Adhyaya 16

Mantra 1

नम॑स्ते रुद्र म॒न्यव॑ उ॒तो त॒ इष॑वे॒ नम॑: । बा॒हुभ्या॑मु॒त ते॒ नम॑:

Homage be to thee, O Rudra, to thy wrath; and homage to thine arrow. Homage be to thine arms as well.

Mantra 2

या ते॑ रुद्र शि॒वा त॒नूरघो॒राऽपा॑पकाशिनी । तया॑ नस्त॒न्वा शन्त॑मया॒ गिरि॑शन्ता॒भि चा॑कशीहि

That gracious form of thine, O Rudra, which is not terrible, which drives away sin—therewith, with that body most benign, O Dweller on the mountain, look upon us.

Mantra 3

यामिषुं॑ गिरिशन्त॒ हस्ते॑ बि॒भर्ष्यस्त॑वे । शि॒वां गि॑रित्र॒ तां कु॑रु॒ मा हि॑ᳪसी॒: पुरु॑षं॒ जग॑त्

The arrow which thou bearest in thy hand, O Dweller on the mountain, for shooting—make that, O Mountain-roamer, auspicious; injure not man nor the moving world.

Mantra 4

शि॒वेन॒ वच॑सा त्वा गिरि॒शाच्छा॑ वदामसि । यथा॑ न॒: सर्व॒मिज्जग॑दय॒क्ष्मᳪ सु॒मना॒ अस॑त्

With benignant speech we address thee, O Lord of the Mountain, even unto thee; so that for us all this world may indeed be free from wasting sickness, and of gracious mind.

Mantra 5

अध्य॑वोचदधिव॒क्ता प्र॑थ॒मो दैव्यो॑ भि॒षक् । अहीँ॑श्च॒ सर्वा॑ञ्ज॒म्भय॒न्त्सर्वा॑श्च यातुधा॒न्यो॒ऽध॒राची॒: परा॑ सुव

The first, the divine Physician, the Over-speaker, hath spoken forth: crushing all serpents, and all the sorcerous brood—drive them away, downward turned!

Mantra 6

असौ॒ यस्ता॒म्रो अ॑रु॒ण उ॒त ब॒भ्रुः सु॑म॒ङ्गल॑: । ये चै॑नᳪ रु॒द्रा अ॒भितो॑ दि॒क्षु श्रि॒ताः स॑हस्र॒शोऽवै॑षा॒ᳪ हेड॑ ईमहे

That (Rudra) who is copper-red, ruddy, yea tawny, most auspicious; and those Rudras who, in thousands, are stationed round about in the quarters—we implore that their wrath may pass away from us.

Mantra 7

असौ॒ यो॑ऽव॒सर्प॑ति॒ नील॑ग्रीवो॒ विलो॑हितः । उ॒तैनं॑ गो॒पा अ॑दृश्र॒न्नदृ॑श्रन्नुदहा॒र्यः स दृ॒ष्टो मृ॑डयाति नः

That (Rudra) who glideth along, blue-necked and of varied redness; him the cowherds beheld—yea, beheld him, the one to be brought forth: when seen, he showeth mercy unto us.

Mantra 8

नमो॑ऽस्तु॒ नील॑ग्रीवाय सहस्रा॒क्षाय॑ मी॒ढुषे॑ । अथो॒ ये अ॑स्य॒ सत्वा॑नो॒ऽहं तेभ्यो॑ऽकरं॒ नम॑:

Obeisance be unto the Blue-necked, unto the Thousand-eyed, the Bountiful Showerer; and also unto those beings of his—to them have I made obeisance.

Mantra 9

प्रमु॑ञ्च॒ धन्व॑न॒स्त्वमु॒भयो॒रार्त्न्यो॒र्ज्याम् । याश्च॑ ते॒ हस्त॒ इष॑व॒: परा॒ ता भ॑गवो वप

Unstring thou the bow, loosing the string from both its ends; and those arrows that are in thy hand—cast them away afar, O blessed one.

Mantra 10

विज्यं॒ धनु॑: कप॒र्दिनो॒ विश॑ल्यो॒ वाण॑वाँ२ उ॒त । अने॑शन्नस्य॒ या इष॑व आ॒भुर॑स्य निषङ्ग॒धिः

Unstrung be the bow of the matted-haired one; barbless, and yet arrow-bearing. Harmless be those arrows of his; harmless be his quiver and its support.

Mantra 11

या ते॑ हे॒तिर्मी॑ढुष्टम॒ हस्ते॑ ब॒भूव॑ ते॒ धनु॑: । तया॒ऽस्मान्वि॒श्वत॒स्त्वम॑य॒क्ष्मया॒ परि॑ भुज

That weapon of thine, O most gracious, which hath come to be in thy hand—thy bow—therewith do thou encompass us on every side with freedom from disease, and guard us round about.

