Sukta 45

Mantra 1

दुःष्वप्ननाशनम्। प॒रोऽपे॑हि मनस्पाप॒ किमश॑स्तानि शंससि । परे॑हि॒ न त्वा॑ कामये वृ॒क्षां वना॑नि॒ सं च॑र गृ॒हेषु॑ गोषु॑ मे॒ मनः॑

Destroyer of evil dreams: Away, depart, O mind-evil! Why proclaimest thou things unblest? Begone: I desire thee not. Roam through trees and forests; in my houses, among my cattle, be my mind.

Mantra 2

अ॒व॒शसा॑ निः॒शसा॒ यत् प॑रा॒शसो॑पारि॒म जाग्र॑तो॒ यत् स्व॒पन्तः॑ । अ॒ग्निर्वि॑श्वा॒न्यप॑ दुष्कृ॒तान्यजु॑ष्टान्या॒रे अ॒स्मद् द॑धातु

By exhalation, by inhalation—whatsoever excess of strayings there be, whether of one awake or of one sleeping—let Agni put away, far from us, all misdeeds, all things unapproved.

Mantra 3

यदि॑न्द्र ब्रह्मणस्प॒तेऽपि॒ मृषा॒ चरा॑मसि । प्रचे॑ता न आङ्गिर॒सो दु॑रि॒तात् पा॒त्वंह॑सः

If, O Indra, O Lord of sacred speech, even in error we have gone astray—let the foreknowing Aṅgiras protect us from evil course, from anguish and from sin.