Sukta 7

Mantra 1

यक्ष्मनाशनम्। ह॒रि॒णस्य॑ रघु॒ष्यदोऽधि॑ शी॒र्षणि॑ भेष॒जम्। स क्षे॑त्रि॒यं वि॒षाण॑या विषू॒चीन॑मनीनशत्

A destroyer of wasting sickness: upon the head is set the remedy of the swift-gliding deer. With the horn it hath driven forth the kṣetriya, the malady that spreads athwart.

Mantra 2

अनु॑ त्वा हरि॒णो वृषा॑ प॒द्भिश्च॒तुर्भि॑रक्रमीत्। विषा॑णे॒ वि ष्य॑ गुष्पि॒तं यद॑स्य क्षेत्रि॒यं हृ॒दि

After thee the strong deer-bull strode, with four feet stepping down. With the horn, cast forth asunder that which is fastened—this kṣetriya that lies within his heart.

Mantra 3

अ॒दो यद॑व॒रोच॑ते॒ चतु॑ष्पक्षमिव च्छ॒दिः । तेना॑ ते॒ सर्वं॑ क्षेत्रि॒यमङ्गे॑भ्यो नाशयामसि

That which gleams forth yonder, like a four-winged covering—therewith for thee we make to perish the whole kṣetriya from thy limbs.

Mantra 4

अ॒मू ये दि॒वि सु॒भगे॑ वि॒चृतौ॒ नाम॒ तार॑के । वि क्षे॑त्रि॒यस्य॑ मुञ्चतामध॒मं पाश॑मुत्त॒मम्

Those yonder in the heaven, O auspicious one—wandering stars by name, O rescuing lights—let them unloose, away from the kṣetriya, the lower noose and the upper.

Mantra 5

आप॒ इद् वा उ॑ भेष॒जीरापो॑ अमीव॒चात॑नीः । आपो॒ विश्व॑स्य भेष॒जीस्तास्त्वा॑ मुञ्चन्तु क्षेत्रि॒यात्

Waters indeed are remedies—waters that chase away disease. Waters are the medicine of all: may those waters release thee from the kṣetriya.

Mantra 6

यदा॑सु॒तेः क्रि॒यमा॑णायाः क्षेत्रि॒यं त्वा॑ व्यान॒शे। वेदा॒हं तस्य॑ भेष॒जं क्षे॑त्रि॒यं ना॑शयामि॒ त्वत्

When the pressing is a-doing, when the operation is in act, thee, O Kṣetriya, I overtake and encompass. I know the medicine thereof: the Kṣetriya I destroy—away from thee.

Mantra 7

अ॒प॒वा॒से नक्ष॑त्राणामपवा॒स उ॒षसा॑मु॒त। अपा॒स्मत् सर्वं॑ दुर्भू॒तमप॑ क्षेत्रि॒यमु॑च्छतु

At the stars’ withdrawing, at the Dawns’ withdrawing likewise—away from us let every evil-being go; away let the Kṣetriya be driven forth.