Mantra 12

परि॑ ते॒ धन्व॑नो हे॒तिर॒स्मान्वृ॑णक्तु वि॒श्वत॑: । अथो॒ य इ॑षु॒धिस्तवा॒रे अ॒स्मन्नि धे॑हि॒ तम्

Round about us, on every side, let the weapon of thy bow avert (all harm) from us; and that quiver of thine, O foe, lay it down away from us—set it aside.

Mantra 13

अ॒व॒तत्य॒ धनु॒ष्ट्वᳪ सह॑स्राक्ष॒ शते॑षुधे । नि॒शीर्य॑ श॒ल्यानां॒ मुखा॑ शि॒वो न॑: सु॒मना॑ भव

Having let down thy bow, O thousand-eyed, O thou of a hundred quivers; having drawn forth the points of thy darts, be thou auspicious unto us, and of kindly mind.

Mantra 14

नम॑स्त॒ आयु॑धा॒याना॑तताय धृ॒ष्णवे॑ । उ॒भाभ्या॑मु॒त ते॒ नमो॑ बा॒हुभ्यां॒ तव॒ धन्व॑ने

Homage be unto thee, the weapon-bearing, the unstrung (bow), the impetuous one! Homage be unto thy two arms, yea, homage unto thy bow.

Mantra 15

मा नो॑ म॒हान्त॑मु॒त मा नो॑ अर्भ॒कं मा न॒ उक्ष॑न्तमु॒त मा न॑ उक्षि॒तम् । मा नो॑ वधीः पि॒तरं॒ मोत मा॒तरं॒ मा न॑: प्रि॒यास्त॒न्वो॒ रुद्र रीरिषः

Slay not our great one, nor our little one; slay not our growing youth, nor him that is full-grown. Slay not our father, nor our mother; harm not, O Rudra, our dear bodies.

Mantra 16

मा न॑स्तो॒के तन॑ये॒ मा न॒ आयु॑षि॒ मा नो॒ गोषु॒ मा नो॒ अश्वे॑षु रीरिषः । मा नो॑ वी॒रान् रु॑द्र भा॒मिनो॑ वधीर्ह॒विष्म॑न्त॒: सद॒मित् त्वा॑ हवामहे

In our offspring and in our children, in our life, in our kine, in our horses—injure us not. Slay not our heroes, O Rudra the fierce; we, possessed of oblation, ever call upon thee.

Mantra 17

नमो॒ हिर॑ण्यबाहवे सेना॒न्ये॒ दि॒शां च॒ पत॑ये॒ नमो॒ नमो॑ वृ॒क्षेभ्यो॒ हरि॑केशेभ्यः पशू॒नां पत॑ये॒ नमो॒ नमो॒ वृ॒क्षेभ्यो॒ हरि॑केशेभ्यः पशू॒नां पत॑ये॒ नमो॒ नम॑: श॒ष्पिञ्ज॑राय॒ त्विषी॑मते पथी॒नां पत॑ये॒ नमो॒ नमो॒ हरि॑केशायोपवी॒तिने॑ पु॒ष्टानां॒ पत॑ये॒ नम॑:

Homage to the golden-armed, to the captain, to the lord of the quarters—homage! Homage to the tawny-haired trees, to the lord of cattle—homage! Homage to the brownish-yellow, the radiant, the lord of paths—homage! Homage to the tawny-haired, the upavīta-wearer, the lord of prosperities—homage!

Mantra 18

नमो॑ बभ्लु॒शाय॑ व्या॒धिने ऽन्ना॑नां॒ पत॑ये॒ नमो॒ नमो॑ भ॒वस्य॑ हेत्यै॒ जग॑तां॒ पत॑ये॒ नमो॒ नमो॑ रु॒द्राया॑तता॒यिने॒ क्षेत्रा॑णां॒ पत॑ये॒ नमो॒ नम॑: सू॒तायाह॑न्त्यै॒ वना॑नां॒ पत॑ये॒ नम॑:

Homage to the brown one, the hunter, the lord of foods—homage! Homage to Bhava’s missile, to the lord of all that moves—homage! Homage to Rudra the assailant, the lord of fields—homage! Homage to the charioteer, the slayer, the lord of forests—homage!

