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.
उतो अस्यबन्धुकृदुतो असि नु जामिकृत्। उतो कृत्याकृतः प्रजां नदमिवा छिन्धि वार्षिकम्
You are the maker of kin, you are indeed the maker of in-laws; you are made by the spell, cut off the offspring like a river cuts the rainy season.
ब्राह्मणेन पर्युक्तासि कण्वेन नार्षदेन । सेनेवैषि त्विषीमती न तत्र भयमस्ति यत्र प्राप्नोष्योषधे
You are empowered by the Brahmin, by Kaṇva, by Nārṣada; you go forth with brightness, O plant, there is no fear where you reach.
अग्रमेष्योषधीनां ज्योतिषेवाभिदीपयन् । उत त्रातासि पाकस्याथो हन्तासि रक्षसः
You go at the head of the plants, shining like a light; you are the protector from harm, and also the slayer of demons.
यददो देवा असुरांस्त्वयाग्रे निरकुर्वत । ततस्त्वमध्योषधेऽपामार्गो अजायथाः
When the gods set apart the Asuras at the beginning with you, then, O plant apāmārga, you were born among the plants.
विभिन्दती शतशाखा विभिन्दन् नाम ते पिता । प्रत्यग्वि भिन्धि त्वं तं यो अस्मामभिदासति
Splitting, with a hundred branches—Splitting is the name of your father; split back, you, the one who attacks us.
असद्भूम्याः समभवत्तद्यामेति महद्व्यचः । तद्वै ततो विधूपायत्प्रत्यक्कर्तारमृच्छतु
It arose from the unfirm earth, that which goes widely; let that, having been fumigated from there, reach the one who turns back.
प्रत्यङ्हि संबभूविथ प्रतीचीनफलस्त्वम् । सर्वान् मच्छपथामधि वरीयो यावया वधम्
You have become turned back, you are fruit facing backward; drive away all harm from my path, and avert destruction.
शतेन मा परि पाहि सहस्रेणाभि रक्षा मा । इन्द्रस्ते वीरुधां पत उग्र ओज्मानमा दधत्
Protect me with a hundred, guard me with a thousand; Indra has placed in you, plant, fierce and mighty power.
आ पश्यति प्रति पश्यति परा पश्यति पश्यति । दिवमन्तरिक्षमाद्भूमिं सर्वं तद्देवि पश्यति
She sees forward, she sees backward, she sees afar, she sees; the goddess sees all—heaven, the midspace, and earth.
तिस्रो दिवस्तिस्रः पृथिवीः षट्चेमाः प्रदिशाः पृथक्। त्वयाहं सर्वा भूतानि पश्यानि देव्योषधे
Three are the heavens, three are the earths, and these six directions separately; with you, O divine plant, I see all beings.
दिव्यस्य सुपर्णस्य तस्य हासि कनीनिका । सा भूमिमा रुरोहिथ वह्यं श्रान्ता वधूरिव
You are the pupil of the divine bird; she has mounted the earth, weary like a bride carried home.
तां मे सहस्राक्षो देवो दक्षिणे हस्त आ दधत्। तयाहं सर्वं पश्यामि यश्च शूद्र उतार्यः
The thousand-eyed god has placed her in my right hand; with her I see everything, both the servant and the noble.
आविष्कृणुष्व रूपाणि मात्मानमप गूहथाः । अथो सहस्रचक्षो त्वं प्रति पश्याः किमीदिनः
Reveal your forms, do not hide yourself; and you, thousand-eyed, look upon what is here.
दर्शय मा यातुधानान् दर्शय यातुधान्यः । पिशाचान्त्सर्वान् दर्शयेति त्वा रभ ओषधे
Show me the sorceresses, show me the sorcerers; show me all the demons, for this I take you, O plant.
कश्यपस्य चक्षुरसि शुन्याश्च चतुरक्ष्याः । वीध्रे सूर्यमिव सर्पन्तं मा पिशाचं तिरस्करः
You are the eye of Kaśyapa, and of the four-eyed Śunī; do not let the demon hide, as the sun moves openly in the sky.
उदग्रभं परिपाणाद्यातुधानं किमीदिनम् । तेनाहं सर्वं पश्याम्युत शूद्रमुतार्यम्
Guard me from the upward-seizing, from the encircling sorcerer; with this I see all, both the servant and the noble.
यो अन्तरिक्षेण पतति दिवं यश्च अतिसर्पति । भूमिं यो मन्यते नाथं तं पिशाचं प्र दर्शय
Who flies through the midspace, and who glides beyond the sky, who considers the earth as his master—reveal that demon to us.
आ गावो अग्मन्न् उत भद्रमक्रन्त्सीदन्तु गोष्ठे रणयन्त्वस्मे । प्रजावतीः पुरुरूपा इह स्युरिन्द्राय पूर्वीरुषसो दुहानाः
The cows have come; they have brought good fortune. Let them settle in the enclosure and bellow for us. May they be prolific, of many forms, here; may they yield abundant milk for Indra, as did the ancient dawns.
इन्द्रो यज्वने गृणते च शिक्षत उपेद्ददाति न स्वं मुषायति । भूयोभूयो रयिमिदस्य वर्धयन्न् अभिन्ने खिल्ये नि दधाति देवयुम्
Indra favors the sacrificer and the one who praises him; he gives freely and does not withhold his own. Increasing ever more the wealth of such a one, he places undivided, divine riches in the storehouse.
न ता नशन्ति न दभाति तस्करो नासामामित्रो व्यथिरा दधर्षति । देवांश्च याभिर्यजते ददाति च ज्योगित्ताभिः सचते गोपतिः सह
They are not lost, nor does the thief harm them; no enemy or adversary overcomes them. With these cows, one worships the gods and gives; the lord of cattle prospers with them.