Sukta 6

Mantra 1

गर्भदोषनिवारणम्। यौ ते॑ मा॒तोन्म॒मार्ज॑ जा॒तायाः॑ पति॒वेद॑नौ । दु॒र्णामा॒ तत्र॒ मा गृ॑धद॒लिंश॑ उ॒त व॒त्सपः॑

Those two that, O Mother, wipe away for thee—bringing the produced child to a husband’s acknowledgment—let Ill-name not there seize hold, nor Alinśa, nor Vatsapa.

Mantra 2

प॒ला॒ला॒नु॒प॒ला॒लौ शर्कुं॒ कोकं॑ मलिम्लु॒चं प॒लीज॑कम्। आ॒श्रेषं॑ व॒व्रिवा॑सस॒मृक्ष॑ग्रीवं प्रमी॒लिन॑म्

The Straw-and-After-straw pair; Śarku, Koka, Malimluca, Palījaka; Āśreṣa the Clinger, Vavrivāsasa the Lurker, the Bear-necked, the Eye-closer—(all these) [we name and repel].

Mantra 3

मा सं वृ॑तो॒ मोप॑ सृप ऊ॒रू माव॑ सृपोऽन्त॒रा। कृ॒णोम्य॑स्यै भेष॒जं ब॒जं दु॑र्णाम॒चात॑नम्

Be not wholly closed in; creep not up—creep not down between the thighs. For her I prepare a remedy, a strengthening power, an expeller of Ill-name.

Mantra 4

दु॒र्णामा॑ च सु॒नामा॑ चो॒भा सं॒वृत॑मिच्छतः । अ॒राया॒नप॑ हन्मः सु॒नामा॒ स्त्रैण॑मिच्छताम्

Ill-name and Good-name—both seek the closed-in state. The malign we smite away: let Good-name, womanly good fortune, be for her who would have it.

Mantra 5

यः कृ॒ष्णः के॒श्यसु॑र स्तम्ब॒ज उ॒त तुण्डि॑कः । अ॒राया॑नस्या मु॒ष्काभ्यां॒ भंस॒सोप॑ हन्मसि

Whoso is black, long-haired, an Asura, thicket-born, yea, the snouted goblin—him, of the hostile witch, by the stones from the rump do we smite down.

Mantra 6

अ॒नु॒जि॒घ्रं प्र॑मृ॒शन्तं॑ क्र॒व्याद॑मु॒त रे॑रि॒हम्। अ॒रायां॑छ्वकि॒ष्किणो॑ ब॒जः पि॒ङ्गो अ॑नीनशत्

Him that sniffs along, that gropes to grasp, the flesh-devourer, yea the licker—hostile, dog-marked—Baja the tawny hath chased away to naught.

Mantra 7

यस्त्वा॒ स्वप्ने॑ नि॒पद्य॑ते॒ भ्राता॑ भू॒त्वा पि॒तेव॑ च । ब॒जस्तान्त्स॑हतामि॒तः क्ली॒बरू॑पांस्तिरी॒टिनः॑

Whoso in dream falls upon thee, becoming brother, and as it were father—Baja, from hence overpower those prowlers, making them of impotent form.

Mantra 8

यस्त्वा॑ स्व॒पन्तीं॒ त्सर॑ति॒ यस्त्वा॒ दिप्स॑ति॒ जाग्र॑तीम्। छा॒यामि॑व॒ प्र तान्त्सूर्यः॑ परि॒क्राम॑न्ननीनशत्

Whoso creeps upon thee sleeping, whoso seeks to harm thee waking—like a shadow forth the Sun, encompassing, hath made those vanish.

Mantra 9

यः कृ॒णोति॑ मृ॒तव॑त्सा॒मव॑तोकामि॒मां स्त्रिय॑म्। तमो॑षधे॒ त्वं ना॑शया॒स्याः क॒मल॑मञ्जि॒वम्

Whoso makes this woman a mother of dead babes, desiring offspring yet unblest—him, O Herb, do thou destroy; from her drive out the kamala and the añjiva.