Mantra 19

नमो॒ रोहि॑ताय स्थ॒पत॑ये वृ॒क्षाणां॒ पत॑ये॒ नमो॒ नमो॑ भुव॒न्तये॑ वारिवस्कृ॒तायौष॑धीनां॒ पत॑ये॒ नमो॒ नमो॑ म॒न्त्रिणे॑ वाणि॒जाय॒ कक्षा॑णां॒ पत॑ये॒ नमो॒ नम॑ उ॒च्चैर्घो॑षायाक्र॒न्दय॑ते पत्ती॒नां पत॑ये॒ नम॑:

Homage to Rohita, to the Master-builder, to the Lord of trees! Homage, homage to the Becoming One, the Beneficent Provider of free course, to the Lord of plants! Homage, homage to the Counsellor, to the Trader, to the Lord of thickets! Homage, homage to the High-voiced One who maketh men cry aloud, to the Lord of foot-soldiers!

Mantra 20

नम॑: कृत्स्नाय॒तया॒ धाव॑ते॒ सत्व॑नां॒ पत॑ये॒ नमो॒ नम॒: सह॑मानाय निव्या॒धिन॑ आव्या॒धिनी॑नां॒ पत॑ये॒ नमो॒ नमो॑ निष॒ङ्गिणे॑ ककु॒भाय॑ स्ते॒नानां॒ पत॑ये॒ नमो॒ नमो॑ निचे॒रवे॑ परिच॒रायार॑ण्यानां॒ पत॑ये॒ नम॑:

Homage to him who, with all-pervading reach, rusheth on, to the Lord of creatures! Homage, homage to the Overpowering One, the Under-piercer, to the Lord of the wounders! Homage, homage to him that beareth the sword, the Lofty One, to the Lord of thieves! Homage, homage to the stealthy prowler, the roving one, to the Lord of wildernesses!

Mantra 21

नमो॒ वञ्च॑ते परि॒वञ्च॑ते स्तायू॒नां पत॑ये॒ नमो॒ नमो॑ निष॒ङ्गिण॑ इषुधि॒मते॒ तस्क॑राणां॒ पत॑ये॒ नमो॒ नम॑: सृका॒यिभ्यो॒ जिघा॑ᳪसद्भ्यो मुष्ण॒तां पत॑ये॒ नमो॒ नमो॑ऽसि॒मद्भ्यो॒ नक्त॒ञ्चर॑द्भ्यो विकृ॒न्तानां॒ पत॑ये॒ नम॑:

Homage to the cheat and to the arch-cheat, to the Lord of robbers! Homage, homage to him that beareth the sword, that hath the quiver, to the Lord of thieves! Homage, homage to the knife-bearers, to them that would slay, to the Lord of plunderers! Homage, homage to the sword-bearers, to the night-wanderers, to the Lord of mutilators!

Mantra 22

नम॑ उष्णी॒षिणे॑ गिरिच॒राय॑ कुलु॒ञ्चानां॒ पत॑ये॒ नमो॒ नम॑ इषु॒मद्भ्यो॑ धन्वा॒यिभ्य॑श्च वो॒ नमो॒ नम॑ आतन्वा॒नेभ्य॑: प्रति॒दधा॑नेभ्यश्च वो॒ नमो॒ नम॑ आ॒यच्छ॒द्भ्यो ऽस्य॑द्भ्यश्च वो॒ नम॑:

Homage to the turbaned one, the mountain-roamer, to the Lord of the kulūñcas! Homage, homage to you, ye arrow-bearers and ye bowmen! Homage, homage to you, ye that stretch (the bow) and ye that set on (the shaft)! Homage, homage to you, ye that draw and ye that shoot!

Mantra 23

नमो॑ विसृ॒जद्भ्यो॒ विध्य॑द्भ्यश्च वो॒ नमो॒ नम॑: स्व॒पद्भ्यो॒ जाग्र॑द्भ्यश्च वो॒ नमो॒ नम॒: शया॑नेभ्य॒ आसी॑नेभ्यश्च वो॒ नमो॒ नम॒स्तिष्ठ॑द्भ्यो॒ धाव॑द्भ्यश्च वो॒ नम॑:

Homage to you that let fly and you that pierce—homage to you! Homage, homage to you that sleep and you that wake! Homage, homage to you that lie and you that sit! Homage, homage to you that stand and you that run!

Mantra 24

नम॑: स॒भाभ्य॑: स॒भाप॑तिभ्यश्च वो॒ नमो॒ नमोऽश्वे॒भ्यो ऽश्व॑पतिभ्यश्च वो॒ नमो॒ नम॑ आव्या॒धिनी॑भ्यो वि॒विध्य॑न्तीभ्यश्च वो॒ नमो॒ नम॒ उग॑णाभ्यस्तृᳪह॒तीभ्य॑श्च वो॒ नम॑:

Homage to the assemblies, and homage to the lords of assemblies be unto you! Homage to the horses, and homage to the lords of horses be unto you! Homage to the piercers, and to those that smite in divers ways be unto you! Homage to the fierce companies, and to the overpowering ones be unto you!

