यो अन्येद्युरुभयद्युरभ्येतीमं मण्डूकम् । अभ्येत्वव्रतः
Whoever, on another day or on both days, approaches this frog—let him, who is without vows, approach.
आ मन्द्रैरिन्द्र हरिभिर्याहि मयूररोमभिः । मा त्वा के चिद्वि यमन् विं न पाशिनोऽति धन्वेव तामिहि
Come, Indra, with your delightful tawny horses adorned with peacock feathers; let no one restrain you, let not the binders hold you back—come straight like an arrow, come here.
मर्माणि ते वर्मणा छादयामि सोमस्त्वा राजामृतेनानु वस्ताम् । उरोर्वरीयो वरुणस्ते कृणोतु जयन्तं त्वानु देवा मदन्तु
I cover your vital spots with armor; may Soma, the king, anoint you with immortality; may Varuṇa make you broad-chested; may the gods make you victorious and rejoice in you.
अन्तकाय मृत्यवे नमः प्राणा अपाना इह ते रमन्ताम् । इहायमस्तु पुरुषः सहासुना सूर्यस्य भागे अमृतस्य लोके
Homage to Death, to the Ender; may your breaths and out-breaths remain here; may this person stay here with life, in the portion of the Sun, in the world of immortality.
उदेनं भगो अग्रभीदुदेनं सोमो अंशुमान् । उदेनं मरुतो देवा उदिन्द्राग्नी स्वस्तये
May Bhaga raise him up, may Soma the radiant raise him up, may the Maruts, the gods, raise him up, and Indra and Agni for well-being.
इह तेऽसुरिह प्राण इहायुरिह ते मनः । उत्त्वा निर्ऋत्याः पाशेभ्यो दैव्या वचा भरामसि
Here is your breath, here your life, here your mind; we take you away from the snares of Nirṛti by the words of the gods.
उत्क्रामातः पुरुष माव पत्था मृत्योः पड्वीषमवमुञ्चमानः । मा छित्था अस्माल्लोकादग्नेः सूर्यस्य संदृशः
Rise up, O person, do not follow the path of death; do not go to the broad house, do not depart from this world, from the sight of Agni and the Sun.
तुभ्यं वातः पवतां मातरिश्वा तुभ्यं वर्षन्त्वमृतान्यापः । सूर्यस्ते तन्वे शं तपाति त्वां मृत्युर्दयतां मा प्र मेष्ठाः
May the wind blow for you, O Mātariśvan; may the immortal waters rain for you; may the Sun shine well-being upon your body; may Death be merciful to you—do not go away.
उद्यानं ते पुरुष नावयानं जीवातुं ते दक्षतातिं कृणोमि । आ हि रोहेमममृतं सुखं रथमथ जिर्विर्विदथमा वदासि
I make for you, O person, a path for returning, a boat for living, skill for your vigor; come, ascend this immortal, pleasant chariot, and speak with clear voice.
मा ते मनस्तत्र गान् मा तिरो भून् मा जीवेभ्यः प्र मदो मानु गाः पितॄन् । विश्वे देवा अभि रक्षन्तु त्वेह
Let not your mind go there, let it not vanish; do not depart from the living, do not go to the ancestors; may all the gods protect you here.
मा गतानामा दीधीथा ये नयन्ति परावतम् । आ रोह तमसो ज्योतिरेह्या ते हस्तौ रभामहे
Do not long for those who have gone, who lead to the distant place; ascend from darkness to light—come, we take your hands.
श्यामश्च त्वा मा शबलश्च प्रेषितौ यमस्य यौ पथिरक्षी श्वानौ । अर्वाङेहि मा वि दीध्यो मात्र तिष्ठः पराङ्मनाः
The black and the spotted, the two messengers of Yama, the dogs who guard the road—come this way, do not scatter, do not stand apart with a turned mind.
मैतं पन्थामनु गा भीम एष येन पूर्वं नेयथ तं ब्रवीमि । तम एतत्पुरुष मा प्र पत्था भयं परस्तादभयं ते अर्वाक्
Do not go on that path, it is dreadful, which they led before—I tell you; O person, do not follow that way; there is fear beyond, safety is here for you.
{१} रक्षन्तु त्वाग्नयो ये अप्स्वन्ता रक्षतु त्वा मनुष्या यमिन्धते । वैश्वानरो रक्षतु जातवेदा दिव्यस्त्वा मा प्र धाग्विद्युता सह
May the fires that are in the waters protect you, may the fire kindled by men protect you; may Vaiśvānara, Jātavedas, protect you; may the divine one not drive you away together with lightning.
मा त्वा क्रव्यादभि मंस्तारात्संकसुकाच्चर रक्षतु त्वा द्यौ रक्षतु । पृथिवी सूर्यश्च त्वा रक्षतां चन्द्रमाश्च । अन्तरिक्षं रक्षतु देवहेत्याः
Let not the flesh-eater harm you; may you be protected from the one who brings distress. May the sky protect you, may the earth and the sun protect you, may the moon protect you. May the midspace protect you from divine weapons.
