यद्वीध्रे स्तनयति प्रजापतिरेव तत्प्रजाभ्यः प्रादुर्भवति । तस्मात्प्राचीनोपवीतस्तिष्ठे प्रजापतेऽनु मा बुध्यस्वेति । अन्वेनं प्रजा अनु प्रजापतिर्बुध्यते य एवं वेद
When it thunders in the womb, the Lord of Creatures appears among his offspring. Therefore, one should stand with the sacred thread over the right shoulder, thinking, 'May I awaken with Prajāpati.' Thus, Prajāpati awakens with his offspring, whoever knows thus.
सपत्नहनमृषभं घृतेन कामं शिक्षामि हविषाज्येन । नीचैः सपत्नान् मम पादय त्वमभिष्टुतो महता वीर्येण
I seek the favor of the bull who slays rivals, with ghee and with the oblation of clarified butter. Make my rivals fall low, you who are praised, with your great power.
यन् मे मनसो न प्रियं चक्षुषो यन् मे बभस्ति नाभिनन्दति । तद्दुष्वप्न्यं प्रति मुञ्चामि सपत्ने कामं स्तुत्वोदहं भिदेयम्
Whatever is not dear to my mind, whatever my eye does not delight in, whatever my tongue does not enjoy—may I release that evil dream. May my rival, praised, be shattered and broken.
दुष्वप्न्यं काम दुरितं च कमाप्रजस्तामस्वगतामवर्तिम् । उग्र ईशानः प्रति मुञ्च तस्मिन् यो अस्मभ्यमंहूरणा चिकित्सात्
Evil dream, desire, and misfortune, barrenness, darkness, and misguidance—O mighty lord, release us from that in which one who hates us seeks to harm us.
नुदस्व काम प्र णुदस्व कामावर्तिं यन्तु मम ये सपत्नाः । तेषां नुत्तानामधमा तमांस्यग्ने वास्तूनि निर्दह त्वम्
Drive away desire, drive away; let those who are my rivals turn away from me. O Agni, burn up their lowest, darkest dwellings, those who have been cast down.
सा ते काम दुहिता धेनुरुच्यते यामाहुर्वाचं कवयो विराजम् । तया सपत्नान् परि वृङ्ग्धि ये मम पर्येनान् प्राणः पशवो जीवनं वृणक्तु
That desire, your daughter, is called the cow, whom the wise declare to be the shining speech. With her, surround my rivals, so that breath, cattle, and life may choose me over them.
कामस्येन्द्रस्य वरुणस्य राज्ञो विष्णोर्बलेन सवितुः सवेन । अग्नेर्होत्रेण प्र णुदे सपत्नां छम्बीव नावमुदकेषु धीरः
By the strength of Kāma, Indra, Varuṇa the king, Viṣṇu, and the impulse of Savitṛ, by the offering of Agni, drive away my rivals, as a skillful one pushes a boat from its mooring into the waters.
अध्यक्षो वाजी मम काम उग्रः कृणोतु मह्यमसपत्नमेव । विश्वे देवा मम नाथं भवन्तु सर्वे देवा हवमा यन्तु म इमम्
Let Kāma, the mighty, the overseer, the swift one, make me free from rivals. May all the gods be my protectors; may all the gods come to my invocation.
इदमाज्यं घृतवज्जुषाणाः कामज्येष्ठा इह मादयध्वम् । कृण्वन्तो मह्यमसपत्नमेव
Rejoice here in this clarified butter, O you who are foremost in desire; delight in it. Make me alone without rivals.
इन्द्राग्नी काम सरथं हि भूत्वा नीचैः सपत्नान् मम पादयाथः । तेषां पन्नानामधमा तमांस्यग्ने वास्तून्यनुनिर्दह त्वम्
O Indra and Agni, be together with desire for me; press my rivals down low. O Agni, burn up the lowest, darkest dwellings of those who have been cast down.
जहि त्वं काम मम ये सपत्ना अन्धा तमांस्यव पादयैनान् । निरिन्द्रिया अरसाः सन्तु सर्वे मा ते जीविषुः कतमच्चनाहः
Strike down, O desire, those who are my rivals; cast them into blind darkness, make them fall. May they all become powerless, devoid of essence; let none of them survive, not even for a single day.
{३} अवधीत्कामो मम ये सपत्ना उरुं लोकमकरन् मह्यमेधतुम् । मह्यं नमन्तां प्रदिशश्चतस्रो मह्यं षडुर्वीर्घृतमा वहन्तु
Let desire slay those who are my rivals; let him make a broad world for me, fit for wisdom. Let the four directions bow to me; let six broad streams of clarified butter flow to me.
तेऽधराञ्चः प्र प्लवन्तां छिन्ना नौरिव बन्धनात्। न सायकप्रणुत्तानां पुनरस्ति निवर्तनम्
Let them, cast down, drift away like a boat cut loose from its mooring. For those who have been struck down by arrows, there is no return.
अग्निर्यव इन्द्रो यवः सोमो यवः । यवयावानो देवा यवयन्त्वेनम्
Agni is barley, Indra is barley, Soma is barley. May the gods who delight in barley drive away this one.
असर्ववीरश्चरतु प्रणुत्तो द्वेष्यो मित्रानां परिवर्ग्यः स्वानाम् । उत पृथिव्यामव स्यन्ति विद्युत उग्रो वो देवः प्र मृणत्सपत्नान्
Let him, cast down, wander without offspring, hated, to be shunned by friends and kin. Let him sink into the earth like a thunderbolt; may the mighty god strike down my rivals.
