यद्दुर्भगां प्रस्नपितां मृतवत्सामुपेयिम । अपैतु सर्वं मत्पापं द्रविणं मोप तिष्ठतु
If I have approached one who is unfortunate, bathed, or who has lost a child— let all my sin depart, and let wealth remain with me.
{१} यत्ते पितृभ्यो ददतो यज्ञे वा नाम जगृहुः । संदेश्यात्सर्वस्मात्पापादिमा मुञ्चन्तु त्वौषधीः
Whatever name they took from you, giving to ancestors or in sacrifice— let the plants release you from every sin and message.
देवैनसात्पित्र्यान् नामग्राहात्संदेश्यादभिनिष्कृतात्। मुञ्चन्तु त्वा वीरुधो वीर्येण ब्रह्मणा ऋग्भिः पयसा ऋषीणाम्
From divine sin, from ancestral name-taking, from every message, from expiation— let the herbs release you by their power, by the Brahman, by the Ṛks, by the milk of the seers.
यथा वातश्च्यावयति भूम्या रेणुमन्तरिक्षाच्चाभ्रम् । एवा मत्सर्वं दुर्भूतं ब्रह्मनुत्तमपायति
As the wind scatters dust from the earth, and the cloud from the sky— so, O Brahman, drive away all my misfortune.
अप क्राम नानदती विनद्धा गर्दभीव । कर्तॄन् नक्षस्वेतो नुत्ता ब्रह्मणा वीर्यावता
Depart, crying not, bound like a she-ass; go to your makers, released by the Brahman who possesses power.
अयं पन्थाः कृत्येति त्वा नयामोऽभिप्रहितां प्रति त्वा प्र हिण्मः । तेनाभि याहि भञ्जत्यनस्वतीव वाहिनी विश्वरूपा कुरूतिनी
This is the path of witchcraft— by it we lead you; sent forth, we send you back. Go by it; break, as a barren woman’s procession, manifold, cunning.
पराक्ते ज्योतिरपथं ते अर्वागन्यत्रास्मदयना कृणुष्व । परेणेहि नवतिं नाव्या अति दुर्गाः स्रोत्या मा क्षणिष्ठाः परेहि
Go far away on the path of light; make your dwelling elsewhere, away from us. Go beyond with the ship, cross the difficult places; do not linger, go beyond.
वात इव वृक्षान् नि मृणीहि पादय मा गामश्वं पुरुषमुच्छिष एषाम् । कर्तॄन् निवृत्येतः कृत्येऽप्रजास्त्वाय बोधय
Like the wind uproots trees, cast them down; do not touch cow, horse, or man among these. Turn back to your makers, O witchcraft; awaken them to childlessness.
यां ते बर्हिषि यां श्मशाने क्षेत्रे कृत्यां वलगं वा निचख्नुः । अग्नौ वा त्वा गार्हपत्येऽभिचेरुः पाकं सन्तं धीरतरा अनागसम्
Whatever spell they have buried for you in the sacrificial grass, in the cremation ground, in the field, or whatever snare or trap, whether they have invoked you in the household fire as a cooked offering—may the wise, guiltless ones overcome it.
उपाहृतमनुबुद्धं निखातं वैरं त्सार्यन्वविदाम कर्त्रम् । तदेतु यत आभृतं तत्राश्व इव वि वर्ततां हन्तु कृत्याकृतः प्रजाम्
We have discovered and recognized the enmity that was brought, awakened, and buried—let that which was brought here turn back from where it came, like a horse, and let the doer of the spell not harm our people.
स्वायसा असयः सन्ति नो गृहे विद्मा ते कृत्ये यतिधा परूंषि । उत्तिष्ठैव परेहीतोऽज्ञाते किमिहेच्छसि
We have iron axes in our house; we know your many forms in the spell. Rise up and depart from here, stranger—what do you seek here?
{२} ग्रीवास्ते कृत्ये पादौ चापि कर्त्स्यामि निर्द्रव । इन्द्राग्नी अस्मान् रक्षतां यौ प्रजानां प्रजावती
I will cut off your neck and your feet, O spell. Run away! May Indra and Agni protect us, those who have offspring among people.
सोमो राजाधिपा मृडिता च भूतस्य नः पतयो मृडयन्तु
May Soma, the king, and the lords of beings, Mitra and Bhūtas, grant us mercy.
भवाशर्वावस्यतां पापकृते कृत्याकृते । दुष्कृते विद्युतं देवहेतिम्
O Bhava and Sarva, be gracious to us for the evil done, for the spell cast; for the wrong done, let the divine weapon be like lightning.
यद्येयथ द्विपदी चतुष्पदी कृत्याकृता संभृता विश्वरूपा । सेतोऽष्टापदी भूत्वा पुनः परेहि दुछुने
Whether the spell is two-footed, four-footed, gathered in many forms, or eight-footed—having become a boundary, depart again to the distant place.
