समिद्धो अद्य मनुषो दुरोणे देवो देवान् यजसि जातवेदः । आ च वह मित्रमहश्चिकित्वान् त्वं दूतः कविरसि प्रचेताः
Kindled today in the house of man, you, O god Jātavedas, worship the gods. Bring Mitra and Varuṇa, the wise, for you are the messenger, the sage, the conscious one.
तनूनपात्पथ ऋतस्य यानान् मध्वा समञ्जन्त्स्वदया सुजिह्व । मन्मानि धीभिरुत यज्ञमृन्धन् देवत्रा च कृणुह्यध्वरं नः
O Tanūnapāt, who travels the path of truth, sweet-tongued, delighting in honey, arrange our thoughts with wisdom and kindle the sacrifice; make our ritual divine.
आजुह्वान ईड्यो वन्द्यश्चा याह्यग्ने वसुभिः सजोषाः । त्वं देवानामसि यह्व होता स एनान् यक्षीषितो यजीयान्
Called and praised, come, O Agni, with the Vasus, in harmony. You are the mighty priest of the gods; you will worship them, being invoked, most worthy of sacrifice.
प्राचीनं बर्हिः प्रदिशा पृथिव्या वस्तोरस्या वृज्यते अग्रे अह्नाम् । व्यु प्रथते वितरं वरीयो देवेभ्यो अदितये स्योनम्
Let the ancient sacred grass be spread in the eastern quarter of the earth, the best place at the beginning of days. Broadly it extends, the most spacious path, for the gods, for Aditi, a pleasant seat.
व्यचस्वतीरुर्विया वि श्रयन्तां पतिभ्यो न जनयः शुम्भमानाः । देवीर्द्वारो बृहतीर्विश्वमिन्वा देवेभ्यो भवत सुप्रायणाः
Let the shining, wide doors be opened, like wives adorned for their lords. Let the great divine doors, all-knowing, be easy of access for the gods.
आ सुष्वयन्ती यजते उपाके उषासानक्ता सदतां नि योनौ । दिव्ये योषणे बृहती सुरुक्मे अधि श्रियं शुक्रपिशं दधाने
Let the one who brings good fortune worship, let Dawn and Night sit together in their seat. The great, heavenly maidens, splendidly adorned, bear shining beauty.
दैव्या होतारा प्रथमा सुवाचा मिमाना यज्ञं मनुषो यजध्यै । प्रचोदयन्ता विदथेषु कारू प्राचीनं ज्योतिः प्रदिशा दिशन्ता
The divine Hotṛ priests, first and eloquent, measuring out the sacrifice for men to perform, inspiring the skilled ones in the assemblies, directing the ancient light toward the proper direction.
आ नो यज्ञं भारती तूयमेत्विडा मनुष्वदिह चेतयन्ती । तिस्रो देवीर्बर्हिरेदं स्योनं सरस्वतीः स्वपसः सदन्ताम्
May the Bharati, the powerful one, come to our sacrifice, awakening among men here; may the three goddesses, Sarasvatīs of true inspiration, sit upon this pleasant sacrificial grass.
य इमे द्यावापृथिवी जनित्री रूपैरपिंशद्भुवनानि विश्वा । तमद्य होतरिषितो यजीयान् देवं त्वष्टारमिह यक्षि विद्वान्
He by whom Heaven and Earth, the two mothers, shaped all the worlds with their forms—today, prompted by the Hotṛ, let us worship that god Tvaṣṭṛ here, knowing him.
उपावसृज त्मन्या समञ्जन् देवानां पाथ ऋतुथा हवींषि । वनस्पतिः शमिता देवो अग्निः स्वदन्तु हव्यं मधुना घृतेन
Release, O Vanaspati, with your own self, the offerings to the gods in due order; let the divine Agni, the peacemaker, taste the oblation with honey and ghee.
सद्यो जातो व्यमिमीत यज्ञमग्निर्देवानामभवत्पुरोगाः । अस्य होतुः प्रशिष्यृतस्य वाचि स्वाहाकृतं हविरदन्तु देवाः
Agni, born at once, measured out the sacrifice, becoming the leader of the gods; may the gods partake of the offering made with svāhā, at the command of this Hotṛ, in the speech of truth.
5.13 ददिर्हि मह्यं वरुणो दिवः कविर्वचोभिरुग्रैर्नि रिणामि ते विषम् । खातमखातमुत सक्तमग्रभमिरेव धन्वन् नि जजास ते विषम्
For me, Varuṇa, the wise one from heaven, has given the antidote to poison with powerful words; whether dug up, not dug up, or attached at the root, the poison has dried up in the desert for you.
यत्ते अपोदकं विषं तत्त एतास्वग्रभम् । गृह्णामि ते मध्यममुत्तमं रसमुतावमं भियसा नेशदादु ते
Whatever waterless poison is yours, that which is attached at the root, I seize your middle, highest, and lowest sap; let it not harm you out of fear.
