या प्लीहानं शोषयति कामस्येषुः सुसंनता । प्राचीनपक्षा व्योषा तया विध्यामि त्वा हृदि
That well-formed arrow of desire, which dries up the spleen—sharp and pointed to the east—by that arrow I pierce you in the heart.
शुचा विद्धा व्योषया शुष्कास्याभि सर्प मा । मृदुर्निमन्युः केवली प्रियवादिन्यनुव्रता
Pierced by the sharp arrow, with parched mouth, do not creep near; be gentle, free from anger, speaking kindly, devoted and faithful.
आजामि त्वाजन्या परि मातुरथो पितुः । यथा मम क्रतावसो मम चित्तमुपायसि
I am born from you, O offspring, from the mother and also from the father; so may your intentions, O resolute one, come to my mind.
व्यस्यै मित्रावरुणौ हृदश्चित्तान्यस्यतम् । अथैनामक्रतुं कृत्वा ममैव कृणुतं वशे
Mitra and Varuṇa, scatter her thoughts from her heart; then, having made her without resolve, bring her under my control alone.
येऽस्यां स्थ प्राच्यां दिशि हेतयो नाम देवास्तेषां वो अग्निरिषवः । ते नो मृडत ते नोऽधि ब्रूत तेभ्यो वो नमस्तेभ्यो वः स्वाहा
You gods who are in this eastern direction, called the Arrows, Agni is your arrow; may you be gracious to us, speak for us, to you our reverence, to you our homage, to you our offering.
येऽस्यां स्थ दक्षिणायां दिश्यविष्यवो नाम देवास्तेषां वः काम इषवः । ते नो मृडत ते नोऽधि ब्रूत तेभ्यो वो नमस्तेभ्यो वः स्वाहा
You gods who are in this southern direction, called the Poisoned Arrows, Kāma is your arrow; may you be gracious to us, speak for us, to you our reverence, to you our homage, to you our offering.
येऽस्यां स्थ प्रतीच्यां दिशि वैराजा नाम देवास्तेषां व आप इषवः । ते नो मृडत ते नोऽधि ब्रूत तेभ्यो वो नमस्तेभ्यो वः स्वाहा
You gods who are in this western direction, called the Vairājas, Water is your arrow; may you be gracious to us, speak for us, to you our reverence, to you our homage, to you our offering.
येऽस्यां स्थोदीच्यां दिशि प्रविध्यन्तो नाम देवास्तेषां वो वात इषवः । ते नो मृडत ते नोऽधि ब्रूत तेभ्यो वो नमस्तेभ्यो वः स्वाहा
You gods who are in this northern direction, called the Shooters, Wind is your arrow; may you be gracious to us, speak for us, to you our reverence, to you our homage, to you our offering.
येऽस्यां स्थ ध्रुवायां दिशि निलिम्पा नाम देवास्तेषां व ओषधीरिषवः । ते नो मृडत ते नोऽधि ब्रूत तेभ्यो वो नमस्तेभ्यो वः स्वाहा
You gods who are in this fixed direction, called the Nilimpas, Plants are your arrows; may you be gracious to us, speak for us, to you our reverence, to you our homage, to you our offering.
येऽस्यां स्थोर्ध्वायां दिश्यवस्वन्तो नाम देवास्तेषां वो बृहस्पतिरिषवः । ते नो मृडत ते नोऽधि ब्रूत तेभ्यो वो नमस्तेभ्यो वः स्वाहा
You gods who are in this upward direction, called the Vasvants, Bṛhaspati is your arrow; may you be gracious to us, speak for us, to you our reverence, to you our homage, to you our offering.
प्राची दिगग्निरधिपतिरसितो रक्षितादित्या इषवः । तेभ्यो नमोऽधिपतिभ्यो नमो रक्षितृभ्यो नम इषुभ्यो नम एभ्यो अस्तु । योऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मस्तं वो जम्भे दध्मः
The eastern direction—Agni is the lord, Asita is the guardian, the Ādityas are the arrows; to them be homage, to the lords be homage, to the guardians be homage, to the arrows be homage, to these be homage. Whoever hates us, and whom we hate, into your jaws we cast him.
दक्षिणा दिगिन्द्रोऽधिपतिस्तिरश्चिराजी रक्षिता पितर इषवः । तेभ्यो नमोऽधिपतिभ्यो नमो रक्षितृभ्यो नम इषुभ्यो नम एभ्यो अस्तु । योऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मस्तं वो जम्भे दध्मः
The southern direction—Indra is the lord, Tiraścīrājī is the guardian, the Fathers are the arrows; to them be homage, to the lords be homage, to the guardians be homage, to the arrows be homage, to these be homage. Whoever hates us, and whom we hate, into your jaws we cast him.
प्रतीची दिग्वरुणोऽधिपतिः पृदाकू रक्षितान्नमिषवः । तेभ्यो नमोऽधिपतिभ्यो नमो रक्षितृभ्यो नम इषुभ्यो नम एभ्यो अस्तु । योऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मस्तं वो जम्भे दध्मः
The western direction—Varuṇa is the lord, Pṛdāku is the guardian, the Waters are the arrows; to them be homage, to the lords be homage, to the guardians be homage, to the arrows be homage, to these be homage. Whoever hates us, and whom we hate, into your jaws we cast him.
उदीची दिक्सोमोऽधिपतिः स्वजो रक्षिताशनिरिषवः । तेभ्यो नमोऽधिपतिभ्यो नमो रक्षितृभ्यो नम इषुभ्यो नम एभ्यो अस्तु । योऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मस्तं वो जम्भे दध्मः
The northern direction—Soma is the lord, Svaja is the guardian, Lightning is the arrow; to them be homage, to the lords be homage, to the guardians be homage, to the arrows be homage, to these be homage. Whoever hates us, and whom we hate, into your jaws we cast him.