बोधश्च त्वा प्रतिबोधश्च रक्षतामस्वप्नश्च त्वानवद्राणश्च रक्षताम् । गोपायंश्च त्वा जागृविश्च रक्षताम्
May wakefulness and alertness protect you; may dreamless sleep and undisturbed rest protect you. May the guardian and the watchful one protect you.
ते त्वा रक्षन्तु ते त्वा गोपायन्तु तेभ्यो नमस्तेभ्यः स्वाहा
May they protect you, may they guard you. Salutation to them, to them offering is made.
जीवेभ्यस्त्वा समुदे वायुरिन्द्रो धाता दधातु सविता त्रायमाणः । मा त्वा प्राणो बलं हासीदसुं तेऽनु ह्वयामसि
May Vāyu, Indra, Dhātṛ, and Savitṛ, the preserver, grant you life among the living. Let not your breath, your strength, depart; we call your vital spirit back.
मा त्वा जम्भः संहनुर्मा तमो विदन् मा जिह्वा बर्हिस्प्रमयुः कथा स्याः । उत्त्वादित्या वसवो भरन्तूदिन्द्राग्नी स्वस्तये
Let not the demon Jambha, nor crushing force, nor darkness harm you; let not your tongue wander to the sacrificial grass. May the Ādityas and Vasus bear you up, may Indra and Agni bring you well-being.
उत्त्वा द्यौरुत्पृथिव्युत्प्रजापतिरग्रभीत्। उत्त्वा मृत्योरोषधयः सोमराज्ञीरपीपरन्
May the sky, the earth, and Prajāpati uphold you; may the plants and the queen Soma fill you with life, away from death.
अयं देवा इहैवास्त्वयं मामुत्र गादितः । इमं सहस्रवीर्येण मृत्योरुत्पारयामसि
Let this person remain here among the gods; let him not go to the other world. With a thousandfold strength, we lift him away from death.
उत्त्वा मृत्योरपीपरं सं धमन्तु वयोधसः । मा त्वा व्यस्तकेश्यो मा त्वाघरुदो रुदन्
May you be filled away from death, may the vital airs and nourishment breathe into you. Let not the one with disheveled hair, nor the wailing messenger of evil, seize you.
आहार्षमविदं त्वा पुनरागाः पुनर्णवः । सर्वाङ्ग सर्वं ते चक्षुः सर्वमायुश्च तेऽविदम्
I have brought you back, I have found you; you have returned, renewed. All your limbs, all your sight, all your life—I have restored them to you.
व्यवात्ते ज्योतिरभूदप त्वत्तमो अक्रमीत्। अप त्वन् मृत्युं निर्ऋतिमप यक्ष्मं नि दध्मसि
The light has arisen, the darkness has departed from you. We cast away from you death, destruction, and disease.
आ रभस्वेमाममृतस्य श्नुष्टिमछिद्यमाना जरदष्टिरस्तु ते । असुं त आयुः पुनरा भरामि रजस्तमो मोप गा मा प्र मेष्ठाः
Take hold of this draught of immortality; let old age, though biting, not cut you down. I bring back your breath and your life; do not go into the realm of darkness, do not vanish away.
जीवतां ज्योतिरभ्येह्यर्वाङा त्वा हरामि शतशारदाय । अवमुञ्चन् मृत्युपाशान् अशस्तिं द्राघीय आयुः प्रतरं ते दधामि
Come near to the light of the living; I lead you back for a hundred autumns. Releasing the nooses of death and misfortune, I set for you a longer span of life.
वातात्ते प्रानमविदं सूर्याच्चक्षुरहं तव । यत्ते मनस्त्वयि तद्धारयामि सं वित्स्वाङ्गैर्वद जिह्वयालपन्
From the wind I have restored your breath, from the sun your sight. I hold your mind within you; know together with your limbs, speak with your tongue.
प्राणेन त्वा द्विपदां चतुष्पदामग्निमिव जातमभि सं धमामि । नमस्ते मृत्यो चक्षुषे नमः प्राणाय तेऽकरम्
With your breath I strengthen you, as fire is kindled, among bipeds and quadrupeds. Salutation to you, O Death, for vision; I have made offering to your breath.
अयं जीवतु मा मृतेमं समीरयामसि । कृणोम्यस्मै भेषजं मृत्यो मा पुरुषं वधीः
Let this one live, let him not die; we send him forth with breath. I prepare a remedy for him—O Death, do not slay the man.
जीवलां नघारिषां जीवन्तीमोषधीमहम् । त्रायमाणां सहमानां सहस्वतीमिह हुवेऽस्मा अरिष्टतातये
I call upon the living, the undying, the living plants—those that protect, endure, and are mighty—here, for the safety of this man.