Sukta 3

Mantra 1

आस्रावस्य भेषजम्। अ॒दो यद॑व॒धाव॑त्यव॒त्कमधि॒ पर्व॑तात्। तत् ते॑ कृणोमि भेष॒जं सुभे॑षजं॒ यथास॑सि

A remedy for the running sore: that which yonder, streaming downward, (comes) from upon the mountain—this for thee I make a remedy, a right good remedy, that so thou mayest be (whole).

Mantra 2

आद॒ङ्गा कु॒विद॒ङ्गा श॒तं या भे॑ष॒जानि॑ ते । तेषा॑मसि॒ त्वमु॑त्त॒मम॑नास्रा॒वमरो॑गणम्

Then, O ye members, O ye that know the members, the hundred remedies that are thine—of these thou art the highest: a stay of all outflow, a banisher of disease.

Mantra 3

नी॒चैः ख॑न॒न्त्यसु॑रा अरु॒स्राण॑मि॒दं म॒हत्। तदा॑स्रा॒वस्य॑ भेष॒जं तदु॒ रोग॑मनीनशत्

Downward they dig—the Asuras—for this mighty Arusrāṇa. That is the medicament for the running flux; that, indeed, hath made the disease to vanish.

Mantra 4

उ॒प॒जीका॒ उद् भ॑रन्ति समु॒द्रादधि॑ भेष॒जम्। तदा॑स्रा॒वस्य॑ भेष॒जं तदु॒ रोग॑मशीशमत्

The Upajīkās bear forth the remedy from the Sea. That is the remedy for the running flux; that, verily, hath stilled the disease.

Mantra 5

अ॒रु॒स्राण॑मि॒दं म॒हत् पृ॑थि॒व्या अध्युद्भृ॑तम्। तदा॑स्रा॒वस्य॑ भेष॒जं तदु॒ रोग॑मनीनशत्

This mighty remedy, drawn up from Earth, is for the running sore: that medicine—verily that—hath made the disease to vanish.

Mantra 6

शं नो॑ भवन्त्व॒प ओष॑धयः शि॒वाः । इन्द्र॑स्य॒ वज्रो॒ अप॑ हन्तु र॒क्षस॑ आ॒राद् विसृ॑ष्टा॒ इष॑वः पतन्तु र॒क्षसा॑म्

Be welfare unto us: let the Waters, let the Herbs be gracious. Let Indra’s thunderbolt smite the Rākṣasas away; from afar let the discharged arrows fly upon the Rākṣasas.