Sukta 29

Mantra 1

रक्षोघ्नम्। पुरस्ताद् युक्तो वह जातवेदोऽग्ने विद्धि क्रियमाणं यथेदम्। त्वं भिषग् भेषजस्यासि कर्ता त्वया गामश्वं पुरुषं सनेम

Demon-slaying: harnessed in front, bear thou it, O Jātavedas Agni; take cognizance of what is being wrought, that thus this may be. Thou art the healer, the accomplisher of the remedy: by thee may we win cow and horse and manly strength.

Mantra 2

तथा तदग्ने कृणु जातवेदो विश्वेभिर्देवैः सह संविदानः । यो नो दिदेव यतमो जघास यथा सो अस्य परिधिष्पताति

So do thou that, O Agni Jātavedas, in concord with all the Gods. Whoso hath wronged us, whoso hath devoured—so may he, at his boundary, fall away and come to ruin.

Mantra 3

यथा सो अस्य परिधिष्पताति तथा तदग्ने कृणु जातवेदः । विश्वेभिर्देवैः सह संविदानः

Even as he, at his boundary, falls away—so do thou that, O Agni Jātavedas, in concord with all the Gods.

Mantra 4

अक्ष्यौ३नि विध्य हृदयं नि विध्य जिह्वां नि तृन्द्धि प्र दतो मृणीहि । पिशाचो अस्य यतमो जघासाग्ने यविष्ठ प्रति तं शृणीहि

Pierce down through the eyes; pierce down through the heart; cut off the tongue; crush forth the teeth. Whichever Piśāca of his hath devoured (him)—O Agni, youngest—against that one hew thou in return.

Mantra 5

यदस्य हृतं विहृतं यत् पराभृतमात्मनो जग्धं यतमत् पिशाचैः । तदग्ने विद्वान् पुनरा भर त्वं शरीरे मांसमसुमेरयामः

What of him hath been taken, what carried off, what borne away afar—what of his very self the Piśācas have eaten: that, O Agni, knowing, bring thou back again; in the body we will re-set the flesh, we will re-order the life-breaths.

Mantra 6

आमे सुपक्वे शबले विपक्वे यो मा पिशाचो अशने ददम्भ । तदात्मना प्रजया पिशाचा वि यातयन्तामगदो३यमस्तु

In raw, in well-cooked, in mixed, in over-cooked—what Piśāca hath injured me in the eating: that, with its own self, with its progeny, let the Piśācas be driven apart; let this be an antidote.

Mantra 7

क्षिरे मा मन्थे यतमो ददम्भाकृष्टपच्ये अशने धान्ये३यः । तदात्मना प्रजया पिशाचा वि यातयन्तामगदो३यमस्तु

In milk, in the churned draught, in the cooked dish drawn together, in grain-food—whichever (Piśāca) hath afflicted me in the eating: that, with its own self, with its progeny, let the Piśācas be driven apart; let this be an antidote.

Mantra 8

अपां मा पाने यतमो ददम्भ क्रव्याद् यातूनां शयने शयानम्। तदात्मना प्रजया पिशाचा वि यातयन्तामगदो३यमस्तु

In drinking of the waters, whichever hath afflicted me—(some) flesh-eater of the Yātus—while I lay lying on the bed: that, with its own self, with its progeny, let the Piśācas be driven apart; let this be an antidote.

Mantra 9

दिवा मा नक्तं यतमो ददम्भ क्रव्याद् यातूनां शयने शयानम्। तदात्मना प्रजया पिशाचा वि यातयन्तामगदो३यमस्तु

By day, by night, let none—whatsoever it be—assail me: the flesh-eater of the sorcerous brood, as I lie lying upon my bed. That evil—together with its very self, together with its progeny—let the Piśācas drive far away: let this be an antidote.

Mantra 10

क्रव्यादमग्ने रुधिरं पिशाचं मनोहनं जहि जातवेदः । तमिन्द्रो वाजी वज्रेण हन्तु छिनत्तु सोमः शिरो अस्य धृष्णुः

O Agni, smite the flesh-eater, the bloody Piśāca, the mind-bewitcher, O Jātavedas. Let Indra the vigorous slay him with the bolt; let Soma, the bold, cut off his head.

Mantra 11

सनादग्ने मृणसि यातुधानान् न त्वा रक्षांसि पृतनासु जिग्युः । सहमूराननु दह क्रव्यादो मा ते हेत्या मुक्षतः दैव्यायाः

From of old, O Agni, thou crushest the Yātudhānas; never have the Rakṣases conquered thee in battles. Burn after—burn up—those very ones, O flesh-eater; do not let loose thy divine missile against us.

Mantra 12

समाहर जातवेदो यद्धृतं यत् पराभृतम्। गात्राण्यस्य वर्धन्तामंशुरिवा प्यायतामयम्

Bring back together, O Jātavedas, what hath been seized, what hath been borne away. Let his limbs increase; like a ray (or soma-stalk) let this man swell and thrive.

Mantra 13

सोमस्येव जातवेदो अंशुरा प्यायतामयम्। अग्ने विरप्शिनं मेध्यमयक्ष्मं कृणु जीवतु

Like Soma’s stalk, O Jātavedas, let this man grow full unto thriving. O Agni, make him well-shaped, pure for holy use, free from wasting sickness; let him live.

Mantra 14

एतास्ते अग्ने समिधः पिशाचजम्भनीः । तास्त्वं जुषस्व प्रति चैना गृहाण जातवेदः

These, Agni, are thy kindling-sticks, the crushings-down of Pisācas. Them do thou accept with favour, and take them to thee in return, O Jātavedas.

Mantra 15

तार्ष्टाघीरग्ने समिधः प्रति गृह्णाह्यर्चिषा । जहातु क्रव्याद् रूपं यो अस्य मांसं जिहीर्षति

These keen-smiting kindling-sticks, O Agni, take to thee with thy flame. Let the flesh-eater quit the form—whoso would fain seize this man’s flesh.