अपो निषिञ्चन्न् असुरः पिता नः श्वसन्तु गर्गरा अपां वरुणाव नीचीरपः सृज । वदन्तु पृश्निबाहवो मण्डूका इरिणानु
The Asura, our father, pours down the waters; let the deep pools breathe, let Varuṇa and the waters release the streams; let the croaking frogs speak in the dry land.
संवत्सरं शशयाना ब्राह्मणा व्रतचारिणः । वाचं पर्जन्यजिन्वितां प्र मण्डूका अवादिषुः
For a year, the Brahmins, observing their vows, have remained silent; now, enlivened by the rain, the frogs have begun to speak.
उपप्रवद मण्डूकि वर्षमा वद तादुरि । मध्ये ह्रदस्य प्लवस्व विगृह्य चतुरः पदः
Speak up, O frog, call for rain, O Tādurī; swim in the middle of the pond, spreading out your four legs.
खण्वखा३ खैमखा३ मध्ये तदुरि । वर्षं वनुध्वं पितरो मरुतां मन इच्छत
Khaṇvakhā, Khaimakhā, in the middle, O Tādurī; call for rain, O fathers, desire the favor of the Maruts.
महान्तं कोशमुदचाभि षिञ्च सविद्युतं भवतु वातु वातः । तन्वतां यज्ञं बहुधा विसृष्टा आनन्दिनीरोषधयो भवन्तु
Pour out the great vessel, let the wind blow with lightning; let the offerings be made in many ways; let the herbs become joyful with water.
बृहन्न् एषामधिष्ठाता अन्तिकादिव पश्यति । य स्तायन् मन्यते चरन्त्सर्वं देवा इदं विदुः
He who is the great overseer sees as if from nearby; whoever thinks he is hidden while moving, all the gods know him.
यस्तिष्ठति चरति यश्च वञ्चति यो निलायं चरति यः प्रतङ्कम् । द्वौ संनिषद्य यन् मन्त्रयेते राजा तद्वेद वरुणस्तृतीयः
Whoever stands, moves, deceives, or goes to his dwelling, or travels abroad—when two sit together and plot, King Varuṇa, the third, knows it.
उतेयं भूमिर्वरुणस्य राज्ञ उतासौ द्यौर्बृहती दूरेअन्ता । उतो समुद्रौ वरुणस्य कुक्षी उतास्मिन्न् अल्प उदके निलीनः
This earth belongs to King Varuṇa, and so does that vast sky far away; the oceans are Varuṇa's wombs, and even one hidden in a small pool is within him.
उत यो द्यामतिसर्पात्परस्तान् न स मुच्यातै वरुणस्य राज्ञः । दिव स्पशः प्र चरन्तीदमस्य सहस्राक्षा अति पश्यन्ति भूमिम्
Even one who crosses beyond the sky cannot escape King Varuṇa; his thousand-eyed spies move about, seeing all the earth.
सर्वं तद्राजा वरुणो वि चष्टे यदन्तरा रोदसी यत्परस्तात्। संख्याता अस्य निमिषो जनानामक्षान् इव श्वघ्नी नि मिनोति तानि
King Varuṇa sees all that is between heaven and earth and beyond; he counts the blinking of people, just as a gambler counts his dice.
ये ते पाशा वरुण सप्तसप्त त्रेधा तिष्ठन्ति विषिता रुषन्तः । छिनन्तु सर्वे अनृतं वदन्तं यः सत्यवाद्यति तं सृजन्तु
O Varuṇa, those nooses of yours, seven by seven, set in threefold ways, fiercely arrayed—let them all cut off the one who speaks falsehood; but let the one who speaks truth go free.
शतेन पाशैरभि धेहि वरुणैनं मा ते मोच्यनृतवाङ्नृचक्षः । आस्तां जाल्म उदरं श्रंशयित्वा कोश इवाबन्धः परिकृत्यमानः
With a hundred nooses, O Varuṇa, bind this man; let not the liar, the wrongdoer, escape you. Let the wretch remain, his belly collapsed, like a bag cut open and emptied.
यः समाभ्यो वरुणो यो व्याभ्यो यः संदेश्यो वरुणो यो विदेश्यो । यो दैवो वरुणो यश्च मानुषः
Whoever is of us, O Varuṇa, or of others; whoever is to be sent, O Varuṇa, or to be kept away; whoever is divine, O Varuṇa, or human—
तैस्त्वा सर्वैरभि ष्यामि पाशैरसावामुष्यायणामुष्याः पुत्र । तान् उ ते सर्वान् अनुसंदिशामि
With all those nooses I will bind you, this one, that one, and that one's son; all of them I now assign to you.
