Sukta 9

Mantra 1

आञ्जनम्। एहि॑ जी॒वं त्राय॑माणं॒ पर्व॑तस्या॒स्यक्ष्य॑म्। विश्वे॑भिर्दे॒वैर्द॒त्तं प॑रि॒धिर्जीव॑नाय॒ कम्

Collyrium! Come thou—life-giving, protecting—this mountain-born eye-remedy; bestowed by all the Gods, a guarding enclosure for life and for well-being.

Mantra 2

प॒रि॒पाणं॒ पुरु॑षाणां परि॒पाणं॒ गवा॑मसि । अश्वा॑ना॒मर्व॑तां परि॒पाणा॑य तस्थिषे

A guarding hand for men art thou, a guarding hand for cattle; for horses, for swift steeds, thou standest established as protection.

Mantra 3

उ॒तासि॑ परि॒पाणं॑ यातु॒जम्भ॑नमाञ्जन । उ॒तामृत॑स्य॒ त्वं वे॒त्थाथो॑ असि जीव॒भोज॑न॒मथो॑ हरितभेष॒जम्

Thou too art a guarding hand, O Collyrium, a smiter-down of sorcerous beings; thou knowest, moreover, the lore of immortality: yea, thou art life’s nourishment, and further a green healing-drug.

Mantra 4

यस्या॑ञ्जन प्र॒सर्प॒स्यङ्ग॑मङ्गं॒ परु॑ष्परुः । ततो॒ यक्ष्मं॒ वि बा॑धस उ॒ग्रो मध्यम॒शीरि॑व

O Collyrium, when the Creeping ill hath run through limb on limb, through joint on joint, from thence thou drivest forth the yakṣma—fierce—cleaving its very midst as with an axe.

Mantra 5

नैनं॒ प्राप्नो॑ति श॒पथो॒ न कृ॒त्या नाभि॒शोच॑नम्। नैनं॒ विष्क॑न्धमश्नुते॒ यस्त्वा॒ बिभ॑र्त्याञ्जन

No curse shall overtake him, nor kṛtyā-witchcraft, nor hostile scorching; nor shall the Viṣkandha seize upon him—whoso beareth thee, O Collyrium.

Mantra 6

अ॒स॒न्म॒न्त्रा॑द् दु॒ष्वप्न्याद् दुष्कृ॒ताच्छम॑लादु॒त। दु॒र्हार्द॒श्चक्षु॑षो घो॒रात् तस्मा॑न्नः पाह्याञ्जन

From evil spells, from evil dreaming, from ill-deed and from taint, and also from the dread ill-hearted bane that smiteth through the eye—from all that, guard thou us, O Collyrium.

Mantra 7

इ॒दं वि॒द्वाना॑ञ्जन स॒त्यं व॑क्ष्यामि॒ नानृ॑तम्। स॒नेय॒मश्वं॒ गाम॒हमा॒त्मानं॒ तव॒ पूरुष

This, O Collyrium, as one that knoweth, I will utter—truth, and not untruth: may I win a horse, a cow; may I win mine own self—O Person that is thine.

Mantra 8

त्रयो॑ दा॒सा आञ्ज॑नस्य त॒क्मा ब॒लास॒ आदहिः॑ । वर्षि॑ष्ठः॒ पर्व॑तानां त्रिक॒कुन्नाम॑ ते पि॒ता

Three are the Dāsa-foes of Añjana—Takman the Fever, Balāsa the Phlegm, and Ādahi the Burner. Most mighty among the mountains is he: Trikakud by name, thy father.

Mantra 9

यदाञ्ज॑नं त्रैककु॒दं जा॒तं हि॒मव॑त॒स्परि॑ । या॒तूंश्च॒ सर्वा॑ञ्ज॒म्भय॒त् सर्वा॑श्च यातुधा॒न्यः

When Añjana, Trikakud-born, was brought to birth from about the Himavant, it crushed down all Yātus, and all the Yātudhānī demonesses.

Mantra 10

यदि॒ वासि॑ त्रैककु॒दं यदि॑ यामु॒नमु॒च्यसे॑ । उ॒भे ते॑ भ॒द्रे॑ नाम्नी॒ ताभ्यां॒ नः पाह्याञ्जन

Whether thou art Trikakud by name, or whether thou art called Yāmuna, both thy names are auspicious: by those twain, O Añjana, do thou protect us.