ध्रुवा दिग्विष्णुरधिपतिः कल्माषग्रीवो रक्षिता वीरुध इषवः । तेभ्यो नमोऽधिपतिभ्यो नमो रक्षितृभ्यो नम इषुभ्यो नम एभ्यो अस्तु । योऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मस्तं वो जम्भे दध्मः
The fixed direction—Viṣṇu is the lord, Kalmāṣagrīva is the guardian, Herbs are the arrows; to them be homage, to the lords be homage, to the guardians be homage, to the arrows be homage, to these be homage. Whoever hates us, and whom we hate, into your jaws we cast him.
ऊर्ध्वा दिग्बृहस्पतिरधिपतिः श्वित्रो रक्षिता वर्षमिषवः । तेभ्यो नमोऽधिपतिभ्यो नमो रक्षितृभ्यो नम इषुभ्यो नम एभ्यो अस्तु । योऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मस्तं वो जम्भे दध्मः
The upward direction—Bṛhaspati is the lord, Śvitra is the guardian, Rain is the arrow; to them be homage, to the lords be homage, to the guardians be homage, to the arrows be homage, to these be homage. Whoever hates us, and whom we hate, into your jaws we cast him.
एकैकयैषा सृष्ट्या सं बभूव यत्र गा असृजन्त भूतकृतो विश्वरूपाः । यत्र विजायते यमिन्यपर्तुः सा पशून् क्षिणाति रिफती रुशती
By this single creation she came into being, where the cows were produced, the makers of beings of all forms; where she is born, the restrainer of the yoke, she destroys the cattle, raging and shining.
एषा पशून्त्सं क्षिणाति क्रव्याद्भूत्वा व्यद्वरी । उतैनां ब्रह्मणे दद्यात्तथा स्योना शिवा स्यात्
She destroys the cattle, having become flesh-eating, the devourer; let her be given to the Brahman, so she may become gentle and auspicious.
शिवा भव पुरुषेभ्यो गोभ्यो अश्वेभ्यः शिवा । शिवास्मै सर्वस्मै क्षेत्राय शिवा न इहैधि
Be auspicious to men, to cattle, to horses; be auspicious to all this field, be auspicious to us here—do not come here with harm.
इह पुष्टिरिह रस इह सहस्रसातमा भव । पशून् यमिनि पोषय
Here be nourishment, here be sap, here become one who brings a hundredfold wealth; O Night, nourish the cattle.
यत्रा सुहार्दः सुकृतो मदन्ति विहाय रोगं तन्वः स्वायाः । तं लोकं यमिन्यभिसंबभूव सा नो मा हिंसीत्पुरुषान् पशूंश्च
Where friends of good heart and good deeds rejoice, having cast off disease from their own bodies—may Night reach that world; may she not harm our men or our cattle.
यत्रा सुहार्दां सुकृतामग्निहोत्रहुतां यत्र लोकः । तं लोकं यमिन्यभिसंबभूव सा नो मा हिंसीत्पुरुषान् पशूंश्च
Where there are friends of good heart, where good deeds and offerings to the fire are made, where that world is—may Night reach that world; may she not harm our men or our cattle.
यद्राजानो विभजन्त इष्टापूर्तस्य षोडशं यमस्यामी सभासदः । अविस्तस्मात्प्र मुञ्चति दत्तः शितिपात्स्वधा
When kings divide the sixteenth part of sacrifice and gift, these judges of Yama's assembly—let the white-footed one, given as a gift, release him from that.
सर्वान् कामान् पूरयत्याभवन् प्रभवन् भवन् । आकूतिप्रोऽविर्दत्तः शितिपान्न् नोप दस्यति
He fulfills all desires, he prospers, he becomes; the white-footed one, given openly with intention, will not fail you.
यो ददाति शितिपादमविं लोकेन संमितम् । स नाकमभ्यारोहति यत्र शुल्को न क्रियते अबलेन बलीयसे
He who gives the white-footed one, undivided, measured with the world, does not ascend to that heaven where no tax is paid by the weak to the strong.
पञ्चापूपं शितिपादमविं लोकेन संमितम् । प्रदातोप जीवति पितॄणां लोकेऽक्षितम्
He who gives five cakes, the white-footed one, measured with the world, lives by giving in the undiminished world of the fathers.
पञ्चापूपं शितिपादमविं लोकेन संमितम् । प्रदातोप जीवति सूर्यामासयोरक्षितम्
He who gives five cakes, the white-footed one, measured with the world, lives by giving in the undiminished world of the sun and the moon.
इरेव नोप दस्यति समुद्र इव पयो महत्। देवौ सवासिनाविव शितिपान् नोप दस्यति
He will not fail you, just as the great ocean does not fail in water; like two gods seated together, the white-footed one will not fail you.
क इदं कस्मा अदात्कामः कामायादात्। कामो दाता कामः प्रतिग्रहीता कामः समुद्रमा विवेश । कामेन त्वा प्रति गृह्णामि कामैतत्ते
Who gave this, and to whom was it given? Desire gave it for desire. Desire is the giver, desire is the receiver, desire has entered the ocean. With desire I accept you; this is your desire.
भूमिष्ट्वा प्रति गृह्णात्वन्तरिक्षमिदं महत्। माहं प्राणेन मात्मना मा प्रजया प्रतिगृह्य वि राधिषि
May the earth accept you; may this great atmosphere accept you. May I not, by accepting with my breath, my self, or my offspring, be deprived.