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.
संवत्सरो रथः परिवत्सरो रथोपस्थो विराडीषाग्नी रथमुखम् । इन्द्रः सव्यष्ठाश्चन्द्रमाः सारथिः
The year is the chariot, the half-year is the chariot's seat, the shining ones are the fires at the chariot's front. Indra is the left shaft, the Moon is the charioteer.
इतो जयेतो वि जय सं जय जय स्वाहा । इमे जयन्तु परामी जयन्तां स्वाहैभ्यो दुराहामीभ्यः । नीललोहितेनामून् अभ्यवतनोमि
From here, conquer, surpass, unite, and be victorious—svāhā! May these win, may my adversaries be overcome—svāhā! I subdue them with the blue-red one.
कुतस्तौ जातौ कतमः सो अर्धः कस्माल्लोकात्कतमस्याः पृथिव्याः । वत्सौ विराजः सलिलादुदैतां तौ त्वा पृछामि कतरेण दुग्धा
From where were those two born? Which is that half? From which world, from which part of the earth? The two calves of Virāj arose from the waters; I ask you, by which one were they milked?
यो अक्रन्दयत्सलिलं महित्वा योनिं कृत्वा त्रिभुजं शयानः । वत्सः कामदुघो विराजः स गुहा चक्रे तन्वः पराचैः
He who made the waters cry out in greatness, having made the womb, lying with three bends— the wish-fulfilling calf, Virāj, he made his forms hidden away.
यानि त्रीणि बृहन्ति येषां चतुर्थं वियुनक्ति वाचम् । ब्रह्मैनद्विद्यात्तपसा विपश्चिद्यस्मिन्न् एकं युज्यते यस्मिन्न् एकम्
Those three great ones, of whom the fourth divides speech—let the wise one know this by sacred knowledge and austerity, in which the one is yoked, in which the one is.
बृहतः परि सामानि षष्ठात्पञ्चाधि निर्मिता । बृहद्बृहत्या निर्मितं कुतोऽधि बृहती मिता
Around the great one, the Sāmans are arranged, five above the sixth. The great is made from the great one; from where is the great meter measured?
बृहती परि मात्राया मातुर्मात्राधि निर्मिता । माया ह जज्ञे मायाया मायाया मातली परि
The great meter is measured by the measure, made above the mother's measure. Māyā was born from Māyā; Mātalī is around Māyā.
वैश्वानरस्य प्रतिमोपरि द्यौर्यावद्रोदसी विबबाधे अग्निः । ततः षष्ठादामुतो यन्ति स्तोमा उदितो यन्त्यभि षष्ठमह्नः
Upon the likeness of Vaiśvānara, heaven pressed down upon both worlds; Agni restrained them. From the sixth, the hymns proceed; those that have arisen go toward the sixth day.
षट् त्वा पृच्छाम ऋषयः कश्यपेमे त्वं हि युक्तं युयुक्षे योग्यं च । विराजमाहुर्ब्रह्मणः पितरं तां नो वि धेहि यतिधा सखिभ्यः
Six questions we ask you, O seer Kaśyapa, for you are fit and have yoked what is to be yoked. They call Virāj the father of Brahman; assign that to us as a share among friends.
यां प्रच्युतामनु यज्ञाः प्रच्यवन्त उपतिष्ठन्त उपतिष्ठमानाम् । यस्या व्रते प्रसवे यक्षमेजति सा विराडृषयः परमे व्योमन्
That which, when fallen away, the sacrifices follow, approaching her who is being approached—by whose vow, by whose impulse, the yakṣa moves—she is Virāj, the seers in the highest heaven.