यस्त्वा स्वप्ने निपद्यते भ्राता भूत्वा पितेव च । बजस्तान्त्सहतामितः क्लीबरूपांस्तिरीटिनः
Whoever lies with you in a dream, as a brother or as a father, let the charm endure against them—those impotent, those with crests.
यस्त्वा स्वपन्तीं त्सरति यस्त्वा दिप्सति जाग्रतीम् । छायामिव प्र तान्त्सूर्यः परिक्रामन्न् अनीनशत्
Whoever pursues you while you sleep, or desires you while you are awake—may the sun, moving around, drive them away like a shadow.
यः कृणोति मृतवत्सामवतोकामिमां स्त्रियम् । तमोषधे त्वं नाशयास्याः कमलमञ्जिवम्
Whoever makes this woman like one whose child has died, or like a widow—O herb, destroy that darkness, that withered, lifeless state in her.
ये शालाः परिनृत्यन्ति सायं गर्दभनादिनः । कुसूला ये च कुक्षिलाः ककुभाः करुमाः स्रिमाः । तान् ओषधे त्वं गन्धेन विषूचीनान् वि नाशय
Those who dance around the house in the evening, braying like donkeys; those who are hunchbacked, pot-bellied, crooked, dark, or lean—O herb, with your fragrance, destroy those who bring disease.
{१४} ये कुकुन्धाः कुकिरभाः कृत्तीर्दूर्शानि बिभ्रति । क्लीबा इव प्रनृत्यन्तो वने ये कुर्वते घोषं तान् इतो नाशयामसि
Those who are hunchbacked, crooked, wearing torn garments, who dance about like impotent men, making noise in the forest—we drive them away from here.
ये सूर्यं न तितिक्षन्त आतपन्तममुं दिवः । अरायान् बस्तवासिनो दुर्गन्धींल्लोहितास्यान् मककान् नाशयामसि
Those who cannot endure the sun shining in the sky, the hostile ones who dwell in goat-skins, foul-smelling, red-mouthed, and fly-like—we drive them away.
य आत्मानमतिमात्रमंस आधाय बिभ्रति । स्त्रीणां श्रोणिप्रतोदिन इन्द्र रक्षांसि नाशय
Those who carry excessive flesh upon themselves, who strike at the loins of women—O Indra, destroy those demons.
ये पूर्वे बध्वो यन्ति हस्ते शृङ्गानि बिभ्रतः । आपाकेस्थाः प्रहासिन स्तम्बे ये कुर्वते ज्योतिस्तान् इतो नाशयामसि
Those who, like the former ones, go about with horns in their hands, who dwell in the refuse, who laugh loudly, who make light in the stump—we drive them away from here.
येषां पश्चात्प्रपदानि पुरः पार्ष्णीः पुरो मुखा । खलजाः शकधूमजा उरुण्डा ये च मट्मटाः कुम्भमुष्का अयाशवः । तान् अस्या ब्रह्मणस्पते प्रतीबोधेन नाशय
Those whose feet are behind, heels in front, faces forward; the bald ones, the smoke-born, the swollen, the muttering, the pot-bellied, the iron-testicled, the gluttonous—O Brahmanaspati, destroy them with awareness for her.
पर्यस्ताक्षा अप्रचङ्कशा अस्त्रैणाः सन्तु पण्डगाः । अव भेषज पादय य इमां संविवृत्सत्यपतिः स्वपतिं स्त्रियम्
Let those with drooping eyes, the crippled, the impotent, be powerless; O remedy, cast down those who seek to separate this woman from her husband, her true lord.
उद्धर्षिणं मुनिकेशं जम्भयन्तं मरीमृशम् । उपेषन्तमुदुम्बलं तुण्डेलमुत शालुडम् । पदा प्र विध्य पार्ष्ण्या स्थालीं गौरिव स्पन्दना
Strike down the one who rises up, the wild-haired ascetic, the yawning, the one who touches impurities, who approaches the fig tree, the tufted bird, or the crested fowl; strike the vessel with your foot, with your heel, as a cow kicks the milk-pail.
यस्ते गर्भं प्रतिमृशाज्जातं वा मारयाति ते । पिङ्गस्तमुग्रधन्वा कृणोतु हृदयाविधम्
Whoever harms or destroys your embryo, whether already formed or just conceived, may the tawny, fierce-bowed one strike him with a blow to the heart.
ये अम्नो जतान् मारयन्ति सूतिका अनुशेरते । स्त्रीभागान् पिङ्गो गन्धर्वान् वातो अभ्रमिवाजतु
Those who kill the unborn, who lurk around the birthing woman, who seize the portions of women, the tawny Gandharvas—may the wind drive them away like a cloud.
परिसृष्टं धरयतु यद्धितं माव पादि तत्। गर्भं त उग्रौ रक्षतां भेषजौ नीविभार्यौ
Let what is scattered be held together, let what is beneficial not fall away; may the fierce twin healers guard your embryo.
