Sukta 36

Mantra 1

सत्यौजा अग्निः। तान्त्स॒त्यौजाः॒ प्र द॑हत्व॒ग्निर्वै॑श्वान॒रोवृषा॑ । यो नो॑ दुर॒स्याद् दिप्सा॒च्चाथो॒ यो नो॑ अराति॒यात्

Agni is of true might. Let Agni, the true-mighty Vaiśvānara, the Bull, burn them forth—whoever would work us ill, whoever would seek to harm, and also whoever would come against us in hostility.

Mantra 2

यो नो॒ दिप्स॒ददि॑प्सतो॒ दिप्स॑तो॒ यश्च॒ दिप्स॑ति । वै॒श्वा॒न॒रस्य॒ दंष्ट्र॑योर॒ग्नेरपि॑ दधामि॒ तम्

Whoever would harm us—whether he harm not, or harm, and whoever harms—I set him within the fangs of Vaiśvānara Agni.

Mantra 3

य आ॑ग॒रे मृ॒गय॑न्ते प्रतिक्रो॒शेऽमावा॒स्ये। क्र॒व्यादो॑ अ॒न्यान् दिप्स॑तः॒ सर्वां॒स्तान्त्सह॑सा सहे

Whoso at the homestead prowl a-hunting, at the alarm-cry, on the New-moon night—those flesh-devourers that, craving other men for prey, I, by sheer force, overpower them all.

Mantra 4

सहे॑ पिशा॒चान्त्सह॑सैषां॒ द्रवि॑णं ददे । सर्वा॑न् दुरस्य॒तो ह॑न्मि॒ सं म॒ आकू॑तिरृद्यताम्

I overpower the Piśācas with might; their wealth I take unto myself. All that are evil-minded I smite: let my intent be knit together and attain success.

Mantra 5

ये दे॒वास्तेन॒ हास॑न्ते॒ सूर्ये॑ण मिमते ज॒वम्। न॒दीषु॒ पर्व॑तेषु॒ ये सं तैः प॒शुभि॑र्विदे

The Gods who therewith laugh loud in triumph, who with the Sun mete out and order speed—those that are in rivers, those on mountains—with those I win me cattle and living store.

Mantra 6

तप॑नो अस्मि पिशा॒चानां॑ व्या॒घ्रो गोम॑तामिव । श्वानः॑ सिं॒हमि॑व दृ॒ष्ट्वा ते न वि॑न्दन्ते॒ न्यञ्च॑नम्

A scorcher am I of Piśācas—tiger-like among the cattle-rich. As dogs, when they behold a lion, so they find no lurking-place nor entry.

Mantra 7

न पि॑शा॒चैः सं श॑क्नोमि॒ न स्ते॒नैर्न व॑न॒र्गुभिः॑ । पि॒शा॒चास्तस्मा॑न्नश्यन्ति॒ यम॒हं ग्राम॑मावि॒शे

I hold no fellowship with Piśācas, nor with thieves, nor with forest-robbers. Therefore the Piśācas vanish away from that village which I enter.

Mantra 8

यं ग्राम॑मावि॒शत॑ इ॒दमु॒ग्रं सहो॒ मम॑ । पि॒शा॒चास्तस्मा॑न्नश्यन्ति॒ न पा॒पमुप॑ जानते

Into whatsoever village this my fierce and puissant Might hath entered, from that place the Piśācas vanish forth; nor do they win approach unto the Evil.

Mantra 9

ये मा॑ क्रो॒धय॑न्ति लपि॒ता ह॒स्तिनं॑ म॒शका॑ इव । तान॒हं म॑न्ये॒ दुर्हि॑ता॒न् जने॒ अल्प॑शयूनिव

They who enrage me—prating fellows—like gnats that vex an elephant, those do I deem ill-set among men, as creatures with a scanty couch and lodging.

Mantra 10

अ॒भि तं निरृ॑तिर्धत्ता॒मश्व॑मिवाश्वाभि॒धान्या॑ । म॒ल्वो यो मह्यं॒ क्रुध्य॑ति॒ स उ॒ पाशा॒न्नमु॑च्यते

Let Nirṛti set upon him, as horse-halter on a horse: the Malva who is wroth with me—verily he is not loosed from the noose.