Sukta 3

Mantra 1

शत्रुनाशनम् उदि॒तस्त्रयो॑ अक्रमन् व्या॒घ्रः पुरु॑षो॒ वृकः॑ । हिरु॒ग्घि यन्ति॒ सिन्ध॑वो॒ हिरु॑ग् दे॒वो वन॒स्पति॒र्हिरु॑ङ्नमन्तु॒ शत्र॑वः

For the destruction of foes, arisen, three have strode forth—the tiger, the man, the wolf. ‘Hiruk!’ for the rivers rush; ‘Hiruk!’ the god, the Lord of the Forest: ‘Hiruk!’ let the enemies bow them down.

Mantra 2

परे॑णैतु प॒था वृकः॑ पर॒मेणो॒त तस्क॑रः । परे॑ण द॒त्वती॒ रज्जुः॒ परे॑णाघा॒युर॑र्षतु

By the farther path let the wolf depart; by the farthest, yea, the thief. By the farther way let the toothed cord (the noose) pass; by the farther let the evil-willed one rush away.

Mantra 3

अ॒क्ष्यौऽच ते॒ मुखं॑ च ते व्याघ्र जम्भयामसि । आत् सर्वा॑न् विंश॒तिं न॒खान्

Thine eyes, and thine mouth likewise, O tiger, we cause to gape; and then—thy twenty claws, all of them.

Mantra 4

व्या॒घ्रं द॒त्वतां॑ व॒यं प्र॑थ॒मं ज॑म्भयामसि । आदु॑ ष्टे॒नमथो॒ अहिं॑ यातु॒धान॒मथो॒ वृक॑म्

The tiger, the toothed one, first of all do we force to gape; then also the thief, and the serpent, the yātudhāna, and likewise the wolf.

Mantra 5

यो अ॒द्य स्ते॒न आय॑ति॒ स संपि॑ष्टो॒ अपा॑यति । प॒थाम॑पध्वं॒सेनै॒त्विन्द्रो॒ वज्रे॑ण हन्तु॒ तम्

Whoso to-day, a thief, draws near—crushed down, he turns and goes away. By paths of overthrow let him depart; let Indra with the thunderbolt smite him.

Mantra 6

मू॒र्णा मृ॒गस्य॒ दन्ता॒ अपि॑शीर्णा उ पृ॒ष्टयः॑ । नि॒म्रुक्ते॑ गो॒धा भ॑वतु नी॒चाय॑च्छश॒युर्मृ॒गः

Broken be the beast’s teeth, and crumbled, yea, his back-bones (strength). In the hidden low place let there be but a lizard; hold the beast down low—let him lie prone.

Mantra 7

यत् सं॒यमो॒ न वि य॑मो॒ वि य॑मो॒ यन्न सं॒यमः॑ । इ॒न्द्र॒जाः सो॑म॒जा आ॑थर्व॒णम॑सि व्याघ्र॒जम्भ॑नम्

What is a binding, yet not a binding; a loosening—yea, a loosening—what is no binding at all: Indra-born, Soma-born, thou art Atharvanic, a crusher of the tiger.