Mantra 25

नमो॑ ग॒णेभ्यो॑ ग॒णप॑तिभ्यश्च वो॒ नमो॒ नमो॒ व्राते॑भ्यो॒ व्रात॑पतिभ्यश्च वो॒ नमो॒ नमो॒ गृत्से॑भ्यो॒ गृत्स॑पतिभ्यश्च वो॒ नमो॒ नमो॒ विरू॑पेभ्यो वि॒श्वरू॑पेभ्यश्च वो॒ नम॑:

Homage to the companies, and to the lords of companies be unto you! Homage to the bands, and to the lords of bands be unto you! Homage to the rapacious, and to the lords of the rapacious be unto you! Homage to the misshapen, and to the all-formed be unto you!

Mantra 26

नम॒: सेना॑भ्यः सेना॒निभ्य॑श्च वो॒ नमो॒ नमो॑ र॒थिभ्यो॑ अर॒तेभ्य॑श्च वो॒ नमो॒ नम॑: क्ष॒त्तृभ्य॑: संग्रही॒तृभ्य॑श्च वो॒ नमो॒ नमो॑ म॒हद्भ्यो॑ अर्भ॒केभ्य॑श्च वो॒ नम॑:

Homage to the armies, and to the leaders of armies be unto you! Homage to the chariot-fighters, and to the foot-soldiers be unto you! Homage to the chamberlains, and to the collectors be unto you! Homage to the great, and to the small be unto you!

Mantra 27

नम॒स्तक्ष॑भ्यो रथका॒रेभ्य॑श्च वो॒ नमो॒ नम॒: कुला॑लेभ्यः कु॒र्मारे॑भ्यश्च वो॒ नमो॒ नमो॑ निषा॒देभ्य॑: पु॒ञ्जिष्टे॑भ्यश्च वो॒ नमो॒ नम॑: श्व॒निभ्यो॑ मृग॒युभ्य॑श्च वो॒ नम॑:

Homage to the carpenters, and to the chariot-makers be unto you! Homage to the potters, and to the smiths be unto you! Homage to the Niṣādas, and to the heap-makers be unto you! Homage to the dog-keepers, and to the hunters be unto you!

Mantra 28

नम॒: श्वभ्य॒: श्वप॑तिभ्यश्च वो॒ नमो॒ नमो॑ भ॒वाय॑ च रु॒द्राय॑ च॒ नम॑: श॒र्वाय॑ च पशु॒पत॑ये च॒ नमो॒ नील॑ग्रीवाय च शिति॒कण्ठा॑य च

Homage to the dogs, and to the lords of dogs be unto you! Homage to Bhava and to Rudra! Homage to Śarva and to Paśupati! Homage to the Blue-necked and to the White-throated!

Mantra 29

नम॑: कप॒र्दिने॑ च॒ व्यु॒प्तकेशाय च॒ नम॑: सहस्रा॒क्षाय॑ च श॒तध॑न्वने च॒ नमो॑ गिरिश॒याय॑ च शिपिवि॒ष्टाय॑ च॒ नमो॑ मी॒ढुष्ट॑माय॒ चेषु॑मते च

Homage to the braided-haired, and to him of loosened locks; homage to the thousand-eyed, and to him of the hundred bows; homage to the mountain-dweller, and to him that hath entered into splendour; homage to the most bountiful, and to him that is furnished with arrows.

Mantra 30

नमो॑ ह्र॒स्वाय॑ च वाम॒नाय॑ च॒ नमो॑ बृह॒ते च॒ वर्षी॑यसे च॒ नमो॑ वृ॒द्धाय॑ च स॒वृधे॑ च॒ नमोऽग्र्या॑य च प्रथ॒माय॑ च

Homage to the short, and to the dwarf; homage to the great, and to the mightier; homage to the grown, and to him that groweth withal; homage to the foremost, and to the first.

Mantra 31

नम॑ आ॒शवे॑ चाजि॒राय॑ च॒ नम॒: शीघ्र्या॑य च॒ शीभ्या॑य च॒ नम॒ ऊर्म्या॑य चावस्व॒न्या॒य च॒ नमो॑ नादे॒याय॑ च॒ द्वीप्या॑य च

Homage to the swift, and to the fleet; homage to the speedy, and to the impetuous; homage to the wave-like, and to the low-resounding; homage to the roaring, and to him of the river-islands.

Mantra 32

नमो॑ ज्ये॒ष्ठाय॑ च कनि॒ष्ठाय॑ च॒ नम॑: पूर्व॒जाय॑ चापर॒जाय॑ च॒ नमो॑ मध्य॒माय॑ चापग॒ल्भाय॑ च॒ नमो॑ जघ॒न्या॒य च बु॒ध्न्या॒य च

Homage to the eldest, and to the youngest; homage to him that is born before, and to him that is born after; homage to the middle, and to the restrained; homage to the hindmost, and to him that is of the foundation.

