Sukta 13

Mantra 1

सर्पविषनाशनम्। ददिर्हि मह्यं वरुणो दिवः कविर्वचोभिरुग्रैर्नि रिणामि ते विषम्। खातमखातमुत सक्तमग्रभमिरेव धन्वन् नि जजास ते विषम्

Destruction of serpent-venom. For Varuṇa, the heavenly Sage, is a giver unto me: with potent words I drive away thy poison. Poison dug in, poison not dug in, and poison that clingeth—this have I seized; like a rushing force, running, I have crushed away thy poison.

Mantra 2

यत् ते अपोदकं विषं तत् त एतास्वग्रभम्। गृह्णामि ते मध्यममुत्तमं रसमुतावमं भियसा नेशदादु ते

What poison of thine is dry and waterless, that very bane I have laid hold of with these. I take for thee the middle and the highest sap, yea even the lowest; in fear let it not come nigh unto thee.

Mantra 3

वृषा मे रवो नभसा न तन्यतुरुग्रेण ते वचसा बाध आदु ते । अहं तमस्य नृभिरग्रभं रसं तमस इव ज्योतिरुदेतु सूर्यः

Bull-strong is my roar, as thunder from the cloud: with fierce speech I drive it off from thee. I, with men, have seized the sap from darkness: as light from gloom let the Sun arise.

Mantra 4

चक्षुषा ते चक्षुर्हन्मि विषेण हन्मि ते विषम्। अहे म्रियस्व मा जीवीः प्रत्यगभ्येऽतु त्वा विषम्

With eye I smite thine eye; with poison I smite thy poison. O serpent, die—live not: backward, upon thee, let the venom go.

Mantra 5

कैरात पृश्न उपतृण्य बभ्र आ मे शृणुतासिता अलीकाः । मा मे सख्युः स्तामानमपि ष्ठाताश्रावयन्तो नि विषे रमध्वम्

O Kirāta, O Speckled, Upatṛṇya, O Brown—hear me, ye black, deceitful ones. Stand not, not even for a moment, in my friend’s domain: hissing and making yourselves heard, take your pleasure down in poison.

Mantra 6

असितस्य तैमातस्य बभ्रोरपोदकस्य च । सात्रासाहस्याहं मन्योरव ज्यामिव धन्वनो वि मुञ्चामि रथाँ इव

From the Black, from Taimāta, from the Brown, and from the waterless; from Sātrāsāha’s fury—I release (thee) away, as a bowstring from the bow, as chariots are let go.

Mantra 7

आलिगी च विलिगी च पिता च माता च । विद्म वः सर्वतो बन्ध्वरसाः किं करिष्यथ

Āligī and Viligī, and father and mother—of you we know on every side: ye sapless kinsmen, what will ye do?

Mantra 8

उरुगूलाया दुहिता जाता दास्यसिक्न्या । प्रतङ्कं दद्रुषीणां सर्वासामरसं विषम्

Born as the daughter of Urugūlā, of the dark slave-woman: Prataṅka—of the Dadr̥śīs, of them all—(be) poison made sapless.

Mantra 9

कर्णा श्वावित् तदब्रवीद् गिरेरवचरन्तिका। याः काश्चेमाः खनित्रिमास्तासामरसतमं विषम्

Karnā, Śvāvit—thus spake she that cometh down from the mountain: whatever these be, earth-dug (burrow-born), of them (be) the poison most sapless.

Mantra 10

ताबुवं न ताबुवं न घेत् त्वमसि ताबुवम्। ताबुवेनारसं विषम्

‘Tābuvam’—not ‘tābuvam’; let it not seize: thou art the Tābuvam. By the Tābuvam (make) the poison sapless.

Mantra 11

तस्तुवं न तस्तुवं न घेत् त्वमसि तस्तुवम्। तस्तुवेनारसं विषम्

‘Tastuvam’—not ‘tastuvam’; let it not seize: thou art the Tastuvam. By the Tastuvam (make) the poison sapless.