladder opening is pierced, like that of the ocean’s depths. So let your urine be released outside, as a child, all of it.
यथेषुका परापतदवसृष्टाधि धन्वनः । एवा ते मूत्रं मुच्यतां बहिर्बालिति सर्वकम्
Just as the arrow falls away, shot from the bow over the plain, so let your urine be released outside, as a child, all of it.
अम्बयो यन्त्यध्वभिर्जामयो अध्वरीयताम् । पृञ्चतीर्मधुना पयः
The sisters proceed along the paths, the sisters of the sacrifice; they filter milk mixed with honey.
अमूर्या उप सूर्ये याभिर्वा सूर्यः सह । ता नो हिन्वन्त्वध्वरम्
May those powers by which the Sun is joined to the sky, or with which the Sun abides, not harm our sacrifice.
अपो देवीरुप ह्वये यत्र गावः पिबन्ति नः । सिन्धुभ्यः कर्त्वं हविः
I invoke the divine Waters, where our cattle drink; let the offering be made to the Rivers.
अप्स्वन्तरमृतमप्सु भेषजम् । अपामुत प्रशस्तिभिरश्वा भवथ वाजिनो गावो भवथ वाजिनीः
In the waters is ambrosia, in the waters is medicine; by the praises of the waters, may you become swift horses, may you become strong cattle.
आपो हि ष्ठा मयोभुवस्ता न ऊर्जे दधातन । महे रणाय चक्षसे
O Waters, you are the bringers of happiness; grant us nourishment and strength for great vision in battle.
यो वः शिवतमो रसस्तस्य भाजयतेह नः । उशतीरिव मातरः
May we partake here of your most auspicious essence, O Waters, as loving mothers share with their children.
तस्मा अरं गमाम वो यस्य क्षयाय जिन्वथ । आपो जनयथा च नः
Therefore, let us approach you, from whom you grant increase; O Waters, generate us anew.
ईशाना वार्याणां क्षयन्तीश्चर्षणीनाम् । अपो याचामि भेषजम्
Mistresses of treasures, sustainers of peoples, O Waters, I ask you for healing.
शं नो देवीरभिष्टय आपो भवन्तु पीतये । शं योरभि स्रवन्तु नः
May the divine Waters bring us happiness and blessings for drinking; may their streams flow with well-being for us.
अप्सु मे सोमो अब्रवीदन्तर्विश्वानि भेषजा । अग्निं च विश्वशंभुवम्
Within the waters, Soma spoke to me: 'All medicines are within us, and Agni, the bringer of all blessings.'
आपः पृणीत भेषजं वरूथं तन्वे मम । ज्योक्च सूर्यं दृशे
O Waters, fill us with healing and protection for my body, so that I may see the Sun for a long time.
शं न आपो धन्वन्याः शमु सन्त्वनूप्याः । शं नः खनित्रिमा आपः शमु याः कुम्भ आभृताः । शिवा नः सन्तु वार्षिकीः
May the waters of the rivers bring us happiness, may the waters of the streams bring us happiness; may the waters drawn by digging and those brought in jars bring us happiness; may the rains be auspicious for us.
स्तुवानमग्न आ वह यातुधानं किमीदिनम् । त्वं हि देव वन्दितो हन्ता दस्योर्बभूविथ
O Agni, bring here the sorcerer and the fiend who hates us, as we praise you; for you, O god, are praised and have become the slayer of the enemy.
आज्यस्य परमेष्ठिन् जातवेदस्तनूवशिन् । अग्ने तौलस्य प्राशान यातुधानान् वि लापय
O Jātavedas, lord of the clarified butter, dwelling in the body, consume the sorcerer of Taulasa; scatter the fiends.
वि लपन्तु यातुधाना अत्त्रिणो ये किमीदिनः । अथेदमग्ने नो हविरिन्द्रश्च प्रति हर्यतम्
Let the fiends and poisoners who hate us be scattered; then, O Agni and Indra, may you both accept this offering of ours.
अग्निः पूर्व आ रभतां प्रेन्द्रो नुदतु बाहुमान् । ब्रवीतु सर्वो यातुमान् अयमस्मीत्येत्य
Let Agni take the lead, and let mighty Indra drive away the enemy; let every sorcerer come forward and declare, 'Here I am.'
पश्याम ते वीर्यं जातवेदः प्र णो ब्रूहि यातुधानान् नृचक्षः । त्वया सर्वे परितप्ताः पुरस्तात्त आ यन्तु प्रब्रुवाणा उपेदम्
Let us see your power, O Jātavedas; tell us, O all-seeing one, about the fiends. With you scorching them all before us, let them come here confessing.
आ रभस्व जातवेदोऽस्माकार्थाय जज्ञिषे । दूतो नो अग्ने भूत्वा यातुधानान् वि लापय
Take hold, O Jātavedas; you were born for our purpose. Be our messenger, O Agni, and scatter the fiends.
त्वमग्ने यातुधानान् उपबद्धामिहा वह । अथैषामिन्द्रो वज्रेणापि शीर्षाणि वृश्चतु
You, O Agni, bring here the fiends who are bound; then let Indra with his thunderbolt cut off their heads.
इदं हविर्यातुधानान् नदी फेनमिवा वहत्। य इदं स्त्री पुमान् अकरिह स स्तुवतां जनः
Let this oblation carry away the Yātudhānas, as a river bears off its foam. Whoever made this a woman or a man, let them be among those who praise.
अयं स्तुवान आगमदिमं स्म प्रति हर्यत । बृहस्पते वशे लब्ध्वाग्नीषोमा वि विध्यतम्
This one who praises has arrived; let him be welcomed here. Having gained mastery, O Bṛhaspati, let Agni and Soma strike them apart.
यातुधानस्य सोमप जहि प्रजां नयस्व च । नि स्तुवानस्य पातय परमक्ष्युतावरम्
Destroy the offspring of the Yātudhāna, O Soma-drinker, and lead them away. Make the one who praises fall, from the highest to the lowest.
यत्रैषामग्ने जनिमानि वेत्थ गुहा सतामत्त्रिणां जातवेदः । तांस्त्वं ब्रह्मणा वावृधानो जह्येषां शततर्हमग्ने
Where you know their origins, O Agni, hidden among the true ones, O Jātaveda, there, growing strong through prayer, destroy their hundredfold, O Agni.