Sukta 32

Mantra 1

दर्भः। शतकाण्डो दुश्च्यवनः सहस्रपर्ण उत्तिरः । दर्भो य उग्र ओषधिस्तं ते बध्नाम्यायुषे

Darbha—hundred-stemmed, hard to dislodge, thousand-leaved, surpassing. That Darbha which is a fierce herb, that do I bind upon thee for life.

Mantra 2

नास्य केशान् प्र वपन्ति नोरसि ताडमा घ्नते । यस्मा अछिन्नपर्णेन दर्भेण शर्म यच्छति

They shear not away his hair; upon his breast they deal no blow—he for whom, with uncut darbha-blade, (the charm) bestows shelter.

Mantra 3

दिवि ते तूलमोषधे पृथिव्यामसि निष्ठितः । त्वया सहस्रकाण्डेनायुः प्र वर्धयामहे

In heaven is thy tuft, O herb; on earth thou art set firm. With thee, O thousand-stemmed one, we increase life mightily.

Mantra 4

तिस्रो दिवो अत्यतृणत् तिस्र इमाः पृथिवीरुत। त्वयाहं दुर्हार्दो जिह्वां नि तृणद्मि वचांसि

Three heavens hath it overmastered, and these three earths likewise. With thee I press down the tongue of the ill-hearted; I trample down his words.

Mantra 5

त्वमसि सहमानोऽहमस्मि सहस्वान्। उभौ सहस्वन्तौ भूत्वा सपत्नान्सहिषीवहि

Thou art the overmastering one; I am the mighty. Let us two, being both possessed of might, together overpower our rivals.

Mantra 6

सहस्व नो अभिमातिं सहस्व पृतनायतः । सहस्व सर्वान् दुर्हार्दः सुहार्दो मे बहून् कृधि

Overpower for us the hostile onslaught; overpower the battling foe. Overpower all the ill-hearted; make for me many that are well-hearted.

Mantra 7

दर्भेण देवजातेन दिवि ष्टम्भेन शश्वदित्। तेनाहं शश्वतो जनाँ असनं सनवानि च

With darbha, god-begotten, the everlasting prop in heaven—with that may I win perpetual folk, and win a seat besides.

Mantra 8

प्रियं मा दर्भ कृणु ब्रह्मराजन्याऽभ्यां शूद्राय चार्याय च । यस्मै च कामयामहे सर्वस्मै च विपश्यते

Make me dear, O darbha, to Brahman and to Rajanya, to Śūdra and to Ārya; and to whomsoever we would fain win, and to every onlooker that beholds.

Mantra 9

यो जायमानः पृथिवीमदृंहद् यो अस्तभ्नादन्तरिक्षं दिवं च । यं बिभ्रतं ननु पाप्मा विवेद स नोऽयं दर्भो वरुणो दिवा कः

He who, when born, made firm the Earth; who propped the Mid-air and the Heaven: whom, though he be the bearer, verily no Evil hath found—may this our Darbha be for us Varuṇa, (and) Ka in the day.

Mantra 10

सपत्नहा शतकाण्डः सहस्वानोषधीनां प्रथमः सं बभूव । स नोऽयं दर्भः परि पातु विश्वतस्तेन साक्षीय पृतनाः पृतन्यतः

Rival-slayer, hundred-stemmed, mighty, he hath become the first of herbs. May this our Darbha guard us round about from every side: by it may I win the battles against the battling foe.