तीक्ष्णेनाग्ने चक्षुषा रक्ष यज्ञं प्राञ्चं वसुभ्यः प्र णय प्रचेतः । हिंस्रं रक्षांस्यभि शोशुचानं मा त्वा दभन् यातुधाना नृचक्षः
Agni, with your sharp sight, protect the sacrifice, lead it forward for the good, O wise one; fiercely shining, destroy the demons, let not the sorcerers harm you, O seer.
नृचक्षा रक्षः परि पश्य विक्षु तस्य त्रीणि प्रति शृणीह्यग्रा । तस्याग्ने पृष्टीर्हरसा शृणीहि त्रेधा मूलं यातुधानस्य वृश्च
O seer, look around at the demon among the people; cut off his three foremost limbs; Agni, with strength, cut his backs, and sever the root of the sorcerer in three parts.
{६} त्रिर्यातुधानः प्रसितिं त एत्वृतं यो अग्ने अनृतेन हन्ति । तमर्चिषा स्फूर्जयन् जातवेदः समक्षमेनं गृणते नि युङ्ग्धि
Three times the sorcerer approaches the path; he who, Agni, harms with falsehood; let Jātavedas, flashing with flame, bind him before those who praise him.
यदग्ने अद्य मिथुना शपातो यद्वाचस्तृष्टं जनयन्त रेभाः । मन्योर्मनसः शरव्या जायते या तया विध्य हृदये यातुधानान्
Whatever curse, Agni, is uttered today by pairs, whatever words the rebels generate, whatever arrow of anger and mind arises, with that pierce the sorcerers in their hearts.
परा शृणीहि तपसा यातुधानान् पराग्ने रक्षो हरसा शृणीहि । परार्चिषा मूरदेवान् छृणीहि परासुतृपः शोशुचतः शृणीहि
Drive away the sorcerers with your heat; drive away the demons, Agni, with your strength; drive away the evil spirits with your flame; drive away the greedy, shining ones.
पराद्य देवा वृजिनं शृणन्तु प्रत्यगेनं शपथा यन्तु सृष्टाः । वाचास्तेनं शरव ऋच्छन्तु मर्मन् विश्वस्यैतु प्रसितिं यातुधानः
Today, let the gods drive away the wicked; let the curses return to him; let words and arrows strike his vital parts; let the sorcerer depart from all paths.
यः पौरुषेयेण क्रविषा समङ्क्ते यो अश्व्येन पशुना यातुधानः । यो अघ्न्याया भरति क्षीरमग्ने तेषां शीर्षाणि हरसापि वृश्च
Whoever stains himself with human flesh, or with horse or cattle, the sorcerer; whoever brings the milk of the cow, Agni, cut off their heads with your strength.
विषं गवां यातुधाना भरन्तामा वृश्चन्तामदितये दुरेवाः । परैणान् देवः सविता ददातु परा भागमोषधीनां जयन्ताम्
Let the sorcerers carry poison from the cows; let the wicked be cut off for Aditi; let the god Savitṛ remove them; let the share of the herbs prevail elsewhere.
संवत्सरीणं पय उस्रियायास्तस्य माशीद्यातुधानो नृचक्षः । पीयूषमग्ने यतमस्तितृप्सात्तं प्रत्यञ्चमर्चिषा विध्य मर्मणि
The yearly milk of the tawny cow—may the flesh-eating fiend, the man-seer, not consume it. O Agni, the sweet essence, which the glutton desires—strike him with your returning flame at his vital spot.
सनादग्ने मृणसि यातुधानान् न त्वा रक्षांसि पृतनासु जिग्युः । सहमूरान् अनु दह क्रव्यादो मा ते हेत्या मुक्षत दैव्यायाः
O Agni, you always destroy the fiends; in battles, the demons have not overcome you. Burn up the flesh-eaters together with their followers; let not the divine weapon miss you.
त्वं नो अग्ने अधरादुदक्तस्त्वं पश्चादुत रक्षा पुरस्तात्। प्रति त्ये ते अजरासस्तपिष्ठा अघशंसं शोशुचतो दहन्तु
You, Agni, rise for us from below, and you guard behind and before. Let your ageless, sharp flames burn the evil-wisher, the one who seeks harm.
पश्चात्पुरस्तादधरादुतोत्तरात्कविः काव्येन परि पाह्यग्ने । सखा सखायमजरो जरिम्ने अग्ने मर्ताममर्त्यस्त्वं नः
Guard us, Agni, from behind, before, below, and above, O sage, with your wisdom. As a friend to a friend, ageless for the aging, O Agni, you are immortal among mortals for us.
{७} तदग्ने चक्षुः प्रति धेहि रेभे शफारुजो येन पश्यसि यातुधानान् । अथर्ववज्ज्योतिषा दैव्येन सत्यं धूर्वन्तमचितं न्योष
O Agni, set that vision in the bellowing, in the split-hoofed, by which you see the fiends. With Atharvan's light, with divine radiance, cast down the false and the unknowing.
परि त्वाग्ने पुरं वयं विप्रं सहस्य धीमहि । धृषद्वर्णं दिवेदिवे हन्तारं भङ्गुरावतः
Around you, Agni, the wise and mighty, we place our protection. Day by day, with steadfast strength, you are the slayer of the breaker, the destroyer.
विषेण भङ्गुरावतः प्रति स्म रक्षसो जहि । अग्ने तिग्मेन शोचिषा तपुरग्राभिरर्चिभिः
With poison for the breaker, strike down the demons. O Agni, with your sharp flame, with your blazing, grasping tongues, burn them.
