Mandala 10

Sukta 161: Rescue from wasting sickness for a hundred autumns

Rishi: प्राजापत्यो यक्ष्मनाशनः · Devata: इन्द्राग्नी, राजयक्ष्मघ्नं वा · Metre: त्रिष्टुप्, ५ अनुष्टुप्

5 verses · 161 of 191

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Rescue from wasting sickness for a hundred autumns

Prajapatya Yakshmanashana addresses Indra and Agni, against rajayakshma, the wasting disease. By this offering I free you to live, from the unknown sickness and from rajayakshma; if the seizer has seized him, Indra and Agni, release him. If his life has waned, if he has gone beyond, if he is led to death's very side, I bring him back from the lap of Nirriti; I have won him for a hundred autumns. Live a hundred autumns, growing, a hundred winters and a hundred springs. I have brought you back, you have come again, renewed; whole of limb, I have found your sight and your full life.

161.1

मु॒ञ्चामि॑ त्वा ह॒विषा॒ जीव॑नाय॒ कम॑ज्ञातय॒क्ष्मादु॒त रा॑जय॒क्ष्मात् ।
ग्राहि॑र्ज॒ग्राह॒ यदि॑ वै॒तदे॑नं॒ तस्या॑ इन्द्राग्नी॒ प्र मु॑मुक्तमेनम्

muñcāmi tvā haviṣā jīvanāya kamajñātayakṣmāduta rājayakṣmāt |
grāhirjagrāha yadi vaitadenaṃ tasyā indrāgnī pra mumuktamenam

161.2

यदि॑ क्षि॒तायु॒र्यदि॑ वा॒ परे॑तो॒ यदि॑ मृ॒त्योर॑न्ति॒कं नी॑त ए॒व ।
तमा ह॑रामि॒ निरृ॑तेरु॒पस्था॒दस्पा॑र्षमेनं श॒तशा॑रदाय

yadi kṣitāyuryadi vā pareto yadi mṛtyorantikaṃ nīta eva |
tamā harāmi nirṛterupasthādaspārṣamenaṃ śataśāradāya

161.3

स॒ह॒स्रा॒क्षेण॑ श॒तशा॑रदेन श॒तायु॑षा ह॒विषाहा॑र्षमेनम् ।
श॒तं यथे॒मं श॒रदो॒ नया॒तीन्द्रो॒ विश्व॑स्य दुरि॒तस्य॑ पा॒रम्

sahasrākṣeṇa śataśāradena śatāyuṣā haviṣāhārṣamenam |
śataṃ yathemaṃ śarado nayātīndro viśvasya duritasya pāram

161.4

श॒तं जी॑व श॒रदो॒ वर्ध॑मानः श॒तं हे॑म॒न्ताञ्छ॒तमु॑ वस॒न्तान् ।
श॒तमि॑न्द्रा॒ग्नी स॑वि॒ता बृह॒स्पति॑ः श॒तायु॑षा ह॒विषे॒मं पुन॑र्दुः

śataṃ jīva śarado vardhamānaḥ śataṃ hemantāñchatamu vasantān |
śatamindrāgnī savitā bṛhaspatiḥ śatāyuṣā haviṣemaṃ punarduḥ

161.5

आहा॑र्षं॒ त्वावि॑दं त्वा॒ पुन॒रागा॑ः पुनर्नव ।
सर्वा॑ङ्ग॒ सर्वं॑ ते॒ चक्षु॒ः सर्व॒मायु॑श्च तेऽविदम्

āhārṣaṃ tvāvidaṃ tvā punarāgāḥ punarnava |
sarvāṅga sarvaṃ te cakṣuḥ sarvamāyuśca te'vidam

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