शीर्षामयमुपहत्यामक्ष्योस्तन्वो रपः । कुष्ठस्तत्सर्वं निष्करद्दैवं समह वृष्ण्यम्
Having struck down the disease of the head and the fluids of the eyes and body, Kuṣṭha has removed all that, the divine, together with the virile power.
रात्री माता नभः पितार्यमा ते पितामहः । सिलाची नाम वा असि सा देवानामसि स्वसा
Night is your mother, the sky your father, Aryaman your grandfather; you are called Silācī, and you are the sister of the gods.
यस्त्वा पिबति जीवति त्रायसे पुरुषं त्वम् । भर्त्री हि शश्वतामसि जनानां च न्यञ्चनी
Whoever drinks you lives; you protect the person. You are truly the nourisher of people and their supporter.
वृक्षंवृक्षमा रोहसि वृषण्यन्तीव कन्यला । जयन्ती प्रत्यातिष्ठन्ती स्परणी नाम वा असि
You grow from tree to tree, flourishing like a maiden; victorious, standing firm, you are called the touch-healer.
यद्दण्डेन यदिष्वा यद्वारुर्हरसा कृतम् । तस्य त्वमसि निष्कृतिः सेमं निष्कृधि पूरुषम्
Whatever has been done with a staff, with arrows, or by force—of that you are the remedy; release this man from that guilt.
भद्रात्प्लक्षान् निस्तिष्ठस्यश्वत्थात्खदिराद्धवात्। भद्रान् न्यग्रोधात्पर्णात्सा न एह्यरुन्धति
From the auspicious fig tree, from the sacred fig, from the acacia, from the auspicious banyan, from the leaf—she, Arundhati, comes here.
हिरण्यवर्णे सुभगे सूर्यवर्णे वपुष्टमे । रुतं गच्छासि निष्कृते निष्कृतिर्नाम वा असि
Golden-hued, fortunate one, sun-colored, most beautiful—O Remedy, you proceed with truth; you are called Remedy by name.
हिरण्यवर्णे सुभगे शुष्मे लोमशवक्षणे । अपामसि स्वसा लाक्षे वातो हात्मा बभूव ते
Golden-hued, fortunate one, powerful, with shaggy hair and sharp glance—you are the sister of the waters, or of lac; the wind has become your soul.
सिलाची नाम कानीनोऽजबभ्रु पिता तव । अश्वो यमस्य यः श्यावस्तस्य हास्नास्युक्षिता
Silācī is your name, O Kāninī; Ajababhru is your father; the dark horse of Yama, whose bridle you have yoked.
अश्वस्यास्नः संपतिता सा वृक्षामभि सिष्यदे । सरा पतत्रिणी भूत्वा सा न एह्यरुन्धति
The bridle of the horse, having fallen, clings to the trees; becoming a flowing, winged one, she, Arundhati, comes here.
ब्रह्म जज्ञानं प्रथमं पुरस्ताद्वि सीमतः सुरुचो वेन आवः । स बुध्न्या उपमा अस्य विष्ठाः सतश्च योनिमसतश्च वि वः
Brahman was born as the first, in the beginning, before all; with radiance, Vena spread forth; the deep foundations are his models; from the existent and the non-existent, he brought forth offspring.
अनाप्ता ये वः प्रथमा यानि कर्माणि चक्रिरे । वीरान् नो अत्र मा दभन् तद्व एतत्पुरो दधे
Those of you who were unattainable, who performed the first deeds—may they not harm our heroes here; that is what was established before.
सहस्रधार एव ते समस्वरन् दिवो नाके मधुजिह्वा असश्चतः । तस्य स्पशो न नि मिषन्ति भूर्णयः पदेपदे पाशिनः सन्ति सेतवे
With a thousand streams, they sounded together in the sky, in heaven, with honeyed tongues; their spies do not close their eyes, ever watchful, at every step, they are bonds for the path.
पर्यू षु प्र धन्वा वाजसातये परि वृत्राणि सक्षणिः । द्विषस्तदध्यर्णवेनेयसे सनिस्रसो नामासि त्रयोदशो मास इन्द्रस्य गृहः
Circle around, drive forth for the gaining of strength; break through the obstacles; you are the thirteenth month, the house of Indra, with a name, for the sake of victory.
न्वेतेनारात्सीरसौ स्वाहा । तिग्मायुधौ तिग्महेती सुशेवौ सोमारुद्राविह सु मृडतं नः
With this, may you drive away the hostile ones—svāhā! O Soma and Rudras, sharp-weaponed, sharp-pointed, gracious, come here and grant us happiness.
अवैतेनारात्सीरसौ स्वाहा । तिग्मायुधौ तिग्महेती सुशेवौ सोमारुद्राविह सु मृडतं नः
With this, may you drive away the hostile ones—svāhā! O Soma and Rudras, sharp-weaponed, sharp-pointed, gracious, come here and grant us happiness.
