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.
संदंशानां पलदानां परिष्वञ्जल्यस्य च । इदं मानस्य पत्न्या नद्धानि वि चृतामसि
Of the pincers, the plates, and the clasp of the embrace—these bindings of the mind’s wife, we loosen and set free.
यानि तेऽन्तः शिक्यान्याबेधू रण्याय कम् । प्र ते तानि चृतामसि शिवा मानस्य पत्नी न उद्धिता तन्वे भव
Whatever is inside your baskets, whatever is pierced for the sake of pleasure—these things we loosen and set free; may the wife of the mind not be raised up against her own form.
हविर्धानमग्निशालं पत्नीनां सदनं सदः । सदो देवानामसि देवि शाले
The offering place, the fire hall, the seat of the wives, the assembly—O hall, you are the seat of the gods, O divine hall.
अक्षुमोपशं विततं सहस्राक्षं विषूवति । अवनद्धमभिहितं ब्रह्मणा वि चृतामसि
The axle, the yoke, the thousand-eyed, the crossbeam—what is bound, what is declared by the Brahman, we loosen and set free.
यस्त्वा शाले प्रतिगृह्णाति येन चासि मिता त्वम् । उभौ मानस्य पत्नि तौ जीवतां जरदष्टी
Whoever receives you, O hall, and by whom you are measured—may both, the mind’s wife, live long, growing old together.
अमुत्रैनमा गच्छताद्दृढा नद्धा परिष्कृता । यस्यास्ते विचृतामस्यङ्गमङ्गं परुष्परुः
May he not go to the other world; what is firmly bound, what is adorned—of whom we loosen and set free every limb, every joint.
{६} यस्त्वा शाले निमिमाय संजभार वनस्पतीन् । प्रजायै चक्रे त्वा शाले परमेष्ठी प्रजापतिः
He who measured you, O hall, who joined together the trees—Prajāpati, the supreme lord, made you for the sake of offspring.
नमस्तस्मै नमो दात्रे शालापतये च कृण्मः । नमोऽग्नये प्रचरते पुरुषाय च ते नमः
Homage to him, homage to the giver, to the lord of the hall we offer; homage to Agni who moves, and to you, O person, our reverence.
गोभ्यो अश्वेभ्यो नमो यच्छालायां विजायते । विजावति प्रजावति वि ते पाशांश्चृतामसि
Homage to the cows, to the horses, and to whatever is born in the hall; in the hall rich in offspring, rich in progeny, we loosen your bonds.
अग्निमन्तश्छादयसि पुरुषान् पशुभिः सह । विजावति प्रजावति वि ते पाशांश्चृतामसि
You cover men possessing fire, together with cattle; in the hall rich in offspring, rich in progeny, we loosen your bonds.