Sukta 7

Mantra 1

अरातिनाशनम्। १ विराड्गर्भा प्रस्तारपङ्क्तिः, ४ पथ्याबृहती, ६ प्रस्तारपङ्क्तिः। आ नो भर मा परि ष्ठा अराते मा नो रक्षीर्दक्षिणां नीयमानाम्। नमो वीर्त्साया असमृद्धये नमो अस्त्वरातये

Bring hither to us (our good); stand not about us, O Arāti; assail us not when the priestly fee is being led away. Homage to Vīrtsā, to ill-success; homage be to Arāti.

Mantra 2

यमराते पुरोधत्से पुरुषं परिरापिणम्। नमस्ते तस्मै कृण्मो मा वनिं व्यथयीर्मम

The man whom thou settest foremost, O Arāti, the all-besetting harasser—to thee, to that (power), we render homage: disturb not my gain, my prize.

Mantra 3

प्र णो वनिर्देवकृता दिवा नक्तं च कल्पताम्। अरातिमनुप्रेमो वयं नमो अस्त्वरातये

Forward for us be the gain, god-fashioned, by day and also by night let it be made ready. We press on after Arāti: homage be to Arāti.

Mantra 4

सरस्वतीमनुमतिं भगं यन्तो हवामहे । वाचं जुष्टां मधुमतीमवादिषं देवानां देवहूतिषु

Sarasvatī, Anumatī, and Bhaga—approaching, we invoke. A speech, well-accepted, honey-fraught, have I uttered amid the gods’ invocations unto the Gods.

Mantra 5

यं याचाम्यहं वाचा सरस्वत्या मनोयुजा । श्रद्धा तमद्य विन्दतु दत्ता सोमेन बभ्रुणा

Whom I with speech do supplicate—by Sarasvatī, mind-yoked—may Faith this day obtain for me that boon, bestowed and sealed with tawny Soma.

Mantra 6

मा वनिं मा वाचं नो वीर्त्सीरुभाविन्द्राग्नी आ भरतां नो वसूनि । सर्वे नो अद्य दित्सन्तोऽरातिं प्रति हर्यत

Harm not our gain, harm not our speech: let both, Indra and Agni, bring hither riches unto us. All ye who would bestow on us this day—drive back, repel the Hostile Power.

Mantra 7

परोऽपेह्यसमृद्धे वि ते हेतिं नयामसि । वेद त्वाहं निमीवन्तीं नितुदन्तीमराते

Away—begone, O Unprospering One: thy weapon we lead off and scatter. I know thee, Ārāti, wasting, stabbing—therefore I expel thee.

Mantra 8

उत नग्ना बोभुवती स्वप्नया सचसे जनम्। अराते चित्तं वीर्त्सन्त्याकूतिं पुरुषस्य च

Yea, naked, arising, by dream thou clingest fast to men; O Ārāti, assailing mind and purpose—both the thought and the resolve of a person.

Mantra 9

या महती महोन्माना विश्वा आशा व्यानशे। तस्यै हिरण्यकेश्यै निरृत्या अकरं नमः

She who is mighty, of measure overmastering, who hath spread through all the regions—unto that golden-haired Nirṛti have I rendered reverence.

Mantra 10

हिरण्यवर्णा सुभगा हिरण्यकशिपुर्मही। तस्यै हिरण्यद्रापयेऽरात्या अकरं नमः

Golden of hue, auspicious, on golden seat enthroned, the mighty—unto that golden-cloaked Arāti have I made obeisance.