ईशाणां त्वा भेषजानामुज्जेष आ रभामहे । चक्रे सहस्रवीर्यं सर्वस्मा ओषधे त्वा
We take hold of you, ruler of remedies, for deliverance. O herb, with a thousandfold power, I apply you for all healing.
सत्यजितं शपथयावनीं सहमानां पुनःसराम् । सर्वाः समह्व्योषधीरितो नः पारयादिति
Victorious by truth, bearing oaths, enduring, returning again—may all the assembled herbs call out and carry us across.
या शशाप शपनेन याघं मूरमादधे । या रसस्य हरणाय जातमारेभे तोकमत्तु सा
She who cursed with a curse, who brought harm and madness, who was born to steal the sap, let her eat her own offspring.
यां ते चक्रुरामे पात्रे यां चक्रुर्नीललोहिते । आमे मांसे कृत्यां यां चक्रुस्तया कृत्याकृतो जहि
The witchcraft they made in raw vessels, the witchcraft they made in blue and red—whatever witchcraft they made in raw flesh, with that witchcraft, destroy the doer of witchcraft.
दौष्वप्न्यं दौर्जीवित्यं रक्षो अभ्वमराय्यः । दुर्णाम्नीः सर्वा दुर्वाचस्ता अस्मन् नाशयामसि
Evil dreams, misfortune, demons, ruin, all ill-named and evil words—these we drive away from us.
क्षुधामारं तृष्णामारमगोतामनपत्यताम् । अपामार्ग त्वया वयं सर्वं तदप मृज्महे
Hunger, thirst, childlessness, lack of cattle—O Apāmārga, with you we wipe away all this.
तृष्णामारं क्षुधामारमथो अक्षपराजयम् । अपामार्ग त्वया वयं सर्वं तदप मृज्महे
Thirst, hunger, defeat at dice—O Apāmārga, with you we wipe away all this.
अपामार्ग ओषधीनां सर्वासामेक इद्वशी । तेन ते मृज्म आस्थितमथ त्वमगदश्चर
O Apāmārga, you alone are sovereign over all herbs; with you I wipe away what has settled, and you move about as a remedy.
समं ज्योतिः सूर्येणाह्ना रात्री समावती । कृणोमि सत्यमूतयेऽरसाः सन्तु कृत्वरीः
I make the light equal with the sun by day, and the night equally complete; I make truth for protection—let the juices be effective.
यो देवाः कृत्यां कृत्वा हरादविदुषो गृहम् । वत्सो धारुरिव मातरं तं प्रत्यगुप पद्यताम्
Whoever, having performed witchcraft, enters the house of the ignorant—let him, like a calf to its mother, return back again.
अमा कृत्वा पाप्मानं यस्तेनान्यं जिघांसति । अश्मानस्तस्यां दग्धायां बहुलाः फट्करिक्रति
He who, having made evil his home, seeks to harm another—when that is burned, many stones crackle loudly.
सहस्रधामन् विशिखान् विग्रीवां छायया त्वम् । प्रति स्म चक्रुषे कृत्यां प्रियां प्रियावते हर
With a thousand powers, with arrows, with a neckless shadow, you have made witchcraft; take away the beloved from the beloved.
अनयाहमोषध्या सर्वाः कृत्या अदूदुषम् । यां क्षेत्रे चक्रुर्यां गोषु यां वा ते पुरुषेषु
With this herb I drive away all witchcraft, whether made in the field, among cattle, or among people.
यश्चकार न शशाक कर्तुं शश्रे पादमङ्गुरिम् । चकार भद्रमस्मभ्यमात्मने तपनं तु सः
Whoever did it but could not complete it, who cut the foot or toe—he has done good for us and for himself, but let him be scorched by the sun.
अपामार्गोऽप मार्ष्टु क्षेत्रियं शपथश्च यः । अपाह यातुधानीरप सर्वा अराय्यः
Let the apāmārga plant wipe away what is of the field and any curse; drive away the sorceresses, drive away all hostile ones.
अपमृज्य यातुधानान् अप सर्वा अराय्यः । अपामार्ग त्वया वयं सर्वं तदप मृज्महे
Having wiped away the sorceresses, having driven away all hostile ones, with you, apāmārga, we wipe away all that.