Mantra 33

नम॒: सोभ्या॑य च प्रतिस॒र्या॒य च॒ नमो॒ याम्या॑य च॒ क्षेम्या॑य च॒ नम॒: श्लोक्या॑य चावसा॒न्या॒य च॒ नम॑ उर्व॒र्या॒य च॒ खल्या॑य च

Homage to the gracious, and to him that moveth in opposition; homage to the southern, and to the peaceful; homage to the praiseworthy, and to him that is of the ending; homage to him of the fertile field, and to him of the threshing-floor.

Mantra 34

नमो॒ वन्या॑य च॒ कक्ष्या॑य च॒ नम॑ः श्र॒वाय॑ च प्रतिश्र॒वाय॑ च॒ नम॑ आ॒शुषे॑णाय चा॒शुर॑थाय च॒ नम॒ः शूरा॑य चावभे॒दिने॑ च

Homage to the Wild One and to him of the thicket; homage to Fame and to the answering Echo; homage to him of the swift host and to him of the swift car; homage to the Hero and to the Piercer-through.

Mantra 35

नमो॑ बि॒ल्मिने॑ च कव॒चिने॑ च॒ नमो॑ व॒र्मिणे॑ च वरू॒थिने॑ च॒ नम॑ः श्रु॒ताय॑ च श्रुतसे॒नाय॑ च॒ नमो॑ दुन्दु॒भ्या॒य चाहन॒न्या॒य च

Homage to the Helmeted and to the Armoured; homage to him of mail and to him of defence; homage to the Renowned and to him of the renowned host; homage to the Drum and to the Unconquerable.

Mantra 36

नमो॑ धृ॒ष्णवे॑ च प्रमृ॒शाय॑ च॒ नमो॑ निष॒ङ्गिणे॑ चेषुधि॒मते॑ च॒ नम॑स्ती॒क्ष्णेष॑वे चायु॒धिने॑ च॒ नम॑: स्वायु॒धाय॑ च सु॒धन्व॑ने च

Homage to the Daring and to the Assailer; homage to the Sword-bearer and to him of the quiver; homage to him of sharp arrows and to the Weaponed; homage to him self-weaponed and to the Good-bowed.

Mantra 37

नम॒: स्रुत्या॑य च॒ पथ्या॑य च॒ नम॒: काट्या॑य च॒ नीप्या॑य च॒ नम॒: कुल्या॑य च सर॒स्या॒य च॒ नमो॑ नादे॒याय॑ च वैश॒न्ताय॑ च

Homage to him of the track and to him of the road; homage to him of the cut-way and to him of the low-lying place; homage to him of the canal and to him of the lake; homage to him of the riverine and to him of the settlement-approach.

Mantra 38

नम॒: कूप्या॑य चाव॒ट्या॑य च॒ नमो॒ वीध्र्या॑य चात॒प्या॒य च॒ नमो॒ मेघ्या॑य च च विद्यु॒त्या॒य च॒ नमो॒ वर्ष्या॑य चाव॒र्ष्याय॑ च

Homage to him of the well and to him of the pit; homage to him of the cleft-drain and to him of the heat; homage to him of the cloud and to him of the lightning; homage to him of the rain and to him of the non-rain.

Mantra 39

नमो॒ वात्या॑य च॒ रेष्म्या॑य च॒ नमो॑ वास्त॒व्या॒य च वास्तु॒पाय॑ च॒ नम॒: सोमा॑य च रु॒द्राय॑ च॒ नम॑स्ता॒म्राय॑ चारु॒णाय॑ च

Obeisance to the Storm-wind and to the Rein-bearing One! Obeisance to the Indwelling One and to the Protector of the homestead! Obeisance to Soma and to Rudra! Obeisance to the Copper-red One and to the Ruddy One!

Mantra 40

नम॑: श॒ङ्गवे॑ च पशु॒पत॑ये च॒ नम॑ उ॒ग्राय॑ च भी॒माय॑ च॒ नमो॑ऽग्रेव॒धाय॑ च दूरेव॒धाय॑ च॒ नमो॑ ह॒न्त्रे च॒ हनी॑यसे च॒ नमो॑ वृ॒क्षेभ्यो॒ हरि॑केशेभ्यो॒ नम॑स्ता॒राय॑

Obeisance to the Beneficent One and to the Lord of beasts! Obeisance to the Fierce One and to the Terrible One! Obeisance to the Slayer at close range and to the Slayer from afar! Obeisance to the Smiter and to the more destructive Smiter! Obeisance to the trees, the tawny-haired; obeisance to Tārā!