Mantra 10

ये शालाः॑ परि॒नृत्य॑न्ति सा॒यं ग॑र्दभना॒दिनः॑ । कु॒सूला॒ ये च॑ कुक्षि॒लाः क॑कु॒भाः क॒रुमाः॒ स्रिमाः॑ । तानो॑षधे॒ त्वं ग॒न्धेन॑ विषू॒चीना॒न् वि ना॑शय

Those Shālā-haunters who dance about at evening, braying with ass-like cries; those of the granary, and the belly-haunters, the hunch-backed, the sooty, the oozing—those cross-going mischief-makers, O Herb, do thou, by thy fragrance, scatter and destroy.

Mantra 11

ये कु॒कुन्धाः॑ कु॒कूर॑भाः॒ कृत्ती॑र्दू॒र्शानि॒ बिभ्र॑ति । क्ली॒बा इ॑व प्र॒नृत्य॑न्तो॒ वने॒ ये कु॒र्वते॒ घोषं॒ तानि॒तो ना॑शयामसि

Those Kukuṇdhas, dog-shaped, who wear hides and rough tufts; who, like impotent wretches, dance forth in the forest and raise a clamour—those from hence we cause to perish, we drive away.

Mantra 12

ये सूर्यं॒ न तिति॑क्षन्त आ॒तप॑न्तम॒मुं दि॒वः । अ॒राया॑न् बस्तवा॒सिनो॑ दु॒र्गन्धीं॒ल्लोहि॑तास्या॒न् मक॑कान् नाशयामसि

Those who cannot endure the Sun, that scorching one of heaven—those hostile pen-dwellers, foul-smelling, red-mouthed makakas—these we cause to perish, we drive away.

Mantra 13

य आ॒त्मान॑मतिमा॒त्रमंस॑ आ॒धाय॒ बिभ्र॑ति । स्त्री॒णां श्रो॑णिप्रतो॒दिन॒ इन्द्र॒ रक्षां॑सि नाशय

Those who, having assumed their self beyond measure, bear it upon the shoulder—those hip-stabbers of women—O Indra, the rākṣasas do thou destroy.

Mantra 14

ये पूर्वे॑ ब॒ध्वो॒३यन्ति॒ हस्ते॒ शृङ्गा॑णि॒ बिभ्र॑तः । आ॒पा॒के॒स्थाः प्र॑हा॒सिन॑ स्त॒म्बे ये कु॒र्वते॒ ज्योति॒स्तानि॒तो ना॑शयामसि

Those who in front ensnare, bearing horns in the hand; those who stand by the cooking-place, loud-laughing; who in the post make a light—those from hence we cause to perish, we drive away.

Mantra 15

येषां॑ प॒श्चात् प्रप॑दानि पु॒रः पार्ष्णीः॑ पु॒रो मुखा॑ । ख॒ल॒जाः श॑कधूम॒जा उरु॑ण्डा॒ ये च॑ मट्म॒टाः कु॒म्भमु॑ष्का अया॒शवः॑ । तान॒स्या ब्र॑ह्मणस्पते प्रतीबो॒धेन॑ नाशय

Whose fore-steps are behind, whose heels are set in front, whose faces are turned awry—threshing-floor born, dung-smoke born, the Urundas, and the Matmatas, the pot-groined, the ill-disposed: them, O Brahmaṇaspati, by thy counter-rousing vigilance destroy away from her.

Mantra 16

प॒र्य॒स्ता॒क्षा अप्र॑चङ्कशा अस्त्रै॒णाः स॑न्तु॒ पण्ड॑गाः । अव॑ भेषज पादय॒ य इ॒मां सं॒विवृ॑त्स॒त्यप॑तिः स्वप॒तिं स्त्रिय॑म्

Overturned of eye, unsteady of step, weapon-bearing—let the Pāṇḍagas be such. O Remedy, strike down and cast away him who hath closed upon this woman, true-wived, joined to her rightful lord.

Mantra 17

उ॒द्ध॒र्षिणं॒ मुनि॑केशं ज॒म्भय॑न्तं मरीमृ॒शम्। उपेष॑न्तमुदु॒म्बलं॑ तु॒ण्डेल॑मु॒त शालु॑डम्। प॒दा प्र वि॑ध्य॒ पार्ष्ण्या॑ स्था॒लीं गौरि॑व स्पन्द॒ना

The onrushing, sage-haired one, the gnashing Marīmṛśa; the creeping-near Udumbala, the Tuṇḍela, and the Śāluḍa—smite them forth with thy foot, with thy heel; strike the pot, O Shaker, as a cow (doth stamp).

