Sukta 76

Mantra 1

गण्डमालाचिकित्सा। आ सु॒स्रसः॑ सु॒स्रसो॒ अस॑तीभ्यो॒ अस॑त्तराः । से हो॑रर॒सत॑रा लव॒णाद् विक्ले॑दीयसीः

Treatment for the neck-swellings: Break up, break up well; from those that are malign and ‘unreal’ become yet more as nothing. Yea, let them crumble the more; by salt let them be dried away, let their moisture fail.

Mantra 2

या ग्रैव्या॑ अप॒चितोऽथो॒ या उ॑पप॒क्ष्याः । वि॒जाम्नि॒ या अ॑प॒चितः॑ स्वयं॒स्रसः॑

Whether the swellings be of the neck, or whether they be at the side, whether at the shoulder-joint—what swellings there are, let them be self-loosening, falling away of themselves.

Mantra 3

यः कीक॑साः प्रशृ॒णाति॑ तली॒द्यऽमव॒तिष्ठ॑ति । निर्हा॒स्तं सर्वं॑ जा॒यान्यं॒ यः कश्च॑ क॒कुदि॑ श्रि॒तः

What talīdya breaks the vertebrae, and, yea, takes its station upon the body—out, verily, to setting let all that jāyānya go, whatsoever, clinging anywhere, is lodged upon the hump of the back.

Mantra 4

प॒क्षी जा॒यान्यः॑ पतति॒ स आ वि॑शति॒ पूरु॑षम्। तदक्षि॑तस्य भेष॒जमु॒भयोः॒ सुक्ष॑तस्य च

A winged Jāyānya flieth; it entereth into the man. That is the medicine of the uninjured, and of both—yea, of that which is well-stricken also.

Mantra 5

वि॒द्म वै ते॑ जायान्य॒ जानं॒ यतो॑ जायान्य॒ जाय॑से । क॒थं ह॒ तत्र॒ त्वं ह॑नो॒ यस्य॑ कृ॒ण्मो ह॒विर्गृ॒हे

We know, in sooth, thy birth, O Jāyānya—whence, O Jāyānya, thou art born. How then shalt thou there smite him in whose house we make the oblation?

Mantra 6

धृ॒षत् पि॑ब क॒लशे॒ सोम॑मिन्द्र वृत्र॒हा शू॑र सम॒रे वसू॑नाम्। माध्य॑न्दिने॒ सव॑न॒ आ वृ॑षस्व रयि॒ष्ठानो॑ र॒यिम॒स्मासु॑ धेहि

Drink boldly Soma from the jar, O Indra, Vṛtra-slayer, hero in the battle for the treasures. At the midday pressing pour forth thy might; thou wealth-established, set wealth among us.