Sukta 5

Mantra 1

प्रतिसरो मणिः। अ॒यं प्र॑तिस॒रो म॒णिर्वी॒रो वी॒राय॑ बध्यते । वी॒र्यऽवान्त्सपत्न॒हा शूर॑वीरः परि॒पाणः॑ सुम॒ङ्गलः॑

A counter-charm is the amulet. This counter-charm amulet, heroic, is bound upon the hero: full of manly might, a slayer of rivals, a bold champion, guarding on every side, most auspicious.

Mantra 2

अ॒यं म॒णिः स॑पत्न॒हा सु॒वीरः॒ सह॑स्वान् वा॒जी सह॑मान उ॒ग्रः । प्र॒त्यक् कृ॒त्या दू॒षय॑न्नेति वी॒रः

This amulet is a slayer of rivals, rich in heroes; mighty, prize-winning, conquering, fierce. Turning back the witchcraft, spoiling it, the hero goes forth.

Mantra 3

अ॒नेनेन्द्रो॑ म॒णिना॑ वृ॒त्रम॑हन्न॒नेनासु॑रा॒न् परा॑भावयन्मनी॒षी। अ॒नेना॑जय॒द् द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी उ॒भे इ॒मे अ॒नेना॑जयत् प्र॒दिश॒श्चत॑स्रः

With this amulet Indra smote Vṛtra; with this the wise one routed the Asuras. With this he won these two, Heaven and Earth; with this he won the four quarters of space.

Mantra 4

अ॒यं स्रा॒क्त्यो म॒णिः प्र॑तीव॒र्तः प्र॑तिस॒रः । ओज॑स्वान् विमृ॒धो व॒शी सो अ॒स्मान् पा॑तु स॒र्वतः॑

This suspended amulet is a turner-back, a counter-charm: full of vital might, dispelling assaults, controlling. May it protect us from every side.

Mantra 5

तद॒ग्निरा॑ह॒ तदु॒ सोम॑ आह॒ बृह॒स्पतिः॑ सवि॒ता तदिन्द्रः॑ । ते मे॑ दे॒वाः पु॒रोहि॑ताः प्र॒तीचीः॑ कृ॒त्याः प्र॑तिस॒रैर॑जन्तु

So spake Agni; so indeed spake Soma; Bṛhaspati, Savitar—so spake Indra. Let those Gods, set before me as my fore-priests, with counter-charms drive back the witchcrafts returning upon their way.

Mantra 6

अ॒न्तर्द॑धे॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी उ॒ताह॑रु॒त सूर्य॑म्। ते मे॑ दे॒वाः पु॒रोहि॑ताः प्र॒तीचीः॑ कृ॒त्याः प्र॑तिस॒रैर॑जन्तु

He set within as a covering Heaven and Earth, and Day, and the Sun. Let those Gods, set before me as my fore-priests, with counter-charms drive back the witchcrafts turned in return.

Mantra 7

ये स्रा॒क्त्यं म॒णिं जना॒ वर्मा॑णि कृ॒ण्वते॑ । सूर्य॑ इव॒ दिव॑मा॒रुह्य॒ वि कृ॒त्या बा॑धते व॒शी

They who, with the Sṛāktya amulet, make for themselves armours of defence—he, like the Sun ascending heaven, as a masterful lord, drives the Kṛtyā-spell away.

Mantra 8

स्रा॒क्त्येन॑ म॒णिन॒ ऋषि॑णेव मनी॒षिणा॑ । अजै॑षं॒ सर्वाः॒ पृत॑ना॒ वि मृ॒धो॑ हन्मि र॒क्षसः॑

With the Sṛāktya amulet, as with a wise Ṛṣi, I have conquered all battles; I smite apart the assaults, I strike down the Rākṣasas.

Mantra 9

याः कृ॒त्या आ॑ङ्गिर॒सीर्याः कृ॒त्या आ॑सु॒रीर्याः । कृ॒त्याः स्व॒यंकृ॑ता॒ या उ॑ चा॒न्येभि॒राभृ॑ताः । उ॒भयी॒स्ताः परा॑ यन्तु परा॒वतो॑ नव॒तिं ना॒व्या॒३अति॑

What Kṛtyās be of Āṅgirasa sort, what Kṛtyās be Asuric; what Kṛtyās are self-wrought, and what indeed are brought on by others—both kinds, let them depart away, to the far distance, ninety (leagues) beyond, over by boat.

Mantra 10

अ॒स्मै म॒णिं वर्म॑ बध्नन्तु दे॒वा इन्द्रो॒ विष्णुः॑ सवि॒ता रु॒द्रो अ॒ग्निः । प्र॒जाप॑तिः परमे॒ष्ठी वि॒राड् वै॑श्वान॒र ऋष॑यश्च॒ सर्वे॑

For him let the Gods bind on the amulet as armour—Indra, Viṣṇu, Savitar, Rudra, Agni; Prajāpati, Parameṣṭhin, Virāj, Vaiśvānara, and all the Ṛṣis.

Mantra 11

उ॒त्त॒मो अ॒स्योष॑धीनामन॒ड्वान् जग॑तामिव व्या॒घ्रः श्वप॑दामिव । यमैच्छामावि॑दाम॒ तं प्र॑ति॒स्पाश॑न॒मन्ति॑तम्

Highest is he among these medicines—like a bull among moving creatures, like a tiger among the beasts of prey. Him whom we sought we have found: that nearest counter-binding, most immediate defence.