Mantra 18

यस्ते॒ गर्भं॑ प्रतिमृ॒शाज्जा॒तं वा॑ मा॒रया॑ति ते । पि॒ङ्गस्तमु॒ग्रध॑न्वा कृ॒णोतु॑ हृदया॒विध॑म्

Whoso by baleful touch would slay thy embryo, or the child when born—may Piṅga, the fierce-bowed, make that wretch heart-pierced.

Mantra 19

ये अ॒म्नो जा॒तान् मा॒रय॑न्ति॒ सूति॑का अनु॒शेर॑ते । स्त्रीभा॑गान् पि॒ङ्गो ग॑न्ध॒र्वान् वातो॑ अ॒भ्रमि॑वाजतु

They who from the birth would slay the newborn, who follow and lie beside the lying-in woman—those woman-sharing Gandharvas may Piṅga, as wind a cloud, drive forth away.

Mantra 20

परि॑सृष्टं धरयतु॒ यद्धि॒तं माव॑ पादि॒ तत्। गर्भं॑ त उ॒ग्रौ र॑क्षतां भेष॒जौ नी॑विभा॒र्यौऽ

Let that which is sent about hold fast; let not that beneficent thing fall away. Let the two fierce Remedies, the two Girdle-bearers, guard thy embryo.

Mantra 21

प॒वी॒न॒सात् त॑ङ्ग॒ल्वा॒३च्छाय॑कादु॒त नग्न॑कात्। प्र॒जायै॒ पत्ये॑ त्वा पि॒ङ्गः परि॑ पातु किमी॒दिनः॑

From wasting-sickness, from Taṅgalva, from the Shadow-one, and from the Naked-one— for offspring, for the husband, may Piṅga guard thee round about, from the kīmīdin devourers.

Mantra 22

द्व्याऽस्याच्चतुर॒क्षात् पञ्चपदादनङ्गु॒रेः । वृन्ता॑द॒भि प्र॒सर्प॑तः॒ परि॑ पाहि वरीवृ॒तात्

From the two-mouthed, from the four-eyed, from the five-footed, from the fingerless; from the stalk-like strangler creeping on—guard (her) round about from straitness and enclosure.

Mantra 23

यआ॒मं मां॒सम॒दन्ति॒ पौरु॑षेयं च॒ ये क्र॒विः । गर्भा॒न् खाद॑न्ति केश॒वास्तानि॒तो ना॑शयामसि

Those who eat raw flesh, and those raw-flesh devourers who feed on human (flesh); the hairy ones who chew up embryos—those from hence we cause to perish.

Mantra 24

ये सूर्या॑त् परि॒सर्प॑न्ति स्नु॒षेव॒ श्वशु॑रा॒दधि॑ । ब॒जश्च॒ तेषां॑ पि॒ङ्गश्च॒ हृद॒येऽधि॒ नि वि॑ध्यताम्

They who creep about from the Sun, as a daughter-in-law (moves) from the father-in-law—let Baja and let Piṅga pierce them down in the heart.

Mantra 25

पिङ्ग॒ रक्ष॒ जाय॑मानं॒ मा पुमां॑सं॒ स्त्रियं॑ क्रन्। आ॒ण्डादो॒ गर्भा॒न्मा द॑भ॒न् बाध॑स्वे॒तः कि॑मी॒दिनः॑

O Piṅga, guard the child that now is born: let none transform the male to female. Let not the Egg-devourer injure the embryos; thrust him away—begone, ye Kīmīdin fiends.

Mantra 26

अ॒प्र॒जा॒स्त्वं मार्त॑वत्स॒माद् रोद॑म॒घमा॑व॒यम्। वृ॒क्षादि॑व॒ स्रजं॑ कृ॒त्वाप्रि॑ये॒ प्रति॑ मुञ्च॒ तत्

Childless be thou, with mortal brood: from us we drive away the weeping, the evil. As from a tree one strips a garland off, so cast thou that away—send it back upon the unloved.