Sukta 50

Mantra 1

अभययाचना। ह॒तं त॒र्दं स॑म॒ङ्कमा॒खुमश्वि॑ना छि॒न्तं शिरो॒ अपि॑ पृ॒ष्टीः शृ॑णीतम्। यवा॒न्नेददा॒नपि॑ नह्यतं॒ मुख॒मथाभ॑यं कृणुतं धा॒न्याऽय

Slay the Tarda, the burrower, the rat, O Aśvins; cut off the head, and shatter also the back. Let him not so much as eat the barley; bind fast his mouth: then make ye safety for our grain.

Mantra 2

तर्द॒ है पत॑ङ्ग॒ है जभ्य॒ हा उप॑क्वस । ब्र॒ह्मेवासं॑स्थितं ह॒विरन॑दन्त इ॒मान् यवा॒नहिं॑सन्तो अ॒पोदि॑त

Tarda—away! Patanga—away! Jabhya—begone! Upakvasa—avaunt! Like brahman set firm is the oblation: bite not these barleys, harm them not; depart ye hence.

Mantra 3

तर्दा॑पते॒ वघा॑पते॒ तृष्ट॑जम्भा॒ आ शृ॑णोत मे । य आ॑र॒ण्या व्यऽद्व॒रा ये के च॒ स्थ व्यऽद्वरास्तान्त्सर्वा॑न् जम्भयामसि

O lord of Tarda, lord of destruction, ye sharp-jawed, hear me hither. What forest-bred burrowers there be, whatever burrowers ye are—those all we crush, we break their jaws.