Sukta 145

इमां खनाम्योषधिं वीरुधं बलवत्तमाम्। यया सपत्नीं बाधते यया संविन्दते पतिम्॥

imāṁ khanāmyoṣadhiṁ vīrudhaṁ balavattamām | yayā sapatnīṁ bādhate yayā saṁvindate patim ||

FROM out the earth I dig this plant, a herb of most effectual power, Wherewith one quells the rival wife and gains the husband for oneself.

उत्तानपर्णे सुभगे देवजूते सहस्वति। सपत्नीं मे परा धम पतिं मे केवलं कुरु॥

uttānaparṇe subhage devajūte sahasvati | sapatnīṁ me parā dhama patiṁ me kevalaṁ kuru ||

Auspicious, with expanded leaves, sent by the Gods, victorious plant, Blow thou the rival wife away, and make my husband only mine.

उत्तराहमुत्तर उत्तरेदुत्तराभ्यः। अथा सपत्नी या ममाधरा साधराभ्यः॥

uttarāhamuttara uttareduttarābhyaḥ | athā sapatnī yā mamādharā sādharābhyaḥ ||

Stronger am 1, O Stronger One, yea, mightier than the mightier; And she who is my rival wife is lower than the lowest dames.

नह्यस्या नाम गृभ्णामि नो अस्मिन्रमते जने। परामेव परावतं सपत्नीं गमयामसि॥

nahyasyā nāma gṛbhṇāmi no asminramate jane | parāmeva parāvataṁ sapatnīṁ gamayāmasi ||

Her very name I utter not: she takes no pleasure in this man. Far into distance most remote drive we the rival wife away.

अहमस्मि सहमानाथ त्वमसि सासहिः। उभे सहस्वती भूत्वी सपत्नीं मे सहावहै॥

ahamasmi sahamānātha tvamasi sāsahiḥ | ubhe sahasvatī bhūtvī sapatnīṁ me sahāvahai ||

I am the conqueror, and thou, thou also act victorious: As victory attends us both we will subdue my fellow-wife.

उप तेऽधां सहमानामभि त्वाधां सहीयसा। मामनु प्र ते मनो वत्सं गौरिव धावतु पथा वारिव धावतु॥

upa te'dhāṁ sahamānāmabhi tvādhāṁ sahīyasā | māmanu pra te mano vatsaṁ gauriva dhāvatu pathā vāriva dhāvatu ||

I have gained thee for vanquisher, have grasped thee with a stronger spell. As a cow hastens to her calf, so let thy spirit speed te me, hasten like water on its way.