अपैतेनारात्सीरसौ स्वाहा । तिग्मायुधौ तिग्महेती सुशेवौ सोमारुद्राविह सु मृडतं नः
With this, may you remove the hostile ones—svāhā! O Soma and Rudras, sharp-weaponed, sharp-pointed, gracious, come here and grant us happiness.
मुमुक्तमस्मान् दुरितादवद्याज्जुषेथां यज्ञममृतमस्मासु धत्तम्
Release us from evil and blame; accept our sacrifice; place immortality among us.
चक्षुषो हेते मनसो हेते ब्रह्मणो हेते तपसश्च हेते । मेन्या मेनिरस्यमेनयस्ते सन्तु येऽस्मामभ्यघायन्ति
The missiles of the eye, the missiles of the mind, the missiles of speech, and the missiles of austerity—may those intentions and thoughts of theirs be turned back, who wish to harm us.
योऽस्मांश्चक्षुषा मनसा चित्त्याकूत्या च यो अघायुरभिदासात्। त्वं तान् अग्ने मेन्यामेनीन् कृणु स्वाहा
Whoever, with eye, mind, thought, or intention, seeks to harm us—O Agni, turn back those intentions and thoughts of theirs—svāhā!
इन्द्रस्य गृहोऽसि । तं त्वा प्र पद्ये तं त्वा प्र विशामि सर्वगुः सर्वपूरुषः सर्वात्मा सर्वतनूः सह यन् मेऽस्ति तेन
You are the house of Indra; to you I surrender, to you I enter; all-encompassing, all-man, all-soul, all-bodied—together with all that is mine, with that.
इन्द्रस्य शर्मासि । तं त्वा प्र पद्ये तं त्वा प्र विशामि सर्वगुः सर्वपूरुषः सर्वात्मा सर्वतनूः सह यन् मेऽस्ति तेन
You are the protection of Indra; to you I surrender, to you I enter; all-encompassing, all-man, all-soul, all-bodied—together with all that is mine, with that.
इन्द्रस्य वर्मासि । तं त्वा प्र पद्ये तं त्वा प्र विशामि सर्वगुः सर्वपूरुषः सर्वात्मा सर्वतनूः सह यन् मेऽस्ति तेन
You are Indra's armor. To you I dedicate myself, to you I enter in; all-encompassing, all-person, all-self, all-bodied—together with all that is mine, with that I join you.
इन्द्रस्य वरूथमसि । तं त्वा प्र पद्ये तं त्वा प्र विशामि सर्वगुः सर्वपूरुषः सर्वात्मा सर्वतनूः सह यन् मेऽस्ति तेन
You are Indra's protection. To you I dedicate myself, to you I enter in; all-encompassing, all-person, all-self, all-bodied—together with all that is mine, with that I join you.
आ नो भर मा परि ष्ठा अराते मा नो रक्षीर्दक्षिणां नीयमानाम् । नमो वीर्त्साया असमृद्धये नमो अस्त्वरातये
Bring us forward, do not leave us behind in hostility; do not let the right-hand path be led away from us. Homage to the one who brings prosperity, to non-failure; homage also to the absence of enmity.
यमराते पुरोधत्से पुरुषं परिरापिणम् । नमस्ते तस्मै कृण्मो मा वनिं व्यथयीर्मम
To that enmity, to the sacrificer, to the one who binds the man, I offer my reverence; to him I bow—may you not cause my destruction or distress.
प्र णो वनिर्देवकृता दिवा नक्तं च कल्पताम् । अरातिमनुप्रेमो वयं नमो अस्त्वरातये
May the destruction made by the gods, by day and by night, be averted from us. May we pass beyond enmity; homage also to the absence of enmity.
सरस्वतीमनुमतिं भगं यन्तो हवामहे । वाचं जुष्टां मधुमतीमवादिषं देवानां देवहूतिषु
Seeking Sarasvatī, Anumati, and Bhaga, we call upon them; may I speak words that are favored, sweet, and pleasing among the invocations to the gods.
यं याचाम्यहं वाचा सरस्वत्या मनोयुजा । श्रद्धा तमद्य विन्दतु दत्ता सोमेन बभ्रुणा
Whomever I seek today with speech, with mind yoked to Sarasvatī, may faith find him today—granted by tawny Soma.
मा वनिं मा वाचं नो वीर्त्सीरुभाविन्द्राग्नी आ भरतां नो वसूनि । सर्वे नो अद्य दित्सन्तोऽरातिं प्रति हर्यत
May neither destruction nor speech be taken from us; O Indra and Agni, bring us wealth. May all who wish to give today turn away enmity from us.