Sukta 29

Mantra 1

अरिष्टक्षयणम्। अ॒मून् हे॒तिः प॑त॒त्रिणी॒ न्येऽतु॒ यदुलू॑को॒ वद॑ति मो॒घमे॒तत्। यद् वा॑ क॒पोत॑ प॒दम॒ग्नौ कृ॒णोति॑

Averting ill. Let yonder winged missile pass away and down: when the owl crieth, vain be this; or when, O pigeon, thou makest thy footprint in the fire.

Mantra 2

यौ ते॑ दू॒तौ नि॑रृत इ॒दमे॒तोऽप्र॑हितौ॒ प्रहि॑तौ वा गृ॒हं नः॑ । क॒पो॒तो॒लू॒काभ्या॒मप॑दं॒ तद॑स्तु

What two messengers of thine, O Nirṛti, come hither—unsent or sent—unto our house: from pigeon and from owl let that be trackless, let it find no foothold.

Mantra 3

अ॒वै॒र॒ह॒त्याये॒दमा प॑पत्यात् सुवी॒रता॑या इ॒दमा स॑सद्यात्। परा॑ङे॒व परा॑ वद॒ परा॑ची॒मनु॑ सं॒वत॑म्। यथा॑ य॒मस्य॑ त्वा गृ॒हेऽर॒सं प्र॑ति॒चाक॑शाना॒भूकं॑ प्रति॒चाक॑शान्

For freedom from hatred may this fly hither; for goodly heroism may this here settle. As one turned outward, speak thou away—awayward through the year. Even as in Yama’s house, joyless, looking back—so, looking back, depart thou harmless.