Mantra 12

स इद् व्या॒घ्रो भ॑व॒त्यथो॑ सिं॒हो अथो॒ वृषा॑ । अथो॑ सपत्न॒कर्श॑नो॒ यो बिभ॑र्ती॒मं म॒णिम्

He verily becometh a tiger, and also a lion, and also a bull; yea, a dragger-down of rivals is he who beareth this amulet.

Mantra 13

नैनं॑ घ्नन्त्यप्स॒रसो॒ न ग॑न्ध॒र्वा न मर्त्याः॑ । सर्वा॒ दिशो॒ वि रा॑जति॒ यो बिभ॑र्ती॒मं म॒णिम्

Not Apsarases smite him, nor Gandharvas, nor mortal men: over all the quarters he shineth forth, who beareth this amulet.

Mantra 14

क॒श्यप॒स्त्वाम॑सृजत क॒श्यप॑स्त्वा॒ समै॑रयत्। अबि॑भ॒स्त्वेन्द्रो॒ मानु॑षे॒ बिभ्र॑त् संश्रेषि॒णेऽजयत्। म॒णिं स॒हस्र॑वीर्यं॒ वर्म॑ दे॒वा अ॑कृण्वत

Kaśyapa created thee; Kaśyapa wholly set thee in motion. Indra bore thee among men, and, bearing, conquered the close-clinging foe. The gods made the amulet, of thousandfold might, a coat of mail.

Mantra 15

यस्त्वा॑ कृ॒त्याभि॒र्यस्त्वा॑ दी॒क्षाभि॑र्य॒ज्ञैर्यस्त्वा॒ जिघां॑सति । प्र॒त्यक् त्वमि॑न्द्र॒ तं ज॑हि॒ वज्रे॑ण श॒तप॑र्वणा

Whoso with kṛtyā-spells, whoso with consecrations, with sacrifices, whoso seeketh to slay thee—do thou, O Indra, smite him back again with thy hundred-jointed bolt.

Mantra 16

अ॒यमिद् वै प्र॑तीव॒र्त ओज॑स्वान् संज॒यो म॒णिः । प्र॒जां धनं॑ च रक्षतु परि॒पाणः॑ सुम॒ङ्गलः

This, verily, is the turning-back, the strong, the all-conquering amulet: let it guard our offspring and our wealth, an all-around protector, of happiest auspice.

Mantra 17

अ॒स॒प॒त्नं नो॑ अध॒राद॑सप॒त्नं न॑ उत्त॒रात्। इन्द्रा॑सप॒त्नं नः॑ प॒श्चाज्ज्योतिः॑ शूर पु॒रस्कृ॑धि

Rival-less for us from below, rival-less for us from above. O Indra, make us rival-less from behind; O Hero, set Light in front of us.

Mantra 18

वर्म॑ मे॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी वर्माह॒र्वर्म॒ सूर्यः॑ । वर्म॑ म॒ इन्द्र॑श्चा॒ग्निश्च॒ वर्म॑ धा॒ता द॑धातु मे

Armor for me be Heaven and Earth; armor be Day, armor the Sun. Armor for me be Indra and Agni; let Dhātṛ set armor upon me.

Mantra 19

ऐ॒न्द्रा॒ग्नं वर्म॑ बहु॒लं यदु॒ग्रं विश्वे॑ दे॒वा नाति॒ विध्य॑न्ति॒ सर्वे॑ । तन्मे॑ त॒न्वं त्रायतां स॒र्वतो॑ बृ॒हदायु॑ष्मां ज॒रद॑ष्टि॒र्यथासा॑नि

The Indra-and-Agni armor—thick-set, fierce—which all the Gods together cannot pierce through: let that protect my body from every side, that I may be broad in life, life-possessed, a beholder of old age, even so may I be.

Mantra 20

आ मा॑रुक्षद् देवम॒णिर्म॒ह्या अ॑रि॒ष्टता॑तये । इ॒मं मे॒थिम॑भि॒संवि॑शध्वं तनू॒पानं॑ त्रि॒वरू॑थ॒मोज॑से

Hither hath the divine Jewel mounted upon me for unhurt estate. Enter ye into this post—body-guarding, triple-sheltered—for strength.

Mantra 21

अ॒स्मिन्निन्द्रो॒ नि द॑धातु नृ॒म्णमि॒मं दे॑वासो अभि॒संवि॑शध्वम्। दी॒र्घा॒यु॒त्वाय॑ श॒तशा॑रदा॒यायु॑ष्मान् ज॒रद॑ष्टि॒र्यथास॑त्

In this let Indra set down manly might; into this, O Gods, enter and abide. For long life, for a hundred autumns—life-possessed, a beholder of old age—so may he be.

Mantra 22

स्व॒स्ति॒दा वि॒शां पति॑र्वृत्र॒हा वि॑मृ॒धो व॒शी। इन्द्रो॑ बध्नातु ते म॒णिं जि॑गी॒वाँ अप॑राजितः सोम॒पा अ॑भयङ्क॒रो वृषा॑ । स त्वा॑ रक्षतु स॒र्वतो॒ दिवा॒ नक्तं॑ च वि॒श्वतः॑

The Giver of welfare, the Lord of the folk, the Vṛtra-slayer, controller of assailants—let Indra bind upon thee the amulet: victorious, unconquered, Soma-drinking, bull-like, a maker of fearlessness. May he guard thee from every side, by day and by night, from all quarters.