Sukta 27

Mantra 1

शत्रुपराजयः। नेच्छत्रुः॒ प्राशं॑ जयाति॒ सह॑मानाभि॒भूर॑सि । प्राशं॒ प्रति॑प्राशो जह्यर॒सान् कृ॑न्वोषधे

Let not the would-be foe prevail over the morsel: thou art the enduring Overpowerer. As counter-morsel against the morsel, smite thou the injurers; make them (powerless), O Herb.

Mantra 2

सु॒प॒र्णस्त्वान्व॑विन्दत् सूक॒रस्त्वा॑खनन्न॒सा। प्राशं॒ प्रति॑प्राशो जह्यर॒सान् कृ॑ण्वोषधे

The fair-winged found thee out; the boar with his snout dug thee forth. As counter-eating unto eating, smite thou the sapless banes; make (us) whole, O Herb.

Mantra 3

इन्द्रो॑ ह चक्रे त्वा बा॒हावसु॑रेभ्य॒ स्तरी॑तवे । प्राशं॒ प्रति॑प्राशो जह्यर॒सान् कृ॑ण्वोषधे

Indra, in very truth, hath made thee for the arm, to trample down the Asuras. With bite set over against bite, smite thou the sapless foes; make them of none effect, O Herb.

Mantra 4

पा॒टामिन्द्रो॒ व्याऽश्ना॒दसु॑रेभ्य॒ स्तरी॑तवे । प्राशं॒ प्रति॑प्राशो जह्यर॒सान् कृ॑ण्वोषधे

Let Indra eat the Pāṭā, to prevail against the Asuras. With dose confronting counter-dose, smite thou the sap-destroyers; make (us) whole, O Herb.

Mantra 5

तया॒हं शत्रू॑न्त्साक्ष॒ इन्द्रः॑ सालावृ॒काँ इ॑व । प्राशं॒ प्रति॑प्राशो जह्यर॒सान् कृ॑ण्वोषधे

With that (herb) may I prevail over foes, as Indra (prevails) over jackals. By the bite, by the counter-bite, smite them; make them sapless, O Herb.

Mantra 6

रुद्र॒ जला॑षभेषज॒ नील॑शिखण्ड॒ कर्म॑कृत्। प्राशं॒ प्रति॑प्राशो जह्यर॒सान् कृ॑ण्वोषधे

O Rudra, Water-healing Remedy, blue-crested, worker of the rite: as counter-ingestion to ingestion, smite thou the sapless maladies; make (us whole), O Plant.

Mantra 7

तस्य॒ प्राशं॒ त्वं ज॑हि॒ यो न॑ इन्द्राभि॒दास॑ति । अधि॑ नो ब्रूहि॒ शक्ति॑भिः प्रा॒शि मामुत्त॑रं कृधि

Smite thou that man’s biting onset—who, O Indra, assaileth us with malice. Moreover, speak unto us with thy powers: devour (the harm), and make me the upper, the prevailing one.