{१८} उज्जिहीध्वे स्तनयत्यभिक्रन्दत्योषधीः । यदा वः पृश्निमातरः पर्जन्यो रेतसावति
Rise up, O herbs, thundering and crying aloud, when the rain-bringing cloud, your variegated mother, pours down seed.
तस्यामृतस्येमं बलं पुरुषं पययामसि । अथो कृणोमि भेषजं यथासच्छतहायनः
Of that immortality, may we impart this strength to the man; and I prepare the remedy so that he may live a hundred autumns.
वराहो वेद वीरुधं नकुलो वेद भेषजीम् । सर्पा गन्धर्वा या विदुस्ता अस्मा अवसे हुवे
The boar knows the plants, the mongoose knows the remedies; the serpents and Gandharvas who know them, I call them here for help.
याः सुपर्णा आङ्गिरसीर्दिव्या या रघटो विदुः । वयांसि हंसा या विदुर्यास्च सर्वे पतत्रिणः । मृगा या विदुरोषधीस्ता अस्मा अवसे हुवे
The winged ones, the Angirasa plants, those known by the Raghaṭa, the birds, the swans, and all flying creatures who know them, and the wild animals who know the herbs—I call them here for help.
यावतीनामोषधीनां गावः प्राश्नन्त्यघ्न्या यवतीनामजावयः । तावतीस्तुभ्यमोषधीः शर्म यच्छन्त्वाभृताः
As many herbs as the cows, the unyoked ones, eat, and as many as the goats eat, may so many herbs, O gathered ones, grant you protection.
यावतीषु मनुष्या भेषजं भिषजो विदुः । तावतीर्विश्वभेषजीरा भरामि त्वामभि
As many remedies as the physicians among men know, so many universal remedies do I bring to you.
पुष्पवतीः प्रसूमतीः फलिनीरफला उत । संमातर इव दुह्रामस्मा अरिष्टतातये
May the flowering, blossoming, and fruit-bearing (plants), and even those without fruit, like mothers yielding milk, grant us freedom from harm.
उत्त्वाहार्षं पञ्चशलादथो दशशलादुत । अथो यमस्य पड्वीशाद्विश्वस्माद्देवकिल्बिषात्
From you I have removed the fivefold fetter, and also the tenfold fetter; and likewise the snare of Yama, and all divine transgressions.
इन्द्रो मन्थतु मन्थिता शक्रः शूरः पुरंदरः । यथा हनाम सेना अमित्राणां सहस्रशः
Let Indra, the powerful, heroic, and city-breaking Shakra, grind down (the enemy), just as we strike down thousands of the armies of our foes.
पूतिरज्जुरुपध्मानी पूतिं सेनां कृणोत्वमूम् । धूममग्निं परादृश्याऽमित्रा हृत्स्वा दधतां भयम्
Let the foul cord, the swelling up, make that hostile army foul; let the smoke reveal the fire—may the enemies hold fear in their hearts.
अमून् अश्वत्थ निः शृणीहि खादामून् खदिराजिरम् । ताजद्भङ्ग इव भज्यन्तां हन्त्वेनान् वधको वधैः
O Ashvattha, cut them off; devour them, O Khadira and Arjuna; let them be broken like brittle reeds, let the slayer strike them down with weapons.
परुषान् अमून् परुषाह्वः कृणोतु हन्त्वेनान् वधको वधैः । क्षिप्रं शर इव भज्यन्तां बृहज्जालेन संदिताः
Let the harsh ones be made harsh by the Harsh-named; let the slayer strike them down with weapons; let them be swiftly shattered like an arrow, bound together in a great net.
अन्तरिक्षं जालमासीज्जालदण्डा दिशो महीः । तेनाभिधाय दस्यूनां शक्रः सेनामपावपत्
The net was spread in the sky, with net-staves to the directions and the earth; with that, Shakra struck down the armies of the Dasyus.
बृहद्धि जालं बृहतः शक्रस्य वाजिनीवतः । तेन शत्रून् अभि सर्वान् न्युब्ज यथा न मुच्यातै कतमश्चनैषाम्
For great indeed is the net of the mighty Shakra, the possessor of horses; with it, subdue all the enemies, so that not one of them escapes.
बृहत्ते जालं बृहत इन्द्र शूर सहस्रार्घस्य शतवीर्यस्य । तेन शतं सहस्रमयुतं न्यर्बुदं जघान शक्रो दस्यूनामभिधाय सेनया
Great is your net, O mighty Indra, heroic one of a thousand prizes, of a hundred powers; with it, Shakra, you struck down a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand, a hundred thousand Dasyus, attacking with your army.
