Sukta 44

Mantra 1

भैषज्यम्। आयुषोऽसि प्रतरणं विप्रं भेषजमुच्यसे । तदाञ्जन त्वं शंताते शमापो अभयं कृतम्

A healing. Of life thou art the furthering ford; a potent, inspired remedy art thou called. Therefore, O Añjana, for welfare and for peace—(with) the Waters—make thou fearlessness effected.

Mantra 2

यो हरिमा जायान्योऽङ्गभेदो विसल्पकः । सर्वं ते यक्ष्ममङ्गेभ्यो बहिर्निर्हन्त्वाञ्जनम्

What yellowness, what jāyānya, what limb-rending pain, what visalpaka,—all thy wasting-disease from thy limbs, outward and forth, let Añjana smite away.

Mantra 3

आञ्जनं पृथिव्यां जातं भद्रं पुरुषजीवनम्। कृणोत्वप्रमायुकं रथजूतिमनागसम्

Añjana, born upon the Earth, auspicious, the life of man,—let it make (him) not doomed to untimely death, of chariot-swiftness, and without blame.

Mantra 4

प्राण प्राणं त्रायस्वासो असवे मृड । निरृते निरृत्या नः पाशेभ्यो मुञ्च

O Prāṇa, save thou the breath; be gracious unto the Asu, unto our life. From Nirṛti, from Nirṛti’s nooses, release us.

Mantra 5

सिन्धोर्गर्भोऽसि विद्युतां पुष्पम्। वातः प्राणः सूर्यश्चक्षुर्दिवस्पयः

Thou art the Sindhu’s embryo, the blossom of the lightnings: the Wind is breath, the Sun is eye, the milk of heaven is nourishment.

Mantra 6

देवाञ्जन त्रैककुदं परि मा पाहि विश्वतः । न त्वा तरन्त्योषधयो बाह्याः पर्वतीया उत

O divine unguent, O Traikakuda, guard me round about from every side. No other herbs surpass thee—no outward, no mountain-born remedies either.

Mantra 7

वी३दं मध्यमवासृपद् रक्षोहामीवचातनः । अमीवाः सर्वाश्चातयन् नाशयदभिभा इतः

This Vīda crept into the midst, a slayer of Rakṣas, a dispeller of disease: expelling all maladies, it destroyed the assailing powers from hence.

Mantra 8

बह्वि३दं राजन् वरुणानृतमाह पूरुषः । तस्मात् सहस्रवीर्य मुञ्च नः पर्यंहसः

Much untruth, O King Varuṇa, hath a man spoken. Therefore, O thousand-mighty, release us from the encompassing guilt and straitness.

Mantra 9

यदापो अघ्न्या इति वरुणेति यदूचिम। तस्मात् सहस्रवीर्य मुञ्च नः पर्यंहसः

What we have uttered—‘the Waters are inviolable,’ and ‘O Varuṇa’—by virtue of that, O thou of thousandfold might, release us from the encompassing distress.

Mantra 10

मित्रश्च त्वा वरुणश्चानुप्रेयतुराञ्जन । तौ त्वानुगत्य दूरं भोगाय पुनरोहतुः

Mitra and Varuṇa have attended thee, O Anjana; and those twain, accompanying thee, have brought back again from afar for our enjoyment.