Sukta 162

Mantra 1

ब्रह्मणाग्निः संविदानो रक्षोहा बाधतामितः । अमीवा यस्ते गर्भं दुर्णामा योनिमाशये ॥

By the mantra-force, may Agni—fully awake in right understanding, slayer of the dark intruder—drive away from here the wasting power that has lodged with evil name in your womb, that lies in the birthplace.

Mantra 2

यस्ते गर्भममीवा दुर्णामा योनिमाशये । अग्निष्टं ब्रह्मणा सह निष्क्रव्यादमनीनशत् ॥

The wasting power that lies in your womb, evil-named, lodged in the matrix—Agni, together with the mantra-force, has driven it out, crushing it away, as a devourer of rawness and corruption.

Mantra 3

यस्ते हन्ति पतयन्तं निषत्स्नुं यः सरीसृपम् । जातं यस्ते जिघांसति तमितो नाशयामसि ॥

Whoever strikes down what is taking wing, whoever harms what is still settling into life, whoever attacks the creeping growth—whoever seeks to kill what has been born for you, him from here we destroy.

Mantra 4

यस्त ऊरू विहरत्यन्तरा दम्पती शये । योनिं यो अन्तरारेळ्हि तमितो नाशयामसि ॥

Whoever wanders between your thighs, lying between the wedded pair; whoever creeps within the womb from inside—him from here we destroy.

Mantra 5

यस्त्वा भ्राता पतिर्भूत्वा जारो भूत्वा निपद्यते । प्रजां यस्ते जिघांसति तमितो नाशयामसि ॥

Whoever approaches you by disguise—becoming ‘brother’, becoming ‘husband’, becoming ‘lover’—and seeks to strike down your progeny, him from here we destroy.

Mantra 6

यस्त्वा स्वप्नेन तमसा मोहयित्वा निपद्यते । प्रजां यस्ते जिघांसति तमितो नाशयामसि ॥

Whoever, by dream and darkness, deluding you, approaches to strike down your progeny—him from here we destroy.