Sukta 28

Mantra 1

पशुपोषणम्। एकै॑कयै॒षा सृष्ट्या॒ सं ब॑भूव॒ यत्र॒ गा असृ॑जन्त भूत॒कृतो॑ वि॒श्वरू॑पाः । यत्र॑ वि॒जाय॑ते य॒मिन्य॑प॒र्तुः सा प॒शून् क्षि॑णाति रिफ॒ती रुश॑ती

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

ए॒षा प॒शून्त्सं क्षि॑णाति क्र॒व्याद् भू॒त्वा व्यद्व॑री । उ॒तैनां॑ ब्र॒ह्मणे॑ दद्या॒त् तथा॑ स्यो॒ना शि॒वा स्या॑त्

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

शि॒वा भ॑व॒ पुरु॑षेभ्यो॒ गोभ्यो॒ अश्वे॑भ्यः शि॒वा। शि॒वास्मै सर्व॑स्मै॒ क्षेत्रा॑य शि॒वा न॑ इ॒हैधि॑

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

इ॒ह पुष्टि॑रि॒ह रस॑ इ॒ह स॒हस्र॑सातमा भव । प॒शून् य॑मिनि पोषय

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

Mantra 5

यत्रा॑ सु॒हार्दः॑ सु॒कृतो॒ मद॑न्ति वि॒हाय॒ रोगं॑ त॒न्व॑१ स्वायाः॑ । तं लो॒कं य॒मिन्य॑भि॒संब॑भूव॒ सा नो॒ मा हिं॑सी॒त् पुरु॑षान् प॒शूंश्च॑

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

यत्रा॑ सु॒हार्दां॑ सु॒कृता॑मग्निहोत्र॒हुतां॒ यत्र॑ लो॒कः । तं लो॒कं य॒मिन्य॑भि॒संब॑भूव॒ सा नो॒ मा हिं॑सी॒त् पुरु॑षान् प॒शूंश्च॑

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.