Sukta 22

Mantra 1

तक्मनाशनम्। अ॒ग्निस्त॒क्मान॒मप॑ बाधतामि॒तः सोमो॒ ग्रावा॒ वरु॑णः पू॒तद॑क्षाः । वेदि॑र्ब॒र्हिः स॒मिधः॒ शोशु॑चाना॒ अप॒ द्वेषां॑स्यमु॒या भ॑वन्तु

A fever-devourer. Let Agni from hence repel the Fever away: Soma, the pressing-stone, and Varuṇa of purified powers. Let altar, sacred grass, and blazing kindlings—let the hatreds go away by yonder path.

Mantra 2

अ॒यं यो विश्वा॒न् हरि॑तान् कृ॒णोष्यु॑च्छो॒चय॑न्न॒ग्निरि॑वाभिदु॒न्वन्। अधा॒ हि त॑क्मन्नर॒सो हि भू॒या अधा॒ न्यऽङ्ङध॒राङ् वा॒ परे॑हि

Thou who makest all men pallid, kindling up and smiting like unto Agni—then, O Fever, be thou verily sapless; then go away downward, to the lower region, or depart afar!

Mantra 3

यः प॑रु॒षः पा॑रुषे॒योऽवध्वं॒स इ॑वारु॒णः । त॒क्मानं॑ विश्वधावीर्याध॒राञ्चं॒ परा॑ सुवा

That Fever which is harsh, of harsh breed, overthrowing as it were, and ruddy—O thou that runnest everywhere, drive the Fever away, downward, and send it forth!

Mantra 4

अ॒ध॒राञ्चं॒ प्र हि॑णोमि॒ नमः॑ कृ॒त्वा त॒क्मने॑ । श॒क॒म्भ॒रस्य॑ मुष्टि॒हा पुन॑रेतु महावृ॒षान्

Downward and forth I drive him, having made obeisance unto Takmán. Let the fist-smiting one of Śakambhara return again unto the Mahāvṛṣas.

Mantra 5

ओको॑ अस्य॒ मूज॑वन्त॒ ओको॑ अस्य महावृ॒षाः । याव॑ज्जा॒तस्त॑क्मं॒स्तावा॑नसि॒ बल्हि॑केषु न्योच॒रः

The Mujavants are his home, the Mahāvṛṣas are his home. As far as thou wast born, O Takmán, so far art thou—a prowler lodged among the Bālhikas.

Mantra 6

तक्म॒न् व्याऽल॒ वि ग॑द॒ व्यऽङ्ग॒ भूरि॑ यावय । दा॒सीं नि॒ष्टक्व॑रीमिछ॒ तां वज्रे॑ण॒ सम॑र्पय

O Takmán, go apart; away with disease, away with limb-affliction—drive it off in full measure. Seek thou the wasting slave-woman; to her consign it with the thunderbolt.

Mantra 7

तक्म॒न् मूज॑वतो गच्छ॒ बल्हि॑कान् वा परस्त॒राम्। शू॒द्रामि॑च्छ प्रफ॒र्व्यं॑१ तां त॑क्म॒न् वीऽव धूनुहि

O Takmán, go to the Mujavants, or to the Bālhikas yet farther beyond. Seek thou the Śūdra woman, swollen of limb; her, O Takmán, shake upon—away from us.

Mantra 8

म॒हा॒वृ॒षान् मूज॑वतो॒ बन्ध्व॑द्धि प॒रेत्य॑ । प्रैतानि॑ त॒क्मने॑ ब्रूमो अन्यक्षे॒त्राणि॒ वा इ॒मा

The Mahāvṛṣas, the Mujavants—thy kinsmen—devour (receive thee), when thou hast gone forth and away. These do we proclaim unto Takmán, or else these are other territories (for him).

Mantra 9

अ॒न्य॒क्षे॒त्रे न र॑मसे व॒शी सन्मृ॑डयासि नः । अभू॑दु॒ प्रार्थ॑स्त॒क्मा स ग॑मिष्यति॒ बल्हि॑कान्

In another region take thy pleasure, being self-ruled; be gracious unto us. Now hath the sending-forth been wrought: Takman, he shall depart unto the Bālhikas.

Mantra 10

यत् त्वं शी॒तोऽथो॑ रू॒रः स॒ह का॒सावे॑पयः । भी॒मास्ते॑ तक्मन् हे॒तय॒स्ताभिः॑ स्म॒ परि॑ वृङ्ग्धि नः

Since thou art chill, and again art burning, with cough and with shivering: dreadful, O Takman, are thy missiles—therewith, forsooth, turn them away on every side from us.

Mantra 11

मा स्मै॒तान्त्सखी॑न् कुरुथा ब॒लासं॑ का॒समु॑द्यु॒गम्। मास्मातो॒ऽर्वाङैः पुन॒स्तत् त्वा॑ तक्म॒न्नुप॑ ब्रुवे

Make not these thy comrades—balāsa, cough, and the heaving fit. Come not hitherward again from us: thus, O Takman, do I further adjure thee.

Mantra 12

तक्म॒न् भ्रात्रा॑ ब॒लासे॑न॒ स्वस्रा॒ कासि॑कया स॒ह। पा॒प्मा भ्रातृ॑व्येण स॒ह गछा॒मुमर॑णं॒ जन॑म्

O Takman, with thy brother Balāsa, with thy sister Cough together; with evil, with the rival together—go thou unto yonder alien folk.

Mantra 13

तृती॑यकं वितृती॒यं स॑द॒न्दिमु॒त शा॑र॒दम्। त॒क्मानं॑ शी॒तं रू॒रं ग्रैष्मं॑ नाशय॒ वार्षि॑कम्

The tertian, the varied-tertian, the settled and the autumnal—fever, the chill and the burning, the summer and the rainy—destroy thou.

Mantra 14

ग॒न्धारि॑भ्यो॒ मूज॑व॒द्भ्योऽङ्गे॑भ्यो म॒गधे॑भ्यः । प्रै॒ष्यन् जन॑मिव शेव॒धिं त॒क्मानं॒ परि॑ दद्मसि

Unto the Gandhāris, unto the Mujavants, unto the Aṅgas, unto the Magadhas—sending him forth as one a man, as (one) a treasure-deposit—we deliver over the Fever round about (and away).