Sukta 39

Mantra 1

कुष्ठनाशनम्। ऐतु देवस्त्रायमाणः कुष्ठो हिमवतस्परि । तक्मानं सर्वं नाशय सर्वाश्च यातुधान्यः

Let the god Kuṣṭha come, a saviour, from about the Himavat. Destroy every Takmán-fever, and all the Yātudhānī demonesses.

Mantra 2

त्रीणि ते कुष्ठ नामानि नद्यमारो नद्यारिषः । नद्यायं पुरुषो रिषत्। यस्मै परिब्रवीमि त्वा सायंप्रातरथो दिवा

Three are thy names, O Kuṣṭha: River-slayer, River-unharmed. At the river a man is injured; for whom I speak thee round about—at eve, at morn, and also by day.

Mantra 3

जीवला नाम ते माता जीवन्तो नाम ते पिता। नद्यायं पुरुषो रिषत्। यस्मै परिब्रवीमि त्वा सायंप्रातरथो दिवा

Jīvalā by name is thy mother; Jīvantá by name is thy father. At the river a man is injured; for whom I speak thee round about—at eve, at morn, and also by day.

Mantra 4

उत्तमो अस्योषधीनामनड्वान् जगतामिव व्याघ्रः श्वपदामिव । नद्यायं पुरुषो रिषत्। यस्मै परिब्रवीमि त्वा सायंप्रातरथो दिवा

Thou art the highest of herbs: a bull, as it were, among creatures that move; a tiger, as it were, among wild beasts. At the river a man is injured; for whom I speak thee round about—at eve, at morn, and also by day.

Mantra 5

त्रिः शाम्बुभ्यो अङ्गिरेभ्यस्त्रिरादित्येभ्यस्परि । त्रिर्जातो विश्वदेवेभ्यः । स कुष्ठो विश्वभेषजः साकं सोमेन तिष्ठति । तक्मानं सर्वं नाशय सर्वाश्च यातुधान्यः

Thrice from the Śambhus, from the Aṅgirases; thrice from about the Ādityas; thrice born from the All-Gods. That Kuṣṭha, the universal medicine, abides together with Soma. Destroy every Takmán-fever, and all the Yātudhānī demonesses.

Mantra 6

अश्वत्थो देवसदनस्तृतीयस्यामितो दिवि। तत्रामृतस्य चक्षणं ततः कुष्ठो अजायत । स कुष्ठो विश्वभेषजः साकं सोमेन तिष्ठति । तक्मानं सर्वं नाशय सर्वाश्च यातुधान्यः

The Aśvattha, a seat of Gods, in the third, the boundless heaven—there is the visible station of Immortality: thence Kuṣṭha was born. That Kuṣṭha, the universal remedy, standeth together with Soma. Destroy thou every fever, and all the Yātudhānī witches.

Mantra 7

हिरण्ययी नौरचरद्धिरण्यबन्धना दिवि। तत्रामृतस्य चक्षणं ततः कुष्ठो अजायत । स कुष्ठो विश्वभेषजः साकं सोमेन तिष्ठति । तक्मानं सर्वं नाशय सर्वाश्च यातुधान्यः

A golden ship went moving in the heaven, gold-bound. There is the visible station of Immortality: thence Kuṣṭha was born. That Kuṣṭha, the universal remedy, standeth together with Soma. Destroy thou every fever, and all the Yātudhānī witches.

Mantra 8

यत्र नावप्रभ्रंशनं यत्र हिमवतः शिरः । तत्रामृतस्य चक्षणं ततः कुष्ठो अजायत । स कुष्ठो विश्वभेषजः साकं सोमेन तिष्ठति । तक्मानं सर्वं नाशय सर्वाश्च यातुधान्यः

Where is the ship’s slipping-down, where the head of Himavat—there is the visible station of Immortality: thence Kuṣṭha was born. That Kuṣṭha, the universal remedy, standeth together with Soma. Destroy thou every fever, and all the Yātudhānī witches.

Mantra 9

यं त्वा वेद पूर्व इक्ष्वाको यं वा त्वा कुष्ठ काम्यः । यं वा वसो यमात्स्यस्तेनासि विश्वभेषजः

Whom ancient Ikṣvāku knew—yea, whom the seeker knew thee, O Kuṣṭha; whom Vasu knew, whom Mātsya knew—thereby thou art the universal remedy.

Mantra 10

शीर्षलोकं तृतीयकं सदन्दिर्यश्च हायनः । तक्मानं विश्वधावीर्याधराञ्चं परा सुव

To the head-world, to the third realm—Sadan-di and Hāyana: the fever, O world-ranging noble, drive thou downward, send it forth away.