Sukta 31

Mantra 1

यक्ष्मनाशनम् वि देवा जरसावृतन् वि त्वमग्ने अरात्या । व्य१हं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण समायुषा

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

व्यार्त्या पवमानो वि शक्रः पापकृत्यया । व्य१हं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण समायुषा

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 ग्राम्याः पशव आरण्यैर्व्याऽपस्तृष्णयासरन्। व्य१हं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण समायुषा

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

वी३मे द्यावापृथिवी इतो वि पन्थानो दिशंदिशम्। व्य१हं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण समायुषा

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

त्वष्टा दुहित्रे वहतुं युनक्तीतीदं विश्वं भुवनं वि याति । व्य१हं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण समायुषा

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

अग्निः प्राणान्त्सं दधाति चन्द्रः प्राणेन संहितः । व्य१हं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण समायुषा

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

प्राणेन विश्वतोवीर्यं देवाः सूर्यं समैरयन्। व्य१हं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण समायुषा

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

आयुष्मतामायुष्कृतां प्राणेन जीव मा मृथाः । व्य१हं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण समायुषा

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

प्राणेन प्राणतां प्राणेहैव भव मा मृथाः । व्य१हं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण समायुषा

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

उदायुषा समायुषोदोषधीनां रसेन । व्य१हं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण समायुषा

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

आपर्जन्यस्य वृष्ट्योदस्थामामृता वयम्। व्य१हं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण समायुषा

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.