Sukta 20

Mantra 1

पिशाचक्षयणम्। आ प॑श्यति॒ प्रति॑ पश्यति॒ परा॑ पश्यति॒ पश्य॑ति । दिव॑म॒न्तरि॑क्ष॒माद् भूमिं॒ सर्वं॒ तद् दे॑वि पश्यति

A Piśāca-destroyer is she: she looketh hither, she looketh back in answer, she looketh forth afar—she looketh. From heaven, from mid-air, down unto earth, all that is, O Goddess, she beholdeth.

Mantra 2

ति॒स्रो दिव॑स्ति॒स्रः पृ॑थि॒वीः षट् चे॒माः प्र॒दिशः॒ पृथ॑क्। त्वया॒हं सर्वा॑ भू॒तानि॒ पश्या॑नि देव्योषधे

Three are the heavens, three the earths; and six, apart, are these directions. By thee may I behold all beings, O Goddess Plant.

Mantra 3

दि॒व्यस्य॑ सुप॒र्णस्य॒ तस्य॑ हासि क॒नीनि॑का । सा भूमि॒मा रु॑रोहिथ व॒ह्यं श्रा॒न्ता व॒धूरि॑व

Of the heavenly fair-winged one—of him, indeed—thou art the eye’s pupil. Down to the earth hast thou come forth, to be borne about, wearied as it were, like a bride.

Mantra 4

तां मे॑ सहस्रा॒क्षो दे॒वो दक्षि॑णे॒ हस्त॒ आ द॑धत्। तया॒हं सर्वं॑ पश्यामि॒ यश्च॑ शू॒द्र उ॒तार्यः॑

Her hath the thousand-eyed God set for me within my right hand. By her I see the whole—both he who is Śūdra and also he who is Ārya.

Mantra 5

आ॒विष्कृ॑णुष्व रू॒पाणि॒ मात्मान॒मप॑ गूहथाः । अथो॑ सहस्रचक्षो॒ त्वं प्रति॑ पश्याः किमी॒दिनः॑

Make thou the forms manifest; hide not thine own self away. Moreover, O thousand-eyed, do thou look forth, confronting the Kīmīdins.

Mantra 6

द॒र्शय॑ मा यातु॒धाना॑न् द॒र्शय॑ यातुधा॒न्यः । पि॒शा॒चान्त्सर्वा॑न् दर्श॒येति॒ त्वा र॑भ ओषधे

Show me the Yātudhānas; show the Yātudhānīs. Show all the Piśācas: thus do I lay hold on thee, O Herb.

Mantra 7

क॒श्यप॑स्य॒ चक्षु॑रसि शु॒न्याश्च॑ चतुर॒क्ष्याः । वी॒ध्रे सूर्य॑मिव॒ सर्प॑न्तं॒ मा पि॑शा॒चं ति॒र॒स्क॑रः

Thou art the eye of Kaśyapa, and of Śunī the four-eyed. O wise one, as the Sun [reveals], so do not thou hide from me the creeping Piśāca.

Mantra 8

उद॑ग्रभं परि॒पाणा॑द् यातु॒धानं॑ किमी॒दिन॑म्। तेना॒हं सर्वं॑ पश्याम्यु॒त शू॒द्रमु॒तार्य॑म्

Forth from the grasping hand I have seized the Yātudhāna, the Kīmīdin. Therewith I behold all things—both Śūdra and Ārya.

Mantra 9

यो अ॒न्तरि॑क्षेण॒ पत॑ति॒ दिवं॒ यश्चा॑ति॒सर्प॑ति । भूमिं॒ यो मन्य॑ते ना॒थं तं पि॑शा॒चं॑ प्र द॑र्शय

Whoso flies through mid-air unto the sky, and whoso creeps abroad upon the earth; whoso deems the earth his lordship—him, that Piśāca, do thou show forth.