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.
कृतव्यधनि विध्य तं यश्चकार तमिज्जहि । न त्वामचक्रुषे वयं वधाय सं शिशीमहि
O weapon against sorcery, strike the one who performed it, destroy that one; we have not spoken of you for harm, but for protection.
पुत्र इव पितरं गच्छ स्वज इवाभिष्ठितो दश । बन्धमिवावक्रामी गच्छ कृत्ये कृत्याकृतं पुनः
Go to your maker as a son goes to his father, as a servant to his master, as a captive to his bonds; return, sorcery, to the sorcerer.
उदेणीव वारण्यभिस्कन्दं मृगीव । कृत्या कर्तारमृच्छतु
Let the sorcery reach its maker as a wild elephant returns to the forest, as a doe to her herd.
इष्वा ऋजीयः पततु द्यावापृथिवी तं प्रति । सा तं मृगमिव गृह्णातु कृत्या कृत्याकृतं पुनः
Let the swiftest arrow fly toward him from heaven and earth; let that sorcery seize him as a hunter seizes a beast, returning to the sorcerer.
अग्निरिवैतु प्रतिकूलमनुकूलमिवोदकम् । सुखो रथ इव वर्ततां कृत्या कृत्याकृतं पुनः
Let the sorcery move against its maker as fire moves against the foe, as water flows to what is favorable, as a chariot rolls smoothly on its way.
एका च मे दश च मेऽपवक्तार ओषधे । ऋतजात ऋतावरि मधु मे मधुला करः
One and ten are my defenders, O herb; born of truth, protected by truth, make sweet for me the honey and the honey-bearer.
द्वे च मे विंशतिश्च मेऽपवक्तार ओषधे । ऋतजात ऋतावरि मधु मे मधुला करः
Two and twenty are my defenders, O herb; born of truth, protected by truth, make sweet for me the honey and the honey-bearer.
तिस्रश्च मे त्रिंशच्च मेऽपवक्तार ओषधे । ऋतजात ऋतावरि मधु मे मधुला करः
Three and thirty are my defenders, O herb; born of truth, protected by truth, make sweet for me the honey and the honey-bearer.
चतस्रश्च मे चत्वारिंशच्च मेऽपवक्तार ओषधे । ऋतजात ऋतावरि मधु मे मधुला करः
Four and forty are my defenders, O herb; born of truth, protected by truth, make sweet for me the honey and the honey-bearer.
पञ्च च मे पञ्चाशच्च मेऽपवक्तार ओषधे । ऋतजात ऋतावरि मधु मे मधुला करः
Five and fifty are my defenders, O herb; born of truth, protected by truth, make sweet for me the honey and the honey-bearer.