Sukta 31

Mantra 1

यक्ष्मनाशनम् वि दे॒वा ज॒रसा॑वृत॒न् वि त्वम॑ग्ने॒ अरा॑त्या । व्य॑१हं सर्वे॑ण पा॒प्मना॒ वि यक्ष्मे॑ण॒ समायु॑षा

A destroyer of wasting-disease: the Gods have driven it off, the covering of decay; thou too, O Agni, drive it off—misfortune. From every evil taint, from wasting-disease, together with full life, may I be set free.

Mantra 2

व्यार्त्या॒ पव॑मानो॒ वि श॒क्रः पा॑पकृ॒त्यया॑ । व्य॑१हं सर्वे॑ण पा॒प्मना॒ वि यक्ष्मे॑ण॒ समायु॑षा

From affliction the Purifier, from evil sorcery the Mighty One, drive it away. From every evil taint, from wasting-disease, together with full life, may I be set free.

Mantra 3

वि ग्रा॒म्याः प॒शव॑ आर॒ण्यैर्व्याऽप॒स्तृष्ण॑यासरन्। व्य॑१हं सर्वे॑ण पा॒प्मना॒ वि यक्ष्मे॑ण॒ समायु॑षा

Apart the village herds have sped with forest-creatures; the waters, urged by thirst, have run away. So may I be parted from all evil taint, parted from yákṣma, and joined with full length of life.

Mantra 4

वी॒३मे द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी इ॒तो वि पन्था॑नो॒ दिशं॑दिशम्। व्य॑१हं सर्वे॑ण पा॒प्मना॒ वि यक्ष्मे॑ण॒ समायु॑षा

Asunder from here are Heaven and Earth; asunder the pathways, each to its own quarter. So may I be parted from all evil taint, parted from yákṣma, and joined with full length of life.

Mantra 5

त्वष्टा॑ दुहि॒त्रे व॑ह॒तुं यु॑न॒क्तीती॒दं विश्वं॒ भुव॑नं॒ वि या॑ति । व्य॑१हं सर्वे॑ण पा॒प्मना॒ वि यक्ष्मे॑ण॒ समायु॑षा

Tvaṣṭṛ yokes for his daughter the bridal train: thus this whole world of beings moves forth apart. So may I be parted from all evil taint, parted from yákṣma, and joined with full length of life.

Mantra 6

अ॒ग्निः प्रा॒णान्त्सं द॑धाति च॒न्द्रः प्रा॒णेन॒ संहि॑तः । व्य॑१हं सर्वे॑ण पा॒प्मना॒ वि यक्ष्मे॑ण॒ समायु॑षा

Agni composes the breaths together; the Moon is knit with breath. So may I be parted from all evil taint, parted from yákṣma, and joined with full length of life.

Mantra 7

प्रा॒णेन॑ वि॒श्वतो॑वीर्यं दे॒वाः सूर्यं॒ समै॑रयन्। व्य॑१हं सर्वे॑ण पा॒प्मना॒ वि यक्ष्मे॑ण॒ समायु॑षा

With prāṇa, with might on every side, the Gods have set the Sun in motion. So may I be parted from all evil taint, parted from yákṣma, and joined with full length of life.

Mantra 8

आयु॑ष्मतामायु॒ष्कृतां॑ प्रा॒णेन॑ जीव॒ मा मृ॑थाः । व्य॑१हं सर्वे॑ण पा॒प्मना॒ वि यक्ष्मे॑ण॒ समायु॑षा

With the breath of life, live thou—die not. I drive away, with all malignity, the wasting sickness, and (set thee) in possession of a full term of life, among the long-lived, among the life-establishers.

Mantra 9

प्रा॒णेन॑ प्राण॒तां प्राणे॒हैव भ॑व॒ मा मृ॑थाः । व्य॑१हं सर्वे॑ण पा॒प्मना॒ वि यक्ष्मे॑ण॒ समायु॑षा

With vital breath (I strengthen thee) among the breathing: O Breath, abide thou here indeed; die not. I drive away, with all malignity, the wasting sickness, and (set thee) with a full term of life.

Mantra 10

उदायु॑षा॒ समायु॒षोदोष॑धीनां॒ रसे॑न । व्य॑१हं सर्वे॑ण पा॒प्मना॒ वि यक्ष्मे॑ण॒ समायु॑षा

Up with thy life, with full life—up with the sap of herbs. I drive away, with all malignity, the wasting sickness, and (set thee) with a full term of life.

Mantra 11

आप॒र्जन्य॑स्य वृ॒ष्ट्योद॑स्थामा॒मृता॑ व॒यम्। व्य॑१हं सर्वे॑ण पा॒प्मना॒ वि यक्ष्मे॑ण॒ समायु॑षा

By Parjanya’s rain we have risen up—made, as it were, deathless. I drive away, with all malignity, the wasting sickness, and (set us) with a full term of life.