Sukta 28

Mantra 1

पशुपोषणम्। एकैकयैषा सृष्ट्या सं बभूव यत्र गा असृजन्त भूतकृतो विश्वरूपाः । यत्र विजायते यमिन्यपर्तुः सा पशून् क्षिणाति रिफती रुशती

Cattle-nourishment. By each single act of creation hath she come wholly into being, there where the All-formed Makers of beings brought forth the kine. Where Yaminī is born, out of due season, there she wasteth the cattle—Rifatī, Ruśatī.

Mantra 2

एषा पशून्त्सं क्षिणाति क्रव्याद् भूत्वा व्यद्वरी । उतैनां ब्रह्मणे दद्यात् तथा स्योना शिवा स्यात्

She wasteth the cattle utterly, becoming a flesh-eater—Vyadvārī. And one should deliver her unto the Brahman; thus may she become kindly, benign.

Mantra 3

शिवा भव पुरुषेभ्यो गोभ्यो अश्वेभ्यः शिवा। शिवास्मै सर्वस्मै क्षेत्राय शिवा न इहैधि

Be thou benign unto men, benign unto cows, benign unto horses. Benign unto this whole field; benign for us—here do thou thrive.

Mantra 4

इह पुष्टिरिह रस इह सहस्रसातमा भव । पशून् यमिनि पोषय

Here be Prosperity; here be vital Sap; here become thou the most thousand-winning. O Yamini, nourish thou the cattle.

Mantra 5

यत्रा सुहार्दः सुकृतो मदन्ति विहाय रोगं तन्व१ स्वायाः । तं लोकं यमिन्यभिसंबभूव सा नो मा हिंसीत् पुरुषान् पशूंश्च

Where the kind-hearted, the well-doers, rejoice, having cast disease away from their own body—unto that world, O Yamini, hast thou drawn nigh: may she not harm us, neither men nor cattle.

Mantra 6

यत्रा सुहार्दां सुकृतामग्निहोत्रहुतां यत्र लोकः । तं लोकं यमिन्यभिसंबभूव सा नो मा हिंसीत् पुरुषान् पशूंश्च

Where is the world of the kindly-hearted, the well-doers, the Agnihotra-offerers—unto that world, O Yamini, hast thou drawn nigh: may she not harm us, neither men nor cattle.