Sukta 14

Mantra 1

कृत्यापरिहरणम्। सु॒प॒र्णस्त्वान्व॑विन्दत् सूक॒रस्त्वा॑खन्न॒सा। दिप्सौ॑षधे॒ त्वं दिप्स॑न्त॒मव॑ कृत्या॒कृतं॑ जहि

The Fair-winged found thee out; the Boar with snout dug thee from the earth. O Herb that foilest hostile craving, smite down the plotter, slay the worker of the Kṛtyā.

Mantra 2

अव॑ जहि यातु॒धाना॒नव॑ कृत्या॒कृतं॑ जहि । अथो॒ योअ॒स्मान् दिप्स॑ति॒ तमु॒ त्वं ज॑ह्योषधे

Smite down the Yātudhānas; smite down the maker of the Kṛtyā. And whoso seeketh to assail us—him verily do thou smite, O Herb.

Mantra 3

रिश्य॑स्येव परीशा॒सं प॑रि॒कृत्य॒ परि॑ त्व॒चः । कृ॒त्यां कृ॑त्या॒कृते॑ देवा नि॒ष्कमि॑व॒ प्रति॑ मुञ्चत

As one would strip the antelope’s hide, so strip it off from the skin: the Kṛtyā—O Gods—release it back unto the Kṛtyā-maker, as one returns a niṣka-ornament.

Mantra 4

पुनः॑ कृ॒त्यां कृ॑त्या॒कृते॑ हस्त॒गृह्य॒ परा॑ णय । स॒म॒क्षम॑स्मा॒ आ धे॑हि॒ यथा॑ कृत्या॒कृतं॒ हन॑त्

Back to the Kṛtyā-maker lead thou the Kṛtyā, having seized it in the hand; set it upon him, face to face, that it may smite the worker of the Kṛtyā.

Mantra 5

कृ॒त्याः स॑न्तु कृत्या॒कृते॑ श॒पथः॑ शपथीय॒ते। सु॒खो रथ॑ इव वर्ततां कृ॒त्या कृ॑त्या॒कृतं॒ पुनः॑

Let Kṛtyās be for the Kṛtyā-maker; let the oath-curse bind him who adjures. Smooth as a chariot let the Kṛtyā roll back again upon the worker of the Kṛtyā.

Mantra 6

यदि॒ स्त्री यदि॑ वा॒ पुमा॑न् कृ॒त्यां च॒कार॑ पा॒प्मने॑ । तामु॒ तस्मै॑ नयाम॒स्यश्व॑मिवाश्वाभि॒धान्या॑

If woman, if perchance a man, hath wrought the Kṛtyā for evil’s end, that very spell—yea, her—we drive and lead back unto him, as with a bridle one leads on a horse.

Mantra 7

यदि॒ वासि॑ दे॒वकृ॑ता॒ यदि॑ वा॒ पुरु॑षैः कृ॒ता। तां त्वा॒ पुन॑र्णयाम॒सीन्द्रे॑ण स॒युजा॑ व॒यम्

If thou be wrought by Gods, or if by men thou hast been wrought, thee—this same spell—we lead we back again, we in joint yoke with Indra.

Mantra 8

अग्ने॑ पृतनाषा॒ट् पृत॑नाः सहस्व । पुनः॑ कृ॒त्यां कृ॑त्या॒कृते॑ प्रति॒हर॑णेन हरामसि

O Agni, conqueror in battle, overpower thou the battles. Back to the maker of the Kṛtyā, by the act of counter-carrying, we bear the Kṛtyā away.

Mantra 9

कृत॑व्यधनि॒ विध्य॒ तं यश्च॒कार॒ तमिज्ज॑हि । न त्वामच॑क्रुषे व॒यं व॒धाय॒ सं शि॑शीमहि

O piercer of the wrought device, pierce him—who made it—him, even him, smite down. We have not wrought thee; for slaughter of the guilty we wholly whet our power.

Mantra 10

पु॒त्र इ॑व पि॒तरं॑ गच्छ स्व॒ज इ॑वा॒भिष्ठि॑तो दश । ब॒न्धमि॑वावक्रा॒मी ग॑च्छ॒ कृत्ये॑ कृत्या॒कृतं॒ पुनः॑

Go, like a son unto his father; like one’s own driven kinsman, fasten and bite. Like a bond that slips away, depart: O Kṛtyā, go back unto the maker of the Kṛtyā.

Mantra 11

उदे॒णीव॑ वार॒ण्यऽभि॒स्कन्दं॑ मृ॒गीव॑ । कृ॒त्या क॒र्तार॑मृच्छतु

Like a wild forest-doe in sudden onset, like a hind in the chase, let the Kṛtyā reach the maker—let the witchcraft go back upon him.

Mantra 12

इष्वा॒ ऋजी॑यः पततु॒ द्यावा॑पृथिवी॒ तं प्रति॑ । सा तं मृ॒गमि॑व गृह्णतु कृ॒त्या कृ॑त्या॒कृतं॒ पुनः॑

As an arrow, straighter yet, let it fly—Heaven and Earth against that man. Let her seize him as a beast is seized: the Kṛtyā, back again, the doer of the Kṛtyā.

Mantra 13

अ॒ग्निरि॑वैतु प्रति॒कूल॑मनु॒कूल॑मिवोद॒कम्। सु॒खो रथ॑ इव वर्ततां कृ॒त्या कृ॑त्या॒कृतं॒ पुनः॑

Let it go like Agni, even against the stream, as water yet runs with the stream; smoothly, like a chariot, let the Kṛtyā roll back again upon the doer of the Kṛtyā.