Sukta 145
Sukta 10.145
Oṣadhi (the plant-power; healing/compelling force)
This short hymn is a practical oṣadhi-sūkta: a charm that invokes a potent plant-power to remove a “sapatnī” (rival/obstructing presence) and to restore attraction, harmony, and rightful union. The speaker ritually “digs up” and applies the herb as a compelling, victory-giving force so that the desired person’s mind turns and runs back—like a cow to her calf—while the rival is sent far away.
Mantras
Mantra 1
इमां खनाम्योषधिं वीरुधं बलवत्तमाम् । यया सपत्नीं बाधते यया संविन्दते पतिम् ॥
I dig up this healing plant, this most potent growing force—by which one overcomes the rival in consciousness, by which one wins again the lord of the being (the true partner within).
Mantra 2
उत्तानपर्णे सुभगे देवजूते सहस्वति । सपत्नीं मे परा धम पतिं मे केवलं कुरु ॥
O Wide-leaf, O fortunate one, impelled by the gods, O mighty force: blow away my rival division; make the lord of my being wholly mine—single and undivided.
Mantra 3
उत्तराहमुत्तर उत्तरेदुत्तराभ्यः । अथा सपत्नी या ममाधरा साधराभ्यः ॥
I rise above—above, ever above the others; then the rival who is beneath me becomes beneath even the beneath—cast down in the lower levels of nature.
Mantra 4
नह्यस्या नाम गृभ्णामि नो अस्मिन्रमते जने । परामेव परावतं सपत्नीं गमयामसि ॥
I do not even take her name; she finds no delight in this people. Far indeed—into the far beyond—we send the rival division away.
Mantra 5
अहमस्मि सहमानाथ त्वमसि सासहिः । उभे सहस्वती भूत्वी सपत्नीं मे सहावहै ॥
I am the one who bears and prevails; and thou art the one who overcomes. Becoming both of us mighty in force, let us together carry away my rival division.
Mantra 6
उप तेऽधां सहमानामभि त्वाधां सहीयसा । मामनु प्र ते मनो वत्सं गौरिव धावतु पथा वारिव धावतु ॥
I set upon you the conquering force; I press it upon you with a mightier power. May your mind run forward after me—like a cow to her calf—may it run by the path, as waters run in their channel.
Frequently Asked Questions
It is a short Vedic charm that uses a powerful herb (oṣadhi) to remove a rival or obstructing influence and to bring back harmony and attraction in a relationship or household.
The main invoked power is Oṣadhi, the living force of medicinal/efficacious plants. The hymn treats the herb itself as a divine instrument through which mantra works.
It is a poetic way to say that attention and affection should naturally return—swiftly and directly—just as a cow runs to her calf and water runs in its channel.