वृषा मे रवो नभसा न तन्यतुरुग्रेण ते वचसा बाध आदु ते । अहं तमस्य नृभिरग्रभं रसं तमस इव ज्योतिरुदेतु सूर्यः
My roar is strong like thunder in the sky; with your fierce speech, I drive away the harm from you. I, with men, seize the foremost sap of darkness; as from darkness, let the sun arise as light.
चक्षुषा ते चक्षुर्हन्मि विषेण हन्मि ते विषम् । अहे म्रियस्व मा जीवीः प्रत्यगभ्येतु त्वा विषम्
With my eye I strike your eye; with poison I strike your poison. Die, O serpent, do not live; let the poison return back to you.
कैरात पृश्न उपतृण्य बभ्र आ मे शृणुतासिता अलीकाः । मा मे सख्युः स्तामानमपि ष्ठाताश्रावयन्तो नि विषे रमध्वम्
The dark one, the spotted one, the brown one, the black one—hear me, all you false ones! Do not remain near my companion, do not stand by, do not speak out; go away, dissolve the poison.
असितस्य तैमातस्य बभ्रोरपोदकस्य च । सात्रासाहस्याहं मन्योरव ज्यामिव धन्वनो वि मुञ्चामि रथामिव
Of the black one, the brown one, and the waterless one, of the mighty and the powerful—I loosen the anger, as the bowstring from the bow, as the chariot from its yoke.
आलिगी च विलिगी च पिता च माता च । विद्म वः सर्वतो बन्ध्वरसाः किं करिष्यथ
The binder and the unbinder, the father and the mother—we know all your kin by every means; what will you do?
उरुगूलाया दुहिता जाता दास्यसिक्न्या । प्रतङ्कं दद्रुषीणां सर्वासामरसं विषम्
The daughter of Urugūlā, born of the Dāsi Siknī, is the source of all the leprous sores—the sap, the poison of them all.
कर्णा श्वावित्तदब्रवीद्गिरेरवचरन्तिका । याः काश्चेमाः खनित्रिमास्तासामरसतमं विषम्
The ears, the dog declared, dwelling near the mountain; whatever of these are dug up, among them the most sappy is the poison.
ताबुवं न ताबुवं न घेत्त्वमसि ताबुवम् । ताबुवेनारसं विषम्
You are Tābuva, not Tābuva, not a ghēttvam, but Tābuva; with Tābuva, the sapless poison.
तस्तुवं न तस्तुवं न घेत्त्वमसि तस्तुवम् । तस्तुवेनारसं विषम्
You are Tastuva, not Tastuva, not a ghēttvam, but Tastuva; with Tastuva, the sapless poison.
सुपर्णस्त्वान्वविन्दत्सूकरस्त्वाखनन् नसा । दिप्सौषधे त्वं दिप्सन्तमव कृत्याकृतं जहि
The eagle found you, the boar dug you up for us; O sharp herb, strike down the one who strikes, destroy what is done and not done.
अव जहि यातुधानान् अव कृत्याकृतं जहि । अथो यो अस्मान् दिप्सति तमु त्वं जह्योषधे
Strike down the sorcerers, destroy what is done and not done; and whoever attacks us, O herb, you strike him down.
रिश्यस्येव परीशासं परिकृत्य परि त्वचः । कृत्यां कृत्याकृते देवा निष्कमिव प्रति मुञ्चत
Just as the skin is stripped from a spotted deer, O gods, cut away the sorcery from the sorcerer, and release it as you would a jewel from its setting.
पुनः कृत्यां कृत्याकृते हस्तगृह्य परा णय । समक्षमस्मा आ धेहि यथा कृत्याकृतं हनत्
Take hold of the sorcery by the hand, O sorcerer, and lead it away again; place it before us in such a way that the sorcery may strike its maker.
कृत्याः सन्तु कृत्याकृते शपथः शपथीयते । सुखो रथ इव वर्ततां कृत्या कृत्याकृतं पुनः
Let the oaths of the sorcerer fall upon the sorcerer; let the sorcery return to its maker, moving smoothly as a chariot on its path.
यदि स्त्री यदि वा पुमान् कृत्यां चकार पाप्मने । तामु तस्मै नयामस्यश्वमिवाश्वाभिधान्या
Whether it was a woman or a man who performed the sorcery for harm, lead that sorcery back to them, as a horse is led by a horse-caller.
यदि वासि देवकृता यदि वा पुरुषैः कृता । तां त्वा पुनर्णयामसीन्द्रेण सयुजा वयम्
Whether you were made by the gods or by men, we now lead you back, sorcery, together with Indra as our ally.
अग्ने पृतनाषाट्पृतनाः सहस्व । पुनः कृत्यां कृत्याकृते प्रतिहरणेन हरामसि
Agni, destroyer in battle, overcome the battles; we take back the sorcery from the sorcerer by means of counteraction.