Mantra 41

नम॑: शम्भ॒वाय॑ च मयोभ॒वाय॑ च॒ नम॑: शङ्क॒राय॑ च मयस्क॒राय॑ च॒ नम॑: शि॒वाय॑ च शि॒वत॑राय च

Obeisance to the Well-being-bringing One and to the Joy-bringing One! Obeisance to the Benefactor and to the Maker of welfare! Obeisance to the Auspicious One and to the more Auspicious One!

Mantra 42

नम॒: पार्या॑य चावा॒र्या॒य च॒ नम॑: प्र॒तर॑णाय चो॒त्तर॑णाय च॒ नम॒स्तीर्थ्या॑य च॒ कूल्या॑य च॒ नम॒: शष्प्या॑य च॒ फेन्या॑य च

Obeisance to him of the farther shore and to him of the hither shore! Obeisance to the Fording One and to the Carrying-across One! Obeisance to him of the Ford and to him of the Bank! Obeisance to him in the young grass and to him in the foam!

Mantra 43

नम॑: सिक॒त्या॒य च प्रवा॒ह्या॒य च॒ नम॑: किᳪशि॒लाय॑ च क्षय॒णाय॑ च॒ नम॑: कप॒र्दिने॑ च पुल॒स्तये॑ च॒ नम॑ इरि॒ण्या॒य च प्रप॒थ्या॒य च

Obeisance to the Sandy One and to the Stream-swept One! Obeisance to the Gravelly One and to the Abiding (or Decaying) One! Obeisance to the Matted-haired One and to Pulastya! Obeisance to him of the saline waste and to him of the highway!

Mantra 44

नमो॒ व्रज्या॑य च॒ गोष्ठ्या॑य च॒ नम॒स्तल्प्या॑य च॒ गेह्या॑य च॒ नमो॑ हृद॒य्या॒य च निवे॒ष्प्या॒य च॒ नम॒: काट्या॑य च गह्वरे॒ष्ठाय॑ च

Homage to the cattle-range and to the cattle-stall; homage to the couch-place and to the homestead; homage to the inmost seat and to the lodging-place; homage to the pit-side and to him that abideth in the deep hollow.

Mantra 45

नम॒: शुष्क्या॑य च हरि॒त्या॒य च॒ नम॑: पाᳪस॒व्या॒य च रज॒स्या॒य च॒ नमो॒ लोप्या॑य चोल॒प्या॒य च॒ नम॒ ऊर्व्या॑य च॒ सूर्व्या॑य च

Homage to the dry and to the green; homage to the dusty and to the hazy; homage to the crumbling and to the reedy; homage to the broad and to the fair-broad.

Mantra 46

नम॑: प॒र्णाय॑ च पर्णश॒दाय॑ च॒ नम॑ उद्गु॒रमा॑णाय चाभिघ्न॒ते च॒ नम॑ आखिद॒ते च॑ प्रखिद॒ते च॒ नम॑ इषु॒कृद्भ्यो॑ धनु॒ष्कृद्भ्य॑श्च वो॒ नमो॒ नमो॑ वः किरि॒केभ्यो॑ दे॒वाना॒ᳪ हृद॑येभ्यो॒ नमो॑ विचिन्व॒त्केभ्यो॒ नमो॑ विक्षिण॒त्केभ्यो॒ नम॑ आनिर्ह॒तेभ्य॑:

Homage to the leaf and to him that sitteth in the leaf; homage to him that starteth up and to him that smiteth; homage to him that pierceth and to him that grievously pierceth; homage to you, makers of arrows and makers of bows; homage, homage to you, O Kirikas, ye that are in the heart of the gods; homage to the searchers; homage to the scatterers; homage to the drivers-away.

Mantra 47

द्रापे॒ अन्ध॑सस्पते॒ दरि॑द्र॒ नील॑लोहित । आ॒सां प्र॒जाना॑मे॒षां प॑शू॒नां मा भे॒र्मा रो॒ङ्मो च॑ न॒: किंच॒नाम॑मत्

O Drāpa, lord of sap, O wandering one, blue-and-red! Of these our creatures, of these our cattle—let none be afraid, let none cry out; and may naught whatsoever harm us.

Mantra 48

इ॒मा रु॒द्राय॑ त॒वसे॑ कप॒र्दिने॑ क्ष॒यद्वी॑राय॒ प्र भ॑रामहे म॒तीः । यथा॒ शमस॑द् द्वि॒पदे॒ चतु॑ष्पदे॒ विश्वं॑ पु॒ष्टं ग्रामे॑ अ॒स्मिन्न॑नातु॒रम्

These our devout thoughts we bring unto Rudra, the mighty, the braided-haired, the lord of a hero-haunted dwelling; so that there may be welfare for the two-footed and the four-footed, and that all prosperity in this village may be untroubled.

