Sukta 5

Mantra 1

स्वापनम्। स॒हस्र॑शृङ्गो वृष॒भो यः स॑मु॒द्रादु॒दाच॑रत्। तेना॑ सह॒स्येऽना व॒यं नि जना॑न्त्स्वापयामसि

Sleep— the thousand-horned Bull who from the ocean hath come forth: with that, O mighty one, do we, without fail, cause the folk to sink down into slumber.

Mantra 2

न भूमिं॒ वातो॒ अति॑ वाति॒ नाति॑ पश्यति॒ कश्च॒न। स्त्रिय॑श्च॒ सर्वाः॑ स्वा॒पय॒ शुन॒श्चेन्द्र॑सखा॒ चर॑न्

Let not the Wind pass over the earth; let no one at all look forth beyond. Cause all the women to fall asleep, and the dog too, Indra’s comrade, as he goes about.

Mantra 3

प्रो॒ष्ठे॒श॒यास्त॑ल्पेश॒या नारी॒र्या व॑ह्य॒शीव॑रीः । स्त्रियो॒ याः पुण्य॑गन्धय॒स्ताः सर्वाः॑ स्वापयामसि

Women who lie upon the outer couch, women who lie upon the bed—those who are borne abroad and stirring; women who are sweet with auspicious perfume—all these, every one, we lull to sleep.

Mantra 4

एज॑देजदजग्रभं॒ चक्षुः॑ प्रा॒णम॑जग्रभम्। अङ्गा॑न्यजग्रभं॒ सर्वा॑ रात्री॑णामतिशर्व॒रे

Each stirring thing I have seized; the eye, the breath I have seized; the limbs I have seized, in every night—most dark and over-dark.

Mantra 5

य आस्ते॒ यश्चर॑ति॒ यश्च॒ तिष्ठ॑न्वि॒पश्य॑ति । तेषां॒ सं द॑ध्मो॒ अक्षी॑णि॒ यथे॒दं ह॒र्म्यं तथा॑

Whoso sits, whoso walks, whoso stands and looks abroad—of all of them we set the eyes together (shut), even as this house is (closed), so be it.

Mantra 6

स्वप्तु॑ मा॒ता स्वप्तु॑ पि॒ता स्वप्तु॒ श्वा स्वप्तु॑ वि॒श्पतिः॑ । स्वप॑न्त्वस्यै ज्ञा॒तयः॒ स्वप्त्व॒यम॒भितो॒ जनः॑

Let the mother sleep, let the father sleep; let the dog sleep, let the lord of the house sleep. Let her kinsfolk sleep; let this folk all round about sleep.

Mantra 7

स्वप्न॑ स्वप्नाभि॒कर॑णेन॒ सर्वं॒ नि स्वापया॒ जन॑म्। ओ॒त्सू॒र्यम॒न्यान्त्स्वा॒पया॑व्यु॒षं जा॑गृताद॒हमिन्द्र॑ इ॒वारि॑ष्टो॒ अक्षि॑तः

O Sleep, by thy dream-working enchantment lull down to slumber all the folk. Till the Sun rise, lull thou the others: from wakefulness am I awake—like Indra, unhurt, unconsumed.