Sukta 20

Mantra 1

यक्ष्मनाशनम्। अ॒ग्नेरि॑वास्य॒ दह॑त एति शु॒ष्मिण॑ उ॒तेव॑ म॒त्तो वि॒लप॒न्नपा॑यति । अ॒न्यम॒स्मदि॑च्छतु॒ कं चि॑दव्र॒तस्तपु॑र्वधाय॒ नमो॑ अस्तु त॒क्मने॑

A destroyer of wasting sickness. As fire, burning, it goeth forth from him, from the vehement one; and as from a drunken man, wailing, it withdraweth. Let it seek another than us—some one, be he who he may, a vowless man—for the fever-heat to smite. Homage be unto Takman.

Mantra 2

नमो॑ रु॒द्राय॒ नमो॑ अस्तु त॒क्मने॒ नमो॒ राज्ञे॒ वरु॑णाय॒ त्विषी॑मते । नमो॑ दि॒वे नमः॑ पृथि॒व्यै नम॒ ओष॑धीभ्यः

Homage to Rudra; homage be to Fever; homage to the King, to Varuṇa of mighty splendour. Homage to Heaven, homage to Earth, homage to the Plants.

Mantra 3

अ॒यं यो अ॑भिशोचयि॒ष्णुर्विश्वा॑ रू॒पाणि॒ हरि॑ता कृ॒णोषि॑ । तस्मै॑ तेऽरु॒णाय॑ ब॒भ्रवे॒ नमः॑ कृणोमि॒ वन्या॑य त॒क्मने॑

This Fever, who, burning, makest all forms to be yellow-hued—unto thee, the ruddy, the brown, I make obeisance: homage to the wild-born Fever.