अयं लोको जालमासीच्छक्रस्य महतो महान् । तेनाहमिन्द्रजालेनामूंस्तमसाभि दधामि सर्वान्
This world became the net of great Shakra; with Indra's net, I envelop all those (enemies) in darkness.
सेदिरुग्रा व्यृद्धिरार्तिश्चानपवाचना । श्रमस्तन्द्रीश्च मोहश्च तैरमून् अभि दधामि सर्वान्
Let fever, fierce growth, distress, and banishment; fatigue, weariness, and delusion—by these I envelop all those (enemies).
मृत्यवेऽमून् प्र यछामि मृत्युपाशैरमी सिताः । मृत्योर्ये अघला दूतास्तेभ्य एनान् प्रति नयामि बद्ध्वा
I deliver these (enemies) to death, bound with the snares of death; those who are the messengers of death, the agents of destruction, to them I hand these over, having bound them.
{२०} नयतामून् मृत्युदूता यमदूता अपोम्भत । परःसहस्रा हन्यन्तां तृणेढ्वेनान् मत्यं भवस्य
Let the messengers of death, the messengers of Yama, lead them away; let thousands upon thousands be slain, let them become as grass, O Slayer, by your might.
साध्या एकं जालदण्डमुद्यत्य यन्त्योजसा । रुद्रा एकं वसव एकमादित्यैरेक उद्यतः
The Sādhyas raise one net-staff with power; the Rudras one, the Vasus one, and the Ādityas one, each raised with power.
विश्वे देवाः उपरिष्टादुब्जन्तो यन्त्वोजसा । मध्येन घ्नन्तो यन्तु सेनामङ्गिरसो महीम्
All the gods above spread the net with power; let the Angirases strike the army in the middle, and on the earth.
वनस्पतीन् वानस्पत्यान् ओषधीरुत वीरुधः । द्विपाच्चतुष्पादिष्णामि यथा सेनाममूं हनन्
The forest trees, the woodland beings, the herbs, and the grasses; the two-footed and the four-footed—I send them forth so that they may strike down that army.
गन्धर्वाप्सरसः सर्पान् देवान् पुण्यजनान् पितॄन् । दृष्टान् अदृष्टान् इष्णामि यथा सेनाममूं हनन्
The Gandharvas, Apsarases, serpents, gods, the blessed beings, and ancestors; the seen and the unseen—I send them forth so that they may strike down that army.
इम उप्ता मृत्युपाशा यान् आक्रम्य न मुच्यसे । अमुष्या हन्तु सेनाया इदं कूटं सहस्रशः
These are the snares of death that, once seized, do not release; may this pitfall, a thousandfold, destroy that army.
घर्मः समिद्धो अग्निनायं होमः सहस्रहः । भवश्च पृश्निबाहुश्च शर्व सेनाममूं हतम्
The heated libation is kindled with fire; this offering is made a thousand times. Bhava and Pṛśnibāhu, and Śarva, strike down that hostile army.
मृत्योराषमा पद्यन्तां क्षुधं सेदिं वधं भयम् । इन्द्रश्चाक्षुजालाभ्यां शर्व सेनाममूं हतम्
Let them fall into the grasp of death, into hunger, decay, slaughter, and fear. O Indra, with your two thunderbolts, and Śarva, strike down that hostile army.
पराजिताः प्र त्रसतामित्रा नुत्ता धावत ब्रह्मणा । बृहस्पतिप्रनुत्तानां मामीषां मोचि कश्चन
Let the enemies, defeated, flee in terror, driven away by the sacred word. Of those whom Bṛhaspati has repelled, let none among them release me.
अव पद्यन्तामेषामायुधानि मा शकन् प्रतिधामिषुम् । अथैषां बहु बिभ्यतामिषवः घ्नन्तु मर्मणि
Let their weapons fall down; let them not be able to aim an arrow at me. Then, as they tremble greatly, let their arrows strike their own vital parts.
सं क्रोशतामेनान् द्यावापृथिवी समन्तरिक्षं सह देवताभिः । मा ज्ञातारं मा प्रतिष्ठां विदन्त मिथो विघ्नाना उप यन्तु मृत्युम्
Let them cry out together; may heaven and earth, the midspace, with the deities, be against them. Let them not recognize their kin or their place; let obstacles come between them, and let them approach death.
दिशश्चतस्रोऽश्वतर्यो देवरथस्य पुरोडाशाः शफा अन्तरिक्षमुद्धिः । द्यावापृथिवी पक्षसी ऋतवोऽभीशवोऽन्तर्देशाः किम्करा वाक्परिरथ्यम्
The four directions are the horses, the sacrificial cakes are the foreparts of the divine chariot, the hooves are the midspace, the upper space is the yoke. Heaven and earth are the wings, the seasons are the reins, the regions between are the attendants, speech is the path around the chariot.