Mantra 49

या ते॑ रुद्र शि॒वा त॒नूः शि॒वा वि॒श्वाहा॑ भेष॒जी । शि॒वा रु॒तस्य॑ भेष॒जी तया॑ नो मृड जी॒वसे॑

That gracious form of thine, O Rudra,—gracious, ever healing,—that gracious healing of the Ṛta, with that be thou merciful unto us, for our living.

Mantra 50

परि॑ नो रु॒द्रस्य॑ हे॒तिर्वृ॑णक्तु॒ परि॑ त्वे॒षस्य॑ दुर्म॒तिर॑घा॒योः । अव॑ स्थि॒रा म॒घव॑द्भ्यस्तनुष्व॒ मीढ्व॑स्तो॒काय॒ तन॑याय मृड

May Rudra’s missile pass around us; may the evil purpose of the fierce and harmful one pass around. Abate, being firm, unto the bounteous; stretch thyself forth in mercy, O liberal lord, for our child and for our progeny.

Mantra 51

मीढु॑ष्टम॒ शिव॑तम शि॒वो न॑: सु॒मना॑ भव । प॒र॒मे वृ॒क्ष आयु॑धं नि॒धाय॒ कृत्तिं॒ वसा॑न॒ आ च॑र॒ पिना॑कं॒ बिभ्र॒दा ग॑हि

Most bounteous, most auspicious, be gracious unto us, of kindly mind. Having laid thy weapon in the highest tree, clad in thy hide, draw near, bearing the Pināka; come hither.

Mantra 52

विकि॑रिद्र॒ विलो॑हित॒ नम॑स्ते अस्तु भगवः । यास्ते॑ स॒हस्र॑ᳪ हे॒तयो॒ऽन्यम॒स्मन्नि व॑पन्तु॒ ताः

O scatterer, ruddy one, homage be unto thee, O adorable lord. Those thousand missiles of thine—let them be cast elsewhere, away from us.

Mantra 53

स॒हस्रा॑णि सहस्र॒शो बा॒ह्वोस्तव॑ हे॒तय॑: । तासा॒मीशा॑नो भगवः परा॒चीना॒ मुखा॑ कृधि

Thousands, yea thousands, are thy missiles in thine arms. Of these, O sovereign lord, O adorable one, make the faces turned away (from us).

Mantra 54

असं॑ख्याता स॒हस्रा॑णि॒ ये रु॒द्रा अधि॒ भूम्या॑म् । तेषा॑ᳪ सहस्रयोज॒नेऽव॒ धन्वा॑नि तन्मसि

Innumerable are the thousands of Rudras that are upon the earth: at a thousand yojanas from hence do thou lay down their bows.

Mantra 55

अ॒स्मिन् म॑ह॒त्य॒र्ण॒वे ऽन्तरि॑क्षे भ॒वा अधि॑ । तेषा॑ᳪ सहस्रयोज॒नेऽव॒ धन्वा॑नि तन्मसि

In this great flood, in the mid-air, the Bhavas abide: at a thousand yojanas from hence do thou lay down their bows.

Mantra 56

नील॑ग्रीवाः शिति॒कण्ठा॒ दिव॑ᳪ रु॒द्रा उप॑श्रिताः । तेषा॑ᳪ सहस्रयोज॒नेऽव॒ धन्वा॑नि तन्मसि

Blue-necked, white-throated are the Rudras that have resorted unto heaven: at a thousand yojanas from hence do thou lay down their bows.

Mantra 57

नील॑ग्रीवाः शिति॒कण्ठा॑: श॒र्वा अ॒धः क्ष॑माच॒राः । तेषा॑ᳪ सहस्रयोज॒नेऽव॒ धन्वा॑नि तन्मसि

Blue-necked, white-throated, the Śarvas that roam below upon the earth: at a thousand yojanas from hence do thou lay down their bows.

Mantra 58

ये वृ॒क्षेषु॑ श॒ष्पिञ्ज॑रा॒ नील॑ग्रीवा॒ विलो॑हिताः । तेषा॑ᳪ सहस्रयोज॒नेऽव॒ धन्वा॑नि तन्मसि

Those that are in the trees, tawny, blue-necked, ruddy: at a thousand yojanas from hence do thou lay down their bows.

Mantra 59

ये भू॒ताना॒मधि॑पतयो विशि॒खास॑: कप॒र्दिन॑: । तेषा॑ᳪ सहस्रयोज॒नेऽव॒ धन्वा॑नि तन्मसि

Ye who are the overlords of beings, ye of the peculiar crest, ye of the braided hair,—at a thousand yojanas’ distance do thou lay down their bows.

