Sukta 28

Mantra 1

पापमोचनम् । भवाशर्वौ मन्वे वां तस्य वित्तं ययोर्वामिदं प्रदिशि यद् विरोचते । यावस्येशाथे द्विपदो यौ चतुष्पदस्तौ नो मुञ्चतमंहसः

Sin’s loosening. Bhava and Śarva, I deem yours is the possession thereof—ye two whose presence shineth forth in every region of the quarters; ye who have mastery to aid both two-footed and four-footed: do ye release us from distress and sin.

Mantra 2

ययोरभ्यभ्व उत यद् दूरे चिद् यौ विदिताविषुभृतामसिष्ठौ । यावस्येशाथे द्विपदो यौ चतुष्पदस्तौ नो मुञ्चतमंहसः

Ye twain who are assailing powers, and even that which is far away; ye twain, well-known among the missile-bearers, most sword-like: ye who have lordship over this man’s two-footed and his four-footed (folk), do ye release us from distress.

Mantra 3

सहस्राक्षौ वृत्रहना हुवेहं दूरेगव्यूती स्तुवन्नेम्युग्रौ। यावस्येशाथे द्विपदो यौ चतुष्पदस्तौ नो मुञ्चतमंहसः

The thousand-eyed, the Vṛtra-slayers—those two fierce ones—do I invoke with praise, far-ranging in their succour, an encircling rim (of guard): ye who have lordship over this man’s two-footed and four-footed, do ye release us from distress.

Mantra 4

यावारेभाथे बहु साकमग्रे प्र चेदस्राष्ट्रमभिभां जनेषु । यावस्येशाथे द्विपदो यौ चतुष्पदस्तौ नो मुञ्चतमंहसः

Ye twain who, together and in advance, repel the many (ills), who press your weaponed might among the peoples: ye who have lordship over this man’s two-footed and four-footed, do ye release us from distress.

Mantra 5

ययोर्वधान्नापपद्यते कश्चनान्तर्देवेषूत मानुषेषु । यावस्येशाथे द्विपदो यौ चतुष्पदस्तौ नो मुञ्चतमंहसः

From whose smiting no one at all escapes—among the gods or among men: ye who have lordship over this man’s two-footed and four-footed, do ye release us from distress.

Mantra 6

यः कृत्याकृन्मूलकृद् यातुधानो नि तस्मिन् धत्तं वज्रमुग्रौ। यावस्येशाथे द्विपदो यौ चतुष्पदस्तौ नो मुञ्चतमंहसः

Whoso is a maker of kṛtyā, a worker at the root, a yātudhāna—upon him, O ye two fierce ones, do ye set the thunderbolt. Ye who have lordship over this man’s two-footed and four-footed, do ye release us from distress.

Mantra 7

अधि नो ब्रूतं पृतनासूग्रौ सं वज्रेण सृजतं यः किमीदी। स्तौमि भवाशर्वौ नाथितो जोहवीमि तौ नो मुञ्चतमंहसः

Speak ye in power for us amid the battles, ye fierce twain; with the bolt hurl down the Kiṃīdin, whosoe’er he be. I laud Bhava and Śarva; in my need I call on them again and yet again: from anguish and from sin release ye us.