वि ज्योतिषा बृहता भात्यग्निराविर्विश्वानि कृणुते महित्वा । प्रादेवीर्मायाः सहते दुरेवाः शिशीते शृङ्गे रक्षोभ्यो विनिक्षे
With his vast light, Agni shines forth, making all things manifest in his greatness. He withstands the evil devices of the wicked, and with his horns, he casts down the demons.
ये ते शृङ्गे अजरे जातवेदस्तिग्महेती ब्रह्मसंशिते । ताभ्यां दुर्हार्दमभिदासन्तं किमीदिनम् । प्रत्यञ्चमर्चिषा जातवेदो वि निक्ष्व
Those horns of yours, O Jātavedas, ageless, with sharp weapons, sanctified by prayer—by them, strike down the hostile, the devourer, the fiend who approaches. With your returning flame, O Jātavedas, cast them down.
अग्नी रक्षांसि सेधति शुक्रशोचिरमर्त्यः । शुचिः पावक ईड्यः
Agni drives away the demons, the immortal one with bright flames. Pure, radiant, and worthy of praise.
इन्द्रासोमा तपतं रक्ष उब्जतं न्यर्पयतं वृषणा तमोवृधः । परा शृणीतमचितो न्योषतं हतं नुदेथां नि शिशीतमत्त्रिणः
O Indra and Soma, scorch the demon, drive him away, subdue him, mighty ones who increase the darkness. Hear the false one, cast him down, slay, drive away, and freeze the devourer.
इन्द्रासोमा समघशंसमभ्यघं तपुर्ययस्तु चरुरग्निमामिव । ब्रह्मद्विषे क्रव्यादे घोरचक्षसे द्वेषो धत्तमनवायं किमीदिने
O Indra and Soma, scorch the evil-wisher who comes fiercely, like a wolf to the fire. Place hatred against the hater, the flesh-eater, the one with dreadful eyes, the enemy of prayer, for the powerless fiend.
इन्द्रासोमा दुष्कृतो वव्रे अन्तरनारम्भणे तमसि प्र विध्यतम् । यतो नैषां पुनरेकश्चनोदयत्तद्वामस्तु सहसे मन्युमच्छवः
O Indra and Soma, hurl the evil-doers into the pit, into the darkness without support. Let none of them rise again; may your wrath, full of power, prevail over them.
इन्द्रासोमा वर्तयतं दिवो वधं सं पृथिव्या अघशंसाय तर्हणम् । उत्तक्षतं स्वर्यं१ पर्वतेभ्यो येन रक्षो वावृधानं निजूर्वथः
O Indra and Soma, send down the blow from heaven, and the destruction from earth, against the evil-wisher. Draw forth the sunlit radiance from the mountains, by which you will destroy the swelling demon.
इन्द्रासोमा वर्तयतं दिवस्पर्यग्नितप्तेभिर्युवमश्महन्मभिः । तपुर्वधेभिरजरेभिरत्त्रिणो नि पर्शाने विध्यतं यन्तु निस्वरम्
O Indra and Soma, send down the heavenly blow, with stones heated by Agni. With sharp, ageless weapons, strike down the devourer; let them go, silent, to destruction.
इन्द्रासोमा परि वां भूतु विश्वत इयं मतिः कक्ष्याश्वेव वाजिना । यां वां होत्रां परिहिनोमि मेधयेमा ब्रह्माणि नृपती इव जिन्वतम्
O Indra and Soma, may this prayer of ours encompass you on all sides, like a swift horse in the field. The offering I present to you as priests—may you, like kings, win these prayers for wisdom.
प्रति स्मरेथां तुजयद्भिरेवैर्हतं द्रुहो रक्षसो भङ्गुरावतः । इन्द्रासोमा दुष्कृते मा सुगं भूद्यो मा कदा चिदभिदासति द्रुहुः
Remember, with victorious allies, to slay the deceivers, the demons, the breakers. O Indra and Soma, let not the evil-doer find an easy path; may the foe never assail us.
यो मा पाकेन मनसा चरन्तमभिचष्टे अनृतेभिर्वचोभिः । आप इव काशिना सम्गृभीता असन्न् अस्त्वसतः इन्द्र वक्ता
Whoever, with evil mind, watches me as I move, with false words—may he, like one seized by the rushing waters, be lost among the false, O Indra, and not be the speaker.
ये पाकशंसं विहरन्त एवैर्ये वा भद्रं दूषयन्ति स्वधाभिः । अहये वा तान् प्रददातु सोम आ वा दधातु निर्ऋतेरुपष्ठे
Those who consort with the destroyer of ripeness, or who corrupt what is good with their own offerings—may Soma give them over to the serpent, or place them in the lap of destruction.
यो नो रसं दिप्सति पित्वो अग्ने अश्वानां गवां यस्तनूनाम् । रिपु स्तेन स्तेयकृद्दभ्रमेतु नि ष हीयतां तन्वा तना च
Whoever covets our essence, O Agni, whether of horses, cattle, or our own bodies—let the enemy, the thief, the stealer, wander lost; let him be diminished in his body and his offspring.
{९} परः सो अस्तु तन्वा तना च तिस्रः पृथिवीरधो अस्तु विश्वाः । प्रति शुष्यतु यशो अस्य देवा यो मा दिवा दिप्सति यश्च नक्तम्
Let him be far removed in body and in progeny; let him be cast down to the lowest of the three earths; let all his glory wither, O gods, whoever desires to harm me by day or by night.
सुविज्ञानं चिकितुषे जनाय सच्चासच्च वचसी पस्पृधाते । तस्योर्यत्सत्यं यतरदृजीयस्तदित्सोमोऽवति हन्त्यासत्
Clear discernment is for the one who seeks understanding; truth and falsehood contend in speech. Of these, whatever is true and more righteous, that Soma protects; he strikes down what is false.