Mantra 60

ये प॒थां प॑थि॒रक्ष॑य ऐलबृ॒दा आ॑यु॒र्युध॑: । तेषा॑ᳪ सहस्रयोज॒नेऽव॒ धन्वा॑नि तन्मसि

Ye that are guardians of the ways, ye Ailabṛdas, ye that war against life,—at a thousand yojanas’ distance do thou lay down their bows.

Mantra 61

ये ती॒र्थानि॑ प्र॒चर॑न्ति सृ॒काह॑स्ता निष॒ङ्गिण॑: । तेषा॑ᳪ सहस्रयोज॒नेऽव॒ धन्वा॑नि तन्मसि

Ye that roam about the fords, ye with spear in hand, ye that bear the quiver,—at a thousand yojanas’ distance do thou lay down their bows.

Mantra 62

येऽन्ने॑षु वि॒विध्य॑न्ति॒ पात्रे॑षु॒ पिब॑तो॒ जना॑न् । तेषा॑ᳪ सहस्रयोज॒नेऽव॒ धन्वा॑नि तन्मसि

Ye that pierce men in their food, in their vessels, as they drink,—at a thousand yojanas’ distance do thou lay down their bows.

Mantra 63

य ए॒ताव॑न्तश्च॒ भूया॑ᳪसश्च॒ दिशो॑ रु॒द्रा वि॑तस्थि॒रे । तेषा॑ᳪ सहस्रयोज॒नेऽव॒ धन्वा॑नि तन्मसि

The Rudras, as many as these and more besides, that have spread themselves through the quarters,—at a thousand yojanas’ distance do thou lay down their bows.

Mantra 64

नमो॑ऽस्तु रु॒द्रेभ्यो॒ ये दि॒वि येषां॑ व॒र्षमिष॑वः । तेभ्यो॒ दश॒ प्राची॒र्दश॑ दक्षि॒णा दश॑ प्र॒तीची॒र्दशोदी॑ची॒र्दशो॒र्ध्वाः । तेभ्यो॒ नमो॑ अस्तु॒ ते नो॑ऽवन्तु॒ ते नो॑ मृडयन्तु॒ ते यं द्वि॒ष्मो यश्च॑ नो॒ द्वेष्टि॒ तमे॑षां॒ जम्भे॑ दध्मः

Homage be unto the Rudras that are in the heaven, whose shafts are the rain. Ten be to the east, ten to the south, ten to the west, ten to the north, and ten above: to them be homage! May they protect us, may they be gracious unto us. Whomsoever we hate, and whosoever hateth us, him we consign to their jaws.

Mantra 65

नमो॑ऽस्तु रु॒द्रेभ्यो॒ येऽन्तरि॑क्षे॒ येषां॒ वात॒ इष॑वः । तेभ्यो॒ दश॒ प्राची॒र्दश॑ दक्षि॒णा दश॑ प्र॒तीची॒र्दशोदी॑ची॒र्दशो॒र्ध्वाः । तेभ्यो॒ नमो॑ अस्तु॒ ते नो॑ऽवन्तु॒ ते नो॑ मृडयन्तु॒ ते यं द्वि॒ष्मो यश्च॑ नो॒ द्वेष्टि॒ तमे॑षां॒ जम्भे॑ दध्मः

Homage be unto the Rudras that are in the mid-air, whose shafts are the wind. Ten be to the east, ten to the south, ten to the west, ten to the north, and ten above: to them be homage! May they protect us, may they be gracious unto us. Whomsoever we hate, and whosoever hateth us, him we consign to their jaws.

Mantra 66

नमो॑ऽस्तु रु॒द्रेभ्यो॒ ये पृ॑थि॒व्यां येषा॒मन्न॒मिष॑वः । तेभ्यो॒ दश॒ प्राची॒र्दश॑ दक्षि॒णा दश॑ प्र॒तीची॒र्दशोदी॑ची॒र्दशो॒र्ध्वाः । तेभ्यो॒ नमो॑ अस्तु॒ ते नो॑ऽवन्तु॒ ते नो॑ मृडयन्तु॒ ते यं द्वि॒ष्मो यश्च॑ नो॒ द्वेष्टि॒ तमे॑षां॒ जम्भे॑ दध्मः

Homage be unto the Rudras that are on the earth, whose shafts are food. Ten be to the east, ten to the south, ten to the west, ten to the north, and ten above: to them be homage! May they protect us, may they be gracious unto us. Whomsoever we hate, and whosoever hateth us, him we consign to their jaws.