अभ्यक्ताक्ता स्वरंकृता सर्वं भरन्ती दुरितं परेहि । जानीहि कृत्ये कर्तारं दुहितेव पितरं स्वम्
Smeared, anointed, marked with symbols, bearing all misfortune—depart! Recognize the maker of the spell, as a daughter knows her own father.
परेहि कृत्ये मा तिष्ठो विद्धस्येव पदं नय । मृगः स मृगयुस्त्वं न त्वा निकर्तुमर्हति
Depart, O spell, do not remain; go as if following a wounded track. You are the prey, and the hunter is after you; he should not cut you down.
उत हन्ति पूर्वासिनं प्रत्यादायापर इष्वा । उत पूर्वस्य निघ्नतो नि हन्त्यपरः प्रति
One strikes the former dweller, taking back what was given; and another, striking the first, is struck in turn by the next.
एतद्धि शृणु मे वचोऽथेहि यत एयथ । यस्त्वा चकार तं प्रति
Hear this word of mine; come here from wherever you are. Let it return to the one who made you.
अनागोहत्या वै भीमा कृत्ये मा नो गामश्वं पुरुषं वधीः । यत्रयत्रासि निहिता ततस्त्वोत्थापयामसि पर्णाल्लघीयसी भव
The killing of the innocent is truly terrible, O spell—do not slay our cow, horse, or man. Wherever you are hidden, from there we raise you up; become lighter than a leaf.
यदि स्थ तमसावृता जालेनभिहिता इव । सर्वाः संलुप्येतः कृत्याः पुनः कर्त्रे प्र हिण्मसि
If you are covered in darkness, as if wrapped in a net, let all such spells be destroyed; we send you back again to the maker.
कृत्याकृतो वलगिनोऽभिनिष्कारिणः प्रजाम् । मृणीहि कृत्ये मोच्छिषोऽमून् कृत्याकृतो जहि
Destroy the spell, the snare, the one who sets it against our people. O spell, perish; do not remain here. Strike down those who make spells.
यथा सूर्यो मुच्यते तमसस्परि रात्रिं जहात्युषसश्च केतून् । एवाहं सर्वं दुर्भूतं कर्त्रं कृत्याकृता कृतं हस्तीव रजो दुरितं जहामि
Just as the sun is freed from darkness, as night abandons the signs of dawn, so do I cast off all evil and the spell that has been made, as an elephant shakes off dust.
केन पार्ष्णी आभृते पूरुषस्य केन मांसं संभृतं केन गुल्फौ । केनाङ्गुलीः पेशनीः केन खानि केनोच्छ्लङ्खौ मध्यतः कः प्रतिष्ठाम्
By what was the heel of the man brought forth? By what was the flesh gathered? By what were the ankles made? By what the fingers, the joints, by what the hollows? By what were the insteps, and what is the support in the middle?
कस्मान् नु गुल्फावधरावकृण्वन्न् अष्ठीवन्तावुत्तरौ पूरुषस्य । जङ्घे निर्ऋत्य न्यदधुः क्व स्विज्जानुनोः संधी क उ तच्चिकेत
From what did they make the lower and upper ankles of the man, both having bones? The shanks they placed with Nirṛti; where, indeed, are the joints of the knees, and who knows that?
चतुष्टयं युजते संहितान्तं जानुभ्यामूर्ध्वं शिथिरं कबन्धम् । श्रोणी यदूरू क उ तज्जजान याभ्यां कुसिन्धं सुदृढं बभूव
The fourfold is joined, ending in union; above the knees is the loose trunk. Who created the hips and thighs, by which the strong foundation was made?
कति देवाः कतमे त आसन् य उरो ग्रीवाश्चिक्युः पुरुषस्य । कति स्तनौ व्यदधुः कः कफोदौ कति स्कन्धान् कति पृष्टीरचिन्वन्
How many gods, and which among them, fashioned the chest and neck of the person? How many breasts did they assign, who made the shoulders, and how many backs did they construct?
को अस्य बाहू समभरद्वीर्यां करवादिति । अंसौ को अस्य तद्देवः कुसिन्धे अध्या दधौ
Which god gathered his arms, saying, 'Let us make them strong and capable'? Who placed his shoulders, and which god set them firmly in place?
कः सप्त खानि वि ततर्द शीर्षणि कर्णाविमौ नासिके चक्षणी मुखम् । येषां पुरुत्रा विजयस्य मह्ननि चतुष्पादो द्विपदो यन्ति यामम्
Who pierced the seven openings—head, two ears, two nostrils, two eyes, and mouth? By whose greatness do four-footed and two-footed beings move in their courses everywhere?
हन्वोर्हि जिह्वामदधात्पुरूचीमधा महीमधि शिश्राय वाचम् । स आ वरीवर्ति भुवनेष्वन्तरपो वसानः क उ तच्चिकेत
Indeed, the tongue was placed between the jaws, speech was set upon the earth. Dwelling within the worlds, who, wearing forms, truly knows this?