{१५} पवीनसात्तङ्गल्वाच्छायकादुत नग्नकात्। प्रजायै पत्ये त्वा पिङ्गः परि पातु किमीदिनः
From the one with a broken penis, from the one with a mutilated head, from the naked one—may the tawny Kimīdin protect you for offspring and for your husband.
द्व्यास्याच्चतुरक्षात्पञ्चपदादनङ्गुरेः । वृन्तादभि प्रसर्पतः परि पाहि वरीवृतात्
From the two-mouthed, the four-eyed, the five-footed, the fingerless, from the one creeping forth from the stalk—protect from the one who encircles.
य आमं मांसमदन्ति पौरुषेयं च ये क्रविः । गर्भान् खादन्ति केशवास्तान् इतो नाशयामसि
Those who eat raw flesh, and those who devour human meat, those hairy ones who consume embryos—we drive them away from here.
ये सूर्यात्परिसर्पन्ति स्नुषेव श्वशुरादधि । बजश्च तेषां पिङ्गश्च हृदयेऽधि नि विध्यताम्
Those who creep forth from the sun, as a daughter-in-law from her father-in-law's house—may the noose and the tawny one pierce their hearts.
पिङ्ग रक्ष जायमानं मा पुमांसं स्त्रियं क्रन् । आण्डादो गर्भान् मा दभन् बाधस्वेतः किमीदिनः
Tawny one, protect the one being born; do not turn the woman into a man; do not crush embryos from the egg—repel these Kimīdins.
अप्रजास्त्वं मार्तवत्समाद्रोदमघमावयम् । वृक्षादिव स्रजं कृत्वाप्रिये प्रति मुञ्च तत्
Let barrenness, the evil of spring, and the curse of the ancestor not seize us; as one removes a garland from a tree, so release us from what is not dear.
या बभ्रवो याश्च शुक्रा रोहिणीरुत पृश्नयः । असिक्नीः कृष्णा ओषधीः सर्वा अच्छावदामसि
Those that are brown, those that are bright, the red ones and the speckled ones, the black and dark herbs—we call upon them all.
त्रायन्तामिमं पुरुषं यक्ष्माद्देवेषितादधि । यासां द्यौः पिता पृथिवी माता समुद्रो मूलं वीरुधां बभूव
May these herbs, whose father is the sky, whose mother is the earth, whose root is the ocean, protect this man from disease sent by the gods.
आपो अग्रं दिव्या ओषधयः । तास्ते यक्ष्ममेनस्यमङ्गादङ्गादनीनशन्
The waters, the foremost, the divine herbs—may they drive disease from your limbs, from every part of you.
प्रस्तृणती स्तम्बिनीरेकशुङ्गाः प्रतन्वतीरोषधीरा वदामि । अंशुमतीः कण्डिनीर्या विशाखा ह्वयामि ते वीरुधो वैश्वदेवीरुग्राः पुरुषजीवनीः
I call upon the spreading, the restraining, the single-spiked, the expanding herbs; the radiant, the thorny, the many-branched—I summon you, mighty universal plants, givers of life to men.
यद्वः सहः सहमाना वीर्यं१ यच्च वो बलम् । तेनेममस्माद्यक्ष्मात्पुरुषं मुञ्चतौषधीरथो कृणोमि भेषजम्
With your strength, your enduring power, and your might, O herbs, release this man from disease; now I prepare the remedy.
जीवलां नघारिषां जीवन्तीमोषधीमहम् । अरुन्धतीमुन्नयन्तीं पुष्पां मधुमतीमिह हुवेऽस्मा अरिष्टतातये
I call upon the living, unfailing, life-giving herbs, the ever-rising, the flowering, the honey-sweet, to grant safety to this man.
इहा यन्तु प्रचेतसो मेदिनीर्वचसो मम । यथेमं पारयामसि पुरुषं दुरितादधि
Let the wise, earth-born ones come here at my words, so that we may deliver this man from misfortune.
अग्नेर्घासो अपां गर्भो या रोहन्ति पुनर्णवाः । ध्रुवाः सहस्रनाम्नीर्भेषजीः सन्त्वाभृताः
The food of Agni, the embryo of the waters, those that grow again and again—may the firm, thousand-named healing herbs be brought here.
अवकोल्बा उदकात्मान ओषधयः । व्यृषन्तु दुरितं तीक्ष्णशृङ्ग्यः
Let the herbs, whose essence is water, with downward-pointing stalks and sharp points, drive away misfortune.
उन्मुञ्चन्तीर्विवरुणा उग्रा या विषदूषणीः । अथो बलासनाशनीः कृत्यादूषणीश्च यास्ता इहा यन्त्वोषधीः
Let the fierce herbs, which release poisons, which destroy strength and food, and which remove sorcery, be set free here.