च्युता चेयं बृहत्यच्युता च विद्युद्बिभर्ति स्तनयित्नूंश्च सर्वान् । उद्यन्न् आदित्यो द्रविणेन तेजसा नीचैः सपत्नान् नुदतां मे सहस्वान्
This great one has fallen, and the lightning that does not fall bears all the thunderings. As the sun rises with wealth and brilliance, may the mighty one drive my rivals down.
यत्ते काम शर्म त्रिवरूथमुद्भु ब्रह्म वर्म विततमनतिव्याध्यं कृतम् । तेन सपत्नान् परि वृङ्ग्धि ये मम पर्येनान् प्राणः पशवो जीवनं वृणक्तु
That triple-shielded protection of yours, O desire, that unfailing armor stretched out by the Brahman, with that surround my rivals, so that breath, cattle, and life may choose me over them.
येन देवा असुरान् प्राणुदन्त येनेन्द्रो दस्यून् अधमं तमो निनाय । तेन त्वं काम मम ये सपत्नास्तान् अस्माल्लोकात्प्र णुदस्व दूरम्
By which the gods drove away the Asuras, by which Indra led the Dasyus into the lowest darkness, with that, O desire, drive away those who are my rivals far from this world.
यथा देवा असुरान् प्राणुदन्त यथेन्द्रो दस्यून् अधमं तमो बबाधे । तथा त्वं काम मम ये सपत्नास्तान् अस्माल्लोकात्प्र णुदस्व दूरम्
As the gods drove away the Asuras, as Indra overcame the Dasyus and the lowest darkness, so, O desire, drive away those who are my rivals far from this world.
कामो जज्ञे प्रथमो नैनं देवा आपुः पितरो न मर्त्याः । ततस्त्वमसि ज्यायान् विश्वहा महांस्तस्मै ते काम नम इत्कृनोमि
Desire was born first; neither the gods, nor the ancestors, nor mortals attained him. Therefore you are greater, all-conquering, mighty; to you, O desire, I make this reverent salutation.
यावती द्यावापृथिवी वरिम्णा यावदापः सिष्यदुर्यावदग्निः । ततस्त्वमसि ज्यायान् विश्वहा महांस्तस्मै ते काम नम इत्कृणोमि
As vast as heaven and earth in their extent, as far as the waters spread, as far as Agni reaches, therefore you are greater, all-conquering, mighty; to you, O desire, I make this reverent salutation.
{४} यावतीर्दिशः प्रदिशो विषूचीर्यावतीराशा अभिचक्षणा दिवः । ततस्त्वमसि ज्यायान् विश्वहा महांस्तस्मै ते काम नम इत्कृणोमि
As many directions, intermediate directions, and crossways as there are, as many shining regions as are seen in the sky, therefore you are greater, all-conquering, mighty; to you, O desire, I make this reverent salutation.
यावतीर्भृङ्गा जत्वः कुरूरवो यावतीर्वघा वृक्षसर्प्यो बभूवुः । ततस्त्वमसि ज्यायान् विश्वहा महांस्तस्मै ते काम नम इत्कृणोमि
As numerous as the beetles, the insects, the kurūras, and as many as the tree-serpents that have come to be—greater than all these are you, O Kāma, destroyer of all, mighty one; to you, O Kāma, I bow in homage.
ज्यायान् निमिषतोऽसि तिष्ठतो ज्यायान्त्समुद्रादसि काम मन्यो । ततस्त्वमसि ज्यायान् विश्वहा महांस्तस्मै ते काम नम इत्कृणोमि
You are greater than one who blinks, greater than one who stands still, greater than the ocean, O Kāma, O wrath; greater than all these are you, O Kāma, destroyer of all, mighty one; to you, O Kāma, I bow in homage.
न वै वातश्चन काममाप्नोति नाग्निः सूर्यो नोत चन्द्रमाः । ततस्त्वमसि ज्यायान् विश्वहा महांस्तस्मै ते काम नम इत्कृणोमि
Not even the wind attains to Kāma, nor fire, nor the sun, nor the moon; greater than all these are you, O Kāma, destroyer of all, mighty one; to you, O Kāma, I bow in homage.
यास्ते शिवास्तन्वः काम भद्रा याभिः सत्यं भवति यद्वृणिषे । ताभिष्ट्वमस्मामभिसंविशस्वान्यत्र पापीरप वेशया धियः
Those auspicious, gracious forms of yours, O Kāma, by which truth comes to be when you choose—by those, come and enter among us; elsewhere, drive away the thoughts of the wicked.
उपमितां प्रतिमितामथो परिमितामुत । शालाया विश्ववाराया नद्धानि वि चृतामसि
Measured, counter-measured, and also limited—within the all-encompassing hall, what is bound, we loosen and set free.
यत्ते नद्धं विश्ववारे पाशो ग्रन्थिश्च यः कृतः । बृहस्पतिरिवाहं बलं वाचा वि स्रंसयामि तत्
Whatever is bound in you, O all-encompassing hall, the snare, the knot that has been made—like Bṛhaspati with speech, I loosen that force.
आ ययाम सं बबर्ह ग्रन्थींश्चकार ते दृढान् । परूंषि विद्वां छस्तेवेन्द्रेण वि चृतामसि
We have come, we have strengthened, we have made your knots firm; knowing the obstacles, like Indra with his weapon, we loosen what is bound.
वंशानां ते नहनानां प्राणाहस्य तृणस्य च । पक्षाणां विश्ववारे ते नद्धानि वि चृतामसि
Of your bamboos, your fastenings, the breath of the living, and the grass; of the wings, O all-encompassing hall, what is bound, we loosen and set free.